Comments on: Here’s what happens when you hop off the BART platform onto the BART tracks into the path of an oncoming BART train http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/15/heres-what-happens-when-you-hop-off-the-bart-platform-onto-the-bart-tracks-into-the-path-of-an-oncoming-bart-train/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Wake the fuck up http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/15/heres-what-happens-when-you-hop-off-the-bart-platform-onto-the-bart-tracks-into-the-path-of-an-oncoming-bart-train/#comment-58887 Wake the fuck up Sat, 21 Jul 2012 17:11:06 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=38197#comment-58887 NOPE NOPE NOPE. He would have to start out in a homeless shelter. Do you know what happens in homeless shelters? I stayed in one for a week when I found myself homeless before giving up on getting housing:

-Drunk idiots fell on me at all hours of the night
-I had weapons pulled on me
-I was fucking raped

Fuck homeless shelters. (and just because this guy is a man does not mean he’s not susceptible to being sexually assaulted in one of those places)

]]> By: wrybread http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/15/heres-what-happens-when-you-hop-off-the-bart-platform-onto-the-bart-tracks-into-the-path-of-an-oncoming-bart-train/#comment-52091 wrybread Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:56:09 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=38197#comment-52091 … which nicely demonstrates that you don’t understand the Occupy protests in the least.

]]> By: D. Jon Moutarde http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/15/heres-what-happens-when-you-hop-off-the-bart-platform-onto-the-bart-tracks-into-the-path-of-an-oncoming-bart-train/#comment-51843 D. Jon Moutarde Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:53:45 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=38197#comment-51843 HOW RELEASE OF MENTAL PATIENTS BEGAN

…have fun, folks.

]]> By: Dave Franklin http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/15/heres-what-happens-when-you-hop-off-the-bart-platform-onto-the-bart-tracks-into-the-path-of-an-oncoming-bart-train/#comment-51837 Dave Franklin Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:24:40 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=38197#comment-51837 It says in the article that they turned off the third rail. If you touch the metal under the protective cover of the third-rail (while it is on) and one of the other rails at the same time, they will most likely be scraping you off the rails with a putty knife. There was a guy who just had a face-transplant recently in Boston, whose face was vaporized when he fell onto the tracks and his face hit the third rail.

]]> By: Dave Franklin http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/15/heres-what-happens-when-you-hop-off-the-bart-platform-onto-the-bart-tracks-into-the-path-of-an-oncoming-bart-train/#comment-51836 Dave Franklin Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:21:14 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=38197#comment-51836 Yes, you are absolutely right. Unfortunately there are many of them roaming the streets. The police call them “5150′s”. They are in and out of jail and hospitals all the time, but I doesn’t seem like anyone is trying to help them to apply for the assistance they need. Don’t you just love bureaucracy?

]]> By: GG http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/15/heres-what-happens-when-you-hop-off-the-bart-platform-onto-the-bart-tracks-into-the-path-of-an-oncoming-bart-train/#comment-51833 GG Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:17:13 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=38197#comment-51833 …all of which is pointless if you are mentally ill and can’t get it together to go to a city office, fill out paperwork, follow up on your status, etc. — which, unfortunately, is the case for many homeless people in SF (generally speaking, not necessarily this guy).

]]> By: Quilombo http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/15/heres-what-happens-when-you-hop-off-the-bart-platform-onto-the-bart-tracks-into-the-path-of-an-oncoming-bart-train/#comment-51811 Quilombo Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:34:21 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=38197#comment-51811 He was in front of Philz earlier, someone called 911 but didn’t meet the firetruck to tell them why they called… I think it was for this dude, who was pretending to grab asses and walking into traffic and generally being provocative (couple hogs he egged on didn’t even blink). I said something to the EMT about mutual benefits of taking care of the guy, but they pretended they didn’t hear me behind their slick bladerunner glasses.
So the show went on…

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/15/heres-what-happens-when-you-hop-off-the-bart-platform-onto-the-bart-tracks-into-the-path-of-an-oncoming-bart-train/#comment-51789 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:40:55 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=38197#comment-51789 GG: Well said.

]]> By: Ima furry dog http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/15/heres-what-happens-when-you-hop-off-the-bart-platform-onto-the-bart-tracks-into-the-path-of-an-oncoming-bart-train/#comment-51788 Ima furry dog Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:39:16 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=38197#comment-51788 That is scary! Poor guy! Well now I know what happens when you put your ass on the 3rd rail… you get a nice seat.

]]> By: Dave Franklin http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/15/heres-what-happens-when-you-hop-off-the-bart-platform-onto-the-bart-tracks-into-the-path-of-an-oncoming-bart-train/#comment-51785 Dave Franklin Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:34:31 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=38197#comment-51785 Yes I do know what it is like. I have been there. I said NOTHING about Section 8. Section 8 isn’t even accepting new applicants right now, and there is a 20 year wait for people that ARE on the list. I said PUBLIC HOUSING. You can apply for it at the G.A. office. It is not a federal program. Public housing is offered by the City of San Francisco. Granted you will most likely start out in a shelter, but eventually you can move up to a 1-room studio on 6th street with a shared bathroom and no kitchen. Not glamorous at all, but better than living on the streets. Stay on the public housing list long enough, and you can eventually end up in a very nice apartment in a high-rise building, with a view, and a full bath and kitchen in the apartment.

]]> By: Dave Franklin http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/15/heres-what-happens-when-you-hop-off-the-bart-platform-onto-the-bart-tracks-into-the-path-of-an-oncoming-bart-train/#comment-51779 Dave Franklin Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:14:37 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=38197#comment-51779 Yes I do know what it is like. I have been there. I said NOTHING about Section 8. Section 8 isn’t even accepting new applicants right now, and there is a 20 year wait for people that ARE on the list. I said PUBLIC HOUSING. You can apply for it at the G.A. office. It is not a federal program. Public housing is offered by the City of San Francisco. Granted you will most likely start out in a shelter, but eventually you can move up to a studio on 6th street with a shared bathroom. Not glamorous at all, but better than the streets. Stay on the public housing list long enough, and you eventually end up in a very nice apartment in a high-rise building somewhere in town, with a full bath and kitchen in the apartment.

]]> By: AttF http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/15/heres-what-happens-when-you-hop-off-the-bart-platform-onto-the-bart-tracks-into-the-path-of-an-oncoming-bart-train/#comment-51774 AttF Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:23:29 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=38197#comment-51774 do you have any idea what the Section 8 process is like? it can literally take years of paperwork to get approved and be placed on a waiting list.

]]> By: D. Jon Moutarde http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/15/heres-what-happens-when-you-hop-off-the-bart-platform-onto-the-bart-tracks-into-the-path-of-an-oncoming-bart-train/#comment-51733 D. Jon Moutarde Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:38:17 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=38197#comment-51733 I think he deserves exactly the same legitimacy as Occupy SF (Oakland, etc.) — and vice versa.

]]> By: addicted2converse http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/15/heres-what-happens-when-you-hop-off-the-bart-platform-onto-the-bart-tracks-into-the-path-of-an-oncoming-bart-train/#comment-51692 addicted2converse Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:57:29 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=38197#comment-51692 Yea. All you have to do is apply and they give you a comfy place to call your own. UM, NO.

]]> By: Hoboking http://www.missionmission.org/2012/04/15/heres-what-happens-when-you-hop-off-the-bart-platform-onto-the-bart-tracks-into-the-path-of-an-oncoming-bart-train/#comment-51691 Hoboking Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:56:38 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=38197#comment-51691 I doubt this guy will be spending much time in jail, more likely three days in SF General’s locked ward. I’m not sure that’s really all that bad, maybe he’ll get some help. Punishing him serves no purpose – he obviously isn’t able to pay any fines, and jail time for being crazy and holding up the commute doesn’t seem especially necessary.

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