Government tasks are useless and time consuming
I need to get some documents from the IRS for a Background check, but I don't have them, so the webpage tells me to visit IRS.gov. Turns out I need to create an account on ID.me to be able to access the IRS (EVEN THOUGH I ALREADY HAD AN IRS ACCOUNT, BUT THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO CHANGE THAT, LIKE THEY DID WITH USAJOBS). However, in order to create that account you need to upload a picture of your Driver's License, take a selfie, and video call an employee so they can see your face and your driver's license side by side. THAT IS FUCKING SKETCHY!!!!! As soon as the page requested to take a picture of me, I deleted my account and wrote the reason to be:
"This system is sketchy and I don't want to be uploading documents, pictures of me and talking to someone to verify I am me. It is so much effort just to request some documents from the IRS. I'd rather travel to the IRS office and get them myself".
BUT THERE IS SO MUCH RAGE INSIDE ME. They make you spend your time on nonsense verification, and in some years I'm pretty sure they'll change that again and you'll need to create a new account and it'll be even more sketchy, or they'll use some AI shit. Also, as soon as these government sites get hacked, we're fucked.
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