Pitifulboi

"The hostage is going to be alright, Rob. She's fireproof. The fucker who has her isn't."

"GET EM' DAAYI!"

Doesn't work on Waterboy tho cuz 1. He hardly ever causes Robert stress that either of them can't usually fix in less than 10 mins and 2. Waterboy's own water flushes the pepper out of his eyes if the bottle did get sprayed in his face.

Well I was turned away from every single one in the area because I was a non Christian trans person. Not that there were many I could make the walk to, to be fair.

"if someone is homeless, they can just forage for food! Probably eating healthier than we are har har har!"

I was homeless in winter. And yeah, sure, I knew how to use pine needles to make tea and boil bark but. Come on. You think every homeless person has that fucking knowledge or resources? And I was homeless on a mountain. What about people who are homeless in cities? What are they going to forage? Gravel? And what about areas where foraging is illegal? You want them to get arrested? In a police state like this?

"well as long as they don't get into trouble, there won't be trouble!"

You make laws criminalizing their existence. The "trouble" they make is surviving. I got the cops called on me because I went for a walk. I had a stick I was using to help me walk because I have a limp and couldn't afford a cane. A fucking white couple saw me and called the cops and told them I was walking "with a rifle" and was "very threatening". I got DAMNED lucky that a Light horseman found me first and told me what happened. Laughed a little. Told me not to worry about it, he'd call it in as bogus, and have a talk with the couple. But again. I was lucky. If that had been a state cop and not a rez one, I could have been fucking shot. For walking.

And don’t get me started on anti homeless architecture. Fucking pisses me off.

Also the ‘just get a job’ bullshit. A lot of homeless people do have jobs. Some have more the one. But in cases where they don’t, not having an address or a car to get to work can genuinely be a reason they’re turned down from a job. Even getting thrifted suits for an interview is near impossible in the city here because thrift stores are closing down left and right and being replaced by expensive ‘vintage clothing’ stores.