king Ale

Senior Member
Oct 28, 2004
21,689
It's so cold it's wrong :frown2: -15 degree Celsius and windy. And there were still a few homeless guys in the street. Serious question, is there a place for them to stay at during the night or they will just simply die or I'm underestimating human's ability to survive the cold?
 

AFL_ITALIA

MAGISTERIAL
Jun 17, 2011
31,813
It's so cold it's wrong :frown2: -15 degree Celsius and windy. And there were still a few homeless guys in the street. Serious question, is there a place for them to stay at during the night or they will just simply die or I'm underestimating human's ability to survive the cold?
I forgot where you said you were, but I imagine it's something similar to here.

http://mashable.com/2014/01/03/nyc-homeless-winter/

It's warmer in Alaska right now...
 

king Ale

Senior Member
Oct 28, 2004
21,689
I forgot where you said you were, but I imagine it's something similar to here.

http://mashable.com/2014/01/03/nyc-homeless-winter/

It's warmer in Alaska right now...
Yup I'm actually very close. I had never experienced such a cold weather before.

So if that's case, what were those guys doing in the cold tonight? I'm living in this four floor building. I was thinking of keeping the main door of the building open so if there's somebody out they can come in and spend the night in the hallway. I don't know :(
 

AFL_ITALIA

MAGISTERIAL
Jun 17, 2011
31,813
Yup I'm actually very close. I had never experienced such a cold weather before.

So if that's case, what were those guys doing in the cold tonight? I'm living in this four floor building. I was thinking of keeping the main door of the building open so if there's somebody out they can come in and spend the night in the hallway. I don't know :(
There's usually a week or two of weather like this sometime during late winter, tomorrow is going to be even worse.

I have no idea, could be any number of reasons. You could try calling 311 I suppose.
 

ALC

Ohaulick
Oct 28, 2010
46,540
It's so cold it's wrong :frown2: -15 degree Celsius and windy. And there were still a few homeless guys in the street. Serious question, is there a place for them to stay at during the night or they will just simply die or I'm underestimating human's ability to survive the cold?
You know how rich people buy the most extravagant and exotic things you can think of? In Saudi Arabia you'll see princes driving with a cheetah by their side; in Monaco billionaires will drive one of a kind Bugattis with color made from with elephant blood and blue whale sperm. Someone you might've heard of, Putin, has an albino capuchin monkey. Only one currently in existence.

Capuchin monkeys are already known for their aberrant temper and high-sex drive as witnessed on the TV show FRIENDS from Marcel, who often got in trouble due to the aforementioned qualities. This temper and sex drive, combined with the albinism condition which often comes with bad sight make Putin's capuchin monkey extremely more whimsical and dangerous than a regular monkey.

Putin however has an incredibly macho mindset and sees the monkeys acts as delightful and territorial as they remind him of his younger self. The poop flinging, the incessant humping of all the women he catches sight of - or rather a sniff of, since he has bad sight - and the destruction of all furniture within proximity are all tolerated and shrugged away with laughter.

Putin's trust on the monkey was about to be betrayed however. One day the monkey, on an incredibly horny mindset was able to sneak into Putin's office. He started humping away at the ottoman, then the table, then the stuffed grizzly bear on the corner, and finally he got on top of the desk. A protruding red and shiny thing caught his bad vision since it stood apart so much. Reminding himself of girl monkeys on heat and their blushing bottoms, the capuchin threw himself on top of that thing and started thumping away like an ADHD-riddled, used-car salesman who had just partook in smoking exorbitant amounts of the bluest meth in Albuquerque.

Little did the monkey know that this protruding red thing was an emergency button that launched all of Russia's nuclear warheads towards USA, Germany, and other relevant countries of the West.

The US, having noticed the launch due to their state of the art radar technology, decided to go into DEFCON 5 and launch their own warheads. The Middle East and Russia were not about to let this opportunity to attack the US slide so they also launched all they had towards the West. Germany and the smaller European and South American nations did not hesitate to act in order to protect their big brother, USA. North Korea seemed to be the only country that did not in fact launch a single nuclear missle even though they said later on their only TV channel that all the missiles had indeed come from best Korea.

To save you some time, imagine a post nuclear wasteland with no standing buildings, no forests, not a single landmark of note standing and no life. Well, no life except for a few cockroaches, tardigrades, and crackheads.

So to answer your question Hoori, those homeless people you speak of are crackheads. They will survive the cold, they will survive gunshot wounds, they survive stabbings, they survive everything. For some unbeknownst reason, they never die and are always around, dirtying the air and their surroundings. It is thought they originated with the big bang and have been around since the dinosaur age. No one knows how truly old they are as studying them would require placing them indoors and - *shudders* - touching them! So don't worry, they'll survive the cold.
 

IliveForJuve

Burn this club
Jan 17, 2011
18,932
You know how rich people buy the most extravagant and exotic things you can think of? In Saudi Arabia you'll see princes driving with a cheetah by their side; in Monaco billionaires will drive one of a kind Bugattis with color made from with elephant blood and blue whale sperm. Someone you might've heard of, Putin, has an albino capuchin monkey. Only one currently in existence.

Capuchin monkeys are already known for their aberrant temper and high-sex drive as witnessed on the TV show FRIENDS from Marcel, who often got in trouble due to the aforementioned qualities. This temper and sex drive, combined with the albinism condition which often comes with bad sight make Putin's capuchin monkey extremely more whimsical and dangerous than a regular monkey.

Putin however has an incredibly macho mindset and sees the monkeys acts as delightful and territorial as they remind him of his younger self. The poop flinging, the incessant humping of all the women he catches sight of - or rather a sniff of, since he has bad sight - and the destruction of all furniture within proximity are all tolerated and shrugged away with laughter.

Putin's trust on the monkey was about to be betrayed however. One day the monkey, on an incredibly horny mindset was able to sneak into Putin's office. He started humping away at the ottoman, then the table, then the stuffed grizzly bear on the corner, and finally he got on top of the desk. A protruding red and shiny thing caught his bad vision since it stood apart so much. Reminding himself of girl monkeys on heat and their blushing bottoms, the capuchin threw himself on top of that thing and started thumping away like an ADHD-riddled, used-car salesman who had just partook in smoking exorbitant amounts of the bluest meth in Albuquerque.

Little did the monkey know that this protruding red thing was an emergency button that launched all of Russia's nuclear warheads towards USA, Germany, and other relevant countries of the West.

The US, having noticed the launch due to their state of the art radar technology, decided to go into DEFCON 5 and launch their own warheads. The Middle East and Russia were not about to let this opportunity to attack the US slide so they also launched all they had towards the West. Germany and the smaller European and South American nations did not hesitate to act in order to protect their big brother, USA. North Korea seemed to be the only country that did not in fact launch a single nuclear missle even though they said later on their only TV channel that all the missiles had indeed come from best Korea.

To save you some time, imagine a post nuclear wasteland with no standing buildings, no forests, not a single landmark of note standing and no life. Well, no life except for a few cockroaches, tardigrades, and crackheads.

So to answer your question Hoori, those homeless people you speak of are crackheads. They will survive the cold, they will survive gunshot wounds, they survive stabbings, they survive everything. For some unbeknownst reason, they never die and are always around, dirtying the air and their surroundings. It is thought they originated with the big bang and have been around since the dinosaur age. No one knows how truly old they are as studying them would require placing them indoors and - *shudders* - touching them! So don't worry, they'll survive the cold.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :delpiero:
 

Fr3sh

Senior Member
Jul 12, 2011
37,255
You know how rich people buy the most extravagant and exotic things you can think of? In Saudi Arabia you'll see princes driving with a cheetah by their side; in Monaco billionaires will drive one of a kind Bugattis with color made from with elephant blood and blue whale sperm. Someone you might've heard of, Putin, has an albino capuchin monkey. Only one currently in existence.

Capuchin monkeys are already known for their aberrant temper and high-sex drive as witnessed on the TV show FRIENDS from Marcel, who often got in trouble due to the aforementioned qualities. This temper and sex drive, combined with the albinism condition which often comes with bad sight make Putin's capuchin monkey extremely more whimsical and dangerous than a regular monkey.

Putin however has an incredibly macho mindset and sees the monkeys acts as delightful and territorial as they remind him of his younger self. The poop flinging, the incessant humping of all the women he catches sight of - or rather a sniff of, since he has bad sight - and the destruction of all furniture within proximity are all tolerated and shrugged away with laughter.

Putin's trust on the monkey was about to be betrayed however. One day the monkey, on an incredibly horny mindset was able to sneak into Putin's office. He started humping away at the ottoman, then the table, then the stuffed grizzly bear on the corner, and finally he got on top of the desk. A protruding red and shiny thing caught his bad vision since it stood apart so much. Reminding himself of girl monkeys on heat and their blushing bottoms, the capuchin threw himself on top of that thing and started thumping away like an ADHD-riddled, used-car salesman who had just partook in smoking exorbitant amounts of the bluest meth in Albuquerque.

Little did the monkey know that this protruding red thing was an emergency button that launched all of Russia's nuclear warheads towards USA, Germany, and other relevant countries of the West.

The US, having noticed the launch due to their state of the art radar technology, decided to go into DEFCON 5 and launch their own warheads. The Middle East and Russia were not about to let this opportunity to attack the US slide so they also launched all they had towards the West. Germany and the smaller European and South American nations did not hesitate to act in order to protect their big brother, USA. North Korea seemed to be the only country that did not in fact launch a single nuclear missle even though they said later on their only TV channel that all the missiles had indeed come from best Korea.

To save you some time, imagine a post nuclear wasteland with no standing buildings, no forests, not a single landmark of note standing and no life. Well, no life except for a few cockroaches, tardigrades, and crackheads.

So to answer your question Hoori, those homeless people you speak of are crackheads. They will survive the cold, they will survive gunshot wounds, they survive stabbings, they survive everything. For some unbeknownst reason, they never die and are always around, dirtying the air and their surroundings. It is thought they originated with the big bang and have been around since the dinosaur age. No one knows how truly old they are as studying them would require placing them indoors and - *shudders* - touching them! So don't worry, they'll survive the cold.
You sir, are a poet, a wizard and a scolar!
 

Jem83

maitre'd at Canal Bar
Nov 7, 2005
22,870
You know how rich people buy the most extravagant and exotic things you can think of? In Saudi Arabia you'll see princes driving with a cheetah by their side; in Monaco billionaires will drive one of a kind Bugattis with color made from with elephant blood and blue whale sperm. Someone you might've heard of, Putin, has an albino capuchin monkey. Only one currently in existence.

Capuchin monkeys are already known for their aberrant temper and high-sex drive as witnessed on the TV show FRIENDS from Marcel, who often got in trouble due to the aforementioned qualities. This temper and sex drive, combined with the albinism condition which often comes with bad sight make Putin's capuchin monkey extremely more whimsical and dangerous than a regular monkey.

Putin however has an incredibly macho mindset and sees the monkeys acts as delightful and territorial as they remind him of his younger self. The poop flinging, the incessant humping of all the women he catches sight of - or rather a sniff of, since he has bad sight - and the destruction of all furniture within proximity are all tolerated and shrugged away with laughter.

Putin's trust on the monkey was about to be betrayed however. One day the monkey, on an incredibly horny mindset was able to sneak into Putin's office. He started humping away at the ottoman, then the table, then the stuffed grizzly bear on the corner, and finally he got on top of the desk. A protruding red and shiny thing caught his bad vision since it stood apart so much. Reminding himself of girl monkeys on heat and their blushing bottoms, the capuchin threw himself on top of that thing and started thumping away like an ADHD-riddled, used-car salesman who had just partook in smoking exorbitant amounts of the bluest meth in Albuquerque.

Little did the monkey know that this protruding red thing was an emergency button that launched all of Russia's nuclear warheads towards USA, Germany, and other relevant countries of the West.

The US, having noticed the launch due to their state of the art radar technology, decided to go into DEFCON 5 and launch their own warheads. The Middle East and Russia were not about to let this opportunity to attack the US slide so they also launched all they had towards the West. Germany and the smaller European and South American nations did not hesitate to act in order to protect their big brother, USA. North Korea seemed to be the only country that did not in fact launch a single nuclear missle even though they said later on their only TV channel that all the missiles had indeed come from best Korea.

To save you some time, imagine a post nuclear wasteland with no standing buildings, no forests, not a single landmark of note standing and no life. Well, no life except for a few cockroaches, tardigrades, and crackheads.

So to answer your question Hoori, those homeless people you speak of are crackheads. They will survive the cold, they will survive gunshot wounds, they survive stabbings, they survive everything. For some unbeknownst reason, they never die and are always around, dirtying the air and their surroundings. It is thought they originated with the big bang and have been around since the dinosaur age. No one knows how truly old they are as studying them would require placing them indoors and - *shudders* - touching them! So don't worry, they'll survive the cold.
:rofl:
 

Fred

Senior Member
Oct 2, 2003
41,113
You know how rich people buy the most extravagant and exotic things you can think of? In Saudi Arabia you'll see princes driving with a cheetah by their side; in Monaco billionaires will drive one of a kind Bugattis with color made from with elephant blood and blue whale sperm. Someone you might've heard of, Putin, has an albino capuchin monkey. Only one currently in existence.

Capuchin monkeys are already known for their aberrant temper and high-sex drive as witnessed on the TV show FRIENDS from Marcel, who often got in trouble due to the aforementioned qualities. This temper and sex drive, combined with the albinism condition which often comes with bad sight make Putin's capuchin monkey extremely more whimsical and dangerous than a regular monkey.

Putin however has an incredibly macho mindset and sees the monkeys acts as delightful and territorial as they remind him of his younger self. The poop flinging, the incessant humping of all the women he catches sight of - or rather a sniff of, since he has bad sight - and the destruction of all furniture within proximity are all tolerated and shrugged away with laughter.

Putin's trust on the monkey was about to be betrayed however. One day the monkey, on an incredibly horny mindset was able to sneak into Putin's office. He started humping away at the ottoman, then the table, then the stuffed grizzly bear on the corner, and finally he got on top of the desk. A protruding red and shiny thing caught his bad vision since it stood apart so much. Reminding himself of girl monkeys on heat and their blushing bottoms, the capuchin threw himself on top of that thing and started thumping away like an ADHD-riddled, used-car salesman who had just partook in smoking exorbitant amounts of the bluest meth in Albuquerque.

Little did the monkey know that this protruding red thing was an emergency button that launched all of Russia's nuclear warheads towards USA, Germany, and other relevant countries of the West.

The US, having noticed the launch due to their state of the art radar technology, decided to go into DEFCON 5 and launch their own warheads. The Middle East and Russia were not about to let this opportunity to attack the US slide so they also launched all they had towards the West. Germany and the smaller European and South American nations did not hesitate to act in order to protect their big brother, USA. North Korea seemed to be the only country that did not in fact launch a single nuclear missle even though they said later on their only TV channel that all the missiles had indeed come from best Korea.

To save you some time, imagine a post nuclear wasteland with no standing buildings, no forests, not a single landmark of note standing and no life. Well, no life except for a few cockroaches, tardigrades, and crackheads.

So to answer your question Hoori, those homeless people you speak of are crackheads. They will survive the cold, they will survive gunshot wounds, they survive stabbings, they survive everything. For some unbeknownst reason, they never die and are always around, dirtying the air and their surroundings. It is thought they originated with the big bang and have been around since the dinosaur age. No one knows how truly old they are as studying them would require placing them indoors and - *shudders* - touching them! So don't worry, they'll survive the cold.
:lol: You sir are one of a kind :lol:

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FAO Italians;

Are you guys going to invade Libya? If so how do I join the Crusader forces (srs)
Bring it on bitches.
 

Maddy

Oracle of Copenhagen
Jul 10, 2009
16,545
Anyone else hate waiting for maintenance people to show up at your house?
:agree:

When I need someone to fix something in my apartment, I specifically ask them within what time frame I can expect them to drop by, if more than two hours I find someone else to do the job. Not unusual for some companies to mention a time frame of 7-8 hours. Just absurd.

The caretaker of my building is pretty much on point, which is nice.

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You can expect your couch to be delivered between 8 am and 8 pm.

Yeah, that ain't gonna happen :D

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tldr
 

Enron

Tickle Me
Moderator
Oct 11, 2005
75,665
:agree:

When I need someone to fix something in my apartment, I specifically ask them within what time frame I can expect them to drop by, if more than two hours I find someone else to do the job. Not unusual for some companies to mention a time frame of 7-8 hours. Just absurd.

The caretaker of my building is pretty much on point, which is nice.

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You can expect your couch to be delivered between 8 am and 8 pm.

Yeah, that ain't gonna happen :D
He's supposed to be here between 8am and 9am. Still with in the window at the moment, but have a feeling it won't be for long.

It's not a couch. It's the gas company. Apparently the neighbors were late with the bill and since our meters are right next to each other the gas dude shut them both off. So now I gotta wait.:lol:
 

swag

L'autista
Administrator
Sep 23, 2003
84,785
It's so cold it's wrong :frown2: -15 degree Celsius and windy. And there were still a few homeless guys in the street. Serious question, is there a place for them to stay at during the night or they will just simply die or I'm underestimating human's ability to survive the cold?
I grew up in Chicago. People are mostly like cockroaches at that level of society. They know where the heating exhaust grates of buildings are, where abandoned buildings are unlocked, how they can stay moderately warm by covering themselves with refuse. They are also not new to these conditions, fresh off the bus from Miami.

Most of them won't have a legitimate place to stay overnight, but that's true just about every night.

Most of them won't die overnight. There's a chance a couple might, but that has less to do with them not being able to find a place to shelter down -- at least while sober. The ones who do die overnight might due so because of impaired decision-making, or impaired ability to think straight, due to their other complications.

And many will die due to complications of their situation that extend well beyond a single cold evening: malnutrition, alcoholism, mental illness, drug addiction.

It's great that some in society look out for the homeless on the coldest nights of the year. But it's the other 364 days a year when they're ignored is when they'll be in the most danger.

I thought it, you said it. :D
 

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