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I’m not arguing against the bullshit that is making homelessness an even greater indignity let alone crime. Fuck that all day forever.

But I spent a greater part of three years voluntarily homeless (~15 years ago) to avoid violence at home. I consider myself extremely fortunate that I had a car I personally owned for most (but not all) of it which was a huge boon for me.

When I had a car, I parked in the back of 24h parking lots such as Walmart. Lacking that I parked behind higher end, but not too high, restaurants that kept bars open to call (2am). I was aware that in the latter case people became aware of me, but I never had problems.

When I didn’t have a car I found a ground level HVAC unit (behind grocery/department stores) because they were great at drowning out sound and giving me a relatively constant temperature.

I avoided parks because they often have posted hours and are regularly checked by police.

I’ve never been bothered by a cop. This is my truth, but not a justification.

In some countries they literally make life easier for people to live, and even enjoy living, a travelers life. The US is not such a place

I used to work for a manager who approached me one day to inform me that wearing shorts and flip flops to work was inappropriate.

I was working as a software engineer, I didn’t interact with customers, and spent my entire day at the back of the building with other engineers.

I asked if I could wear skirts and open toe heels like the woman in our office. He made it clear that wouldn’t be tolerated because he “didn’t want to see that.”

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I hadn’t heard of this person so I asked my 15 year old son if he knew about him or if his friends were in his orbit.

“He’s a loser. No.”

I appreciate you for giving me this intense moment of connection with my boy

We are of similar eras. I just missed the days of building phreak boxes and it was always a bit of wonder to me.

While it’s harder these days for a litany of reasons I think it’s still in our collective interest to be bearers of stories, old and new, to the neophytes of the current generation.

I guess what I’m saying is, I am in your camp but to my kid’s generation we are still warlocks