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xanadumuse t1_ja4mfge wrote

There are professionals who can treat anxieties. I think a small dose of exposure to whatever the fear is will help. People who constantly stay at home and just doom scroll would benefit from interaction with the outside world more. They’ll slowly associate that with something positive. They’ll probably see that going outside doesn’t pose an immediate threat.

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Silly_Praline_8476 OP t1_ja4kyns wrote

Doordash and alike companies in other industries (pet sitting, food delivery, etc.) all require SSN, unfortunately. And according to regulations I can’t have taxable income outside campus job (which I have, but it’s a grad student stipend), and field-related job/internship during the summer.

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C0333 t1_ja4jyf5 wrote

This is what really gets me about DC’s response to property crimes. Not everybody just goes to insurance or has money to replace things. Good luck OP. Depending where you come from, you might be able to find a cash job with others of your countrymen at restaurant etc.

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BrightThru2014 t1_ja4htra wrote

“Then 2015-2019, the number of murders stayed statistically static” — LOL, do a three year rolling average please. You’ll see exactly what I’m describing, murders go up while the number of cops go down.

Also I’m going to assume the “actually murders went down after the crack epidemic of the 90s subsided” argument is trolling so I won’t bother to address it (for your sake I hope you’re not actually making this argument).

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Loki-Don t1_ja4gdvt wrote

Lol…you aren’t equipped for this.

Peak DC cop numbers were 1999. It’s been slowly declining since.

Yet murders steadily declined for the next 13 years despite MPD losing hundreds of cops.

Less cops yet fewer murders for 13 years. Explain.

Then 2015-2019, the number of murders stayed statistically static, despite MPD losing hundreds more. Explain.

Your argument is juvenile and o Lu works if you exclude decades of data precovid and data showing the murder rate increase in DC for that 2 year Covid period was mirrored exactly across the cities in the rest of the nation. It was a national trend, not a local anomaly.

Back to the kids table son, the adults are speaking.

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mwheele86 t1_ja4eqqh wrote

I know there was that clusterfuck with the dc crime lab. I’m surprised DC / MD / VA aren’t pooling their resources for some of these tools / labs that all the departments rely on.

Is there much cooperation and communication on this stuff between all the jurisdictions? Seems like that would be helpful but I have no clue.

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