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It’s cold and snowing these days, and just the other day when I was walking downtown with some friends there was this homeless man lying right in the middle of a sidewalk on top of an air vent, while it’s snowing and -15°C. Like usual, we walked right by him and didn’t even spare him a single look. 

But this article talks about how one of the worst things about homelessness is the invisibility that comes with it. People ignore you, you’re not treated as human, but rather as furniture as they walk by you. That really hit me because call me naive but I’ve never really thought about it like that. But it’s so true. 

And it’s funny because I’m a fanfic addict, and I do indulge my guilty pleasures in certain “types” of fics. Sure I love hurt/comfort and angst in general, but themes of dehumanization fascinate me. I enjoy reading about characters stripped of their identity and placed at the bottom of society. They lose their freedom, their agency, and are no longer treated as human. And call me sadistic, but I love reading about situations like that. Of course, I always imagined since its fiction, it’s all detached from reality.