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'Baby shark, doo, doo.' Popular kids' song used to deter the homeless (www.youtube.com)

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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Any business that irks me in any way for the last year has instantly made my shitlist.

The only freedom Americans have left is where they spend their money

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

What little shits

[–] Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world 185 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Literally psyops instead of helping. The people who did this are the characters you see getting shot in the movies and don't feel bad about it.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Let's do more of that.

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[+] Vegasvator@lemmy.today -36 points 1 week ago (11 children)

What should they be doing? They shouldn't try to keep their businesses going?

[–] Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Housing, rehabilitating and educating homeless people costs the same or less than funding their persecution, prosecution and incarceration while solving the problem instead of perpetuating it

[–] Vegasvator@lemmy.today 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Costs the same? The price of a speaker and mp3 player on loop is a lot cheaper than rehabilitation and educating homeless people. What should the business be doing was the question. Not what should the government and society as a whole be doing.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

The people doing this enjoy the cruelty, they feel those that fall through the cracks should be smashed, and when those bodies cleared, the next slightly less poor group will be crushed

again and again

Until it's only the ultra wealthy being served by the grateful remainders of every other class who they deign to allow to survive

Just like the plan

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

and the business is the one deciding these things?

Like. I get it.

The way we treat homeless people sucks in this country.

It shouldn't be that way. But the business isn't the one setting those policies here. That's on LA and the CA governments. And while yes, some of the business interests are voicing opinions here... the barber shop and the landlords here aren't big enough to have any pull. Many are just looking for ways to end it... and would fully support doing housing-first strategies and all that. (because they work.)

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Businesses just bought the election for the fucking president. They can buy policy that helps humans.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

You think every business wanted Trump?

C’mon. That was a relatively few, large, businesses. Be realistic. The barber that’s looking at losing his business, the others in that building had to leave or close.

The landlord, who can’t get tenants to move in.

They probably weren’t trumpers anymore than you were, and I doubt very much they would resist an actual solution to the problems they’re facing.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There are enough idiots complaining now in a variation of "I support Trump but I didn't think the tariffs/deportations would hurt my business"

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Yes. Because an infinitesimally small number of business owners say so, all business owners must.

There’s over 4.2 million small businesses in CA alone.

Most of which are owned and operated by totally normal, not-awful people.

I can’t know their politics and neither can you.

What I can tell you is that cities across the country are fucking up the crisis and leaving everyone else involved in a lurch. The homeless people themselves are the most obvious and most needy, don’t get me wrong.

But the current situation is also impacting businesses, causing them to either move away or close as people stop shopping.

City and state governments are fucking it up. Not the fucking barber who probably is a member of that community just trying to earn a living. Not the others who had already left or closed and were also part of the community, probably.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Those blasting baby shark 24/7 as a "solution" to the homeless problem may or may not have voted for Trump, but in using legalistic cruelty to try to "solve" problems Trump and them are 100% in alignment.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Small-business owners are a major force behind the U.S. swing vote. Nearly a quarter are registered Democrats and 38% are Republicans, according to the National Small Business Association’s 2024 Politics of Small Business Survey

Small-business owners’ support for Trump was based, in large part, on opposition to the current regulatory regime.

In addition to promising a lighter regulatory touch, Trump campaigned on lowering taxes, which small business applauds.

source

Doesn't sound like an infinitesimally small number of business owners.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

“I support Trump but I didn’t think the tariffs/deportations would hurt my business”

is what the infinitesimal portion is about. Only a very, very small sliver of absolute morons are saying that. Everyone else knew exactly what was going to happen and what impacts it would have.

thanks for a source showing business owners mostly reflect the rest of society, though.

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[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bad faith argument.

Do you understand how to help humans, or do you simp for businesses?

[–] Vegasvator@lemmy.today 0 points 6 days ago

Not even close to a bad faith argument. How can they help homeless people when their business is failing and they are worried about their own financial situation?

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If they want the benefits of a highly capitalist society, paying customers, they have to deal with the fallout of a highly capitalist society: a large and unassisted homeless population

[–] Vegasvator@lemmy.today -1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

paying customers

They aren't getting these because of the homeless. The whole area is becoming completely void of businesses and the buildings are completely falling apart. Your argument goes the same for the homeless. If they want the benefits of society they get the good and the bad with it as well.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Ok then someone should hire the homeless to clean up, those business owners could pool their money and offer food and they'd have a nicer area after

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The argument that the homeless benefit from dog eat dog capitalism and the society that we pretend exists around it is so terrible that you should consider taking a time out from posting for your own mental health.

[–] Vegasvator@lemmy.today -2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (6 children)

You get the good and the bad is the previous posters argument. Not mine.

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[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 64 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

This will drive them insane, but it will not deter them.

Soon, the city will be dealing with a bunch of unfortunate folks who are not only poor, but also enraged.

There you go, berserked homeless people!

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 4 points 6 days ago

Evey street dweller will shout the lyrics to Baby Shark in every passerby's ears!

[–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 54 points 1 week ago

I love the idea of deterring them as if they have a choice and are just very persistent in exploring their passion, being homeless.....

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago

“Ok, we hear you, but how can we add the irresistible craving to eat human flesh into the mix?” - the business owners, probably.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

And then they call the swat team to clear their camps and accidentally concuss and paralyze a few of them

[–] hypeerror@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How about getting everyone who's upset that they have to see homeless people and blinding them with hot pokers? That should work it out and we wouldn't need to pay royalties.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You are kinder than I would be

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Like Jesus, in fact.

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