Has anyone ever done an Internship?

I would be interested to know what older designers think. Is this practice just becoming more visible due to the nature of job advertisements on the internet?
There is clearly no spare money in design (or many other sectors) at the moment, and it would be interesting to know if this has happened during other recessions, but is only obvious now as its that much more visible?

Fuck internshits, fuck the fuckers who offer them and if you are stupid enough to gain experience whilst being fucked then you're a stupid fucker because when your time is up, they will bring the next wet-behind-the-ears fooker in to be fooked whilst you are on the dole.

Dave Cameron's "Big Society" can kiss my ass.

Twice.