FUCK AI
Yeah, I agree if something made by ai it shouldn’t be posted in anyway
Weird place to make this stand
Its slop, if you want to make a political point you shouldn’t need to steal (that post is AI generated)
Who cares? It’s a meme statement. It’s not using anyone’s likeness. Where is your proof that it’s AI and not graphic design?
It has a distinct AI blurriness, details are off, and the text is clearly edited (the original text from the AI image was probrally useless and unreadable)
Conclusion: I would say with 80% certainty that this image is AI generated
So a guess and no evidence
The evidence is right in front of your face, it has all the clear and distinct signs of ai
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That’s not what the word evidence means. That’s a guess. Because I actually did a reverse image search and saw the original. So it leans closer to graphic art. But hey, keep telling yourself you know better. I’m pulling for you.
Yep, it’s literally in the name unhoused/homeless. Will giving someone a home fix mental health and/or addiction issues? Probably not. But providing permanent, stable housing is a necessary first step.
Housing would clear a great deal of homeless off the street, but the recalcitrant people, no idea how to deal with them.
And no one ever proposes where to build this housing. Sorry, but NIMBY, not around my children and home. And anyone who says they would be fine housing the homeless in their hood is a liar or has no experience with homeless people. A great many of them are bugfuck at best, violent at worst.
Met a trans (?) dude in the woods the other day. He was madly packing his tent and throwing on a jacket and boots to hide his girl clothes (literally little girl clothes). I tried to calm him, chat a bit, let him know I’m peaceful. The shotgun and pistol probably didn’t help my case. :(
I regret not trying to help him more, wasn’t sure what to do. Gave him some trash bags and advised him to pick up the area so none of us get hassled for being back there. Wish I had sat him down and explained the area, directed him to more private places to camp.
Thought much about him. He seemed sane enough, but could he actually hold a job? Just show up on time, work, leave? He was so scared it was hard to get through to him, see how he was really doing. Anyway, that’s been eating on me, so I’m dropping this on y’all.
And anyone who says they would be fine housing the homeless in their hood is a liar or has no experience with homeless people.
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On my street is a halfway house for recently released prisoners
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Next street over is a bunch of housing for formerly homeless
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In a few years, my entire street will be demolished to build new mixed-use housing, including some units set aside for formerly homeless, veterans, and teachers (this was prominently noted on the rental lease agreement and we know it’s coming eventually).
I’m fine with it. It’s a peaceful street. There are kids and families and people walking their dogs and old men fishing at the ass-crack of dawn. The people who are allowed to live there are vetted and have case managers and are given job training and psychological and medical support. I’m sure it’s expensive as all fuck to the government/nonprofits involved to run it that way, and it only serves a relatively small number of people, but it works very well from everything I’ve seen.
None of those three bullet points address random homeless people. I’d be happy with those sorts of folks, they’ve shown they’re capable of living in society.
Many homeless simply can’t deal.I’ve known two guys to up and leave perfectly nice homes because the pressure was too much on their mind. Hell, they weren’t even employed, just couldn’t stand being around other humans. A home with others in it felt too confining one told me.
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And no one ever proposes where to build this housing. Sorry, but NIMBY, not around my children and home.
Tell me you don’t live in a city without telling me you don’t live in a city
Lived in cities most of my life, Chicago being one. Often worked the south side up there. That urban enough for ya? Now I live on the bleeding edge of town, nothing but cotton fields past our neighborhood.
Not sure how that matters, in any case I don’t want random homeless people roaming my hood. Most I’ve talked to are perfectly decent humans, but the homeless have a far higher percentage of fruitcakes and, more importantly, violent fruitcakes.
When I worked downtown I almost got in three fights with the homeless. My neighbors don’t bow up on me and follow me around when I say, “Sorry. Don’t usually carry cash.” And then there were the fights in front of our shop.
And those are only anecdotes from this city. You should walk the French Quarter. About got in three fights in a single night. And I have no idea why. One guy cornered us on a tiny side street, gave up when we confidently walked off. (Had a pistol and was scared shitless it would come to that.) Another guy chased us down the street when I gave a thumbs up to his street drumming and said, “Keep on!” I forget the last circumstance. OTOH, a homeless guy playing money for chess absolutely schooled my wife. That was fun.
The US doesn’t want to addtess its spiraling homelessness problem because giving them homes means they now treat homeless people better than the people who work 40hrs a week to barely pay for a home.
I have more respect for someone who goes “I hate homeless people, I think they’re scum” and pushes for actually housing them because they don’t ever want to see them again, over someone who goes “Oh those poor dears! We really should do something!” and then just likes a social media post about hostile architecture and leaves it at that.
I have a cousin from a wealthy family who chooses to be homeless. He can’t be committed against his will and he doesn’t want the responsibility of just having a room in his parents house or with relatives.
A lot of people have this idea that housing everyone will fix the people who just aren’t gonna do it without it being forced on them
One of the biggest issues when talking about homelessness is conflating the two different groups - people who are homeless through unfortunate circumstances, and people who are incapable of living in society. One side thinks all homeless are the former group, the other side thinks all homeless are the latter group. Truth is, both exist. You can’t take a schizophrenic drug addict, throw them in a house, and then declare victory. However, there ARE some homeless for whom that’s all they need.
Ending homelessness requires a granular, personal approach. And that shit is EXPENSIVE.
And that shit is EXPENSIVE.
Or takes all of society to get involved, rather than outsourcing it to government via taxes.
Anything that starts with “if everyone would just…” can pretty much be immediately dismissed.
“If everyone would just stop being racist”
“If everyone would just vote for honest politicians”
“If everyone would just be faithful to their partners”
“If everyone would just trust scientific medicine”
“If everyone would just put people first instead of profits”
“If everyone would just not abuse children”
No. Sure, you’ll never get everyone doing a good thing, but it’s useless to give up entirely on society/community as a whole doing things right. Imagine if 90% of families abused children on a regular basis, and you don’t even hope for those families to change, you just plan on government alternatives?
hope for those families to change
You are literally advocating for thoughts and prayers instead of fixing the problem.
What?! No, I’m advocating for change. You can go and do the change, since I’m not there. Go and do it, and I’ll do change where I am here.
Or is your strategy hopes and prayers for government instead? You should make tiktoks praising Bernie. And post on Lemmy your preferred government plan. That will definitely do practical help.
No, I’m advocating for change.
Then that’s not an “if everyone would just…” strategy.
You’re just wrong. No granular approach is needed. It’s not complicated at all.
Offer people housing without conditions and people do take it. Finland did this and it eliminated homelessness there.
The cousin from a rich family “choosing” to be homeless over living with family is likely “choosing” that option because he doesn’t want to take harsh psychiatric medications, have a curfew of 9 PM in his 20s, and be criticized for going out to socialize. It’s likely the “choice” involves a rejection of extremely oppressive rules and he doesn’t have decent options.
You can actually take a schizophrenic drug addict, throw them in a house, and then declare victory. Often that type of person chooses voluntarily to deal with some issues once housed. What you can’t do is take a schizophrenic drug addict and offer housing contingent upon really harsh anti-psychotics and weekly drug testing plus loss of housing if they don’t comply, administered by extremely expensive social workers who end up feeling like police. That is also what makes traditional programs so expensive.
I often think people who think homelessness is a complex nuanced issue just want there to be homelessness or buy into upper class lies justifying homelessness which keep the lower classes fearful and obedient.
This is the most naive, ridiculous, privileged bullshit I’ve ever read. I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul.
https://lemmy.world/post/19329178
Am I the one needing to beg for mercy from some imaginary deity?
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2018/02/how-finland-solved-homelessness/
Go back to making “if you have sex with a clone of yourself is it incest?” threads which are more suitable to your modest intellect.
I wish more countries could address this issue rather than trying to pretend it isn’t an issue by implementing hostile architecture.
Agreed, give people dignity and safety. We all need help sometimes
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Are you the kind of person who thinks everybody chooses to be homeless?
“Slavery was a choice”
-Kanye West
Also, Kanye West: “I’m a nazi”
I’m starting to see a parttern here… 🤔
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Ahh, right, the ole addiction isn’t a disease take. I keep running into your dumbass. I wish I didn’t. If it was just a choice, it’d be easy to say no.
But, we both know I’m not going to change your opinion, so let’s just move on with our lives, and you can keep being a shitty person.
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You’re one person, a single data point. That’s not how science works. You don’t get to decide it’s a choice bcz something worked for you. My entire family is filled with alcoholics, im not even have this debate with you. There’s tons of scientific studies that do not support your argument. But, data and facts never work against anecdotes and emotional responses like yours. Again, as I said, your opinion will not be changed, as I figured. And its not supported by any science whatsoever. You can keep your anecdotes and do shitty science somewhere else.
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Youre making a lot of assumptions there. I have never done hard drugs of any kind in my life, and I don’t really drink that much.
Hey, you kinda messed up writing your question, just letting you know. They sure seem like that kind of person, the deeply shitty kind.
Section 8 has an 8 year wait list and you still have to pay 1/3 of your income, which is how much rental companies should be charging anyway. It levels the field, it’s not free housing.
You’re just satisfied with society abandoning its worst off as the visible reminder of what a shithole of a society we have. You have a lot of company since the owner class gutted public education to complete ruin over decades though.
There is no “or” though. There is no world where the homeless punches themselves in the face or hides themselves from your eyeline for your amusement because there’s no point in appeasing the legion of sociopaths for profit “news” media has made like you in exchange for nothing. They’d rather eat with that panhandling money, and they’re right, sorry.
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