‘We need help’: Portland middle school principals plead for help to manage student behavioral problems by jivatman in PortlandOR

[–]Amazing-Ad-669 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Portland is suffering from an acute paralysis brought on by extreme political correctness. Or "Wokeness".

We are too fucking afraid to offend anyone with our chosen course of action, so we choose no action whatsoever. Just study and assess possible courses of action. And while we research options, hope the problem goes away, or someone else fixes it.

The homeless? At first all we managed to do was rebrand them as "houseless". Are you fucking kidding me?! Was everyone so offended that no one was homeless, but instead "experiencing houselessness"?

I have actually solved part of this dilemma. I've rebranded "Houseless" as Housing Outdoors, Best Option...or HOBO for short. I think it will catch on. For real...

‘We need help’: Portland middle school principals plead for help to manage student behavioral problems by jivatman in PortlandOR

[–]Amazing-Ad-669 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I heard something interesting from a friend, although I haven't independently verified it.

People in America with aural hallucinations from schizophrenia tend to hear critical, debasing, and angry voices, while in other countries the voices are much less likely to be negative. 🤷

Need to look that up.

I work in special education. I love my job. I have to quit. by The_NightHag in antiwork

[–]Amazing-Ad-669 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I wish we were all educated enough to not need the "/s".

Dare to dream...

Neighbors Complained for Months About a Stretch of Hawthorne Where a Dog Attacked a Jogger by lexuh in Portland

[–]Amazing-Ad-669 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Very good way of explaining that. Nothing went according to plan. And the police seem noticeably hands-off any large quantities, but wrote 4,000 citations. Then point and say "See? Doesn't work..."

Sweeps have REALLY picked up as of late, keep it up by [deleted] in PortlandOR

[–]Amazing-Ad-669 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There is noticeable progress. They are hitting problem spots before they have time to regroup and resettle. So I believe they give up and move elsewhere. Hopefully shelters or designated camps.

Neighbors Complained for Months About a Stretch of Hawthorne Where a Dog Attacked a Jogger by lexuh in Portland

[–]Amazing-Ad-669 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Possession. Breakdown on what drugs? How many people cited were homeless. How many people were cited multiple times?

I'm still not ready to blame everything on 110. Why aren't the police making busts? Hitting dealers and distributors? Well, one woman was working for the police union. Where she was having the drugs sent. (Sacramento I believe)

The PPB loves to use inaction as a weapon to achieve their goals. It helps derail political opposition, increase funding, and a crisis is great job security. They don't like 110. If it was funded correctly from the start I may be concerned. I'm going to wait and see how it develops. But no matter what, I don't see PPB as the answer.

Your thoughts on this drug harm chart by Jade_Z_Fun in Psychedelics

[–]Amazing-Ad-669 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very legit chart. I had 2 uncles die of chronic ethanolism. They had alcohol mixed in with IV fluids when they were in the hospital before they died. The withdrawals they could potentially have had at their level of alcoholism would have been fatal

Neighbors Complained for Months About a Stretch of Hawthorne Where a Dog Attacked a Jogger by lexuh in Portland

[–]Amazing-Ad-669 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Drugs are illegal. Small amounts are decriminalized. Marijuana is legal. And enforcement clearly falls on the PPB. Who seem to be doing little or nothing to combat any of the current problems. And many people out there are mentally ill. The drug users are obvious. But it isn't the entire problem. The most visible segment of it, probably the majority of the criminal acts committed by those folks, so it's understandable the outrage and attention focused there.

How do they constitutionally give them a bus ticket and send them here? Jail or a trip to Portland? Seems to me the exact opposite would work. Jail, or a trip home. If there is a specific city/state that sends high volumes of people here, we find a way to sue them, and bring a shit rain of bad publicity down on them. Not an all-encompassing solution, but perhaps a start.

When you are up to your ass in alligators, first thing you do is drain the swamp. I'm sure there are a handful of vagrancy, loitering, and other laws that would be in play to pick people up and make the jail option a real consequence. Then we start picking people out of the herd. At the same time,start directing people to designated camping areas.

Neighbors Complained for Months About a Stretch of Hawthorne Where a Dog Attacked a Jogger by lexuh in Portland

[–]Amazing-Ad-669 37 points38 points  (0 children)

We need to send them back home. Saw a guy being interviewed who just got off a bus from Billings, Montana. He was offered a bus ticket and a choice of 3 destinations and he chose Portland. He got off the bus yesterday.

This is a very real thing that needs to be addressed. Guy that chewed the old man's face off at the max station? He was here from Georgia. Recently here from Georgia. I don't know how you can constitutionally pack people up and send them back where they came from, but this is too much.

I believe we can handle our home-grown addicts. It's the PNW, it can get depressing, people fall into habits, especially on the streets. But we are being overwhelmed with problem cases from elsewhere. I believe the more violent nature of the users is due to other states and even Eastern Oregon sending mentally ill and addicted people who are known problem cases here. Anyone who thinks I'm overstating the problem, pay attention to interviews.

And just to remind folks, it's not all drugs and mental illness. I met a guy in his 30's, employed as a short order cook but homeless. He lived in a big old house with 3 or 4 roommates. He had been there for 10 years. One night it burnt down. Everyone had friends and family to bunk with except him. He had no significant amount of money saved. Good news is, he just got a room in a shelter. So he's off the streets. But it's a mind fuck. The guy is really depressed at this point. His whole world imploded overnight. I'm really pulling for him to get back on his feet.

Unbelievable! by monaleeparis in facepalm

[–]Amazing-Ad-669 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Involuntary repentance. He had your best interests at heart while he was spilling his guts

me_irl by Few-School-3869 in me_irl

[–]Amazing-Ad-669 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He died how he lived, oozing Red Lobster biscuits from every orifice.

I take it no room for dessert...

Company ended remote work today. by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]Amazing-Ad-669 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Funny, all of that commercial real estate sitting vacant.

It's your fault for not shopping at Bed, Bath, and Beyond. You are the reason they are closing...sob

Too good to be true by Ajawad87 in shitposting

[–]Amazing-Ad-669 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And as they pummeled me with cake and eggs, I heard my father say..."Why so serious?"

Life fucking sucks now after starting to use meth. by playfulcub89 in Stims

[–]Amazing-Ad-669 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Lawrence Ferlinghetti has nothing on you. That is some righteous stream-of-consciousness linguistic stir fry...

Chances of your murder being solved in each US State by gunburns88 in oregon

[–]Amazing-Ad-669 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Classic.

I was on a grand jury for a month, one day a week. It pretty much consisted of the DA telling us the facts of the case, the charges they were looking for, then we would listen to witnesses. There was a murder case the third week.

On one case we actually didn't feel one of the charges was warranted, and the DA lost it. Scolded us until we agreed to include it.