What_Religion_R_They [none/use name]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoI know I shouldn't be surprised at how rabidly racist Americans are... but god it's always a slap in the face when you think you might just be talking to a misguided idiothexbear.netimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1121arrow-down1imageI know I shouldn't be surprised at how rabidly racist Americans are... but god it's always a slap in the face when you think you might just be talking to a misguided idiothexbear.netWhat_Religion_R_They [none/use name]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremar_k [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·edit-28 months agoYeah it’s definitely way higher than 0.02% of LA that’s homeless, a quick google search finds the official 2023 number was 1.2% of the city’s population, 60x higher than the number this dipshit pulled out of their ass Realistically, it’s even higher considering the way the government measures homelessness across the country is absurd and pretty much guaranteed to dramatically undercount
minus-squareBeaver [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·8 months agoA classic online debate tactic is to pull out of their ass 0.001% or 99.9999%, when they really have no idea what the percentage actually is.
Yeah it’s definitely way higher than 0.02% of LA that’s homeless, a quick google search finds the official 2023 number was 1.2% of the city’s population, 60x higher than the number this dipshit pulled out of their ass
Realistically, it’s even higher considering the way the government measures homelessness across the country is absurd and pretty much guaranteed to dramatically undercount
A classic online debate tactic is to pull out of their ass 0.001% or 99.9999%, when they really have no idea what the percentage actually is.