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Does it? How so? If anything it showcases some of the trials otherwise unknown to those who don’t face them (eg weather, tent mold).

throwanem 1y ago
Those are trials of camping. The cops coming and tossing your tent and everything else you own in a dumpster, that's a trial of homelessness.
- mholm 1y ago
  This was specifically addressed in the blogpost. This is illegal in Hong Kong too.
  - throwanem 1y ago
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  - yusina 1y ago
    And it didn't happen and if it had then he'd have crashed on a friend's sofa. And his laptop and two suits would have been safe in a locker at university. An actual homeless person would have a quite different experience of a bust.
    - luckylion 1y ago
      > And it didn't happen "I decide who is homeless and who isn't in retrospect by analyzing whether something happened to their tent in the woods or whether they were not discovered".
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      - throwanem 1y ago
        Sure. That's easier for you than talking about how differently things go with the cops for a rich university student caught tent camping on a lark, than for someone who is actually homeless.
locallost 1y ago
Yes it does. A real homeless person doesn't go to the gym everyday to shower, or avoids bringing food to his tent but it's ok because "I can eat at the university", or charges his devices every day at the same university, or sleeps at their friend's place when the weather is too dangerous. If was an interesting read and experiment, but it has its limitations as a real world comparison to homelessness.
- 5mv2 1y ago
  You're right that this situation was very privileged. But there's not such thing as a "real homeless", it's a continuum. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44215698 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44215698 Also, virtually all the "real homeless" I met went to the gym to shower.
- gosub100 1y ago
  A real homeless person defecates on the ground and dumps his trash wherever he goes. That is the reason they are unwanted

throwanem 1y ago

Those are trials of camping. The cops coming and tossing your tent and everything else you own in a dumpster, that's a trial of homelessness.

mholm 1y ago
This was specifically addressed in the blogpost. This is illegal in Hong Kong too.
- throwanem 1y ago
  [flagged]
- yusina 1y ago
  And it didn't happen and if it had then he'd have crashed on a friend's sofa. And his laptop and two suits would have been safe in a locker at university. An actual homeless person would have a quite different experience of a bust.
  - luckylion 1y ago
    > And it didn't happen "I decide who is homeless and who isn't in retrospect by analyzing whether something happened to their tent in the woods or whether they were not discovered".
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    - throwanem 1y ago
      Sure. That's easier for you than talking about how differently things go with the cops for a rich university student caught tent camping on a lark, than for someone who is actually homeless.

locallost 1y ago

Yes it does. A real homeless person doesn't go to the gym everyday to shower, or avoids bringing food to his tent but it's ok because "I can eat at the university", or charges his devices every day at the same university, or sleeps at their friend's place when the weather is too dangerous. If was an interesting read and experiment, but it has its limitations as a real world comparison to homelessness.

5mv2 1y ago
You're right that this situation was very privileged. But there's not such thing as a "real homeless", it's a continuum. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44215698 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44215698 Also, virtually all the "real homeless" I met went to the gym to shower.
gosub100 1y ago
A real homeless person defecates on the ground and dumps his trash wherever he goes. That is the reason they are unwanted