Can confirm. In the US, it is impossible to live on disability long term without charity, accruing debt, or crime.
I've tried all three!
We live in an age of data-driven stupidity
"I open a bottle of champagne and spray it on them and a little bit gets in their mouth." I don't remember the exact quote.
My brother was walking out of a Lil Caesars one time and a guy asked for money, he handed him the change he had on him like 20cents, and the guy started yelling at him and didn't accept it
Probably because it comes across like unloading change you don't want to carry around rather than trying to help someone.
I mean I get it, it must be horrible having to beg, and I could imagine the humiliation is worse when you are offered a pittance I'm sure. But also, if that's all you have on you it's kind of all you can offer. It's a shitty situation, and there's no simple solution short of hunting the wealthy for sport and using their bones for soup.
It's a tricky one.
If I was begging I'd accept whatever was given. At the end of the day I can go to a store, use the self checkout that accepts coins, and buy what I need.
I once had a guy that gave me this long story asking for gas and I said sure what pump I'll add some. He then proceeded to follow me and immediately say that gas was covered and they wanted some road snacks (his words). All his friends were clearly working the whole station. The absolute anger that followed when I said no was insane. Take what you will from this anecdote, but I've learned 9 times out of 10 those that turn away small help don't often really need any help at all
We sadly have the same situation here in the larger cities in central europe, where organized groups of beggars from outside the country are working the streets. They also drive away the real beggars - so if you meet someone begging in a high-traffic area, chances are high that they are not who they seem to be. I do not give anything at those traffic hotspots (there are enough rubes out there who fall for this). If someone asks me for money for food on a lower frequency spot, i do occasionally offer to buy them some snack nearby (no shaming for someone wanting a beer, and a few cheap groceries are fine too). Hasn't been refused yet, outside of someone who was a bit more high than they appeared at first.
This reply made my day. Thank you for your empathetic response, it made up for reading the comment you responded to, and you responded to it far better than I did <3
What are you on about this is my same sentiment. I'll help people that need help not those with a crew trying to work an entire store's worth of people
shh
Yes yes don't want to break your completely fictitious interpretation of reality
crash out in progress
Yeah I'll continue to blame the wealthy for my problems, seems more practical than assuming the worst of strangers based on that one time some people tried to get you to buy them a sandwich.
But yeah, "fuck homeless people" is also an option, thanks 😂❤️
Wowie, that's not even close to what I said. Some people really are in their own worlds
You realize you are replying TO me yeah? its rude to talk about someone in the third person when they are in front of you.
Thanks for the heads up about "some people" sandwich guy, I'll be sure to keep my head on a swivel lol
I've had that happen a few times, and they get even madder when you tell them they must not be that hard up then.
I've given people the change out of my pocket or the only snack I had on me when someone looks down and is asking for help on many occasions, and people who really need it don't complain when they get something that can help a little. The few who get indignant about not getting enough help are probably just trying to get booze or drug money and are mad you're not paying for their next fix, but that could just be a problem with where I lived at the time.
Man is unironically the meme and doesn't see it. "Why aren't they showering me with gratitude for throwing 20 cents at them? They must've just wanted drugs!"
More like "why is this dude freaking out at me for giving him what I had?"
I don't expect gratitude when I give someone something, even though it's appreciated. I do expect to be treated with the same respect I give them though. I've had family in that situation, so I get how hard it can be for people living on the street. Still doesn't excuse that kind of behavior towards someone trying to do what little they can to help you.
I lived in Meth City at the time, and there was an epidemic among the homeless (my mother included). But sure, I'm just making unfounded assumptions and expecting praise for being kind. If that makes you feel better, good for you.
They don't want gratitude. They just want to give what they can and not be accosted by the asker.
And his assessment is totally right. Those that need help are happy to recieve anything. Those that are trying to scam you get angry and sometimes violent. I'm sure there's a subsection dealing with some mental illness that both really need help and react poorly, but as a general trend this is true.
Overall people are missing the point of the meme. This is about elected officials offering non-solutions and pretending they solved something. Not the actions of a literal individual
Maybe don't throw coins at people? Those things hurt.
Tormny is one of the accounts I miss the most since leaving Twitter. Usually great takes presented in the most unhinged ways.
To quote the Avalanches,
Broke boy don't care about your two cents
Who still uses pennies?
I've been sticking $30 in pennies up my ass for the past 11 years. That's 3,000 pennies a day, 21,000 pennies a week, 1,092,000 pennies a year. To date, that's 12,012,000 pennies. Eight times the population of Nebraska. Those pennies were in my ass! You think you're better than me? Oh, you're not better than me. You handle my ass pennies every day. You pick up my ass pennies for good luck. You throw my ass pennies in fountains and make wishes on them. You give my ass pennies to your little daughter to buy gumballs with. You handle my ass pennies every day. All of you! You ALL handle my ass pennies! Oh, I'll laugh at you before you can laugh at me. Because your pennies have been in my ass.
Only good to pay for thoughts now. Although with the rampant inflation I'm not sure.
exactly
100% the type of person parodied here would pronounce it as "resignating with"
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