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WhiskeyGrinder

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12. When they were "installed," it was to display a prototype. Both of these articles are thinly veiled rewrites of company

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #9)

Fri Sep 5, 2025, 04:38 PM

Sep 2025

press releases. These pods have not been permanently installed nor are they used by people experiencing homelessness. The BBC article can't even spell the name of the product correctly.

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This is how Germany treats it's homeless. [View all] KS Toronado Sep 2025 OP

"We" can't because Faux pas Sep 2025 #1

That's an AI slop graphic and no, Germany does not do this. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2025 #2

BBC: A German city has created sleep pods for the homeless sheshe2 Sep 2025 #9

When they were "installed," it was to display a prototype. Both of these articles are thinly veiled rewrites of company WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2025 #12

One article said they are/were used. sheshe2 Sep 2025 #13

Startup releases often use aspirational language, and news aggregators like "The Premier Daily" are happy to spin it. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2025 #15

from the firm (Ulmer Nest) Celerity Sep 2025 #23

One article said they are/were used. sheshe2 Sep 2025 #14

I asked my wife, a German social worker. DFW Sep 2025 #29

That's an AI image. Even so, do they sleep standing up? tinrobot Sep 2025 #3

I wondered it the unit turned on its side for sleeping!! riversedge Sep 2025 #8

Not real, just an AI photo Union Label Sep 2025 #4

Well, KS, it sounds like you were misled about this. Don't feel bad though, because the premise is entirely..... FadedMullet Sep 2025 #5

I'm no world traveller, but I am sure Euro countries take decent care of homeless. 70sEraVet Sep 2025 #27

it's ITS Skittles Sep 2025 #6

Not like that image, but the city of Ulm did trial prototypes in 2021. sl8 Sep 2025 #7

There is also a link from 2023. sheshe2 Sep 2025 #10

Thanks. It looks like that article was written in 2023, but it's sources are the 2021 articles. sl8 Sep 2025 #11

Or as Elon Musk calls them misanthrope Sep 2025 #31

Why do you think we don't? WarGamer Sep 2025 #16

Not ADA compliant. Mosby Sep 2025 #21

And the fake German AI pic of an egg... is? WarGamer Sep 2025 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Sep 2025 #24

I would assume that these tiny home camps in LA contain ADA compliant models... WarGamer Sep 2025 #25

Likely that the accessible Tiny Home models are elsewhere on the site, or a few of these have ramps maxsolomon Sep 2025 #26

What a great idea for a shelter for the homeless TommieMommy Sep 2025 #17

It's an AI mage... but the image above this is actually real in LA. WarGamer Sep 2025 #18

No. Vote4Kam Sep 2025 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Sep 2025 #20

Its not that simple. milestogo Sep 2025 #28

That's fake but this is real. KentuckyWoman Sep 2025 #30

Some of these look really impressive fujiyamasan Sep 2025 #35

I follow this guy from Oregon on TikTok JoseBalow Sep 2025 #32

Thanks for not posting an obvious AI generated piece of click bait memey BS fujiyamasan Sep 2025 #34

Excellent idea! Certainly better than TFG's plan to arrest them... Rhiannon12866 Sep 2025 #33

A safe shelter...in the middle of a slippery, snowy road with vehicles passing just feet away rictofen Sep 2025 #36

Having worked in Berlin....no Melon Sep 2025 #37

Not really. How many of those or something similar do you MineralMan Sep 2025 #38