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Make Homelessness Cool: A Branding Campaign

from #225 - Friendsgiving | The Tim Dillon Show · #225

2 min

Tim proposes a satirical positive branding campaign around homelessness, comparing it to 60s communal living and suggesting banners celebrating people for surviving another year homeless.

In this bit4 moments
  • Tim proposes putting up banners celebrating homelessness instead of shaming people for it.
  • Since homelessness isn't going away and conditions aren't improving, why not run a campaign to make people feel good about being homeless.
  • Tim pitches making homelessness cool—recalling the 1960s when living in communes and fields was seen as rebellious rather than shameful.
  • The idea: make people feel cool for being homeless instead of treating it as a failure.

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