▲ 135 ▼ I'm gonna mute this one (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 10 months ago by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/47028905
[–] sudo@programming.dev 16 points 10 months ago (1 child) No need to mute. They'll just ignore it like they always ignore the homeless. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) Hey, stepping over a person sleeping on the sidewalk while keeping your phone conversation going and not spilling your latte is an impressive feat! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) But what can I do to solve all their problems? It's his own personal problem as well as a systemic issue. That person laying on the sidewalk needs unconditional love & a million dollars just as much as the rest of us do, and we're all spinning our wheels every day in pursuit of it. I can hardly find mine for my own self, so how am I supposed to find some for that sidewalk sleeping guy too? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) But what can I do to solve all their problems? More than literally nothing, and no one in their right mind thinks its reasonable to try and solve all of anyone's problems. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 child) One of my pet peeves is those people standing on street corners with a cardboard sign, pulling in like $1,000 a day, when I earn less than that working 10x as hard at a real job. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child) You know thats not a thing, right? You ever been homeless? I have. What you are describing does not happen. You know who the vast majority of homeless people are? People like you, who then lost that job. Women who got domestically abused and just had nowhere to go. People who work that shitty job, but live in their car, because they can't afford rent anywhere. People who ended up evicted, with serious medical conditions, because they can't afford their meds or hospital/doctors bills. You know how I know that? Well, I've also worked as a data analyst/software dev for a major non profit group that ran shelters, employment training/matching programs, gave people emergency rent assistance. This line you just said is total horseshit, and I am telling you that both from my own lived anecdotal experience, and also from a data analysis perspective. That line is about as true as the idea that 'anyone can be a millionaire if they just hustle hard enough.' Your 'pet peeve' is a bullshit propoganda line, engineered to make people like you irrationally hate people who 'lost at capitalism' even harder than you currently are. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) I'm literally homeless right now! I've been living in a van for 5 solid years. But no matter how bad things get, my dignity & self-respect & shame will NEVER allow me to stoop to panhandling. Standing on a corner with a cardboard sign would be utterly demoralizing, degrading, not to mention dangerous for a cute single vulnerable girl. Anyway panhandling is illegal in my state. Whenever one of those people pop up, the police swoop in damn quick. We simply don't see panhandlers anymore. There are resources available for the down-and-out. Sure, maybe not a cool easy $1k a day, but resources are available. I've used 'em all. With dignity slightly dented but ultimately intact. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) I'm literally homeless right now! Anyway panhandling is illegal in my state. Whenever one of those people pop up, the police swoop in damn quick. We simply don't see panhandlers anymore. ... then why is your pet peeve a thing you know doesn't happen? Oh, right, its because you view panhandling as just fundentally more immoral / less dignified than going to a food bank or whatever. Don't really see why, people tip people everyday, every damn grocery store asks you to round up to donate to a charity that mostly exists for tax write off purposes and has a terrible ratio of donations spent on admin overhead, e-begging / donation seeking is a whole entire phenomenon. But you apparently have either such strong personal views, or such a huge ego that needs to be better than others like you, that you decide to be bothered by a theoretical red herring that you actually know is bullshit. Sure dude, ok then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) I live in a van therefore I've lived all over the country. I have seen panhandlers. In fact I used to give to them when I was young & naive. But rarely do I see panhandlers in my current California. To your other points, tipping low-paid service workers is traditional and plenty of customers despise it but at least those workers are WORKING. Grocery store checkout charity begs are ignored by 99.99% of the population. 0.01% of the population who donates to those things are idiots. You think I have issues. I bet you don't even see your own issues. Are you just a rage bait/engagement bait commenter? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) Yep, you've seen panhandlers. How many of them did you meet who make: like $1,000 a day, when I earn less than that working 10x as hard at a real job. The answer is zero, but you are too full of yourself to admit that, because you think you are better than them. You're not. You're worse actually, because you're a liar, a proud one who won't admit it even when you've been caught. I have, entirely unironically, met and known meth and fentanyl addicts doing their damndest to get clean and go straight, who are better people than you. I am not a rage baiter, I am a bullshit detector. Streets ain't kind to bullshitters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago What do you think I'm lying about? You need to fix your bullshit detector because it's clearly broken. Go ahead and keep thinking that people who take meth & fentanyl are better than someone like me who's never touched drugs or alcohol in my life because one of my earliest memories at age 4 was hearing my father come into the house staggering drunk & sounding all scary, and I made a decision at age 4 that I will never touch any mind-altering substance. I loved my dad, I was a daddy's girl and it shattered my heart & world to see him unwell & struggling. When I was 14 he took himself into rehab because he had discovered cocaine and it was destroying his life and career, and towards the end of his rehab they invited the family to come in for family group sessions and that's the first time I had cried in years. When I was 21 my dad was still struggling with alcohol & cocaine and he hung himself. I'm 50 years old now and I've remained a firm teetotaler because I know better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) Hey, stepping over a person sleeping on the sidewalk while keeping your phone conversation going and not spilling your latte is an impressive feat! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) But what can I do to solve all their problems? It's his own personal problem as well as a systemic issue. That person laying on the sidewalk needs unconditional love & a million dollars just as much as the rest of us do, and we're all spinning our wheels every day in pursuit of it. I can hardly find mine for my own self, so how am I supposed to find some for that sidewalk sleeping guy too? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) But what can I do to solve all their problems? More than literally nothing, and no one in their right mind thinks its reasonable to try and solve all of anyone's problems. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 child) One of my pet peeves is those people standing on street corners with a cardboard sign, pulling in like $1,000 a day, when I earn less than that working 10x as hard at a real job. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child) You know thats not a thing, right? You ever been homeless? I have. What you are describing does not happen. You know who the vast majority of homeless people are? People like you, who then lost that job. Women who got domestically abused and just had nowhere to go. People who work that shitty job, but live in their car, because they can't afford rent anywhere. People who ended up evicted, with serious medical conditions, because they can't afford their meds or hospital/doctors bills. You know how I know that? Well, I've also worked as a data analyst/software dev for a major non profit group that ran shelters, employment training/matching programs, gave people emergency rent assistance. This line you just said is total horseshit, and I am telling you that both from my own lived anecdotal experience, and also from a data analysis perspective. That line is about as true as the idea that 'anyone can be a millionaire if they just hustle hard enough.' Your 'pet peeve' is a bullshit propoganda line, engineered to make people like you irrationally hate people who 'lost at capitalism' even harder than you currently are. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) I'm literally homeless right now! I've been living in a van for 5 solid years. But no matter how bad things get, my dignity & self-respect & shame will NEVER allow me to stoop to panhandling. Standing on a corner with a cardboard sign would be utterly demoralizing, degrading, not to mention dangerous for a cute single vulnerable girl. Anyway panhandling is illegal in my state. Whenever one of those people pop up, the police swoop in damn quick. We simply don't see panhandlers anymore. There are resources available for the down-and-out. Sure, maybe not a cool easy $1k a day, but resources are available. I've used 'em all. With dignity slightly dented but ultimately intact. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) I'm literally homeless right now! Anyway panhandling is illegal in my state. Whenever one of those people pop up, the police swoop in damn quick. We simply don't see panhandlers anymore. ... then why is your pet peeve a thing you know doesn't happen? Oh, right, its because you view panhandling as just fundentally more immoral / less dignified than going to a food bank or whatever. Don't really see why, people tip people everyday, every damn grocery store asks you to round up to donate to a charity that mostly exists for tax write off purposes and has a terrible ratio of donations spent on admin overhead, e-begging / donation seeking is a whole entire phenomenon. But you apparently have either such strong personal views, or such a huge ego that needs to be better than others like you, that you decide to be bothered by a theoretical red herring that you actually know is bullshit. Sure dude, ok then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) I live in a van therefore I've lived all over the country. I have seen panhandlers. In fact I used to give to them when I was young & naive. But rarely do I see panhandlers in my current California. To your other points, tipping low-paid service workers is traditional and plenty of customers despise it but at least those workers are WORKING. Grocery store checkout charity begs are ignored by 99.99% of the population. 0.01% of the population who donates to those things are idiots. You think I have issues. I bet you don't even see your own issues. Are you just a rage bait/engagement bait commenter? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) Yep, you've seen panhandlers. How many of them did you meet who make: like $1,000 a day, when I earn less than that working 10x as hard at a real job. The answer is zero, but you are too full of yourself to admit that, because you think you are better than them. You're not. You're worse actually, because you're a liar, a proud one who won't admit it even when you've been caught. I have, entirely unironically, met and known meth and fentanyl addicts doing their damndest to get clean and go straight, who are better people than you. I am not a rage baiter, I am a bullshit detector. Streets ain't kind to bullshitters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago What do you think I'm lying about? You need to fix your bullshit detector because it's clearly broken. Go ahead and keep thinking that people who take meth & fentanyl are better than someone like me who's never touched drugs or alcohol in my life because one of my earliest memories at age 4 was hearing my father come into the house staggering drunk & sounding all scary, and I made a decision at age 4 that I will never touch any mind-altering substance. I loved my dad, I was a daddy's girl and it shattered my heart & world to see him unwell & struggling. When I was 14 he took himself into rehab because he had discovered cocaine and it was destroying his life and career, and towards the end of his rehab they invited the family to come in for family group sessions and that's the first time I had cried in years. When I was 21 my dad was still struggling with alcohol & cocaine and he hung himself. I'm 50 years old now and I've remained a firm teetotaler because I know better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) But what can I do to solve all their problems? It's his own personal problem as well as a systemic issue. That person laying on the sidewalk needs unconditional love & a million dollars just as much as the rest of us do, and we're all spinning our wheels every day in pursuit of it. I can hardly find mine for my own self, so how am I supposed to find some for that sidewalk sleeping guy too? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) But what can I do to solve all their problems? More than literally nothing, and no one in their right mind thinks its reasonable to try and solve all of anyone's problems. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 child) One of my pet peeves is those people standing on street corners with a cardboard sign, pulling in like $1,000 a day, when I earn less than that working 10x as hard at a real job. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child) You know thats not a thing, right? You ever been homeless? I have. What you are describing does not happen. You know who the vast majority of homeless people are? People like you, who then lost that job. Women who got domestically abused and just had nowhere to go. People who work that shitty job, but live in their car, because they can't afford rent anywhere. People who ended up evicted, with serious medical conditions, because they can't afford their meds or hospital/doctors bills. You know how I know that? Well, I've also worked as a data analyst/software dev for a major non profit group that ran shelters, employment training/matching programs, gave people emergency rent assistance. This line you just said is total horseshit, and I am telling you that both from my own lived anecdotal experience, and also from a data analysis perspective. That line is about as true as the idea that 'anyone can be a millionaire if they just hustle hard enough.' Your 'pet peeve' is a bullshit propoganda line, engineered to make people like you irrationally hate people who 'lost at capitalism' even harder than you currently are. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) I'm literally homeless right now! I've been living in a van for 5 solid years. But no matter how bad things get, my dignity & self-respect & shame will NEVER allow me to stoop to panhandling. Standing on a corner with a cardboard sign would be utterly demoralizing, degrading, not to mention dangerous for a cute single vulnerable girl. Anyway panhandling is illegal in my state. Whenever one of those people pop up, the police swoop in damn quick. We simply don't see panhandlers anymore. There are resources available for the down-and-out. Sure, maybe not a cool easy $1k a day, but resources are available. I've used 'em all. With dignity slightly dented but ultimately intact. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) I'm literally homeless right now! Anyway panhandling is illegal in my state. Whenever one of those people pop up, the police swoop in damn quick. We simply don't see panhandlers anymore. ... then why is your pet peeve a thing you know doesn't happen? Oh, right, its because you view panhandling as just fundentally more immoral / less dignified than going to a food bank or whatever. Don't really see why, people tip people everyday, every damn grocery store asks you to round up to donate to a charity that mostly exists for tax write off purposes and has a terrible ratio of donations spent on admin overhead, e-begging / donation seeking is a whole entire phenomenon. But you apparently have either such strong personal views, or such a huge ego that needs to be better than others like you, that you decide to be bothered by a theoretical red herring that you actually know is bullshit. Sure dude, ok then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) I live in a van therefore I've lived all over the country. I have seen panhandlers. In fact I used to give to them when I was young & naive. But rarely do I see panhandlers in my current California. To your other points, tipping low-paid service workers is traditional and plenty of customers despise it but at least those workers are WORKING. Grocery store checkout charity begs are ignored by 99.99% of the population. 0.01% of the population who donates to those things are idiots. You think I have issues. I bet you don't even see your own issues. Are you just a rage bait/engagement bait commenter? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) Yep, you've seen panhandlers. How many of them did you meet who make: like $1,000 a day, when I earn less than that working 10x as hard at a real job. The answer is zero, but you are too full of yourself to admit that, because you think you are better than them. You're not. You're worse actually, because you're a liar, a proud one who won't admit it even when you've been caught. I have, entirely unironically, met and known meth and fentanyl addicts doing their damndest to get clean and go straight, who are better people than you. I am not a rage baiter, I am a bullshit detector. Streets ain't kind to bullshitters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago What do you think I'm lying about? You need to fix your bullshit detector because it's clearly broken. Go ahead and keep thinking that people who take meth & fentanyl are better than someone like me who's never touched drugs or alcohol in my life because one of my earliest memories at age 4 was hearing my father come into the house staggering drunk & sounding all scary, and I made a decision at age 4 that I will never touch any mind-altering substance. I loved my dad, I was a daddy's girl and it shattered my heart & world to see him unwell & struggling. When I was 14 he took himself into rehab because he had discovered cocaine and it was destroying his life and career, and towards the end of his rehab they invited the family to come in for family group sessions and that's the first time I had cried in years. When I was 21 my dad was still struggling with alcohol & cocaine and he hung himself. I'm 50 years old now and I've remained a firm teetotaler because I know better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) But what can I do to solve all their problems? More than literally nothing, and no one in their right mind thinks its reasonable to try and solve all of anyone's problems. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 child) One of my pet peeves is those people standing on street corners with a cardboard sign, pulling in like $1,000 a day, when I earn less than that working 10x as hard at a real job. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child) You know thats not a thing, right? You ever been homeless? I have. What you are describing does not happen. You know who the vast majority of homeless people are? People like you, who then lost that job. Women who got domestically abused and just had nowhere to go. People who work that shitty job, but live in their car, because they can't afford rent anywhere. People who ended up evicted, with serious medical conditions, because they can't afford their meds or hospital/doctors bills. You know how I know that? Well, I've also worked as a data analyst/software dev for a major non profit group that ran shelters, employment training/matching programs, gave people emergency rent assistance. This line you just said is total horseshit, and I am telling you that both from my own lived anecdotal experience, and also from a data analysis perspective. That line is about as true as the idea that 'anyone can be a millionaire if they just hustle hard enough.' Your 'pet peeve' is a bullshit propoganda line, engineered to make people like you irrationally hate people who 'lost at capitalism' even harder than you currently are. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) I'm literally homeless right now! I've been living in a van for 5 solid years. But no matter how bad things get, my dignity & self-respect & shame will NEVER allow me to stoop to panhandling. Standing on a corner with a cardboard sign would be utterly demoralizing, degrading, not to mention dangerous for a cute single vulnerable girl. Anyway panhandling is illegal in my state. Whenever one of those people pop up, the police swoop in damn quick. We simply don't see panhandlers anymore. There are resources available for the down-and-out. Sure, maybe not a cool easy $1k a day, but resources are available. I've used 'em all. With dignity slightly dented but ultimately intact. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) I'm literally homeless right now! Anyway panhandling is illegal in my state. Whenever one of those people pop up, the police swoop in damn quick. We simply don't see panhandlers anymore. ... then why is your pet peeve a thing you know doesn't happen? Oh, right, its because you view panhandling as just fundentally more immoral / less dignified than going to a food bank or whatever. Don't really see why, people tip people everyday, every damn grocery store asks you to round up to donate to a charity that mostly exists for tax write off purposes and has a terrible ratio of donations spent on admin overhead, e-begging / donation seeking is a whole entire phenomenon. But you apparently have either such strong personal views, or such a huge ego that needs to be better than others like you, that you decide to be bothered by a theoretical red herring that you actually know is bullshit. Sure dude, ok then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) I live in a van therefore I've lived all over the country. I have seen panhandlers. In fact I used to give to them when I was young & naive. But rarely do I see panhandlers in my current California. To your other points, tipping low-paid service workers is traditional and plenty of customers despise it but at least those workers are WORKING. Grocery store checkout charity begs are ignored by 99.99% of the population. 0.01% of the population who donates to those things are idiots. You think I have issues. I bet you don't even see your own issues. Are you just a rage bait/engagement bait commenter? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) Yep, you've seen panhandlers. How many of them did you meet who make: like $1,000 a day, when I earn less than that working 10x as hard at a real job. The answer is zero, but you are too full of yourself to admit that, because you think you are better than them. You're not. You're worse actually, because you're a liar, a proud one who won't admit it even when you've been caught. I have, entirely unironically, met and known meth and fentanyl addicts doing their damndest to get clean and go straight, who are better people than you. I am not a rage baiter, I am a bullshit detector. Streets ain't kind to bullshitters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago What do you think I'm lying about? You need to fix your bullshit detector because it's clearly broken. Go ahead and keep thinking that people who take meth & fentanyl are better than someone like me who's never touched drugs or alcohol in my life because one of my earliest memories at age 4 was hearing my father come into the house staggering drunk & sounding all scary, and I made a decision at age 4 that I will never touch any mind-altering substance. I loved my dad, I was a daddy's girl and it shattered my heart & world to see him unwell & struggling. When I was 14 he took himself into rehab because he had discovered cocaine and it was destroying his life and career, and towards the end of his rehab they invited the family to come in for family group sessions and that's the first time I had cried in years. When I was 21 my dad was still struggling with alcohol & cocaine and he hung himself. I'm 50 years old now and I've remained a firm teetotaler because I know better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 child) One of my pet peeves is those people standing on street corners with a cardboard sign, pulling in like $1,000 a day, when I earn less than that working 10x as hard at a real job. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child) You know thats not a thing, right? You ever been homeless? I have. What you are describing does not happen. You know who the vast majority of homeless people are? People like you, who then lost that job. Women who got domestically abused and just had nowhere to go. People who work that shitty job, but live in their car, because they can't afford rent anywhere. People who ended up evicted, with serious medical conditions, because they can't afford their meds or hospital/doctors bills. You know how I know that? Well, I've also worked as a data analyst/software dev for a major non profit group that ran shelters, employment training/matching programs, gave people emergency rent assistance. This line you just said is total horseshit, and I am telling you that both from my own lived anecdotal experience, and also from a data analysis perspective. That line is about as true as the idea that 'anyone can be a millionaire if they just hustle hard enough.' Your 'pet peeve' is a bullshit propoganda line, engineered to make people like you irrationally hate people who 'lost at capitalism' even harder than you currently are. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) I'm literally homeless right now! I've been living in a van for 5 solid years. But no matter how bad things get, my dignity & self-respect & shame will NEVER allow me to stoop to panhandling. Standing on a corner with a cardboard sign would be utterly demoralizing, degrading, not to mention dangerous for a cute single vulnerable girl. Anyway panhandling is illegal in my state. Whenever one of those people pop up, the police swoop in damn quick. We simply don't see panhandlers anymore. There are resources available for the down-and-out. Sure, maybe not a cool easy $1k a day, but resources are available. I've used 'em all. With dignity slightly dented but ultimately intact. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) I'm literally homeless right now! Anyway panhandling is illegal in my state. Whenever one of those people pop up, the police swoop in damn quick. We simply don't see panhandlers anymore. ... then why is your pet peeve a thing you know doesn't happen? Oh, right, its because you view panhandling as just fundentally more immoral / less dignified than going to a food bank or whatever. Don't really see why, people tip people everyday, every damn grocery store asks you to round up to donate to a charity that mostly exists for tax write off purposes and has a terrible ratio of donations spent on admin overhead, e-begging / donation seeking is a whole entire phenomenon. But you apparently have either such strong personal views, or such a huge ego that needs to be better than others like you, that you decide to be bothered by a theoretical red herring that you actually know is bullshit. Sure dude, ok then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) I live in a van therefore I've lived all over the country. I have seen panhandlers. In fact I used to give to them when I was young & naive. But rarely do I see panhandlers in my current California. To your other points, tipping low-paid service workers is traditional and plenty of customers despise it but at least those workers are WORKING. Grocery store checkout charity begs are ignored by 99.99% of the population. 0.01% of the population who donates to those things are idiots. You think I have issues. I bet you don't even see your own issues. Are you just a rage bait/engagement bait commenter? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) Yep, you've seen panhandlers. How many of them did you meet who make: like $1,000 a day, when I earn less than that working 10x as hard at a real job. The answer is zero, but you are too full of yourself to admit that, because you think you are better than them. You're not. You're worse actually, because you're a liar, a proud one who won't admit it even when you've been caught. I have, entirely unironically, met and known meth and fentanyl addicts doing their damndest to get clean and go straight, who are better people than you. I am not a rage baiter, I am a bullshit detector. Streets ain't kind to bullshitters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago What do you think I'm lying about? You need to fix your bullshit detector because it's clearly broken. Go ahead and keep thinking that people who take meth & fentanyl are better than someone like me who's never touched drugs or alcohol in my life because one of my earliest memories at age 4 was hearing my father come into the house staggering drunk & sounding all scary, and I made a decision at age 4 that I will never touch any mind-altering substance. I loved my dad, I was a daddy's girl and it shattered my heart & world to see him unwell & struggling. When I was 14 he took himself into rehab because he had discovered cocaine and it was destroying his life and career, and towards the end of his rehab they invited the family to come in for family group sessions and that's the first time I had cried in years. When I was 21 my dad was still struggling with alcohol & cocaine and he hung himself. I'm 50 years old now and I've remained a firm teetotaler because I know better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child) You know thats not a thing, right? You ever been homeless? I have. What you are describing does not happen. You know who the vast majority of homeless people are? People like you, who then lost that job. Women who got domestically abused and just had nowhere to go. People who work that shitty job, but live in their car, because they can't afford rent anywhere. People who ended up evicted, with serious medical conditions, because they can't afford their meds or hospital/doctors bills. You know how I know that? Well, I've also worked as a data analyst/software dev for a major non profit group that ran shelters, employment training/matching programs, gave people emergency rent assistance. This line you just said is total horseshit, and I am telling you that both from my own lived anecdotal experience, and also from a data analysis perspective. That line is about as true as the idea that 'anyone can be a millionaire if they just hustle hard enough.' Your 'pet peeve' is a bullshit propoganda line, engineered to make people like you irrationally hate people who 'lost at capitalism' even harder than you currently are. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) I'm literally homeless right now! I've been living in a van for 5 solid years. But no matter how bad things get, my dignity & self-respect & shame will NEVER allow me to stoop to panhandling. Standing on a corner with a cardboard sign would be utterly demoralizing, degrading, not to mention dangerous for a cute single vulnerable girl. Anyway panhandling is illegal in my state. Whenever one of those people pop up, the police swoop in damn quick. We simply don't see panhandlers anymore. There are resources available for the down-and-out. Sure, maybe not a cool easy $1k a day, but resources are available. I've used 'em all. With dignity slightly dented but ultimately intact. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) I'm literally homeless right now! Anyway panhandling is illegal in my state. Whenever one of those people pop up, the police swoop in damn quick. We simply don't see panhandlers anymore. ... then why is your pet peeve a thing you know doesn't happen? Oh, right, its because you view panhandling as just fundentally more immoral / less dignified than going to a food bank or whatever. Don't really see why, people tip people everyday, every damn grocery store asks you to round up to donate to a charity that mostly exists for tax write off purposes and has a terrible ratio of donations spent on admin overhead, e-begging / donation seeking is a whole entire phenomenon. But you apparently have either such strong personal views, or such a huge ego that needs to be better than others like you, that you decide to be bothered by a theoretical red herring that you actually know is bullshit. Sure dude, ok then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) I live in a van therefore I've lived all over the country. I have seen panhandlers. In fact I used to give to them when I was young & naive. But rarely do I see panhandlers in my current California. To your other points, tipping low-paid service workers is traditional and plenty of customers despise it but at least those workers are WORKING. Grocery store checkout charity begs are ignored by 99.99% of the population. 0.01% of the population who donates to those things are idiots. You think I have issues. I bet you don't even see your own issues. Are you just a rage bait/engagement bait commenter? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) Yep, you've seen panhandlers. How many of them did you meet who make: like $1,000 a day, when I earn less than that working 10x as hard at a real job. The answer is zero, but you are too full of yourself to admit that, because you think you are better than them. You're not. You're worse actually, because you're a liar, a proud one who won't admit it even when you've been caught. I have, entirely unironically, met and known meth and fentanyl addicts doing their damndest to get clean and go straight, who are better people than you. I am not a rage baiter, I am a bullshit detector. Streets ain't kind to bullshitters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago What do you think I'm lying about? You need to fix your bullshit detector because it's clearly broken. Go ahead and keep thinking that people who take meth & fentanyl are better than someone like me who's never touched drugs or alcohol in my life because one of my earliest memories at age 4 was hearing my father come into the house staggering drunk & sounding all scary, and I made a decision at age 4 that I will never touch any mind-altering substance. I loved my dad, I was a daddy's girl and it shattered my heart & world to see him unwell & struggling. When I was 14 he took himself into rehab because he had discovered cocaine and it was destroying his life and career, and towards the end of his rehab they invited the family to come in for family group sessions and that's the first time I had cried in years. When I was 21 my dad was still struggling with alcohol & cocaine and he hung himself. I'm 50 years old now and I've remained a firm teetotaler because I know better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) I'm literally homeless right now! I've been living in a van for 5 solid years. But no matter how bad things get, my dignity & self-respect & shame will NEVER allow me to stoop to panhandling. Standing on a corner with a cardboard sign would be utterly demoralizing, degrading, not to mention dangerous for a cute single vulnerable girl. Anyway panhandling is illegal in my state. Whenever one of those people pop up, the police swoop in damn quick. We simply don't see panhandlers anymore. There are resources available for the down-and-out. Sure, maybe not a cool easy $1k a day, but resources are available. I've used 'em all. With dignity slightly dented but ultimately intact. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) I'm literally homeless right now! Anyway panhandling is illegal in my state. Whenever one of those people pop up, the police swoop in damn quick. We simply don't see panhandlers anymore. ... then why is your pet peeve a thing you know doesn't happen? Oh, right, its because you view panhandling as just fundentally more immoral / less dignified than going to a food bank or whatever. Don't really see why, people tip people everyday, every damn grocery store asks you to round up to donate to a charity that mostly exists for tax write off purposes and has a terrible ratio of donations spent on admin overhead, e-begging / donation seeking is a whole entire phenomenon. But you apparently have either such strong personal views, or such a huge ego that needs to be better than others like you, that you decide to be bothered by a theoretical red herring that you actually know is bullshit. Sure dude, ok then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) I live in a van therefore I've lived all over the country. I have seen panhandlers. In fact I used to give to them when I was young & naive. But rarely do I see panhandlers in my current California. To your other points, tipping low-paid service workers is traditional and plenty of customers despise it but at least those workers are WORKING. Grocery store checkout charity begs are ignored by 99.99% of the population. 0.01% of the population who donates to those things are idiots. You think I have issues. I bet you don't even see your own issues. Are you just a rage bait/engagement bait commenter? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) Yep, you've seen panhandlers. How many of them did you meet who make: like $1,000 a day, when I earn less than that working 10x as hard at a real job. The answer is zero, but you are too full of yourself to admit that, because you think you are better than them. You're not. You're worse actually, because you're a liar, a proud one who won't admit it even when you've been caught. I have, entirely unironically, met and known meth and fentanyl addicts doing their damndest to get clean and go straight, who are better people than you. I am not a rage baiter, I am a bullshit detector. Streets ain't kind to bullshitters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago What do you think I'm lying about? You need to fix your bullshit detector because it's clearly broken. Go ahead and keep thinking that people who take meth & fentanyl are better than someone like me who's never touched drugs or alcohol in my life because one of my earliest memories at age 4 was hearing my father come into the house staggering drunk & sounding all scary, and I made a decision at age 4 that I will never touch any mind-altering substance. I loved my dad, I was a daddy's girl and it shattered my heart & world to see him unwell & struggling. When I was 14 he took himself into rehab because he had discovered cocaine and it was destroying his life and career, and towards the end of his rehab they invited the family to come in for family group sessions and that's the first time I had cried in years. When I was 21 my dad was still struggling with alcohol & cocaine and he hung himself. I'm 50 years old now and I've remained a firm teetotaler because I know better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) I'm literally homeless right now! Anyway panhandling is illegal in my state. Whenever one of those people pop up, the police swoop in damn quick. We simply don't see panhandlers anymore. ... then why is your pet peeve a thing you know doesn't happen? Oh, right, its because you view panhandling as just fundentally more immoral / less dignified than going to a food bank or whatever. Don't really see why, people tip people everyday, every damn grocery store asks you to round up to donate to a charity that mostly exists for tax write off purposes and has a terrible ratio of donations spent on admin overhead, e-begging / donation seeking is a whole entire phenomenon. But you apparently have either such strong personal views, or such a huge ego that needs to be better than others like you, that you decide to be bothered by a theoretical red herring that you actually know is bullshit. Sure dude, ok then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) I live in a van therefore I've lived all over the country. I have seen panhandlers. In fact I used to give to them when I was young & naive. But rarely do I see panhandlers in my current California. To your other points, tipping low-paid service workers is traditional and plenty of customers despise it but at least those workers are WORKING. Grocery store checkout charity begs are ignored by 99.99% of the population. 0.01% of the population who donates to those things are idiots. You think I have issues. I bet you don't even see your own issues. Are you just a rage bait/engagement bait commenter? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) Yep, you've seen panhandlers. How many of them did you meet who make: like $1,000 a day, when I earn less than that working 10x as hard at a real job. The answer is zero, but you are too full of yourself to admit that, because you think you are better than them. You're not. You're worse actually, because you're a liar, a proud one who won't admit it even when you've been caught. I have, entirely unironically, met and known meth and fentanyl addicts doing their damndest to get clean and go straight, who are better people than you. I am not a rage baiter, I am a bullshit detector. Streets ain't kind to bullshitters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago What do you think I'm lying about? You need to fix your bullshit detector because it's clearly broken. Go ahead and keep thinking that people who take meth & fentanyl are better than someone like me who's never touched drugs or alcohol in my life because one of my earliest memories at age 4 was hearing my father come into the house staggering drunk & sounding all scary, and I made a decision at age 4 that I will never touch any mind-altering substance. I loved my dad, I was a daddy's girl and it shattered my heart & world to see him unwell & struggling. When I was 14 he took himself into rehab because he had discovered cocaine and it was destroying his life and career, and towards the end of his rehab they invited the family to come in for family group sessions and that's the first time I had cried in years. When I was 21 my dad was still struggling with alcohol & cocaine and he hung himself. I'm 50 years old now and I've remained a firm teetotaler because I know better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) I live in a van therefore I've lived all over the country. I have seen panhandlers. In fact I used to give to them when I was young & naive. But rarely do I see panhandlers in my current California. To your other points, tipping low-paid service workers is traditional and plenty of customers despise it but at least those workers are WORKING. Grocery store checkout charity begs are ignored by 99.99% of the population. 0.01% of the population who donates to those things are idiots. You think I have issues. I bet you don't even see your own issues. Are you just a rage bait/engagement bait commenter? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) Yep, you've seen panhandlers. How many of them did you meet who make: like $1,000 a day, when I earn less than that working 10x as hard at a real job. The answer is zero, but you are too full of yourself to admit that, because you think you are better than them. You're not. You're worse actually, because you're a liar, a proud one who won't admit it even when you've been caught. I have, entirely unironically, met and known meth and fentanyl addicts doing their damndest to get clean and go straight, who are better people than you. I am not a rage baiter, I am a bullshit detector. Streets ain't kind to bullshitters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago What do you think I'm lying about? You need to fix your bullshit detector because it's clearly broken. Go ahead and keep thinking that people who take meth & fentanyl are better than someone like me who's never touched drugs or alcohol in my life because one of my earliest memories at age 4 was hearing my father come into the house staggering drunk & sounding all scary, and I made a decision at age 4 that I will never touch any mind-altering substance. I loved my dad, I was a daddy's girl and it shattered my heart & world to see him unwell & struggling. When I was 14 he took himself into rehab because he had discovered cocaine and it was destroying his life and career, and towards the end of his rehab they invited the family to come in for family group sessions and that's the first time I had cried in years. When I was 21 my dad was still struggling with alcohol & cocaine and he hung himself. I'm 50 years old now and I've remained a firm teetotaler because I know better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) Yep, you've seen panhandlers. How many of them did you meet who make: like $1,000 a day, when I earn less than that working 10x as hard at a real job. The answer is zero, but you are too full of yourself to admit that, because you think you are better than them. You're not. You're worse actually, because you're a liar, a proud one who won't admit it even when you've been caught. I have, entirely unironically, met and known meth and fentanyl addicts doing their damndest to get clean and go straight, who are better people than you. I am not a rage baiter, I am a bullshit detector. Streets ain't kind to bullshitters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago What do you think I'm lying about? You need to fix your bullshit detector because it's clearly broken. Go ahead and keep thinking that people who take meth & fentanyl are better than someone like me who's never touched drugs or alcohol in my life because one of my earliest memories at age 4 was hearing my father come into the house staggering drunk & sounding all scary, and I made a decision at age 4 that I will never touch any mind-altering substance. I loved my dad, I was a daddy's girl and it shattered my heart & world to see him unwell & struggling. When I was 14 he took himself into rehab because he had discovered cocaine and it was destroying his life and career, and towards the end of his rehab they invited the family to come in for family group sessions and that's the first time I had cried in years. When I was 21 my dad was still struggling with alcohol & cocaine and he hung himself. I'm 50 years old now and I've remained a firm teetotaler because I know better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago What do you think I'm lying about? You need to fix your bullshit detector because it's clearly broken. Go ahead and keep thinking that people who take meth & fentanyl are better than someone like me who's never touched drugs or alcohol in my life because one of my earliest memories at age 4 was hearing my father come into the house staggering drunk & sounding all scary, and I made a decision at age 4 that I will never touch any mind-altering substance. I loved my dad, I was a daddy's girl and it shattered my heart & world to see him unwell & struggling. When I was 14 he took himself into rehab because he had discovered cocaine and it was destroying his life and career, and towards the end of his rehab they invited the family to come in for family group sessions and that's the first time I had cried in years. When I was 21 my dad was still struggling with alcohol & cocaine and he hung himself. I'm 50 years old now and I've remained a firm teetotaler because I know better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 12 points 10 months ago (2 children) Pipe saw. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Psythik@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) I don't think that's something homeless people keep handy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago It's certainly giving me ideas permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago This gets reposted alot. If you wanna help the community, get some 2x4 and just zip tie the seat higher. No destruction and nobody goes to jail. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) I don't think that's something homeless people keep handy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago It's certainly giving me ideas permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago It's certainly giving me ideas permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago This gets reposted alot. If you wanna help the community, get some 2x4 and just zip tie the seat higher. No destruction and nobody goes to jail. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago I love that this thread functions as a giant liberal self report zone, the guilt is palpable! permalink fedilink source
[+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago (3 children) You’re right, I use public transit and if someone were to be sleeping on the bench while I was waiting for the bus it would just ruin my entire life forever in every possible way, unless I just got the fuck over it and went on with my day or something, but I don’t think that’s an option. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago But the bus only comes every four hours, how do we expend resources to make my life easier while waiting for the bus if we dont spend them punishing people more desperate than me!? You just fucking hate working people, fucking commie. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) But if every day & all night long, people are sleeping on that bench so it can never be used for its intended purpose of paying customers waiting-for-bus, that's where the problem lies. Sleeping on benches is apparently such a huge problem that many public places have no seating options available anywhere anymore. I recall traveling daily through the DC Metro, brutalist concrete architecture everywhere, on my feet all day, and it was even illegal to sit on the ground to rest my throbbing legs for 30 seconds. I was even sitting on a BALL that I had, and Metro employee comes up to me and tells me "NO SITTING ALLOWED. KEEP MOVING." 🤬 I fucking despise [insert whatever nouns to suit the topic]. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) So, the authorities not allowing anyone at all to sit or rest and removing all of the public seating is to be blamed on unhoused people? The people actively causing you to not be allowed to sit and rest, for even a moment, are the unhoused, they’re the ones who took that from you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) No, my second paragraph was simply expressing anger at the fact there's nowhere to sit anymore. Blaming it on authorities for removing all seats, and even the right to sit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago Thanks for the clarification, I apologize for being crass. permalink fedilink source parent [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (1 child) Fuck all the way off. Way to move the goalpost from letting people use benches to sleep to demanding people give up their homes for others. You’re the exact kind of piece of shit I had clocked you for, thanks for proving my point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago you're the troll and your first comment in this thread isn't excused even if you aren't lying now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago No you fucking have not. permalink fedilink source parent [–] expr@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago Liar. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DipshitDetector@lemy.lol 4 points 10 months ago Beep. permalink fedilink source parent [–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) Oh my god please please go back to fucking yourself, the world isnt ready for how much you fuck things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 9 points 10 months ago (1 child) The moderate whites speak! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 10 months ago* (1 child) Okay buddy NIMBY NSFW account permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago Denying it so somebody can sit for five minutes while they wait for the bus sure isn't. If lack of bench space is a problem due to homeless people sleeping on it, the solution isn't making them unable to sleep on benches. It's getting them in homes. And if that solution isn't available, saying fuck them in favor of people having bench-sitting access is not a great argument. To be clear, anyone who complains about lack of space to sit at a bus stop due to a homeless person sleeping on it, and instead of feeling pity for the homeless person and fighting for the homeless, chooses to be mad at the homeless person and fight against the homeless (by supporting those anti-sleeping bench measures), that person is an inhuman piece of shit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago* (1 child) Please go back to masturbating. You're doing good work over there; don't fuck it up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago* Sure do! But! We shoukd each do what we can to make the world the best we can. For you, that means keeping your mouth closed and your hands in your pants, so you aren't making words at the rest of us. I know it's a big ask, but you got this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago And there it is permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago (3 children) You’re right, I use public transit and if someone were to be sleeping on the bench while I was waiting for the bus it would just ruin my entire life forever in every possible way, unless I just got the fuck over it and went on with my day or something, but I don’t think that’s an option. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago But the bus only comes every four hours, how do we expend resources to make my life easier while waiting for the bus if we dont spend them punishing people more desperate than me!? You just fucking hate working people, fucking commie. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) But if every day & all night long, people are sleeping on that bench so it can never be used for its intended purpose of paying customers waiting-for-bus, that's where the problem lies. Sleeping on benches is apparently such a huge problem that many public places have no seating options available anywhere anymore. I recall traveling daily through the DC Metro, brutalist concrete architecture everywhere, on my feet all day, and it was even illegal to sit on the ground to rest my throbbing legs for 30 seconds. I was even sitting on a BALL that I had, and Metro employee comes up to me and tells me "NO SITTING ALLOWED. KEEP MOVING." 🤬 I fucking despise [insert whatever nouns to suit the topic]. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) So, the authorities not allowing anyone at all to sit or rest and removing all of the public seating is to be blamed on unhoused people? The people actively causing you to not be allowed to sit and rest, for even a moment, are the unhoused, they’re the ones who took that from you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) No, my second paragraph was simply expressing anger at the fact there's nowhere to sit anymore. Blaming it on authorities for removing all seats, and even the right to sit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago Thanks for the clarification, I apologize for being crass. permalink fedilink source parent [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (1 child) Fuck all the way off. Way to move the goalpost from letting people use benches to sleep to demanding people give up their homes for others. You’re the exact kind of piece of shit I had clocked you for, thanks for proving my point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago you're the troll and your first comment in this thread isn't excused even if you aren't lying now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago No you fucking have not. permalink fedilink source parent [–] expr@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago Liar. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DipshitDetector@lemy.lol 4 points 10 months ago Beep. permalink fedilink source parent [–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) Oh my god please please go back to fucking yourself, the world isnt ready for how much you fuck things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago But the bus only comes every four hours, how do we expend resources to make my life easier while waiting for the bus if we dont spend them punishing people more desperate than me!? You just fucking hate working people, fucking commie. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) But if every day & all night long, people are sleeping on that bench so it can never be used for its intended purpose of paying customers waiting-for-bus, that's where the problem lies. Sleeping on benches is apparently such a huge problem that many public places have no seating options available anywhere anymore. I recall traveling daily through the DC Metro, brutalist concrete architecture everywhere, on my feet all day, and it was even illegal to sit on the ground to rest my throbbing legs for 30 seconds. I was even sitting on a BALL that I had, and Metro employee comes up to me and tells me "NO SITTING ALLOWED. KEEP MOVING." 🤬 I fucking despise [insert whatever nouns to suit the topic]. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) So, the authorities not allowing anyone at all to sit or rest and removing all of the public seating is to be blamed on unhoused people? The people actively causing you to not be allowed to sit and rest, for even a moment, are the unhoused, they’re the ones who took that from you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) No, my second paragraph was simply expressing anger at the fact there's nowhere to sit anymore. Blaming it on authorities for removing all seats, and even the right to sit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago Thanks for the clarification, I apologize for being crass. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) So, the authorities not allowing anyone at all to sit or rest and removing all of the public seating is to be blamed on unhoused people? The people actively causing you to not be allowed to sit and rest, for even a moment, are the unhoused, they’re the ones who took that from you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) No, my second paragraph was simply expressing anger at the fact there's nowhere to sit anymore. Blaming it on authorities for removing all seats, and even the right to sit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago Thanks for the clarification, I apologize for being crass. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) No, my second paragraph was simply expressing anger at the fact there's nowhere to sit anymore. Blaming it on authorities for removing all seats, and even the right to sit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago Thanks for the clarification, I apologize for being crass. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago Thanks for the clarification, I apologize for being crass. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (1 child) Fuck all the way off. Way to move the goalpost from letting people use benches to sleep to demanding people give up their homes for others. You’re the exact kind of piece of shit I had clocked you for, thanks for proving my point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago you're the troll and your first comment in this thread isn't excused even if you aren't lying now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago No you fucking have not. permalink fedilink source parent [–] expr@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago Liar. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DipshitDetector@lemy.lol 4 points 10 months ago Beep. permalink fedilink source parent [–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) Oh my god please please go back to fucking yourself, the world isnt ready for how much you fuck things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (1 child) Fuck all the way off. Way to move the goalpost from letting people use benches to sleep to demanding people give up their homes for others. You’re the exact kind of piece of shit I had clocked you for, thanks for proving my point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago you're the troll and your first comment in this thread isn't excused even if you aren't lying now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago No you fucking have not. permalink fedilink source parent [–] expr@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago Liar. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago you're the troll and your first comment in this thread isn't excused even if you aren't lying now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago No you fucking have not. permalink fedilink source parent [–] expr@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago Liar. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago you're the troll and your first comment in this thread isn't excused even if you aren't lying now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago No you fucking have not. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (1 child) Oh my god please please go back to fucking yourself, the world isnt ready for how much you fuck things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 9 points 10 months ago (1 child) The moderate whites speak! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 10 months ago* (1 child) Okay buddy NIMBY NSFW account permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago Denying it so somebody can sit for five minutes while they wait for the bus sure isn't. If lack of bench space is a problem due to homeless people sleeping on it, the solution isn't making them unable to sleep on benches. It's getting them in homes. And if that solution isn't available, saying fuck them in favor of people having bench-sitting access is not a great argument. To be clear, anyone who complains about lack of space to sit at a bus stop due to a homeless person sleeping on it, and instead of feeling pity for the homeless person and fighting for the homeless, chooses to be mad at the homeless person and fight against the homeless (by supporting those anti-sleeping bench measures), that person is an inhuman piece of shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 10 months ago* (1 child) Okay buddy NIMBY NSFW account permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago Denying it so somebody can sit for five minutes while they wait for the bus sure isn't. If lack of bench space is a problem due to homeless people sleeping on it, the solution isn't making them unable to sleep on benches. It's getting them in homes. And if that solution isn't available, saying fuck them in favor of people having bench-sitting access is not a great argument. To be clear, anyone who complains about lack of space to sit at a bus stop due to a homeless person sleeping on it, and instead of feeling pity for the homeless person and fighting for the homeless, chooses to be mad at the homeless person and fight against the homeless (by supporting those anti-sleeping bench measures), that person is an inhuman piece of shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 10 months ago* (1 child) Okay buddy NIMBY NSFW account permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago Denying it so somebody can sit for five minutes while they wait for the bus sure isn't. If lack of bench space is a problem due to homeless people sleeping on it, the solution isn't making them unable to sleep on benches. It's getting them in homes. And if that solution isn't available, saying fuck them in favor of people having bench-sitting access is not a great argument. To be clear, anyone who complains about lack of space to sit at a bus stop due to a homeless person sleeping on it, and instead of feeling pity for the homeless person and fighting for the homeless, chooses to be mad at the homeless person and fight against the homeless (by supporting those anti-sleeping bench measures), that person is an inhuman piece of shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago Denying it so somebody can sit for five minutes while they wait for the bus sure isn't. If lack of bench space is a problem due to homeless people sleeping on it, the solution isn't making them unable to sleep on benches. It's getting them in homes. And if that solution isn't available, saying fuck them in favor of people having bench-sitting access is not a great argument. To be clear, anyone who complains about lack of space to sit at a bus stop due to a homeless person sleeping on it, and instead of feeling pity for the homeless person and fighting for the homeless, chooses to be mad at the homeless person and fight against the homeless (by supporting those anti-sleeping bench measures), that person is an inhuman piece of shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago Denying it so somebody can sit for five minutes while they wait for the bus sure isn't. If lack of bench space is a problem due to homeless people sleeping on it, the solution isn't making them unable to sleep on benches. It's getting them in homes. And if that solution isn't available, saying fuck them in favor of people having bench-sitting access is not a great argument. To be clear, anyone who complains about lack of space to sit at a bus stop due to a homeless person sleeping on it, and instead of feeling pity for the homeless person and fighting for the homeless, chooses to be mad at the homeless person and fight against the homeless (by supporting those anti-sleeping bench measures), that person is an inhuman piece of shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago* (1 child) Please go back to masturbating. You're doing good work over there; don't fuck it up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago* Sure do! But! We shoukd each do what we can to make the world the best we can. For you, that means keeping your mouth closed and your hands in your pants, so you aren't making words at the rest of us. I know it's a big ask, but you got this. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com -3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago* Sure do! But! We shoukd each do what we can to make the world the best we can. For you, that means keeping your mouth closed and your hands in your pants, so you aren't making words at the rest of us. I know it's a big ask, but you got this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago* Sure do! But! We shoukd each do what we can to make the world the best we can. For you, that means keeping your mouth closed and your hands in your pants, so you aren't making words at the rest of us. I know it's a big ask, but you got this. permalink fedilink source parent
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