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TommieMommy

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17. What a great idea for a shelter for the homeless

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Fri Sep 5, 2025, 04:51 PM

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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