Quote from: philipma1957 on May 28, 2021, 12:48:58 PM

Quote from: IdiotCoder on February 21, 2019, 09:56:51 PM

Quote from: Pmalek on February 21, 2019, 08:43:37 PM

I often see an old guy going through trashcans in my city. He is at least 70 years old, and I have no doubt about him being homeless. When I see him during the winter i buy him a coffee to go. He smiles, he is polite and is very grateful. He has two dogs with him that follow him wherever he goes. One day I gave him some change and he asked me if I had some leftover food so he could feed his dogs. It was cold outside and he said they were sick and hungry. Honestly, it broke my heart. I gave him some leftover chicken with some bread and watched him through the window. He took just one bite out of the chicken and divided the rest amongst his dogs, he divided the bread on 3 parts. I have never seen him drink or smoke, he doesn't beg for money, cares dearly for his dogs, even when he is in such a tough spot in his life. The guy has a big heart and deserves much more than life gave him.

Do you live in the US? We have a better system north of the border. My point is everything is taken care of here and nobody needs to panhandle in my country. I had more compassion for street people while I was in NYC. I don't mean to come across as a heartless prick. Some people here are either mentally ill or dont know our socialist system, but most people here are selfish drug addicts.

Perhaps you should give him an old tablet and tell him about faucets. It's more hygienic than dumpster diving and teaching an elderly person the basics of computing can make a huge difference in his life. There was an article in Wired about a group of homeless people who would meet at a park with free WiFi and made money on CoinHD and faucets. It's not much, but an extra dollar or two would allow him to buy himself a coffee.

I grew up in NYC I have seen lots of needlers the guys are thieves the girls are street walkers. All are sick fucks filled with despair.

The problem is you do not see the drug addict as mentally ill.

Everyone that sees the drug addict as a piece of worthless shit is also mentally ill.

This will never be solved because there are simply too many people that think there is choice involved in being a drug addict .

The fact is what sane person would choose to be a junkie. The answer is none.

the fact is if you don't see that as a very simple truth you are mentally ill and in a state of denial.

So put it in your pipe and smoke it. Grin

Seriously there will always be junkies and drunks and gamblers and cheap streetwalking hoes.

Now as Dennis Miller used to say "I found a job worse than a crack whore. Assistant crack whore."

What girl in their sane mind was to suck cock for 100 or more hours a week.

Basically hit the pipe suck the cock hit the pipe suck the cock.

I had two friends that used to go to the crack houses in east New York.

walk in on friday night and leave on sunday morning.

spent 400-600 on crack and crack hoes.

they both died of aids.

I haven't been here for a while. Yeah,.. No sane person wants to be a drug addict. I guess I had some guardian angel keep me away from the druggies of NYC when I was there. Just a bunch of addicts.

I'm replying to this dated topic because I just saw two homeless guys get in a fist fight over a spot. It's fucking pathetic. It's called getting a job. They could pick up trash off the streets. My neighbor told me that the world owes him his herein and he shouldn't work for it. This is why I NEVETR give panhandlers money.