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Ravensteel said:Poor guy, it must be rough being homeless. I hope he gets help.
Traemo said:That's not always true, Slomo; in some circumstances that can be true, in others you can't afford to move, you don't qualify to move into any available housing, support services have years long waiting lists . . . .
And that presupposes you CAN be employed
Slomo said:And even severly physically disabled people Stephen Hawking, or mentally ill people like Donald Drumph, are employed.
I'd disagree, not at all, but I found overthere (I'm near to be homeless: Squatter with some old VW...) AB or infantil drives between some part of homeless people: Colecting pacis, thumbsucking when asleep etc. Another comon sign (it's not an clue, but it helps understand) is hard alcoholism and bad higiene. I think lot of ABs doesn't know about what they're and trying to destroy it (or themselves,) because showing suicide tendencies, abuse of alcohol or other drugs... I know something about it - I ended homeless two times, but for another causes.Ravensteel said:Poor guy, it must be rough being homeless. I hope he gets help.
tiny said:Yeah. If Stephen Hawking could get a job as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, then why are so many homeless people unemployed?! Doesn't make sense, does it?
With all that free time, and access to public libraries, you'd think homeless people would become academic geniuses before long.
Starrunner said:Let's be clear that a number of homeless people actually do get themselves off the streets. There is a difference between transitional and chronic homelessness. I've seen many people living in the chronic state who actually have attempted to work in the past but were deemed unhireable by employers. As they spent more time on the street, they just got sicker and sicker. You may not have needed support services to get through your one week of homelessness and that's commendable, but a fair number of the homeless population are suffering from chronic illnesses, both mental and physical, which are made worse by their time on the streets. Not everyone has the same skills and abilities to survive homelessness.
There's a Catch-22 that comes into play. Many people with health problems suffer homelessness as a result, but many healthy people also experience chronic health debilitating health problems which result from their time on the street. And the majority of employers do not hire homeless people regardless of how much they want to work, nor do landlords want to rent to them because of the lack of references and bad credit ratings. Discrimination is subtle, yet it runs heavily throughout our society.
(and accepting that Trump is mentally ill, let's not forget he inherited his wealth, however, if anyone needed support services...).
Let's test that theory. Using only your local public library, teach yourself organic chemistry over the next 6 months. To test the efficacy of this instruction, at the end of the period you will have to take and pass an exam with no less than a 85%.Slomo said:No more sense than Drumph becoming our dictator in chief. (Presidents are elected by popular vote- which he clearly lost, dictators are appointed by a select few- like our electoral college).
Like I said, it all comes down to personal choice to stay homeless, or work hard enough to excell. And yes, libraries are free so homelss have no excuse for not improving their knowledge or skills.