Colleen

Taylor Swift fans are the modern day equivalent of those cults who would consistently have inaccurate rapture predictions like once a month

What is Donald Trump’s plan for the guy next to me in the completely silent urgent care waiting room playing Duolingo at full volume

@VegasGKVegasR @holy_modem Who’s gonna work this job then

@Coll3enG @holy_modem He could have applied himself in school and got a career vs a job though right? You choose to attack the business though. lol Cool story bro.

Just talking with the canes worker who told me he was scheduled today from 11-1 and then 5-7 so he just had to figure out what to do for the four hours in the middle? How is this not illegal???? Tf

@TheMadameTea I can see this for sure!

@Coll3enG Working a split shift in a fast food restaurant should be illegal, but in an actual restaurant, working a split shift is great…you get lunch & dinner tips.

@etoxins I think a big difference is that they’re eligible for benefits and usually get paid guaranteed hours

@Coll3enG school bus drivers do this seems terrible but im sure some enjoy it

@holy_modem Maybe because he essentially has two shifts in one day for two hours each. His whole day is 9 hours of work, for $60. Either has to stay there or commute twice in one day. Seems unfair and not great!

@Coll3enG so he only working 4 hours?? why would that be illegal

Asked chatgpt to make a practice GRE test. It said I got one question wrong, and the question was what is 5 squared plus 2 cubed. I said 33 chat GPT marked it incorrect and said it should be 31. And this is what companies think they can replace skilled labor with. Absolute joke

And let’s be honest: this didn’t come out of nowhere. This is the logical end point of DSA‑style “harm reduction” politics - endless rhetoric about liberation, zero willingness to enforce basic standards in public space, and a reflex to prioritize the comfort of the most destabilized person on the block over the safety of everyone else. If your idea of “justice” means volunteers get their faces smashed in, small businesses board up, families avoid parks, and people in psychosis are left to die on sidewalks while you tweet about compassion, your ideology is broken. We need leaders who will stop performing morality and start governing.

@rissaoffline @other_st_nick U never know what situations you might end up in. Only safe move is to partner w lawyers

@other_st_nick U and my friend @Coll3enG would get along sooo well

My advice to everyone is get a lawyer. Just in case. Then build such a close bond w your lawyer he gives you your own toothbrush at his house

@jennyirelan @bauxietmali Yeah and that’s great but people who are trying to stay sober in these housing should be ABLE to be free from being around people using. And there is no dignity in letting someone shoot up heroin and not try to get them clean

@Coll3enG @bauxietmali I don't really know where you get this idea that anyone is trying to give people "free reign to use." We are trying to give people dignity to decide for themselves whether they're going to choose to be sober. If you have stability, you can choose sobriety

This view is so weird because imagine you ARE a homeless addict trying to get your life back on track so you live in sober living but it’s impossible to stay sober because your roommate keeps using? Yall have zero experience talking to these people and it shows

A lot of you don’t seem to understand that most people who vote on policies want better for the homeless but also are very aware of the rules they follow to uphold the fabric of society and are obviously hesitant to give people free reign with their tax dollars to get loaded

@jennyirelan @bauxietmali Ok while I can agree with the sober living effectiveness, people in shelters are often fighting addiction. Giving them free reign to use impedes on others potential recovery

@bauxietmali @Coll3enG This! Besides that, sober living isn't even a good place to get sober. Everyone I know that ever went through sober living ended up using again when they got out on their own. Because their sobriety is wrapped up in a group of people and their rules, not the sober life you build

@tummytings @cuccimane777 Oh and what experience do you have with sobriety?

@Coll3enG @cuccimane777 Housing is one of the biggest factors in people getting clean. People get their lives together when they feel safe and stable. Forcing sobriety as a condition of housing sounds good but does not work in practice.

@seojens @edeetak They are, but they have a lot of funding and are often used as a catch all and defacto homeless shelter in my area.

@Coll3enG @edeetak my point was that they are different things and neither of them are homeless shelters, which is what OP was referring to

@seojens @edeetak You can absolutely be court mandated into sober living or referred there if you are homeless

@Coll3enG @edeetak sober living and halfway houses are two distinct things, they’re not different names for one another depending on where you’re living. sober living is a step down from a halfway house, is entirely voluntary, often comes out of pocket. halfway houses are often court mandated

@cuccimane777 a lot of people on the streets needing shelter have at some point struggled with SUD. It’s not good for the 2/3 who have struggled to be around drugs and alcohol. The requirement of these places to be sober is not an inherent punishment but rather a safety measure for residents

@Coll3enG ok maybe i don’t know what sober living is or how it works but again the original tweet is not even talking about ppl in recovery.

@cumguy679 There are literally so many state sponsored and fully funded detoxes and treatment facilities in my area. Expending this would be helpful.

@cumguy679 Well, no. Humans are all worthy of dignity. But having a government funded trap house isn’t a winning policy. Offering paths to treatment, healthcare, sobriety is better at the group and individual level

@cuccimane777 So yeah. I don’t really agree with just scamming state and private insurance for these low key scam places but I’ve spoken with a lot of people who when trying to seek shelter have been pushed this way.

@cuccimane777 Again, if you wanna talk about those insurance funded residence places, I also have severe disagreements with how they’re run. Subsidized housing and shelters are dying and sober living has picked up a lot of that need. people get referred to them in my area when they’re homeless