West Palm Beach plays "Baby Shark" on repeat

[Des-Bal]

They're a nuisance and if it works it works.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Imagine actually trying to solve homelessness, man that would be something wouldnt.

[Des-Bal]

Imagine actually trying to solve homelessness, man that would be something wouldnt.

And obviously doing one precludes doing the other.

[Pacomia]

The way he presents himself, Purgatio seems to be the kind of person who considers empathy to be a weakness.

Even me, a soulless emotionless husk (Jesus Christ that sounds edgy) at least has genuine respect for the homeless. Hell, it might not even be empathy, but it’s respect.

[Thermodolia]

Always fun to see the lengths people will go to to avoid seeing poverty.

Late Stage Capitalism yo

[Jakker]

I've been here for three years and these people are swarming everywhere, literally almost every street I see them crawling about. I think I've gathered a large enough representative sample size to form an informed opinion about these parasites.

*** Warned for Trolling *** There are ways to convey an opinion without referring to a group of people as parasites.

[The Liberated Territories]

Always fun to see the lengths people will go to to avoid seeing poverty.

Likewise, people will go great lengths to see it, e.g. so called "poverty porn."

[Chernoslavia]

Always fun to see the lengths people will go to to avoid seeing poverty.

Likewise, people will go great lengths to see it, e.g. so called "poverty porn."

[Dresderstan]

Nah they should play Bad Guy by Billie Eilish on repeat, and nothing else.

[Chernoslavia]

Always fun to see the lengths people will go to to avoid seeing poverty.

Late Stage Capitalism yo

Because it's better everyone else lived in poverty cuz equality amirite?

[Andsed]

Imagine actually trying to solve homelessness, man that would be something wouldnt.

Yeah but that would require actual effort. So instead were going to waste money on this stupid solution that will do nothing but show a lack of empathy to people worse off than us and annoy everyone. Because logic is overrated.

[Uiiop]

It would be better and makes just as much sense to tell the homeless why they shouldn't be there.

Not that i support that. Just that the bar is set so low by this.

[Des-Bal]

It would be better and makes just as much sense to tell the homeless why they shouldn't be there.

Not that i support that. Just that the bar is set so low by this.

Doesn't work. The cops are constantly, individually removing them from areas.

Yeah but that would require actual effort. So instead were going to waste money on this stupid solution that will do nothing but show a lack of empathy to people worse off than us and annoy everyone. Because logic is overrated.

The music is only being played at night with the goal of stopping people from sleeping and shitting outside a banquet hall that receives hundreds and thousands of dollars in business.

[Andsed]

It would be better and makes just as much sense to tell the homeless why they shouldn't be there.

Not that i support that. Just that the bar is set so low by this.

Doesn't work. The cops are constantly, individually removing them from areas.

Yeah but that would require actual effort. So instead were going to waste money on this stupid solution that will do nothing but show a lack of empathy to people worse off than us and annoy everyone. Because logic is overrated.

The music is only being played at night with the goal of stopping people from sleeping and shitting outside a banquet hall that receives hundreds and thousands of dollars in business.

Yes because that totally won´t be annoying for those who live near these places trying to sleep.

[Des-Bal]

Yes because that totally won´t be annoying for those who live near these places trying to sleep.

I'm sorry are you referring to people sleeping in the restaurants and bars or the ones sleeping in the ocean?

[Andsed]

Yes because that totally won´t be annoying for those who live near these places trying to sleep.

I'm sorry are you referring to people sleeping in the restaurants and bars or the ones sleeping in the ocean?

Just looked it up and never mind.

[Chernoslavia]

Doesn't work. The cops are constantly, individually removing them from areas.


The music is only being played at night with the goal of stopping people from sleeping and shitting outside a banquet hall that receives hundreds and thousands of dollars in business.

Yes because that totally won´t be annoying for those who live near these places trying to sleep.

Lol....dude I've been to those areas lots of times, there are no apartments there.

[Nuclear Wastelands]

This is just Florida Man: City Edition

[Andsed]

Yes because that totally won´t be annoying for those who live near these places trying to sleep.

Lol....dude I've been to those areas lots of times, there are no apartments there.

I'm sorry are you referring to people sleeping in the restaurants and bars or the ones sleeping in the ocean?

Just looked it up and never mind.

[Arlenton]

If it works it works. Sounds like a good idea.

[Ifreann]

I've been here for seven. I see homeless people around my neighbourhood and adjacent neighbourhoods, and they don't really cause those problems. Sure, there's the occasional theft and petty crime, and occasionally they're sleeping in your driveway, but that's just part of life. Maybe I'm just desensitised to it, but I don't see it as a large problem. I also don't live in a prestigious rich area. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you sound like you might be somebody from a rich area, who has now moved to a different place with more homelessness, and aren't used to it.

I'll admit the neighbourhood I live in in Singapore might not have the most affordable housing prices, but I don't think anyone's socioeconomic status has any bearing on their ability to form a sound opinion on a real public problem and concern. I'm clearly not the only one. Oxford City Council passed a series of anti-vagrancy and anti-homeless legislation because voters here are increasingly-irritated about the problem. So at the very least its not just me who is getting annoyed.

You are far from alone in detesting the sight of the victims of capitalism.

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Always fun to see the lengths people will go to to avoid seeing poverty.

People want to avoid getting harassed, pestered, exposed to noxious smells and poor hygiene, tripping over trash and litter left on the pavement, fearing theft or assault from vagrants, loitering and trespassing on private property. This has nothing to do with hiding poverty and everything to do with cleaning up the streets of a real public nuisance and menace.

Nothing you've said has anything to do with homelessness. People with homes harass and pester others, have poor personal hygiene, they litter, they steal and assault, they loiter, they trespass. But it's only the homeless you dehumanise.

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Trying to solve homelessness by being annoying dicks to the homeless.

If this is not quintessential American culture, I don't know what is.

The beatings will continue until the bootstrapping improves.

[Des-Bal]

Just looked it up and never mind.

So to take a look at primary complaints:

1. "Help the homeless instead" They are. People are being directed to shelters, offered mental health services, bus tickets, job training, and subsidized housing. This is not their end all be all solution to the homeless problem- it's a stopgap method to avoid cleaning human shit out of the place people have weddings- the end goal being more money for the city to do things which include all those nice services.

2. "This is just going to drive people away" No it won't. They're doing it at night, the patio they're concerned about its a pretty solid distance from the nearest building, and there's nothing in the area except bars, restaurants, and the ocean. The only people inconvenienced are those loitering in one specific area they don't want people loitering.

[Polish Prussian Commonwealth]

based

seriously though we should use this for military applications

[The Galactic Liberal Democracy]

This is violating basic human rights, such as keeping your sanity and hearing.

based

seriously though we should use this for military applications

Weapons like this should be banned because they're not easy to stop. China may already be using sonic attacks and speakers cover the DMZ. It is a weapon, just not a lethal one. Imagine being in pain constantly from something you can't see or otherwise detect except by the instrument it damages.

Getting revenge on foreign ambassadors of hostile countries would be satisfying, although not a good idea in my opinion.

[Des-Bal]

This is violating basic human rights, such as keeping your sanity and hearing.

Or they could just, you know, not sleep in the pavilion.