here's my take on homeless people ... i periodically with friends will make winter kits (food, toque, gloves, socks, etc) and walk around and offer them up ... most will take it ... some won't ... and some could care less ... i am one of those guys that often gives money to the guys in the corner on the street ... if i have food - i will give that first ... in the end tho - i try not to judge ... i have a roof over my head and food on my plate - there are a million paths that can lead a person to be homeless ...
This is a tough topic…charity can be abused in ways that make a person callous, but we cant let that colour our view of every person on the street…
I was burned twice by the same homeless guy, one of very few in the affluent ‘burb I grew up in….
The first time, I gave him $5 outside a 7/11…I watched him hail a cab with it…seemed weird, but whatever… later that week, I read in the paper that he was arrested for trespassing in an industrial park shortly after hailing that cab…broke into a yard to huff paint from the empty cans and got caught…
A year or so later, I saw him panhandling outside a mall…instead of giving him money, I bought him a sub…I watched him throw it in the trash without taking a bite…guess it would have affected his ability to ask for food money :? oh well, maybe there was an asian person watching, and they could have grabbed a free meal :roll:
I don’t give him anything anymore….but I know not every homeless person is like him…
Anyone remember this spoken word tune from a few years back? the highlighted verse/stanza is spot on:
Lazyboy – Underwear Goes Inside the Pants
Why is marijuana not legal? Why is marijuana not legal?
It's a natural plant that grows in the dirt.
Do you know what's not natural?
80 year old dudes with hard-ons. That's not natural.
But we got pills for that.
We're dedicating all our medical resources to keeping the old guys erect,
but we're putting people in jail for something that grows in the dirt?
You know we have more prescription drugs now.
Every commercial that comes on TV is a prescription drug ad.
I can't watch TV for four minutes without thinking I have five serious diseases.
Like: "Do you ever wake up tired in the morning?"
Oh my god I have this, write this down. Whatever it is, I have it.
Half the time I don't even know what the commercial is:
people running in fields or flying kites or swimming in the ocean.
I'm like that is the greatest disease ever. How do you get that?
That disease comes with a hot chick and a puppy.
The schools now: It is all about self-esteem in the schools now.
Build the kids' self-esteem, make them feel good about themselves.
If everybody grows up with high self-esteem, who is going to dance in our strip clubs?
What's going to happen to our porno industry?
These women don't just grown on trees.
It takes lots of drunk dads missing dance recitals before you decide to blow a goat on the internet for fifty bucks.
And if that disappears, where does that leave me on a Friday night with my new high speed connection?
Masterminds are another word that comes up all the time.
You keep hearing about these terrorists masterminds that get killed in the middle east.
Terrorists masterminds.
Mastermind is sort of a lofty way to describe what these guys do, don't you think?
They're not masterminds.
"OK, you take bomb, right? And you put in your backpack. And you get on bus and you blow yourself up. Alright?"
"Why do I have to blow myself up? Why can't I just:"
"Who's the fucking mastermind here? Me or you?"
Americans, let's face it: We've been a spoiled country for a long time.
Do you know what the number one health risk in America is?
Obesity. They say we're in the middle of an obesity epidemic.
An epidemic like it is polio. Like we'll be telling our grand kids about it one day.
The Great Obesity Epidemic of 2004.
"How'd you get through it grandpa?"
"Oh, it was horrible Johnny, there was cheesecake and pork chops everywhere."
Nobody knows why were getting fatter? Look at our lifestyle.
I'll sit at a drive thru.
I'll sit there behind fifteen other cars instead of getting up to make the eight foot walk to the totally empty counter.
Everything is mega meal, super sized. Want biggie fries, super sized, want to go large.
You want to have thirty burgers for a nickel you fat mother fucker. There's room in the back. Take it!
Want a 55 gallon drum of Coke with that? It's only three more cents.
Sometimes you have to suffer a little bit in your youth to motivate yourself to succeed in later life.
Do you think if Bill Gates got laid in high school, do you think there'd be a Microsoft?
Of course not.
You got to spend a long time in your own locker with your underwear shoved up your ass before you start to think,
"You'll see. I'm going to take of the world of computers! I'll show them."
We're in one of the richest countries in the world,
but the minimum wage is lower than it was thirty five years ago.
There are homeless people everywhere. This homeless guy asked me for money the other day.
I was about to give it to him and then I thought he was going to use it on drugs or alcohol.
And then I thought, that's what I'm going to use it on.
Why am I judging this poor bastard.
People love to judge homeless guys. Like if you give them money they're just going to waste it.
Well, he lives in a box, what do you want him to do? Save it up and buy a wall unit?
Take a little run to the store for a throw rug and a CD rack? He's homeless.
I walked behind this guy the other day.
A homeless guy asked him for money.
He looks right at the homeless guy and says why don't you go get a job you bum.
People always say that to homeless guys like it is so easy.
This homeless guy was wearing his underwear outside his pants.
Outside his pants. I'm guessing his resume isn't all up to date.
I'm predicting some problems during the interview process.
I'm pretty sure even McDonalds has a "underwear goes inside the pants" policy.
Not that they enforce it really strictly, but technically I'm sure it is on the books.
here's my take on homeless people ... i periodically with friends will make winter kits (food, toque, gloves, socks, etc) and walk around and offer them up ... most will take it ... some won't ... and some could care less ... i am one of those guys that often gives money to the guys in the corner on the street ... if i have food - i will give that first ... in the end tho - i try not to judge ... i have a roof over my head and food on my plate - there are a million paths that can lead a person to be homeless ...
Wow, amazing.
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Kiss my ass..dont do that.
Get em a Body Bag Yeeeeeaaaaa!
Sweep the Leg Johnny.
I found this article from the CBC. found it very interesting. please let snot make this a Obama is killing the country thread but just wanted to show how easy it is for people to be homeless.
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Listen, I dont think I am on a high horse. I actually am working on a job in AC now and I have made friends with a few homeless guys there which made me think of writing this post.
I just have a hard time blowing my money i work for to a person who is gonna use it for drinks or drugs. Fuck that! I know THESE guys I met will do just that bc I see it all day long with them.
Food, okay. Shelter, okay. Clothes, Great!
I already talked to the woman I am doing work for and she accepts clothes for homeless. I am not the devil because I bring up sensitive topics. WTF?
And Vets! I will do all I can for a Vet. I really feel for them, but I cant accept giving money for their crutch sorry. If that makes me a bad person in yor eyes then so be it.
...
You may not think you are on a high horse... but, the words in the initial post sure sounds like it to us.
As for me... my charity does not come with strings attached... it is unconditional. Once I pass the dollar... it becomes their dollar, not mine. But, that's just me and I don't expect anyone do as I say.
Regarding Veterans... you say you would do what you can for them... which is great. Except, you ruin that statement by saying you can't accept giving them your money as a crutch. Which is okay... you can keep the money in your pockets because there are others around you that place more value in the plight of the homeless Veteran, than the paper in their pockets.
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Hail, Hail!!!
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I was burned twice by the same homeless guy, one of very few in the affluent ‘burb I grew up in….
The first time, I gave him $5 outside a 7/11…I watched him hail a cab with it…seemed weird, but whatever… later that week, I read in the paper that he was arrested for trespassing in an industrial park shortly after hailing that cab…broke into a yard to huff paint from the empty cans and got caught…
A year or so later, I saw him panhandling outside a mall…instead of giving him money, I bought him a sub…I watched him throw it in the trash without taking a bite…guess it would have affected his ability to ask for food money :? oh well, maybe there was an asian person watching, and they could have grabbed a free meal :roll:
I don’t give him anything anymore….but I know not every homeless person is like him…
Anyone remember this spoken word tune from a few years back? the highlighted verse/stanza is spot on:
Lazyboy – Underwear Goes Inside the Pants
Why is marijuana not legal? Why is marijuana not legal?
It's a natural plant that grows in the dirt.
Do you know what's not natural?
80 year old dudes with hard-ons. That's not natural.
But we got pills for that.
We're dedicating all our medical resources to keeping the old guys erect,
but we're putting people in jail for something that grows in the dirt?
You know we have more prescription drugs now.
Every commercial that comes on TV is a prescription drug ad.
I can't watch TV for four minutes without thinking I have five serious diseases.
Like: "Do you ever wake up tired in the morning?"
Oh my god I have this, write this down. Whatever it is, I have it.
Half the time I don't even know what the commercial is:
people running in fields or flying kites or swimming in the ocean.
I'm like that is the greatest disease ever. How do you get that?
That disease comes with a hot chick and a puppy.
The schools now: It is all about self-esteem in the schools now.
Build the kids' self-esteem, make them feel good about themselves.
If everybody grows up with high self-esteem, who is going to dance in our strip clubs?
What's going to happen to our porno industry?
These women don't just grown on trees.
It takes lots of drunk dads missing dance recitals before you decide to blow a goat on the internet for fifty bucks.
And if that disappears, where does that leave me on a Friday night with my new high speed connection?
Masterminds are another word that comes up all the time.
You keep hearing about these terrorists masterminds that get killed in the middle east.
Terrorists masterminds.
Mastermind is sort of a lofty way to describe what these guys do, don't you think?
They're not masterminds.
"OK, you take bomb, right? And you put in your backpack. And you get on bus and you blow yourself up. Alright?"
"Why do I have to blow myself up? Why can't I just:"
"Who's the fucking mastermind here? Me or you?"
Americans, let's face it: We've been a spoiled country for a long time.
Do you know what the number one health risk in America is?
Obesity. They say we're in the middle of an obesity epidemic.
An epidemic like it is polio. Like we'll be telling our grand kids about it one day.
The Great Obesity Epidemic of 2004.
"How'd you get through it grandpa?"
"Oh, it was horrible Johnny, there was cheesecake and pork chops everywhere."
Nobody knows why were getting fatter? Look at our lifestyle.
I'll sit at a drive thru.
I'll sit there behind fifteen other cars instead of getting up to make the eight foot walk to the totally empty counter.
Everything is mega meal, super sized. Want biggie fries, super sized, want to go large.
You want to have thirty burgers for a nickel you fat mother fucker. There's room in the back. Take it!
Want a 55 gallon drum of Coke with that? It's only three more cents.
Sometimes you have to suffer a little bit in your youth to motivate yourself to succeed in later life.
Do you think if Bill Gates got laid in high school, do you think there'd be a Microsoft?
Of course not.
You got to spend a long time in your own locker with your underwear shoved up your ass before you start to think,
"You'll see. I'm going to take of the world of computers! I'll show them."
We're in one of the richest countries in the world,
but the minimum wage is lower than it was thirty five years ago.
There are homeless people everywhere.
This homeless guy asked me for money the other day.
I was about to give it to him and then I thought he was going to use it on drugs or alcohol.
And then I thought, that's what I'm going to use it on.
Why am I judging this poor bastard.
People love to judge homeless guys. Like if you give them money they're just going to waste it.
Well, he lives in a box, what do you want him to do? Save it up and buy a wall unit?
Take a little run to the store for a throw rug and a CD rack? He's homeless.
I walked behind this guy the other day.
A homeless guy asked him for money.
He looks right at the homeless guy and says why don't you go get a job you bum.
People always say that to homeless guys like it is so easy.
This homeless guy was wearing his underwear outside his pants.
Outside his pants. I'm guessing his resume isn't all up to date.
I'm predicting some problems during the interview process.
I'm pretty sure even McDonalds has a "underwear goes inside the pants" policy.
Not that they enforce it really strictly, but technically I'm sure it is on the books.
Kiss my ass..dont do that.
Sweep the Leg Johnny.
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http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2010/09/1 ... mbers.html
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
You may not think you are on a high horse... but, the words in the initial post sure sounds like it to us.
As for me... my charity does not come with strings attached... it is unconditional. Once I pass the dollar... it becomes their dollar, not mine. But, that's just me and I don't expect anyone do as I say.
Regarding Veterans... you say you would do what you can for them... which is great. Except, you ruin that statement by saying you can't accept giving them your money as a crutch. Which is okay... you can keep the money in your pockets because there are others around you that place more value in the plight of the homeless Veteran, than the paper in their pockets.
Hail, Hail!!!