onlythehappiests

onlythehappiests t1_j1a1w5l wrote

And while you’re staying safely at home, don’t forget to turn your taps on to a very thin trickle! If you have exposed pipes in an unheated area, keeping a space heater by them is not a bad idea either. And opening sink cabinets that are adjacent to exterior walls to let warmed air circulate around them. Single-digit degrees are no joke.

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onlythehappiests t1_iw8ahqi wrote

This is not a self-esteem issue. It’s not that women would rather suffer harassment than report a crime because we feel like we don’t deserve to not be hassled. It’s that in this world/city that we live in today, there’s a very real possibility that calling the cops on black men or boys may result in someone dying and won’t solve the problem anyway.

I agree that it’s sad and awful and not at all okay, but unfortunately these are the things that people weigh. I think there is plenty of evidence that law enforcement isn’t firing on all cylinders here. And I think you know that and I don’t really get why women are being downvoted for acknowledging this problem.

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