Let's talk homelessness b

Let's talk homelessness b

We're you ever homeless?
How do you see homeless people?
Do you ever give em money?
Stories always welcome.

I was 18 and worked 2 full time jobs and was hardly paying the bills. I stood on a corner twice a week and asked for cash and made more from maybe 16 hours of work than I did working 2 full time jobs making minimum wage. Still worked the jobs. Thats how I got out of poverty.

>We're you ever homeless?
As a child, yes.
>How do you see homeless people?
Sometimes down on their luck, other times I see them as parasites.
>Do you ever give em money?
Only if they are the same race as I am.
>Stories always welcome.
I have no stories.

i will buy them something to eat/drink but if they just want the money they can go get a fucking job.

>nope
>desperate, in need of help. Mentally ill
>yes but I prefer charities as the money will go to helping vs. possibly used for booze etc.

Not really a story but I've met some really cool homeless people. It makes me sad to think a lot of them are mentally ill. Granted drugs are often involved but who am I to judge

I only give money to the ones that are honest and tell me that they plan to get drunk or high. I would too if i were them

yes, ive been homeless and i can honestly say that if your brain isnt completely fried and youre not addicted to drugs or alcohol there are PLENTY of agencies and organizations that can help you get on your feet.

i got put into a group home after some paperwork, got a job, moved out, and now i live in a shitty little apartment but at least im employed and not homeless.

seriously, your tax dollars may not be spent efficiently but when youre homeless and dealing with all sorts of public agencies you see those dollars get put to work and its awesome

Homelessness could easily be done away with if we simply realized some truths about life. Currency, it is useless. True value is in humanity, currency only makes the corporations and bosses richer, it also makes the politicians rich. It is used as a form of slavery.
Imagine a world where we worked at what we love to do, and we worked because we had a passion for what we knew, we worked because we chose to in order to help society as a whole. Teachers teach to help, bakers bake to help. scientists research because they have a passion for it and love to help. All people who can work and want to work would find their passion and talent, working for the whole of society without currency. All resources would be free, limited only by community vote on resource limitations. The world would be free, and happy, no hungry, no homeless. Those who can't work wouldn't have to, and would be encouraged to go to school or rehab to find their place in the world.

>left abusive home at 18
>couch surfed
>slept in a park a few times
>found a sublet for 400/mo on a 675/mo budget

ASK ME ANYTHING*

I'm happy for you user. Are you going to school right now?

I was punk homeless from 17-19. Like I hopped trains and would sleep under bridges. It was a lot like camping.

But then after a little time in the pokey I cut my fag hairdo off, got a job and it's been smooth sailing since.

This is me.

Here is the order of what happened
>400/mo apartment was roach and infested
>paired with retail job wore on sanity
>gained skitzophrenia
>moved out
>started business
>now make 36k a year
>still skitzo

there are a lot of details left out

But a lot people would stay at home because they love being lazy.
I worked for free i dont want to work at all

Never give them money. They will recognize you if you are somewhere you go a lot and ask you every single time they see you. They are pathetic drug addicts that don't want to help themselves and want everything handed to them.

So you started your own business, not bad. Where in the world are you, and how were you able to start your own business?

I lifted the entire way through poverty because I used a gym to shower/ clean self

I now compete in powerlifting and used a public library to read free online resources to teach myself biomechanics and lifting

the voices now cheer me on when I lift

Im sorry, I train people and also sell training classes to people in luxery apartments, hire people to do it

my schizophrenia is pretty mild btw

I fear I may have made this mistake, and close to where I work.
How would I make them go away, and not have them exact "retribution" on my car for not giving them drug money or what have you?
What if I started handing out business cards form local shelters instead?

how do you guys have such nice phones?

I was homeless for a few months after being kicked out of an apartment without enough money for a security deposit on a new place. I still had a car and a job so maybe it doesn't really count. I mostly crashed on couches and slept in my car in a Walmart parking lot until I had enough saved up.

It was more of a pain in the ass than anything else. Walmart was kind a last option so much of my time was spent trying to find someplace to stay. Other than that it was boring as fuck trying to not spend money while also not regularly having any sort of access to electricity or internet.

Your story almost made me cry. I'm glad you're doing better.

I see homeless people standing by the road
I see employed people standing by the road
Both holding signs
Both appear to have no dignity
I wonder who makes more money

>Only if they are the same race as I am.

Dont cry for me

my success is paved on the path of a sociopath

I have done good, but I have also done things to get ahead that I am not proud of

Just keep walking past them and say "sorry man I don't have anything" don't stop and chat with them keep it short and simple and keep moving. That's what I do and I've never had any issues with them getting violent or damaging my car.

Who are you to judge? Obviously a white neuro-typical (I.e. Privileged) asshole who IS judging. Fuck I hate you people.

And shit cleaners would clean shit to help. They will wake up every morning, take their equal share of the resources as the person staying home, and gratefully clean shit in the community bathroom. Oh the shit he will clean. It will be glorious. He does it not for compensation, but to ensure no shit to be seen by the lazy fucks of the world.

Been homeless most of my life up until recently. I now live in a cosy flat with a job I love.

Some homeless people I empathise with, others I hate. When you've lived on the streets long enough, you get to recognise the difference between genuine homeless people and drug addicts.

The ones I do recognise as being genuine I give money even if that means they use it for drugs and alcohol - Not like I didn't do the same when I was homeless.

Plenty of stories from my homeless days, too many to think of one in particular.

I like the way you think

Never had to live outside, thankfully. But if things went awry, I feel confident that I could do it. I would live off fresh fruit and stealing from grocery stores and other people.

b.) There are a lot of homeless people where I live. As you get further down 'the hill' and approach downtown you start seeing more and more. Waiting to get on the on-ramp you will inevitably encounter one or two who try their hardest to get you to make eye contact and feel guilty. (I was in a work van waiting at that same light with another guy I worked with and we saw this dude who must have been methed out of his mind. He was punching the pole of a street sign full blast and yelling at it. When I said something about it, the guy I was with replied, "you haven't seen that guy before?! That's his thing!"

My point is that once you see things like that enough times it becomes easier to lump them all into a box. That being said, there is a reason why these people are on the streets (meth and/or heroin usually..)

>Do I ever give them money
no. I have before, but wouldn't again. A lot of times they won't even thank you. It's like a lot of them feel like they deserve your money, even though they are sitting on their ass doing jack shit all day. Better to give them a bag of carrots or something.


Another time, at that same on-ramp, I was talking with my dad and we started talking about natural selection. I think you can figure out where that conversation went , and from that the general feeling of my family on these people..

>When you've lived on the streets long enough, you get to recognise the difference between genuine homeless people and drug addicts

I'm sure its a skill you gain with time, but please elaborate.
Also share any stories.
Have a robotnik comic as payment.

>We're you ever homeless?
Never.

>How do you see homeless people?
The problem is that I have no idea. It really is a "one bad apple spoils the bunch" situation. Except in this case it's a fuckton of bad apples, making it really hard to pick out who is homeless for more "legitimate," less disgraceful reasons. I suppose regardless of the reason I pity anyone who is homeless. Why they are in that situation is irrelevant.
>Do you ever give em money?
Back when I smoked I'd always toss them a smoke and a light. These days I go the route of looking straight ahead refusing to acknowledge their existence, like most of the world does. I feel like a piece of garbage, but the reality is that it's a complex problem that I don't have the solution to. So for now I'll meld in with the rest of society by compassionlessly not interacting with them so as to spare my life from what could potentially be a minor inconvenience.

God fuck off. He didn't even say anything ridiculous. Get off your hypothetical high horse you pretentious twat.

>We're you ever homeless?
Nope
>How do you see homeless people?
Unfortunate people who couldn't figure out how to fit into the world
>Do you ever give em money?
If they ask, yes.

There aren't that many homeless people in my city. I don't really care if they're drug addicts or whatever if someone asks me for help and I can do so easily I probably will.

This is so oddly hilariously blunt.

Has some one seen Van Sup Forumsro from /o/ he was an awesome dude.

Can I have some money? I got like 2 bucks and need a couple more to get a bus pass.

I'd give them food and clothes but usually I don't give them just plain cash because they can use it to waste on things like alcohol and cigarettes. Also offering them a ride is good too.

One of my friends is homeless now and staying in a shelter so it kind of hits home.

would you mind sharing the details of such things?

Wow, that last part. Eloquently put! You said what I have always thought but could never flesh out into a concrete idea.

Yeah, unless you live in a third world country, I have a hard time believing the situation you described isn't almost always an incredibly viable one. Functioning societies don't let people rot on the streets to die. If by your own volition you want off the streets then I'm pretty confident there is always a route in place to achieve that. I get the feeling that for most homeless people, there's a part of them that refuses to abandon the lifestyle that comes along with being homeless.

k got an email for paypal or a bsb/account number or whatever?

I'm currently couch surfing.
Not broke, thankfully. But I look at homeless people and think that could very easily be me if I don't catch a break soon.

In the past I've helped homeless people, kinda do it on an impulse. I get a feeling about someone and then I do something to help them.

No I had decent parents
They are just lazy people who don't fucking work
I never give them shit. They just piss me off so much
Not much of a story:
>Lazy nigger with a stroller parks in wait
>I walk to my car out of a Wal-Mart
>Asks me for a dollar so he and his shitty kid can stuff their faces at McDonald's
>"Ey man can I get a dolla so mah kiied can get somthin do-eat?"
>Nah
>White cuck in a polo watches from his high-horse
>In the most beta/condescending voice I've ever heard
>"Hey man, hold on"
>Hands him $2 and coin change from his pocket
>"Aww thank you, thank you God bless"
>Faggot walks back with his friends and gives me a smug look
>mfw that nigger's been begging at this Wal-mart for the past two years

...

This is phenomenally utopian and idyllic, and I agree that this is the world we ought to live in, but I also acknowledge the possibility as being zero to none.

We're you ever homeless?
> I've been homeless and was for a decent stretch of time (Over a year).

How do you see homeless people?
> Homeless people you see on the streets ARE NOT ones in need.

Do you ever give em money?
> No, people holding signs do that for a living. That is their choice. That is their FULL TIME, TAX FREE JOB.

> After taking care of my mom with cancer and after she passed away. My family had a rough time. She didn't have life insurance, long story short. We were fucked. I wound up homeless.

> I NEVER ONCE asked people for help and money. I got 2 FULL TIME JOBS, and worked myself out of the situation.

> I changed clothes in Burger King bathrooms, in Popeyes bathrooms. I slept at walmart parking lots and Kohls parking lots (The Kohls I was at had a 2nd parking lot, hidden with a lot of bushes, it was decent). I used Starbucks wifi to download porn on my phone and jerk off at night. .. No joke. lol

> I showered at YMCA at first (Fuckers charged me for that shit. Fuck you YMCA.) and got a GYM MEMBERSHIP for fucking cheap, and showered at the Gym.

> I worked 80 hours a week, no one even knew I was homeless.

> I looked into homeless shelters and housing. But gave up my room for a woman who came in with her kids.

> PEOPLE ON THE STREETS DO NOT NEED YOUR MONEY.

> The actual people that need help are ones in shelters, and so on. Not on the streets with signs.

> If you take ONE thing from this, it's that IF you want to give money. Give the money to a charity, shelter, or something similar. DO NOT GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE, unless you know them of course.

Good job m8. I like your attitude.

Now go get your fuckin' shinebox.

green text it negro

Even though you probably have pure intentions with that last bit, some homeless person might perceive that as condescending.

>nope (richfag parents)
>Some as lazy fags (I used to manage section 8 housing) and others as getting dealt a shitty hand in life
>no but should probably start getting food for them
>there was this one girl in highschool that smelled so bad she had to eat on her own. It was terrible, kids would sometime go to the nurse do the nausea etc. Found out she was pretty much living homeless in an abandoned house etc and haven't taken a shower in literal years, nothing else.

capped. /biz/ here I come
>mfw communism

Yeah, no. That's the most idealistic thing I've ever read. I'd much rather live in our current system than that, which would be doomed to fall apart from the offset.

>yes, 2 years
>how do we see any other people? Each person is different
>yes, only if they're not able bodied (crippled/mentally ill)
The time I spent homeless was by choice. I pretty much just quite my job, froze my accounts and sold everything. I couldn't handle anything anymore. I lived out of a tent and ate pretty much anything I could get. I fished illegally and that helped a lot but I also dumpster dived and took what ever was offered bt people. I met some people who were down on their luck, I met others who were just garbage people and didn't want to make good choices. I actually enjoyed the way I was living for those 2 years. I lived in a rural area so instead of bumming in the city I camped out in the woods on crown land. Like I said I'd fish quite a bit and some times snare. Winters were pretty rough and I'd usually hang out in the men's shelter. I cleaned up and found a job again 4 years ago. I do construction and mill work now.

my hero :')

homeless people are fags

Get the fuck back to Tumblr you ant of a human being.

nice dude. You totally burned him there with the whole ant reference.

I was homeless as a child and as an adult. I view most homeless people with suspicion and I do not give them money.

If you've ever been out on the streets then you'll understand where I'm coming from. Also just a heads up, 7/10 people you see begging for money are not homeless. Real homeless people do not have product in their hair, their clothes are not clean, their shoes are not brand new and they don't have the newest iphone. Pay attention before you support these leeches.

*blushes deeply*
w-well I'd sure like to see you do better!
>//^//

/thread

I live in France and there're tons of organizations who help these people, they'd get food, shelter, medication and opportunity to get their life back

but mostly, they refuse to be helped, they prefer staying outside, asking for for money (they already have some monthly welfare) and get drunk while harassing people and let their dogs shit on the street.

I see them as broken person and do not want anything to do with them.

>We're you ever homeless?
yeah.
>How do you see homeless people?
bad choices or bad luck.
>Do you ever give em money?
No.
>Stories always welcome.
I'm too drunk to type properly but I'll give a short one.

>Middle of summer
>hadn't eaten in a few days and it was getting to me
>digging through a thrascan for precious nutrients
>at the bottom found a backpack
>neat
>inside it a huge brick of Amphetamine
>sold most of it at what I now realize was ridiculously low prices
>Realize I might get in to shit for taking someones fucking drugs
>bail town
>now living comfily in a rented apartment 500km away
>no regrets

Well, when you spend most of your life living around certain behaviours you get to understand how people act when they're in a certain mindset.

For example: most junkies I knew would be confident when they beg and could either make up a long sob story or just get to the point. Someone whose new to being homeless or are in a mindset where they want to get off the streets (rather than just getting geared up every night) are more nervous but friendly I find. They wont bore you with some sad story, but wont try and cut it quick either - because they want to show appreciation for the fact that you're going out of your way to help them. That's just from my experience/perception anyhow.

A lot of my stories involve living in squats (better than sleeping outside in the cold). One time, we break into a shut down discount store that was playing a tax evasion game where they pretend to close down the business and set up a new one in the exact same property a few months later.

So fairly enough when they came back to their empty shop finding us "living" in it, they were pretty pissed off. First they tried opening the door but we'd already barred the doors shut so they called the cops.

Next minute we have a riot van turn up expecting some sort of stand-off only to find a few pissed off landlords. The cops tell them what we're doing is completely legal and that they'll have to go to court to appeal for an eviction (it's just how things work round my area).

After a few hours of them arguing with the cops they notice some leftover stock nearby that we were about ready to pinch the moment they left.

So the cops order us to give it all back and we do, but only by slowly leaving it all box-by-box on the sidewalk, which causes more trouble. People walking by start thinking it's all being chucked out and start walking away with boxes, while the landlords are too busy worrying about how to get the stock moved off the sidewalk. There's more to it, but fuck me this is a long read.

What do you do if you get a cold?

You sound like a reasonable and well-liked individual.

I've been homeless many times growing up, and a few times as an adult. Chronic Homelessness. Now Im lucky to live in some section 8 housing. I rarely carry any cash on me b/c I rarely have any spare cash to just carry around, but if I have something to spare, I'll give half to all of it if i see someone begging, amount depending. Im not worried if they choose to spend it on drugs or alcohol, b/c I don't feel like its my place to judge them and there's MANY reasons as to why the homeless may use and abuse. Money helps to buy important commodities like toiletries, spices, things to repair their clothes or coins to wash and dry them, medicines and vitamins, and other things. Ive only been yelled at by one homeless person for trying to buy them a coat at the onset of winter, which was embarrassing but I don't blame him for having compassion fatigue. I try to give to charities at tax season and to give something once a season otherwise. I'm certain I've given food or money to swindlers and scammers who don't need it or were lying, but I try to be smart and generous, not a retarded blind bleeding heart, when it comes to donating and i'm positive being deceived is on the very low side of the scale. I don't have a lot to give, I remember what its like not having anything, but I remember how important it is to share when you can on both sides of that fence, even if it's one of the last things you have to give. Its hard for one person to change the entire world, but it only takes one person to help change someone's world.

> most are mentally ill
> most are on drugs

No, there's no judgment there at ALL. //rolls eyes. NOT!

>FUCK no
>Pathetic. Get a fucking job
>FUCK NO. Spit on the poor
>Live in predominantly white wealthy part of country. See poors. Shoot at them with my guns. Fuck them in their poor asses.
Trump 2016. Lets get rid of this bullshit

True non-cuck gentlemen

>offer them a ride
>"no i'm ok thank you"

>In the past I've helped homeless people, kinda do it on an impulse.
It's called being a cuck

> live in section 8 housing
> give to charity

You are donating OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.

thanks :^)
u2

Yes
As drug addicts
Yes

I was 16, my mother decided she didn't want to care for me, no father, she split, I ended up going from house to house until there were no houses, and I eventually ended up in shelter, from there a crack house, then prison, and then rehab, and now I am rich.

Smoked a shitload of base, fucked hookers, tried assloads of drugs, saw things I would never want to see again, did things I would never do again, and honestly kind of miss it now that I have responsibilities.

Thanks but I actually am a real life cuck. I love having my wife sleep with other guys. Huge turn on.

This is the most sensible and backed-up post in this thread. What helps is that it comes from experience.

I'm adopting this outlook from here on out. Thanks.

*am

You little tumblrina slut. Get the fuck out of here and never fucking, return. Fuck niggers, and fuck you. Fuck the homeless, too. Bunch of fucking degenerates all of you.

Yeah, except for that it's pretty much true. I've met a lot of homeless people on the street and I can't remember one who wasn't methed up or just plain fucked in the head.

And stop acting like you don't judge people. Everyone judges everyone on a fucking daily basis. It's how the world works you jackass.

Now go get your fuckin shinebox

Actually, no, Im not. I have a small self employment, and my husband works full time. Im also on SS for time I've spent working before I became physically ill enough for my dr to order me NOT to work anymore. Fuck off. Not everything is cut and dry, black and white.

Then spend every last waking ounce of strength and conviction doing something about it rather than bitching about it on the internet. Oh wait, you don't actually fucking care and like your fucking picture, merely pretend to care to fuel your own fucking ego.

huh?

yes, technically, lived in my car two years while in college. I now see homeless people as literally garbage people sadly. I do give them money, since Jesus told me to 'give to all who ask'. I once paid for a homeless woman to stay in a hotel for a week when i found her sleeping under the stairs of my apartment. she was definitely schizo and had been on the streets for 20 years she said, no family, but people like me would put her up in a hotel every now and then.

beautiful
i genuinely respect you
you voting for trump?
people somehow think homeless fags are somehow exempt from personal responsibility

>was homeless for about 3 years in my early twenties
>most of them have mental and physical disabilities and legitimately have no way to get a job or home
>after i saw what the homeless community was like from the inside, i started giving more money when i had it

i was homeless by choice. i never had to beg for money. i ate at churches and slept in a tent. there are programs that provide places to shower and wash your clothes. i used the library and hung out in the parks alot. if I ever wanted money for something (which was rare), i collected cans and bottles out of the trash to cash in for 5 cents a piece.

wtf is b?
what does "we are you ever homeless" mean?
with my eyes
yes, my sister emily is a massive mooch and I always have to bail her out
I like stories too.

At least I'm posting to raise consciousness. You are FAIL.

charities are worse, really. A homeless guy you give money to is going to buy food and drugs with it to help him enjoy his night, a charity you give money to is going to use 95% of what you give them to pay to it's employees to buy pumpkin spice lattes and drugs with. Only one of those people is having a difficult time with their life and could use some drugs to take the edge off.

decent non-cancer thread OP

Never been homeless but I love to get the homeless girls standing on the corner with a sign to suck my cock for cash.

I would do that but they're all ugly with no ass and disgusting titties here. Also infested with herpes.

Ya, it's honestly a good rule to follow. You never know what that one person might do. They might buy drugs, OD, whatever the fuck. It could go to waste. You could give someone $5,000. They might just blow it all on heroin. You don't know.

But you can give it to a shelter or charity and seriously... A little bit of money for them goes a long way with them.

I will say one thing though. Being homeless was one of the most interesting, and while it was kind of depressing... Also amazing experiences of my life. Which, I know sounds weird. I have a decent job, I live in a nice place, have a house, and a new car... And my own little small business now.

But, it's something not a lot of people really deal with, and even more so... A lot of people don't come out of. Having really been there, and literally WORKED my way out of it.. Was just amazing.

It made me feel like I could LITERALLY do anything.

> Ya, Trump's far better than Hillary. I don't agree with some of his things, however, considering the alternative... It's very, very one sided (For me, at least).

I don't judge. Except you.

they are all ugly ass crack whores... pretty girls are never homeless. someone somewhere will take care of them eventually or the drugs will deteriorate their looks

I'm homeless want an opportunity to go to college in the US. But on my record it kinda says I'm disable because I have autism. My resume is an IEP and I feel bad about where I'm from.

If I became homeless I would live in the wild and become ferral .. Or atleast die trying

Yeah, you do actually. You do it constantly and on a daily basis like everyone else.

How is it going? You pretending anonymously online that you are better than everybody else lol

Ha, fuck that shit man. I'll give you a story.

>Me, working at my job.
>Fucking homeless people come to my place of business
>Spend money at the vice den that is my job
>bitch and moan when kicked out due to public drunkenness
>claim racism, classism, every fucking thing.
>I have 100% physical video evidence they just spent $800 in two hours.
>How are these fucks still homeless?

It's because of their own fucking depravity and bad decisions that many are homeless. The ones that are good homeless work their way out of the gutter and become functioning members of society. Everyone else is just a fucking leech in the cesspit.

>since Jesus told me to 'give to all who ask'.
>she was definitely schizo
you sound like the schizo m8