homeless rant
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- morilla0
at times, in this world we live in... I really feel like doing this, except for the ending.
- haha me too.epete22
- but we can never really choose our ending, can we?TheBlueOne
- Same here. Although, the movie itself was bad by comparison to the literary counterpart.thizzbobby
- the movie seems to romanticize his trip some, but the book shows he might have been mentally ill. still want to?
zenmasterfoo - That movie should have been half an hour shorter.mg33
- agreed. cut out all the BS. aftercrossing the river, jump cut to skinny, paralyzed, and dying.monNom
- what happens at the end?ohhhhhsnap
- sofakingbanned0
They are doing what they do because they have chosen not to play the everyday bull shit game you and I play. To us a home, car and a regular meal at the kitchen table is a normal and acceptable life. being homeless is unacceptable to us because thats the agreement we have made with ourselves + this is what mainstream society tells us is correct.
Most homeless people do not fee the need for any of these... or at least on the same level as you and I.
Think about it, your concerned about paying the mortgage, you car bill, buy a new outfit for that special night, your iphone, a better tv, etc
They are worried about eating, keeping warm at night, and whatever their vice or pass time is. most will drink or use drugs, but i have seen homeless people that just want to play a drum on a street corner, or paint at a park.
They don't reach out for help or self improvement because they don't need it. they are not playing our game.
Just my 2ยข
- he's my alter ego, but i'm still more handsome...pr2
- hahah I'll challenge the handsome part. cheers.sofakingbanned
- I feel sorry for us as well....morilla
- pr20
mcLeod, not everyone want to the kind of sheep you are: wake-up, get stuck in the traffic on the way to work, 9-5 boredom where you never hold your balls and let your boss walk over you, stuck in traffic again while on the way back, get home, eats some plastic shit from the fridge, watch a silly movie on cable...
Some of those people choose this lifestyle, some of them are fucked and simply can get out. I'm not claiming i would feel bad for them but still i wouldn't call cap on them the way you did.
- haha I was writing the basically the same thing. If anything they feel sorry for us.sofakingbanned
- mcLeod0
I have heard every panhandling story and read every type of hobo sign at the traffic lights in the cities I have lived in. I never give them anything because they don't deserve the money I worked hard to earn for myself.
- UK hobos are the worse, I cant believe they would fall through the system and no-one is around to help them.booya
- morilla0
When I lived in Atlanta it was a daily occurrence and multiple times throughout the day. Going to my car, to the gas station, to the grocery store, to the studio, etc... At first I was a little taken a back and put off. But I grew to become accustomed to it, and would have good karma days when I would shell out some coin. Knowing damn well those f-ers went straight to the liquor store. But oh well... But it was depressing as fuck and I was so happy when I got out of that city.
- mcLeod0
as much as I think I should, I can't bring myself to feel any pity for this woman. somehow she is able to get over to the 7-eleven every day to get her big gulp and cigarettes. I feel as if I don't owe her anything since I know she is capable of helping herself. I did call the police today. we'll see if they are there tomorrow.
- sikma0
They need to help themselves. That's why homelessness has no easy fixes.
- epete220
From my experience they do not want to help themselves or use the resources provided. When i was a kid, I went camping and i saw this bum lady digging cans out of the trash and I asked
"why would you do that?"
and she responded
"I recycle all the cans that the campers leave behind and it allows me to get a room at the extended stay hotel every couple of weeks."
I thought to myself, why doesn't she put drive into rebuilding her life but I guess she was content on how she was.
- coco_ono0
why don't you call the po-po or help them out. approach them like mormons.
- sikma0
there's never a "point"
it's just a slow steady slide down.
- mcLeod
there is a homeless woman camping in the doorway of an abandoned building around the corner from my house, and she has been there for a few months. as of this afternoon she has a new hobo neighbor in the next doorway. I don't feel bad for them at all and frankly I am tired of looking at them as I drive by to my job every morning.
at one point does one abandon their integrity and self respect to become like this even though the resources are available to help people in these situations?