xkbx@startrek.website to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoMontreal shopping mall plays “Baby Shark” on repeat to prevent unhoused people from loitteringmontreal.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1287arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1285arrow-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 · 13 hours agomessage-square74fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareEmoDucklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·5 hours agoWhat’s with the wording of this title? “Unhoused people” instead of “Homeless”/“Homeless people”
minus-squareFamko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·58 minutes 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-up13arrow-down1·4 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-up18arrow-down1·5 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