An ex of mine lived in a place like this too, Pickled Parrot Lodge on Coromandel St in Newtown, Wellington. Mingy little rooms and people in quiet desperation. Strippers, prostitutes, meth addicts, parolees, LGBT+, and abused kids rejected or runaways from their families, forced to try to be adults.
The place is still around. Don’t know how it’s run these days, but if you bundle all these people together by necessity without providing on-site social, mental and physical support services, you’re asking for suffering if not disaster. There should be a medical room, with doctors, psychologists, social workers on a scheduled rotation. There should be a security guard and common-area cameras. There should be SPRINKLERS, it’s ultrahigh-density housing, current-level safety shit is a MUST. But that’s not what’s in the regulations, because the landlord lobby is STRONG.
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I just don’t get why anyone would say “trains” when “trans” is a letter shorter, and not considered offensive in the community, unless by context, in which case either “trains” or “trans” (or “transgender”, for that matter) would be being used offensively.
I mean, unless you’re punching down on trans people, why would you not just go with “trans”? I can understand the frustration of automod bans for a common shortening of “transmission”, or a very British shortening of “cigarette” - but that’s a solid argument against trying to get automod to police “part-time slurs”, not an argument for tolerating their use as slurs to somehow “further discussion” - if it’s clear in context that it’s being used as a slur, then drop the banhammer. If it’s a matter of people feeling safe to contribute, those who aren’t trying to make other users feel unsafe should be prioritised.
Can’t keep everyone happy, and you have to draw the line somewhere, otherwise there will never be an end to the “they’re always changing the rules” argument. If people are mouthing off with slurs, they’re not here for debate, they’re here to shut down debate. They’re not interested in good faith, they’re interested in seeing their transgressive words on screen, they’re interested in upsetting people, laughing at their expense, and moving on if they’re pushed. They’re bullies, and until someone pushes them off it, they will claim this soapbox when they find it.