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re: How Do You Feel About the Homeless?
Posted on 11/10/20 at 7:13 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 11/10/20 at 7:13 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I was very sympathetic towards them until I worked at a public library in an urban area
I don’t hate them bc I still regularly volunteer at a homeless shelter
But I’m not giving them anything anymore - they know where the shelters are and what they can get when they need it
I don’t hate them bc I still regularly volunteer at a homeless shelter
But I’m not giving them anything anymore - they know where the shelters are and what they can get when they need it
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Posted on 11/10/20 at 7:20 pm to SaintlyTiger88
They belong in rehab, crazy house or jail.
They do NOT belong on the streets.
They do NOT belong on the streets.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 7:23 pm to bowlbound
I disagree it isn't the tax payers responsibility to pay for rehab. Lock them in jail. Deal with no drugs for a few weeks.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 7:27 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I call them "bums," and I assume they've made a series of conscious, calculated choices that differ profoundly from my own. Typically these were the people who didn't pay attention in school and loudly proclaimed that they'd "never use any of this stuff anyway," and they were right. You don't need algebra to give handjobs behind a dumpster.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 7:42 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
I worked on the weekends at a soup kitchen. Most of the homeless suffered with mental illness. Many preferred life on the street than any situation with structure. Sad but true, there's no easy solution.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 7:51 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I generally view them with great compassion. Most of them are mentally ill and I pray that they are comforted and fed by good people. But also, I have to say that it infuriates me that they litter with abandon. It’s unacceptable.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 8:06 pm to BeachDude022
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6 diff homeless people approached me yesterday at one 7-Eleven in Dallas as I walked from the pump to inside the store. I’m sick of them. They’re everywhere, and nothing can be done about them. I feel for them but it’s become a nuisance
It’s bad here in Houston too. It’s bad everywhere, really. BR seems to have more and more every time I go EXCEPT the last time. I guess they were all on vacation.
How I feel varies but I never ever give them money. I help out others in other more specific ways but there are just too many panhandlers to let them get to me. It’s like trying to give money to mosquitoes hoping they’ll go away. They won’t. At an intersection by my house, there is one on all four corners pretty much 24 hours/day. I got into a verbal confrontation with a guy in front of Wal mart the other day because he came around a corner and was coming up to me way too fast and I told him to stay the frick back. He called me a ‘white bitch arse’ or something like that. I went inside and got my coffee grounds and fully expected him to be waiting for me but he wasn’t around. Thank God, I don’t need to be fighting anyone, much less some hobo on a Tuesday morning.
shite like that has killed any generosity I would have for them. I ignore them and don’t look them in the eye.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 8:06 pm to SaintlyTiger88
It's a tough one because there are people that chose that life and others are mentally or physically disabled that do need help.
Another question for some is, where are their families.
Another question for some is, where are their families.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 8:08 pm to FearlessFreep
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She's white, looks to be in her mid-to-late 20s, early 30s at the oldest. Actually has a cute face and a not-unattractive body
Do you ever think to yourself if she’s willing to work for the money? I would think it but probably would never ask. Just curious how hungry she really is.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 8:09 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I offer bottled water. Normally I get a “ no man I have plenty of water. “
With that said - no worries on my part.
With that said - no worries on my part.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 8:13 pm to SaintlyTiger88
The vast majority of truly homeless people suffer from untreated mental illness and/or addiction. When the government gutted mental health and shutdown asylums, most of those people were put out on the street. There are a lot of programs and shelters for those who have fallen on hard times and want to get back on their feet. It’s the ones who aren’t clean or aren’t quite right that live out on the streets.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 8:14 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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nothing really. Maybe a little disgust.
This.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 8:15 pm to AncientTiger
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I offer bottled water. Normally I get a “ no man I have plenty of water. “
I saw someone hand out a bottled water to one the other day. I thought about that. That would be a cheap way to clear the conscience and offer them something. A case of water is $5 to keep in the back seat. Not a bad idea.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 8:20 pm to hankiba
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Sad but true, there's no easy solution.
There's a one-time $0.20 / per solution, but people object to it on ethical grounds.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 8:24 pm to SaintlyTiger88
quote:My dad is homeless. He was a great father growing up, one of the sweetest, most loving men I’ve known. He slowly became an alcoholic, it got worse when my mom died, and it got so bad that he can’t hold down a job, and now he lives in New Orleans as a wino. I still see him frequently, I pick him up and let him stay at my house every now and then.
My question for y’all is, how do you personally feel when you see a homeless person? Revulsion? Sympathy?
My opinion is that people deserve sympathy. I don’t hate him for what he’s become, even though it hurts me and my brothers to see him like that. I know that he doesn’t want to be with that way, and that he’s sick. I don’t hold anything against him. I wish he would get better, but it doesn’t seem likely. I do let it motivate me to be a good father to my two daughters, and be careful with drinking.
When I see a homeless person I feel sad. A lot of girls you see in New Orleans who are homeless were raped and beat as children. There’s no telling how I would have turned out if that happened to me, so I can’t judge. It’s a sad, sad thing.
This post was edited on 11/10/20 at 8:26 pm
Posted on 11/10/20 at 8:28 pm to hankiba
Some don't have family my theory, this is America . Homeless is different hwrem
Some don't want the 9-5 , job with responsibility, prison amd all.that jazz
Some don't want the 9-5 , job with responsibility, prison amd all.that jazz
Posted on 11/10/20 at 8:28 pm to SaintlyTiger88
2020 - mentally ill
1975 - junkie.
1975 - junkie.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 8:28 pm to SaintlyTiger88
If she's hot I might consider sex.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 8:33 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I financially support the Baton Rouge food bank to help the hungry. I will not give money to people on the street. I will help you if you want help yourself.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 8:35 pm to PrivatePublic
quote:A lot of them have schizophrenia and no way to afford medication. But that wouldn’t happen if you were schizophrenic right? You would pick yourself up by the boot straps and talk to voices while you worked at the plant
As long as I'm physically able there is work to be found.
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