@[email protected] to Not The OnionEnglish • 16 hours agoMontreal shopping mall plays “Baby Shark” on repeat to prevent unhoused people from loitteringmontreal.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down13cross-posted to: housing_bubble_2
arrow-up1321arrow-down1external-linkMontreal shopping mall plays “Baby Shark” on repeat to prevent unhoused people from loitteringmontreal.ctvnews.ca@[email protected] to Not The OnionEnglish • 16 hours agomessage-square104fedilinkcross-posted to: housing_bubble_2
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish26•8 hours agoWhat’s with the wording of this title? “Unhoused people” instead of “Homeless”/“Homeless people”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 hours agoHomeless and “actually sleeps on the streets” are different things.
minus-square@FamkolinkEnglish9•4 hours agoA home is an abstract thing, a house is a quantifiable object. Also it kind of implies that society should provide a house for them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•7 hours agoIt’s like the difference between calling someone wittless and uneducated. One implies that’s just how the person is, the other implies a failing of society/family.
minus-square@zigguratlinkEnglish20•7 hours agoI like the word unhoused, it implies they should just be housed if they are homeless. Everyone should be housed, even if they don’t own a home
What’s with the wording of this title? “Unhoused people” instead of “Homeless”/“Homeless people”
Homeless and “actually sleeps on the streets” are different things.
A home is an abstract thing, a house is a quantifiable object.
Also it kind of implies that society should provide a house for them.
It’s like the difference between calling someone wittless and uneducated.
One implies that’s just how the person is, the other implies a failing of society/family.
I like the word unhoused, it implies they should just be housed if they are homeless. Everyone should be housed, even if they don’t own a home