xkbx@startrek.website to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoMontreal shopping mall plays “Baby Shark” on repeat to prevent unhoused people from loitteringmontreal.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1333arrow-down13cross-posted to: housing_bubble_2@lemmy.world
arrow-up1330arrow-down1external-linkMontreal shopping mall plays “Baby Shark” on repeat to prevent unhoused people from loitteringmontreal.ctvnews.caxkbx@startrek.website to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square94fedilinkcross-posted to: housing_bubble_2@lemmy.world
minus-squareEmoDuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down3·10 hours agoWhat’s with the wording of this title? “Unhoused people” instead of “Homeless”/“Homeless people”
minus-squareFamko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 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-squarekandoh@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·9 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-squareziggurat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·9 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”
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