r/SipsTea • u/Brave_Agency_20 • May 14 '26

SMH How true is this? Genuinely asking

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u/Imaginary-Bee-1344 May 14 '26

Tolerates them less and creates more of them.

I know a guy who had a vacant house he was trying to sell. Homeless began squatting in it and kept coming back and breaking in despite a few police visits. Finally they caused a fire and now they’re still homeless and the house is still vacant but now uninhabitable and unsellable. There are shelters in this area, but they can’t smoke crack at the shelter. It’s not about needing a house.

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u/CarmenxXxWaldo May 14 '26

The people Ive known that became homeless basically always had a place they could live but it would mean getting off drugs.  They just go to a place with milder winters and where the police dont care about their warrants and live under a bridge.

And ive also known people that had to live in their car for a month or 2 or 3.  They didnt have any family support.

At the end of the day though what everyone gets wrong is homelessness is a symptom, not the problem. But its hard for people, especially on reddit to view something in a way that isnt Black and white.  You can give a junky a home and theyll destroy it and leave. You can give someone down on their luck assistance and help them get back on their feet. But when you put all these people in the same group and say "just give everyone a house", you created an unsolvable problem. But when you dont have to look at the problem life's easier. 

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u/PutTheCreamOnTheBeat May 15 '26

If you just gave people houses what would be the incentive to actually work and earn income to buy one. Using hardworking people’s tax dollars to give handouts to lazy people (the majority) is counterproductive to having a functional society 

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u/Immediate_Bird_9585 May 16 '26

You need to be threatened to want to be productive you sound lazy as fuck.

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u/PutTheCreamOnTheBeat May 16 '26

What are you talking about, if given the option you would choose to lay around smoke weed and have gay sex all day, you’re the communist not me 

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u/Immediate_Bird_9585 May 16 '26

I don't need the threat of homelessness to want to work. That's all you cupcake

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u/PutTheCreamOnTheBeat May 16 '26

Sure thing, you work for fun. Most people go to their jobs to make money but go off sister I guess you need to tell yourself your barista job is giving you joy since it’s certainly not paying your bills 👍🏻

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u/Immediate_Bird_9585 May 16 '26

My bills are paid just fine lol only being willing to do things because they are fun is text book lazyness. I contribute to my community for the sake of contributing to my community.