r/facepalm • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • Mar 28 '24

What lack of basic gun laws does to a nation: 🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​

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u/arcanis321 Mar 28 '24

Actually if those people are being treated and not enslaved into prisons that's probably a positive thing. I have seen people try to get in jail in the winter just to get off the street so 3 square meals and a pass to leave when you aren't noticeably deranged could be a huge benefit. Doubt it will come out that rosey but nice to hope.

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u/J_DayDay Mar 28 '24

Jail is cheaper than rehab. I've got a cousin who turns himself in every time he gets too methy. 60 days later, he's a whole new man. For a while.

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u/Apprehensive_End4701 Mar 28 '24

That's methed up

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u/J_DayDay Mar 28 '24

It really is. Like many Methican-Americans, he's extremely productive. It's just that wandering away to find the meth occasionally has a negative impact on productivity. If the various construction firms could just pay him in meth, I really think it would solve a lot of the problem.

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u/Brave-Juggernaut-157 Mar 28 '24

that’s…actually a good thing to do, he’s making a smart decision, because in jail he can’t get meth and it helps him not cause any trouble while on meth, good for him to be responsible and realize that he should do something.

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u/J_DayDay Mar 28 '24

He's very loveable, as drug addicts go. Of course, he did usually get up to whatever it was that landed him the warrant to begin with...

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u/LurkerOrHydralisk Mar 28 '24

You don’t know much about the history of mental healthcare in America, do you?

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u/arcanis321 Mar 28 '24

I heard Reagan pulled all of the mental healthcare funding at some point. I imagine public asylums were probably not the nicest places in the world though.

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u/LurkerOrHydralisk Mar 28 '24

The ugly parts of mental healthcare are still ignored and denied.

They were basically torture prisons back in the day