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[dark haired character, raising finger] We are gonig to solve ! homelessness

[light haired character, scared] By building more public housing, right?

[dark haired character, smugly showing spiked concrete and a separated bench] Nah, by adding more of that sweet sweet anti-homeless architecture

https://thebad.website/comic/hostile_architecture

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[–] SARGE@startrek.website 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You know those metal benches with metal arches for "arm rests" a lot of cities installed about a decade ago?

A lot of them use standard size bolts and Allen keys. No security, or maybe torx if anything.

Also an adjustable crescent wrench and multi-size Allen wrench tool fit nicely inside a pocket.

A cordless impact driver and associated bits fit in a small backpack as well.

What do those tidbits of info have in common?

Well that's up to the reader.

TO BE CLEAR, in case anyone doesn't understand, I am advocating for people to go out and disassemble anti-homeless architecture as a fuck you to the people who put it there. Being homeless is never a choice (not counting extreme outliers). Life is already shitting on them, denying them even a bench to sleep on for the night is just evil.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

If you're going to do this, please be ecologically responsible and reuse the material. Weld the pieces into a giant middle finger and leave it in the park.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Don’t forget, you can buy a hi-vi vest. Strangely, if I wear one people seem to think whatever I’m doing is approved by the city.