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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
spooky-lord
rox-and-prose

One of my least favorite mental illness things is “hungry but dont feel like eating” and its companions “hungry but all the food in the house is Illegal,” “hungry but can’t make anything,” and “hungry, want to eat, but why bother”

chatdomestique

Also the adhd friend “hungry but unaware of hunger because current activity is too captivating”

rox-and-prose

“Hungry but I’ll get to it later”

jabberwockypie

“Definite not hungry, nope, but upon forcing oneself to eat something, discovering that the food vanished in 30 seconds and the pervasive feelings of ickiness all vanished, what the fuck"

signechan

Hungry but only for one specific food. I do not know what that food is but i do know i don’t have it in the house

lychgate

we all sitting here disrespectfully forgetting ‘not fucking hungry, going to continuously eat to stim, because im bored, and especially because eating feels like a comfortable thing why isn’t it making me happy better keep fucking eating’

left-reminders
theconcealedweapon

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theweefreewomen

[ID: a short comic. the left panel shows a person from the waist down walking, holding a red handbag, with text reading ‘A person steals $2,500 of stuff from a company. Felony, up to 20 years in jail, right to vote revoked’.

the right panel shows a businessman in a suit holding up two large bags of money, with text reading ‘A company steals $140,000 from employee paychecks. In most states, not a crime, grace period to reply, can still buy politicians’. a small bubble by the businessman reads ‘Bonus: interest-free payments’.

the bottom panel reads ‘Criminalize wage thief. Why do we even have to say this?”

end ID.]

odinsblog

“Most theft is wage theft. Meaning, the dollar value of stolen wages is greater than the value, each year, of all burglaries + robberies, shoplifting, auto theft, combined. Yet, wage theft is not a crime.“ —Dave McKenna

spooky-lord
gayahithwen

What if we started actively disincentivizing landlords letting real estate stay empty rather than renting at reasonable prices? Like, give them a maximum of three months to get a new tenant in, and then they start accumulating fines for the unused space.

And some similar system to disincentivize the ridiculous airbnb market as well. Make it unprofitable to have homes sitting empty in a city where people with jobs find themselves living in tents. Hell, make it unprofitable to have homes sitting empty anywhere that has a homelessness problem.

gayahithwen

The fine? The full rent amount they're asking for. You think $1700/month for a studio apartment is reasonable? Well, until you get someone into that apartment, you're going to be fined that same sum every month.

For Airbnb, a lower cost, but still based on how many nights/month the space is unused, and the fine will be based on the asking price per night.

fidelesir

This is... really, really sensible.

freackthejester

literally email this idea to your local city council representative or similar lowest level government person. if there are meetings that are open to the public, go speak your piece there. an idea like this is very sensible, and this is an issue they are thinking about.

there will be traction. I'm not saying you can get it to happen, the owners of large complexes have a lot of control over your local government. but it's not complete control, and good ideas are powerful.

curvedroygbiv

Vancouver slaps $10,000 a year tax on empty homes. Lie about it and it’s $10,000 a day

https://financialpost.com/real-estate/property-post/vancouver-slaps-10000-a-day-fine-on-empty-homes-to-fix-rental-housing-crisis

gayahithwen

Thanks for the link, and fuck yeah! This is exactly the stuff I'm talking about.

Milwaukee and San Francisco are also looking into policies like these. These ideas are out there and being explored, and I think that's pretty neat.