Show HN: HoboJacket, want to see hobos clad in your rival school's jackets?

I can't believe the level of elitism and immaturity that this idea represents. Firstly, homeless are not hobos. Second, you want to give homeless jackets of rivals - why? Because you want to laugh at them. How elitist. An MIT project you say?

While I applaud clothing the homeless, this kinda struck me as in poor taste (mainly the rival school part).. but in saying that I never went through the US college system so maybe I'm missing some vital context.<p>It seems tacky, tbh: but if it puts jackets on backs then I'm all for it.

This is a really terrible idea. It's not so much "edgy," as heartbreaking. Instead of mocking them, perhaps you can contact any of these Cambridge organizations and do something less dehumanizing that might actually be helpful:<p><a href="http://www.horizonsforhomelesschildren.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.horizonsforhomelesschildren.org/</a> <a href="http://sparechangenews.net/" rel="nofollow">http://sparechangenews.net/</a> <a href="http://www.ci.cambridge.ma.us/DHSP/programsforadults/multiservicecenterforthehomeless/mscprograms.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.ci.cambridge.ma.us/DHSP/programsforadults/multise...</a>

Why not clothe Hobos in your own school's jackets? People should be proud of helping people.