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Low Energy posted:I'm impressed so many of you have time to pull yourselves away from your local soup kitchen to post about this. I'm actually on lunch break at the CPR class I have to take because I am program supervisor of a youth homeless shelter. It's no problem, really.
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Low Energy posted:Agreed. You're a loving monster
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Feb 20, 2016 21:43
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Because I walked down the street and didn't talk to a stranger? Or because I was prepared to defend myself from an attack that didn't happen? There wasn't a racial component, we were both white. He might have been a veteran , but so am I. I am sorry about the couple with the baby carriage, but I didn't look at them or even notice them until they were practically on top of me and scrambling to swerve to the other side of the sidewalk. I was listening in case my unwilling acquaintance rapidly closed the distance behind me. Low Energy fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Feb 20, 2016 |
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atomicthumbs posted:Fun fact: 71% of homeless people in San Francisco used to have homes in San Francisco Caveat that although the surveying team probably did the best they could, that sampling mechanism's gonna generate a massive amount of error that they don't account for. Low Energy posted:He might have been a veteran , but so am I. Nobody cares!
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Feb 20, 2016 21:51
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Just FYI, thread title isn't an invitation.
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Feb 20, 2016 21:51
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I'm not a techbro, I live in a very poor city with no tech industry at all.Discendo Vox posted:Nobody cares! Nor should they! I didn't care about this homeless guy, and that, also, is just fine.
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Feb 20, 2016 21:52
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Low Energy posted:Because I walked down the street and didn't talk to a stranger? Or because I was prepared to defend myself from an attack that didn't happen? You literally said you wanted him to do something so you could "defend yourself." It's hilariously stupid and lovely.
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Feb 20, 2016 21:54
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Low Energy posted:Because I walked down the street and didn't talk to a stranger? Or because I was prepared to defend myself from an attack that didn't happen? Wow, PTSD without heightened situational awareness? What a bum deal for you.
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Feb 20, 2016 21:57
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Low Energy posted:Because I walked down the street and didn't talk to a stranger? Or because I was prepared to defend myself from an attack that didn't happen? The bit where you apparently don't view homeless people as human beings and want to commit violence on them might have something to do with it.
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Feb 20, 2016 21:58
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SedanChair posted:Wow, PTSD without heightened situational awareness? What a bum deal for you. No, I don't have any PTSD. And my situational awareness is famously poor. OwlFancier posted:The bit where you apparently don't view homeless people as human beings and want to commit violence on them might have something to do with it. Of course I view homeless people as human beings. I just favor violence against all aggressive strangers who do violence to me, and I'm not really a fan of human beings who aggressively yell poo poo at strangers who have done nothing to them, whether it's catcalls to women or unhinged rants at people peaceably walking from school to their car. Lot of victim blaming ITT.
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Wait, are there people who try to say that food deserts aren't a thing? I'm in Duluth MN and just from where I live it's something like 4 1/2 miles to the nearest grocery store(I'm on the edge of a primarily black neighborhood, and for some reason attempts to open a grocery store in the nearby commercial area keep getting stonewalled). For someone living out on the south end of town it's easily double that, and most people I know on that end of town get basics like milk/eggs/bread from the gas station, and their hot food stuff usually subs in for an actual meal at least once every week or so. Sorry I don't have much to add about homeless people because they're too busy trying not freeze to death to hassle people too much.
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Feb 20, 2016 22:04
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This thread is the most magical gift ever.
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Feb 20, 2016 22:05
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Low Energy posted:Of course I view homeless people as human beings. I just favor violence against all aggressive strangers who do violence to me, and I'm not really a fan of human beings who aggressively yell poo poo at strangers who have done nothing to them, whether it's catcalls to women or unhinged rants at people peaceably walking from school to their car. You're not a victim because a homeless man yelled at you for being rude. Also if you think people need to lose all pride and sense of entitlement because it will get them into trouble and that's something you apply to human beings you have a direly lacking sense of empathy towards your fellow humans.
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Low Energy posted:Because I walked down the street and didn't talk to a stranger? Or because I was prepared to defend myself from an attack that didn't happen? You were disappointed that you didn't get to knife a homeless person. That family looked at you weird because you are a loving ghoul hth.
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Low Energy posted:Because I walked down the street and didn't talk to a stranger? Or because I was prepared to defend myself from an attack that didn't happen? Low Energy posted:I pulled out my pocket knife and hoped he'd get aggressive, but alas You wanted to stab a homeless person and were disappointed that he didn't give you a reason.
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Halman posted:Wait, are there people who try to say that food deserts aren't a thing? I'm in Duluth MN and just from where I live it's something like 4 1/2 miles to the nearest grocery store(I'm on the edge of a primarily black neighborhood, and for some reason attempts to open a grocery store in the nearby commercial area keep getting stonewalled).  OwlFancier posted:Also if you think people need to lose all pride and sense of entitlement because it will get them into trouble and that's something you apply to human beings you have a direly lacking sense of empathy towards your fellow humans. Yes. And? Killer-of-Lawyers posted:This thread is the most magical gift ever. I hope I've been helpful by offering an alternate perspective on the homeless problem. I feel that frank discussion among those with a diverse range of viewpoints is the best way to come up with effective, final solutions to our social problems. Thank you for everyone else's input, I learned a lot. Low Energy fucked around with this message at 22:18 on Feb 20, 2016 |
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Feb 20, 2016 22:14
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Rhesus Pieces posted:You wanted to stab a homeless person and were disappointed that he didn't give you a reason.
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The best is that there are multiple parts to his posts that come off as sociopathic and he is oblivious to every single one. You couldn't ask for a more pertinent illumination of the whole thread's topic.
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Feb 20, 2016 22:15
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Low Energy posted:Yes. And? That is why we think there's something wrong with you? As in, that's not considered a healthy, likeable, or normal stance to take. I mean, there are other objectionable bits as well as other people have pointed out too but that's part of it.
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Feb 20, 2016 22:17
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Low Energy posted:Nothing? When mentally unstable people start screaming at you and pose a potential physical threat what do you do? I didn't brandish it, threaten him, or even look at him. Like I said, I'm not sure he even knew I had the knife out (although it wasn't subtle) and since he didn't actually attack me he didn't have to find out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txoCOebILZk&t=62s
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KFBR392 posted:I guess to put it better and more succinct - to me it's a service that streamlines shopping, not cooking. Yeah just to reply this is what I figured it would be, making the shopping easier rather than the cooking especially for ingredients that don't get used in frequent recipes and end up going bad since you have to buy them is certain amounts; I didn't look into pricing since the intro was offered free and was going to figure out if it was worth it if that was decent. I didn't even know it was a tech-yuppie bugaboo until this thread but if it's not cost effective then I guess that's that.
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Low Energy posted:I hope I've been helpful by offering an alternate perspective on the homeless problem. I feel that frank discussion among those with a diverse range of viewpoints is the best way to come up with effective, final solutions to our social problems. Thank you for everyone else's input, I learned a lot. We appreciate the input, but at this time we aren't able to use your suggestion to "stab the homeless". We will contact you in the future if we decide to use your idea.
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Low Energy posted:No, I don't have any PTSD. And my situational awareness is famously poor. You're not a victim, you're an rear end in a top hat. It's ok to yell at assholes
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TRON JEREMY posted:You're not a victim, you're an rear end in a top hat. It's ok to yell at assholes And it's ok to prepare to use violence to defend yourself. It's the circle of
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Low Energy posted:I hope I've been helpful by offering an alternate perspective on the homeless problem. I feel that frank discussion among those with a diverse range of viewpoints is the best way to come up with effective, final solutions to our social problems. Thank you for everyone else's input, I learned a lot. OK you had me going until that bit.
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Low Energy posted:And it's ok to prepare to use violence to defend yourself. It's the circle of Low Energy posted:I pulled out my pocket knife and hoped he'd get aggressive
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Feb 20, 2016 22:32
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^^^ Yes, and? I didn't do it, since he didn't give me any reason to. TRON JEREMY posted:You're not a victim, you're an rear end in a top hat. It's ok to yell at assholes "She was asking for it."
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Low Energy posted:And it's ok to prepare to use violence to defend yourself. It's the circle of Drawing a weapon first and hoping the other person "gets aggressive" is not defense. It is offense. Low Energy posted:The best thing to do with the homeless is to ignore them. Last week this approach pissed off one that I brushed by without any acknowledgement. He followed me for half a block ranting about manners. I pulled out my pocket knife and hoped he'd get aggressive, but alas, he maintained his distance and may not have even noticed it pointing straight down at the street next to me. Scared the poo poo out of the couple pushing a baby carriage toward me from the other end of the street, though. They could see my face, which was probably scarier than the knife. Stabbing someone is worse than ranting at someone. Do you understand that, or are you a danger to yourself and others? If the couple had "ranted" at you, would you have stabbed them? Would you have stabbed their baby?
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Drawing a weapon first and hoping the other person "gets aggressive" is not defense. It is offense. Go back to law school. Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Stabbing someone is worse than ranting at someone. Do you understand that, or are you a danger to yourself and others? If the couple had "ranted" at you, would you have stabbed them? Would you have stabbed their baby? Some remedial reading comprehension couldn't hurt, either. I was prepared to stab him if he made any move to assault me. Since he didn't follow closely or for very long it never came up.
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Drawing a weapon first and hoping the other person "gets aggressive" is not defense. It is offense. He is oblivious to the fact that the couple had a horrified response to him rather than the ranting homeless person. That the majority of posters in this thread are having completely similar reactions is also probably entirely lost on him.
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Feb 20, 2016 22:39
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Low Energy posted:Some remedial reading comprehension couldn't hurt, either. I was prepared to stab him if he made any move to assault me. Since he didn't follow closely or for very long it never came up. You hoped he would get aggressive. Why did you hope that? Do you think it's normal to hope people give you a reason to stab them? Do you feel that's healthy? Is thinking that way making your life better or worse?
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Next time a homeless guy/gal tries to hit me up for change or a subway ticket I'm going to twirl a pistol around and hope they the idea. No officer, I wasn't brandishing. I just took it out and hoped that they would try to make a move. Excuse me, Am I Being Detained?
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Stanos posted:Next time a homeless guy/gal tries to hit me up for change or a subway ticket I'm going to twirl a pistol around and hope they the idea.
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Low Energy posted:^^^ Yes, and? I didn't do it, since he didn't give me any reason to. Son, you're the one who's saying it's the other guy's fault you were ready to stab him, because he yelled at you. You're the one who's saying that if homeless people don't want to get hurt, they should give up any basic human dignity. You're the one laying the blame for your own psychotic nature squarely on your almost-victim's feet.
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It's weird I live in a city where I interact with like two dozen homeless people a day just out and about and I've never felt the need to pull a knife on any of them.
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Techbros: Let's Chat About Cooking (and the Homeless)! 
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Your Dunkle Sans posted:Techbros: Let's Chat About Stabbing!
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Low Energy posted:They could see my face, which was probably scarier than the knife. Just want to stress, he wrote this unironically, and yet we're supposed to believe that Cool McGoon here actually pulled out his switchblade all badass like and scared off that dangerous vagrant. STDH.txt
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But what kind of a person would you have to be to think this would be a cool thing to brag about?
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Precambrian posted:Just want to stress, he wrote this unironically, and yet we're supposed to believe that Cool McGoon here actually pulled out his switchblade all badass like and scared off that dangerous vagrant. STDH.txt He thinks he's batman, like all psychopaths.
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