I swear I'm not. It's entirely possible that I'm being slow, but I'm really just trying to understand so I can identify these things better in the future. Because I seriously don't get it, there's still plenty of room to lie down between them?

[–] shiftymccool@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

Part of the hostile architecture is the hostility you receive by asking about how it is hostile.

I immediately wondered the same thing so, it's not you. The angry replies are because some people are just always looking for something/someone to be mad at.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I think you’re confusing real life homelessness with a cartoon of a drunk who lies down to sleep it off for the night.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I assume what you're implying is that you can't put a tent there. Okay, why not fucking say that then? Homeless people around here rarely use tents, for reasons that I do not know because I am privileged enough to not be homeless, and they could probably just arrange their stuff around those shapes, put their mattress between them and go to sleep - which is why "tent" isn't the first thing that popped into my head.

Thank you for making me jump through hoops to understand a thing.

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

That guy is tripping.your questions are along the same as the ones I have. A lot of unhoused people I have seen don't have tents either.

[–] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

Even so, you could drape a blanket over 3 of them and you've got yourself a free tent, so your question still stands. The dude's just an asshole

[–] SpermHowitzer@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have seen a lot of homeless in downtown Toronto who have a cart or backpack of belongings, and sleep directly on the subway vents with no tent. I get what the other guy is asking, I also don’t see how these metal silhouettes are going to stop someone sleeping on that grate.

[–] o_d@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 day ago

They won't necessarily stop someone from sleeping on them entirely. It will certainly limit how they can be slept on. I imagine the point is to make it just uncomfortable enough for homeless people to look to sleep elsewhere. I also imagine that they would completely block these off if there was a quick and reasonably aesthetically pleasing way to do so without much cost. This is simply the compromise they've come to.

[–] aport@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

One of the examples of hostile architecture in the OP is bars on a park bench. Is that to prevent pitching a tent too?