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Tiger666@lemmy.ca 10 hours agoAmazingly, you think because someone has a mental illness that they chose to live on the street.
You: “I’m sure if given the chance to have a place to live, an unhoused person would reject it”
They remove benches and rest stops/bus shelters to stop the unhoused from occupying them to the detriment of people using the service. And you see nothing wrong with that.
It’s very obvious to most why this is done.
But not you.
Tedesche@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
No, I don’t. I’m a therapist that works at a mental health clinic, so I’d wager I have a better understanding of the psychosocial conditions affecting these people than you do. And I know the feeling psychosocial impacts have on the homeless better than you do. I’ve seen and worked with people living on the street. Can you claim to have the same experience?
Jesus Christ, do you even know what you’re talking about?
I’m not going to waste my time with you, because you haven’t demonstrated you have even an inkling of an understanding of what you’re dealing with.
Get educated before you spout off, nitwit.
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
Says they are a therapist and that they know better than anyone. Doesn’t know anything about me.
HOW EMBARRASSING IT MUST BE FOR YOU TO EXIST.
Tedesche@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Right, the person throwing insults in all caps says I’m the one who should be embarrassed. 🙄
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
You still don’t get it, do you?
You have no idea how you appear to be insulting because your head is so far up your ass you smell like meconium.
BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I’ve actually been homeless. Have you?
Tedesche@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
No. But since you have experience, let me ask you: did you spend time sleeping on public benches and do you think features that attempt to prevent this are an attack on homeless people? And just to be clear, since this is a text-only format, I’m not being sarcastic or trying to make light of your experience; I’m genuinely curious.
BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Luckily, I became homeless in very late '99, where at least the area I was in, didn’t have anti-sleeping measures installed on public benches, yet. Until I secured a shitty car to live out of, on the days I wasn’t lucky to have a friend offer a spot to crash, parks were the only hope. I was removed by the police from them a bunch of times, told I cannot be sleeping there. When asked if they know any place I could spend the night, they spent zero time trying to help me. Told me to get out of there already.
It was really tempting to commit a crime, serious enough to get booked for few days, where I could catch up on sleep without freezing. Fact those benches didn’t have anti-sleeping measures, made for a few great nights where I could get some decent rest, which wouldn’t have happened nowadays. So yeah, hard to say it’s not an attack on homeless people, specially when the public servants have zero fucks to help you out.
Shardikprime@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
The time you went to Starbucks and left your keys inside your house doesn’t count, Brian
grue@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Oh, the irony! 🤣
You do realize you’re just embarrassing yourself all over this thread, right?
Shardikprime@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Ah yes, sharing they have experience working with homeless, how embarrassed they must be
grue@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Claiming that they have experience working with homeless, but demonstrating that they’re a callous asshole.