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Montreal shopping mall plays “Baby Shark” on repeat to prevent unhoused people from loittering (montreal.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 8 months ago by xkbx@startrek.website to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Great way to lose customers

Having said that, what's up with the "unhoused" thing? It homeless. Are we now calling it differently because homeless is now all of the sudden insulting? How long until "unhoused" suddenly is a bad word?

Can we please just stop pushing changing words? Homeless is fine, you're without a home. It sucks, people should support you, not shun you, but changing words is just virtue signalling that doesn't do anything to make anything better for anyone

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

but changing words is just virtue signalling that doesn’t do anything to make anything better for anyone

.... And if you are the type of neoliberal politician that wants to pretend they care about people while never actually doing anything to help anyone other than the megacorps when you get into power -- Then this is literally all you'll ever do for people. Linguistic fuckery. Making up new words for things. Fucking around with definitions. And you know that there will be an army of people who will defend this, and shoot down people who actually want to do something on grounds that they said the "wrong" words.

The argument for 'unhoused' is that it humanises the person -- But it's really pushing it.

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[–] SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The gas station near me blasts very loud opera music at the area surrounding the building. I think it's also to prevent kids from loitering as there is a school nearby as well as plenty of homeless.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Classy

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[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Ugh how did this super old song become a thing.. I swear people are getting dumber. I hated it when they sang it at summer camp, and I still hate it now.

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Because small children absolutely adore it.

[–] DillyDaily@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Super old? 2016?

[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

This was an old camp song when I was a kid

[–] AugustWest@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was forced to sing it in school in the 90s. Along with the Jamba The Hutt/McDonalds song.

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