[–] HammieHolocaust 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
the only exceptions are mentally ill people who cannot hold a job. i live in a wealthy city and recently gave a homeless, mentally ill person a 1200 calorie protein shake. the guy was kind of wondering through traffic asking for money and looked like he stumbled out of a Nazi concentration camp he was so skinny. kind of boggles my mind there are people in this country eating for 5 and a dude who, through no fault of his own, is starving to death 100 yards from where the average house costs 900k.
[–] FatShamingShitLady [S] ago
That's heartbreaking, thanks for helping the poor guy out. It's insane to have so much wealth in a country where so many people are in poverty.
[–] theepilepticferret 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
I don't give money to panhandlers. In my city, the popular spot for them to hang out and beg for money is right in front of the LCBO (liquor store) so you know exactly where that money is going.
There's a skinny homeless man I've seen in my neighbourhood. He's got a shopping cart piled this high with stuff and I've seen him in other areas 5+ kilometers away, so he gets around and takes his cart with him. Last time I had to run down to the corner store for some milk, I saw him buying SO MANY lotto tickets. Which makes me wonder if he's mentally ill. All that money could have been better spent on a hot meal.
[–] Siacca 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I never give to panhandlers. So many of them are full of crap (and since they're fat, that's a ton of crap). A lot of those people are employed and just greedy. By begging, they can make more per hour than people with actual jobs. I see these assholes all the time. They're always fat, they spend a lot of time setting up signs and chairs and occasionally umbrellas (and once a fucking portable television). They have their pet dogs with them on fancy leashes and a lot of them are wearing Ray-Bans. Then these 500 pound Twinkie dumpsters have the audacity to claim they need money for food. These assholes already get more on food stamps than some people make working full time.
These greedy fakers piss me off. Truly needy people have social programs where they can get what they need, and that's what they usually do (unless they're cut off for breaking the law somehow, and then they deserve nothing anyways). Those fat bastards begging everywhere deserve to be run down for bothering traffic. I now want to purchase a large truck just so I can install a cow catcher and shove these creatures off the road.
[–] Princess_Shitlady 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
That fatty fuck was just showing the world how degenerate fats are and selfish. I would have told him to fuck off, I don't give money to fuckers like that and even then, no way would I help a fat in the first place.
I often buy food for homeless people in my town and city, I have personal connection and care of to the cause of homelessness and so I offer to buy food for them and physically give it to them myself. Then I know my money is not going on drugs, drink ect and they have a decent meal. I hate seeing homeless people on the streets, it hits my heart badly, everyone deserves somewhere warm, safe and dry to sleep at night.
Don't you worry about that degenerate lardball, karma will come for him, Lord Beetus will come for him!
[–] Siacca 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I tried to do that ONCE. Never again. The asshole just looked at the food, scoffed, and said, "just give me some money."
A friend of mine offered to hire one of the ones with a "will work for food" signs. He was promptly told to fuck off.
These people don't need help. They want quick cash without working for it.
[–] PolybiusPizza 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
"I got some CHANGE! Your attitude is a complete reflection of the garbage that is your existence! You body is a bumbling mound of excessive calories you entitled butterfuck planetoid! Stop harassing all these hard-working, decent HUMANS! The fact that I'm even breathing the same air as you makes me want to puke in your GODDAMNED FACE! Your mere presence is so revolting I feel like grabbing you by your ogre ears and hurling you off this bus! The only thing stopping me from doing so is my absolute certainty that soon, but not nearly soon enough, LORD BEETUS will take your limbs from you in a slow, painful, degrading way that leaves you so utterly miserable, stuck in the moldy embrace of a disgusting, broken couch, so depressed and alone that you'll be begging for it all to end! FEEL THE CHANGE YET?!?!"
Next time.... ;)
[–] dodecadildo 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
There's an obeast that panhandles for fried chicken in and around my local 7/11. He literally approaches everyone with the same "Hey man, I need to get some fried chicken, do you think you can help me out?"
Fat panhandlers are the fucking worst.
[–] CosmoMcKinley ago
"C'mon, anything. A wing would save my life right now man!"
[–] FatShamingShitLady [S] ago
He could live off his own bingo wings for the next two months, I bet!
[–] mmmmdonuts 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I don't know why but that just made me lol.
Fucking fat people,,,, god I hate them.
[–] dodecadildo ago
I wish it was funny IRL but he's huge, stinks like death and has breath that could peel paint off walls.
[–] GOMAD_OR_GFYAD 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago (edited ago)
I have never given money to a panhandler. They are rarely "marginalized by society" and are mostly just consciousless people who panhandle because it's an easy scam to make a few bucks. They dirty themselves up, look pathetic, and trade in their dignity to beg because the hourly pay is many times what they would earn at an honest job, and it's tax-free!
The fat panhandler was probably way more likely to be a legit homeless person. An alcoholic who begs to make the shakes go away in the morning, maybe keep a slight buzz on all day, eat a couple meals of cheap fast food, and a drink himself into oblivion at night can easily consume 4000+ calories a day with that lifestyle. $5 is a meal or a pint of liquor, and $2 is a 40 of malt liquor or cheap beer.
I dont want to support either lifestyle, so I never give money to panhandlers.
[–] NotYourDoctor 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Exactly. I see several homeless in my city collecting cans and such to recycle for money, and a few even have jobs. Panhandlers are not necessarily homeless, but are almost always scammers, addicts, or both. The ones begging for food have in almost all cases sold off their food stamps (and yes, you can get food stamps without an address. You can pick them up at the post office or the benefits office). Honestly I have far more respect for prostitute junkies than panhandlers, because at least the prostitutes are doing something to earn money instead of bothering people until they get a handout.
[–] Snackz 2 points 0 points 2 points (+2|-2) ago
Don't feel sorry for homeless women. They have more than enough shelters and programs for them to take advantage of, while men's shelters are overflowing and they're forced to sleep on the street. Oh, and the majority of homeless men, are veterans.