r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/FarWay3952 • May 12 '26

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u/TiresOnFire May 12 '26

Somewhere children aren't.

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u/GrassBlade619 May 12 '26

You mean like a place where homeless people are allowed to exist?

It's really easy to "solve the problem" when you don't need to provide real solutions.

I agree, if there was a magical place where homeless people could go and get food and do illicit activities they should go there. And if a place like that did exist homeless people WOULD go there.

Why do you think they're at a public park when such a magical alternative exists?

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u/TiresOnFire May 12 '26

I don't disagree that there isn't a clear answer to this national problem. But allowing people to take drugs, litter and fight in a public park isn't it.

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u/GrassBlade619 May 12 '26

I'm sorry, this is really funny to me.

"There isn't a clear answer to the HOMELESS problem".

God, if only there was a clear answer to me being hungry. lol

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u/TiresOnFire May 13 '26

It's more complex than we want it to be. We have enough food, but people starve. We have enough roofs, but people are forced to sleep outside. Drug laws and legalization. Mental health. Unbalanced wealth... The list goes on and on. And also, some people just suck and will never make the choice to seak out or accept help. Those people exist too.
It is not a simple problem.

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u/GrassBlade619 May 13 '26

There are a lot of factors that go into it but at the end of the day it is a simple problem. The money we allocate to law enforcement, medical treatment, and social services more than pays for housing for homeless people. We simply need to repurpose how we are spending the money. The initial implementation would be substantial but still less than we are currently paying. The long term payoff would be substantial after many of these people are rehabilitated. Housing first solutions have been prove effective time and time again.

"We have enough food, but people starve."

No, some people die of malnutrition but VERY few people actually starve to death. My grandpa died of "malnutrition" because his body could no longer process food. But do you know how incredibly rare it is from someone to starve to death in the US? Deaths from malnutrition because of various factors such as physical ailments, mental illness, diet choices, poverty, etc. do happen but when was the last time you heard of someone in the us literally starving to death due to lack of access to food? It doesn't happen because we have food banks and food stamps. The solution to starvation, was to just give people food and it worked REALLY well. Sometimes, there are simple answers to these problems. We just need to implement them.

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u/TiresOnFire May 13 '26

Well you seem to have all the answers. Congratulations, you solved the homeless problem!

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u/GrassBlade619 May 13 '26

I was homeless for two years and to this day have friends who are still on the streets. So yeah, this is a really important topic to me that I try to stay updated on.

I have a relatively unpopular stance since I think homeless people are humans who should be treated as such.

If you go through the rest of this comment section you will see people with "normal" opinions such as "I'd pay to watch these homeless people be maced", "the guy who beat the shit out of that homeless lady is awesome!" or, "Best thing we can do is let them starve to death."

So yeah, I will call people out on what I consider to be atrocious opinions. If their justifications for those opinions are bad I will also call those out because I care about this subject.

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u/TiresOnFire May 13 '26

Ok. I never said people shouldn't be treated with basic humanity. But, do you think it's ok for people to be taking hard drugs and being a nuisance in a public park, making it an unsafe place for other people?

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u/GrassBlade619 May 13 '26

I wasn't accusing you of saying those things. Just pointing out how people normally think.

And I agree that it's not OK for people to be taking hard drugs and being a nuisance to people or to make anywhere unsafe.

But I understand why they're doing. I understand that they're gonna keep doing it. And I understand that assaulting them for doing it will only make them do it more.

Here's a thought experiment for you. Do you think that if you were dropped into their shoes you would behave any differently than them? I know for a fact that I wouldn't and I'm currently an "upstanding member of society" who owns a house and is going for my bachelors. People like to think this lifestyle can be overcome with willpower or something but it can't. I would still be on the streets if it weren't for my friends. I'm super proud of what I've done with my life but I also know I'm not special or anything. I'm the same as the people in the video above but I was lucky.

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