_Hack_The_Planet_ OP t1_jad20e1 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:50 PM

Reply to comment by WaldoWhereThough in Enjoy these City of Boston Age Friendly Benches, year round! by _Hack_The_Planet_

Because it's a public resource meant for 2 people and not just you.

WaldoWhereThough t1_jad35ex wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:57 PM

What if it's just at night? What if they got up if someone asked? Why don't they make more benches or single seat armchairs instead of these things? No doubt you wouldn't sit right next to a homeless person anyways so why do you care so much about this?

_Hack_The_Planet_ OP t1_jad7nrz wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:27 PM

> What if it's just at night?

So you would have these people sleep in the elements. How progressive of you.

> What if they got up if someone asked?

What if they don't?

>Why don't they make more benches or single seat armchairs instead of these things?

Apparently, your imaginary scenario has some imaginary logistics and imaginary budgets for public benches. I'm just glad that they are -they exist as they are.

If you are a public bench manufacturer, then I'm sure that you can offer Boston a deal on their bid. But I'm also sure that you are just some armchair quarterback, pretending that you know better than the contractors and the other experts who deal with this on a daily basis.

>No doubt you wouldn't sit right next to a homeless person anyways so why do you care so much about this?

Same back to you. Why do you care? The fact is that you are just ostentatiously pretending to care so much about the homeless. The same homeless that you think belong on the streets, in all sorts of weather and otherwise making a mess of a shared public space.

edit: grammar.

WaldoWhereThough t1_jadv00x wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:54 PM

I don't think those arguments were explained well. I can tell your mad but why did you made all those assumptions? Seems to me like your point of view can't stand up on its own without attacking ppl who agree with you.

_Hack_The_Planet_ OP t1_jadwkvw wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:04 PM

> why did you made all those assumptions?

Back at you.

Here are your assumptions:

> I can tell your mad

> No doubt you wouldn't sit right next to a homeless person

It's you that are attacking me for holding a realistic opinion that is simply different than yours.

You seem to think that people sleeping on public benches are somehow more deserving of the public space than anyone else. You go so far as to assume that adding a handle to the middle of the bench is somehow against the hobos. It's not. The central handle helps elderly people stand up from a seated position.