▲ 988 ▼ This is so sad and so true (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by Enceladus_One@lemm.ee to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 49 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (3 children) That's why they kick out homeless people every hour on the hour permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) I saw a librarian kick out a homeless guy for sleeping in the library because "we have a rule that you can't be unconscious in the library. It's for your own safety." WTF? What kind of danger are you in when you're sleeping? What made this even stupider is he didn't need to cite some bullshit rule to kick the guy out, because he was snoring! He could've just said "Your snoring is too loud, and you have to be quiet in the library." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Chronic_Intermission@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) The bigger question we as a society need to be asking is why does anyone needs to sleep in the library in the first place? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) From my experience, politicians talk a lot about fixing that problem in order to get elected but actually do very little about it once they get in office. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rawrosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago Their "fix" is just to try to make the problem invisible to their voterbase. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago I used to renovate houses for an organization in Atlanta similar to Habitat for Humanity. We would buy derelict houses and renovate them to provide housing for homeless people. Unfortunately these houses always had people squatting in them already, so the first stage of any project was us going in with various threatening hand tools and rousting out the current occupants. We appreciated the irony of this but I doubt they did. permalink fedilink source parent [–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago Here in Vancouver, Washington, the city shuts down nearly all public park restrooms and water fountains for 6 months each winter. Ostensibly it is for avoiding freezing water pipes, but I'm fairly sure it's to increase land values of old single family housing that tend to be where parks are located by giving police an excuse to kick out homeless. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) I saw a librarian kick out a homeless guy for sleeping in the library because "we have a rule that you can't be unconscious in the library. It's for your own safety." WTF? What kind of danger are you in when you're sleeping? What made this even stupider is he didn't need to cite some bullshit rule to kick the guy out, because he was snoring! He could've just said "Your snoring is too loud, and you have to be quiet in the library." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Chronic_Intermission@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) The bigger question we as a society need to be asking is why does anyone needs to sleep in the library in the first place? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) From my experience, politicians talk a lot about fixing that problem in order to get elected but actually do very little about it once they get in office. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rawrosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago Their "fix" is just to try to make the problem invisible to their voterbase. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chronic_Intermission@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) The bigger question we as a society need to be asking is why does anyone needs to sleep in the library in the first place? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) From my experience, politicians talk a lot about fixing that problem in order to get elected but actually do very little about it once they get in office. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rawrosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago Their "fix" is just to try to make the problem invisible to their voterbase. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) From my experience, politicians talk a lot about fixing that problem in order to get elected but actually do very little about it once they get in office. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rawrosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago Their "fix" is just to try to make the problem invisible to their voterbase. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rawrosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago Their "fix" is just to try to make the problem invisible to their voterbase. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago I used to renovate houses for an organization in Atlanta similar to Habitat for Humanity. We would buy derelict houses and renovate them to provide housing for homeless people. Unfortunately these houses always had people squatting in them already, so the first stage of any project was us going in with various threatening hand tools and rousting out the current occupants. We appreciated the irony of this but I doubt they did. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago Here in Vancouver, Washington, the city shuts down nearly all public park restrooms and water fountains for 6 months each winter. Ostensibly it is for avoiding freezing water pipes, but I'm fairly sure it's to increase land values of old single family housing that tend to be where parks are located by giving police an excuse to kick out homeless. permalink fedilink source parent