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You don’t have to let ‘em in your house 
I took in a stray and they just lived in the yard
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My parents brought in a lady who had accidentally burned down her apartment (fell asleep with a candle lit) when I was a kid. 
She brought her cat to live with us too, and I remember us spending a lot of time in the backyard listening to and talking about birds.
She died less than a year later from a combo of cancer and pneumonia, my parents later told me that she refused chemo treatment.
Overall, I think she was just grateful to have a safe space to spend the last little bit of her life. >

Kid you not, I was laying in bed with a candle lit on my dresser on the other side of the room. I rarely have a candle lit and have never thought of going to sleep with one until I made up my mind tonight to do just that. Figured it was safe enough as it's a tall inset Yankee candle - no animals. Well you just un-made my mind and I just got back from blowing it out. 
Tldr: may have just saved my life or apartment. >

I slept with a candle lit all night last night and my husband woke up PISSED. I guess now I see why. >

I feel uneasy going to bed while charging stuff overnight. Ain't no way I'm leaving a candle lit all night lol. >

are we not supposed to charge overnight? Like a fire risk or something? >

I think there used to be a concern for that but modern electronics should stop pulling electricity once they're at 100. I think it will damage the batteries over time though, at least in phones >

Newer phones are designed to stop charging before they get to the point where the batteries would be damaged. >

Phones have done this for a long time, since battery densities have climbed 5+ years ago.
If you look at the latest pixel phones for instance, the actual batteries in these things could run them like twice as long as what the phone shows, but to extend the life of the battery the battery management software limits how much you can charge it and drain it and the rate at which it charges. >

The amount of people who can afford a cat > the amount of people who can afford a fully grown human
Crazy huh >

I'd be very interested to see the math on this >

Cat = 10
Human = 20
20-10=10
Human is 100% more expensive. >

This made me laugh a lot harder than I think it probably should have >

I'm pleased it made you laugh; and also possibly a little insulted lol
Regardless, you can't deny the math checks out. >

r/TheyDidTheMath >

Happy cake day >

Thank you! >

You're welcome >

I actually did this once. Took in a guy, gave him a bed. Helped him get up on his feet. 
He's doing well now, has a place and got custody of his son. We're good mates. 
Homeless people are still people. >

Congrats. I’m glad it worked out. 
I helped out an old friend who was at risk of homelessness due to some (we didn’t know about) mental health issues. 
We got him in touch with social workers and a jobs program and a temporary housing program. 
Turns out he was taking the paperwork I helped him with and throwing it out in the bin out back instead of handing it in. He was convinced it was signing him up for organ harvesting or something. 
He made a huge mess, was really difficult to live with and after almost 3 months when I said he’d have to explore other options for where to stay, he called me a “little bitch” and stole $8k worth of electronics. 
Last I heard he had assaulted a social worker who tried to get him housing assistance and who had arranged mental health treatment options and was in an encampment and on some kind of drugs.
1/10 Definitely wouldn’t do again. >

Stray dogs don't have tenant's rights. >

Stray dogs also don’t steal $8K worth of electronics. >

Or call you lil bitch... cause I mean,  that was the worst part for me.  
... im Mr big bitch silly dog! >

Well, there's this one well-loved, homed dog on tiktok that does call you a bitch... >

Not against it. HOWEVER (The reason behind it not being popular could be)… strays, typically, don’t possess the mental health and drug difficulties someone adopting a homeless would probably encounter. Less potential issues to remedy. >

A lot of stray dogs do have severe mental health issues, but the ways we are allowed to handle - and get rid of - dogs are a lot more permissive. And as you say there’s less in their lives to take care of >

Yeah but a stray dog with anxiety isn’t going to take a pringle can sized heroin shit on my living room carpet >

They could still leave a pretty big shit on it. Though it won’t be quite as dangerous as handling a human one, agreed >

I took in a homeless person once. I got robbed as a thank you. Animals don't pull that shit. >

When a stray dog bites you, you don’t get mad as that’s what dogs do >

I think stray dogs biting you is exactly why most people don’t take in stray dogs