@mmeenaakshii PS - this video, albeit clearly not as reputable as research papers, it's where I got the idea to use the term "white underclass".
https://t.co/02hOk5PZhh
@mmeenaakshii In case wht I typd ws objectionable, I apologize & nt wt I intended. Underclass ws a term I got whil readn abt post-apartheid Africa & a recur. thme ws β Afrikaners falln into ext poverty. Im against colonalism bt only kno abt CA/USA.
Ur link ws insightful & agree w/ it. thnk u.
@sinclair_geoff@sarak_mcn@VancouverPD I feel a need to point out the nuances between the systemic horrors of the mental asylums, including "Riverview" in the past, and compare it to what "Riverview" would look like if it was back in operation today.
(Hint: it's not lobotomy or ice therapy like before.)
@FunkyFrancois @amber_705 @sarahblyth Can relate to bein sick of BS in the DTES, its gettin worse as time go on too.
Ya, there r services based on swapping illicit use β Rx meds.
Let's just say you would be one of the few lucky ones if a Rx was all you needed to get away from the street lifestyle.
@RavenPresser@WhatTheADHD PS - can confirm, I'm also someone w/ ADHD & learning disability.
By high school I was so lost in space being undiagnosed/without supports. It was so fucked, by 10th grade I skipped classes until the vice president asked me to sign a form to formally drop out of HS.
@Sailor80s@JordanMalicious @humble_waffle @WhatTheADHD Upon second glance... It might be actually a Titanic scene that had the actors mouths edited. Got me, damn it.
@chouiine_ @MrAchsas@whotheadhd What you just said now almost mirrors my experience as someone who escaped childhood diagnosis. Hated homework, still did well until mid/high school where I was told I "was smart enou 4 IB, but you're deaf, so nope. You're staying in the disabled classroom." (Almost literally.)
@jaymhoagland@jorymicah I feel like maybe you need to notice the nuances between "street culture" and "being homeless".
I have several years of experience and can see a subpopulation addicted to the street lifestyle & the criminal activities it comes with.
However, homeless =\= street.
@LeeLeeBeeLeeLee@VancouverPD Holy fucking shit. All that distance and time to spot the person... ACAB.
INB4 the pig goes, "oh it was a big whoopsies hahah, I'm not in trouble right??"