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Have you ever unexpectedly bonded with or really helped out a homeless person?
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Strongbow
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I would like nothing more at this point in my life, than to punch you square in the fucking mouth. You are one ignorant mutha fucker, regardless of how fucking educated you are.Homeless people are dirty and ugly...they should be euthanized. However, I can see your sympathy for the homeless considering the mortgages you sold the working poor you knew they would never be able to afford...
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lartinos
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Depends on the situation and what resources you have available to you. Sounds like this guy is doing whatever he can. I would want to, doesn't mean I can. I probably couldn't, but I would have to be put in that situation to really understand it.
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lartinos
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lol, at puddz and all the mudslinging in here. I wish we could all be at a bar for all this. I wouldn't be surprised if punches got thrown, lol.
I would be trying to calm you guys down. Just as a side note.. when I was working retail back with Abercrombie about 5 years ago I got recruited left and right to become a mortgage broker. I was comfortable making the little money I did at the time and being around hot chicks. I saw all my high school buddies owning their own companies and what seemed at the time to be doing big things. I kind of felt pedestrian for sure.
Fast forward 5 years and it was the smartest move I could have ever made as my salaries went up 5 years in a row and I now left on my own terms and can probably return to that salary if need be. I remember recruiters flat out talking shit to me. "How much do you make?" "You can make that in 2 months here"
I'd like to see bakemeacookie make a Film about the highlife and low life of the mortgage industry.
I would be trying to calm you guys down. Just as a side note.. when I was working retail back with Abercrombie about 5 years ago I got recruited left and right to become a mortgage broker. I was comfortable making the little money I did at the time and being around hot chicks. I saw all my high school buddies owning their own companies and what seemed at the time to be doing big things. I kind of felt pedestrian for sure.
Fast forward 5 years and it was the smartest move I could have ever made as my salaries went up 5 years in a row and I now left on my own terms and can probably return to that salary if need be. I remember recruiters flat out talking shit to me. "How much do you make?" "You can make that in 2 months here"
I'd like to see bakemeacookie make a Film about the highlife and low life of the mortgage industry.
watch your mouth bro....iggy makes all the films around here!
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kx250rider
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It depends on how you look at it. As far as helping, I usually give cash, unless I reasonably suspect that they're not legit. By that I mean, there are many Los Angeles "homeless" who are alcoholics, and are only homeless by choice. If it's an alcoholic who has not hit rock bottom yet, and he/she is just being sustained by people handing out a few bucks for more booze, we're NOT helping by handing them cash. It sounds cruel unless you've been there, or been close to someone who has. If it's a true homeless victim of circumstance; a woman who had to leave an abusive home, or a man, or a couple who lost their place to live in a bad economy, then offering whatever help you can, is a good deed. Maybe enough cash to get a hotel room for a couple nights, hot showers, and the dignity and courage to go get a new job, etc. $2 for a taco and water won't do it. I haven't always been in a decent situation myself, and I know personally what it feels like to sleep in a vehicle, and calculate who is the least embarrassing friend to ask if you can use their shower. Thanfully, that was a very short term experience for me, when I was 23. That was enough to let me know the feeling, and I'll never forget it, whether I live barely getting by, or very well.
There is an old lady down in West Los Angeles, who by all outward appearance is homeless (or close to it). She has an old beat-up Chevy with the back seat stuffed with clothes and junk, and she looks like a bag lady. She shows up every day at the same time of the evening, and feeds all the feral cats who hang out behind a row of restaurants after business hours. Nest time I see her, I might give her some funds, if she'll take it. If she gets any income, she probably is spending all of it on cat food. I have no idea what her deal is, and I'm not even a fan of cats. But I see that what she's doing is very selfless, and she deserves something in return.
Then there's the opposite of the spectrum: There's a young man who hangs out in the Walmart parking lot, and he's holding a sign "Homeless hungry combat veteran". Bullshit! He's only 10 minutes away from the Veterans' Administration, which will unconditionally offer help to any veteran who needs housing or medical help. Either he's not really a combat vet, or he's not interested in help. I see how many people hand him cash. I bet he makes more than a middle-rank worker in the store. I don't like it when someone plays on your sympathy. Oh yes, and he has an underweight German Shepherd with him to drive his point home. What a scumbag. The only help I'd offer is a fat lip.
Charles
There is an old lady down in West Los Angeles, who by all outward appearance is homeless (or close to it). She has an old beat-up Chevy with the back seat stuffed with clothes and junk, and she looks like a bag lady. She shows up every day at the same time of the evening, and feeds all the feral cats who hang out behind a row of restaurants after business hours. Nest time I see her, I might give her some funds, if she'll take it. If she gets any income, she probably is spending all of it on cat food. I have no idea what her deal is, and I'm not even a fan of cats. But I see that what she's doing is very selfless, and she deserves something in return.
Then there's the opposite of the spectrum: There's a young man who hangs out in the Walmart parking lot, and he's holding a sign "Homeless hungry combat veteran". Bullshit! He's only 10 minutes away from the Veterans' Administration, which will unconditionally offer help to any veteran who needs housing or medical help. Either he's not really a combat vet, or he's not interested in help. I see how many people hand him cash. I bet he makes more than a middle-rank worker in the store. I don't like it when someone plays on your sympathy. Oh yes, and he has an underweight German Shepherd with him to drive his point home. What a scumbag. The only help I'd offer is a fat lip.
Charles
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lartinos
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