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DefibrillatorKink t1_j9in2qg wrote

Reply to comment by HisXlency in Proud Boys expected to "protest" two local Drag Story Hour events by MoreCleverUserName

It's not bizarre, it's genuinely tiring. Just constant misinformation being spread by a cult of people who switch their outrage every month. There is no consistency, just groupthink. It's a pure misinformation campaign designed to "redpill" the idiots who believe this stuff. I went through this phase when I was 15 lmfao, a lot of these weirdos are MIDDLE AGE.

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Cheaperthantherapy13 t1_j9imh2x wrote

Reply to comment by Wonderful-Emu-8716 in Two-thirds of McPherson Square homeless remain on street, D.C. says by SnortingCoffee

Consider that the countries you referenced might not have the same (perhaps overly-) robust protections for the individual liberties of the mentally ill. If a schizophrenic person wants to remain unmedicated and living under a bridge, there’s very little that can be done to force them to assimilate to live like a ‘normal’ person or be permanently institutionalized. That’s not the case in Japan.

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Wonderful-Emu-8716 t1_j9ii7da wrote

Reply to comment by moonbunnychan in Two-thirds of McPherson Square homeless remain on street, D.C. says by SnortingCoffee

With the caveat that definitions of homelessness range widely, comparisons of rates of homelessness across the OECD seem to show that while, yes, there might be a baseline amount of homelessness that will be extremely difficult to solve, there is significant improvement to be had. Again, the statistics may be off, but Italy has 40% of the homelessness that we do and some of the Baltics have 33%. Japan's rate is essentially 0 (5000 total out of 125 million). I'm not arguing that any of those countries has it exactly right, but just saying a core group doesn't want to be housed seems to ignore that much larger numbers in other places are successfully housed.

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Hugh_Mungo t1_j9ii672 wrote

Reply to The Panda Express that shows its open at 2024 Concessions Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310 is actually for Pentagon Workers. I walked 20 minutes only to realize I can't get in. Annoying by onlyforyouA1_

This Panda express is in the food court on corridor 7. They have 2 food courts there with other fast food places. There is also a sbarro and Dominic's on different floors that have their own seating areas, as well there being a separate outdoor food spot that's in the center of the pentagon.

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walkandtalkk t1_j9ickal wrote

Reply to comment by frappeyourmom in Two-thirds of McPherson Square homeless remain on street, D.C. says by SnortingCoffee

That's fine, but most people aren't. And we're obviously not talking about potheads. I don't think we can consider it a solution to say, "Allow those with unmanaged, addiction-related psychosis to live independently in crowded neighborhoods."

You wrote elsewhere about residential harm-reduction programs. As far as I can tell, the big impediments there are cost and staffing, though I'm curious what such programs cost other cities per resident per year. $30,000? $100,000? You'll quickly run into a lot of opposition as they become unaffordable.

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