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Topic	Do you give money to the homeless?
darkknight109 10/02/18 4:20:55 PM #9:	Yes. I donate to charity and I give money if someone's asking. I like to hope that it's buying them a meal or a warm bed for the night, but even if it winds up buying a bottle of booze (or whatever their drug of choice is), I hope it brings them some small measure of happiness, for whatever it's worth. For all the people who say "Giving them money doesn't fix the problem", not giving them anything at all sure as shit doesn't help either. GreenKnight127 posted... Get other homeless friends to split the difference to get a cheap apartment or trailer. Split what difference? Homeless people aren't exactly known to be flush with cash. You're basically saying "No money? Get a job to earn money! Oh, you don't have a home to base yourself out of to get the job? Just spend some money on an apartment!" Beyond that, in order to get a job you need to pass a job interview. In order to pass a job interview, you need to submit an application. An application typically requires an address and a means of contact (phone number and e-mail address preferably); homeless people frequently have neither. But assuming you somehow get around that little obstacle, the interview will require you to be reasonably presentable - clean, with fresh clothes and preferably a decent haircut (and a shave for the guys). Then, assuming you get past that, you'll need to actually go do your job, which involves getting up at a specific time (difficult for someone without an alarm clock) and going to a specific place (difficult if you have no car and no money for public transit). It's not impossible to get and hold a job while homeless, but it is exceptionally difficult, especially if you're the "living under a bridge" variety of homeless. And that's without even touching the issues of substance abuse and mental health concerns that are rampant in the homeless population. GreenKnight127 posted... The problem is DRUG ADDICTION and DEPRESSION. Money and time management. Neither drug addiction nor, especially, depression have anything to do with money- and time-management skills. Seriously, what the fuck. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror! <cite>darkknight109 posted [p:909838185] in Do you giv... [t:77060887]...</cite> <quote>Yes. I donate to charity and I give money if someone's asking. I like to hope that it's buying them a meal or a warm bed for the night, but even if it winds up buying a bottle of booze (or whatever their drug of choice is), I hope it brings them some small measure of happiness, for whatever it's worth. For all the people who say "Giving them money doesn't fix the problem", not giving them anything at all sure as shit doesn't help either. <cite>GreenKnight127 posted...</cite> <quote>Get other homeless friends to split the difference to get a cheap apartment or trailer.</quote> Split what difference? Homeless people aren't exactly known to be flush with cash. You're basically saying "No money? Get a job to earn money! Oh, you don't have a home to base yourself out of to get the job? Just spend some money on an apartment!" Beyond that, in order to get a job you need to pass a job interview. In order to pass a job interview, you need to submit an application. An application typically requires an address and a means of contact (phone number and e-mail address preferably); homeless people frequently have neither. But assuming you somehow get around that little obstacle, the interview will require you to be reasonably presentable - clean, with fresh clothes and preferably a decent haircut (and a shave for the guys). Then, assuming you get past that, you'll need to actually go do your job, which involves getting up at a specific time (difficult for someone without an alarm clock) and going to a specific place (difficult if you have no car and no money for public transit). It's not impossible to get and hold a job while homeless, but it is exceptionally difficult, especially if you're the "living under a bridge" variety of homeless. And that's without even touching the issues of substance abuse and mental health concerns that are rampant in the homeless population. <cite>GreenKnight127 posted...</cite> <quote>The problem is DRUG ADDICTION and DEPRESSION. Money and time management.</quote> Neither drug addiction nor, especially, depression have anything to do with money- and time-management skills. Seriously, what the fuck. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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