• Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Never understood not helping pan handlers. Fuck am I going to spend that cash on? A soda? A candy? I don’t need more of that. Who the fuck cares what they spend it on? At least if he goes and gets meth with it, I know it’s going back into the economy. Dealer probably isn’t gonna spend it on amazon prime. I’ve yet to meet a dealer that doesn’t spend most of their money on pets, drugs, and food.

    That guy in the picture isn’t failing to pull himself up by his boot straps, he’s the victim of a society that is designed to make an example of him to scare the rest of us into submission.

    • gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org
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      24 hours ago

      yeah i had this realization recently. went to the supermarket and bought junk food for $8, then came out and saw a person who really needed it. i didn’t even give them $1. really made me think

    • how_we_burned@lemmy.zip
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      1 day ago

      Some of the pan handlers i knew were making $500 a day.

      But its a fuckin hard life, especially now that no one carries change.

      I’d rather “work” in an office to make me drug money