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   Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 00:05:50 JST Seasons of Jason

   I can’t stop thinking about this article, or about this man, or about the brutal daily lives he and 600,000 other homeless people in America have to endure. It’s unnerving. It’s a wakeup call. And it makes me feel guilty for every moment I've ever looked the other way.

   https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a62875397/homelessness-in-america/?src=longreads

   #Homeless #America #longreads

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 04:30:25 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • Stewbs

     @stewbsss Yea, this one piece fundamentally changed my perspective on the entire situation -- especially when he outlined the math and declared he was too poor to be homeless...

     I was gutted when he discussed the meatball sub gift, saying that was the first person who'd offered help in 6 months.

     There is so much to digest here.

     I'm encouraged that his GoFundMe exploded, but he's just one out of 600,000...

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     Stewbs (stewbsss@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 04:30:27 JST Stewbs

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     @killyourfm That was quite a harrowing read and truly an eye opener. The ending was... difficult.

     Homelessness is rampant in India. Housing crises just another common thing. We have charitable people who regularly help out people in need, not exactly homeless but similar conditions. Slum areas and all that. My mother works in a NGO that helps people like these, it feels good.

     I wish more could be done for them. Truly breaks my heart to such little in place to support them.