Honestly, most of what cops do is sit around clocking people, causing distractions, accidents, and extreme slowdowns in traffic.

They're just an annoyance when they're not actively stopping real crime.

I've noticed lately that a certain group of people will be skeptical about all the wrong things. They're not skeptical about a company telling them their untested product cures ailments or that clean coal can save the planet.

They're skeptical about massive scientific research and clearly proven facts. And they're skeptical-bordering-on-conspiracy about the mundane and meaningless. Questioning the wrong authority on things they know nothing about.

If you don't lose your legs in wartime, you'll lose them when you get home.

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This is so uncomfortably cool though.

OnePlus was great until Carl Pei left. The OnePlus 9 was like the last decent OnePlus. Now, it's basically just an Oppo or Vivo phone with a different name. They even put Color OS on it.

Yeah, but we're talking about pharmaceuticals in the US. Starting at a high cost for the patient means the company can continue to charge that much while they bring their own costs down. Or even bring the consumer cost up over time.

Just look at Insulin. Costs almost nothing to make, but the patient pays hundreds

Did you miss the part where I said they'd be given social services and healthcare? They'd also be frequently checked in on and forced into certain programs in order to maintain their living spaces.

Mentally ill people need mental care, severe drug addicts need medical intervention to get clean. But doing any of that, then sending them back on the streets only serves to put them back into homelessness in the first place.

Maybe let's stop letting people be chronically homeless by giving them homes. How could we expect anyone to get clean if they don't even have a place to shower or cook their own food?

You're missing the whole purpose of giving them homes in the first place. There's no chance that those chronic issues can be treated until they have a place to live, to cook, to shower, to wash their clothes. The Housing First programs give them that, then provide social services like addiction help, healthcare, and work programs.

We've had the system you're talking about for decades and it isn't working. Homelessness is worse than ever.

Here's a wild suggestion: maybe give them actual homes so that they can figure out the other problems in their lives.

Cities that have implemented a proper Housing First policy have seen dramatic decreases in their homeless populations and greater success in keeping them with homes.

Take Helsinki for example: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/03/its-a-miracle-helsinkis-radical-solution-to-homelessness

Instead of costing more and more money every year, giving a person a home becomes cheaper long-term because they can deal with their addictions, education, training, and health, then become productive members of the workforce.

Expecting a person to become drug-free while they're sleeping under bridges is futile.