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Homeless doesn't mean heartless. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]EmuPhotography 22 points23 points ago

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this guy sits on the corner of Washington and Lincoln in Venice. Uncle Darrows is a bomb ass cajun joint and its directly behind him. My dad drove past this dude once and and mummered "how do you know my life is that great?" to himself not to the guy. I was reminded of a cartoon, one which depicts the debt levels of various people surrounding a homeless man, everyones thousands in the red while the homeless man has got about $3.45. I'm sure this man is a nice person. Just rambling I guess.

[–]EmuPhotography 5 points6 points ago

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Tried to find a link to this cartoon, was not successful but then again I'm very lazy.

[–]pi31415 26 points27 points ago

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Your image is here. I've mastered the Google.

[–]isleshocky 1 point2 points ago

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That's about right.

[–]BearPaw07 0 points1 point ago

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Not to be that guy, but I remember the counterpoint to this was that all those people could sell their possessions and would most likely end up with more than the homeless guy even after paying off their debt.

[–]justonecomment 2 points3 points ago

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Thanks, Jesus.

[–]kliman 2 points3 points ago

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The image really illustrates that "cashflow" is far more important than "debt load".

[–]yamamushi 10 points11 points ago

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Is that Robin Williams?

[–]Battleflame -4 points-3 points ago

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I came here to say it, but I have been preceded! GG man.

[–]JussKiddin 27 points28 points ago

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Homeless most certainly doesn't mean heartless. Just because they are homeless doesn't mean it was entirely their fault. There are some really nice homeless people out there.

[–]Pinhedd 7 points8 points ago

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Some people are homeless just because they don't want to give a fuck about anything. The 28th amendment should be the right to not give a fuck

[–]threading 11 points12 points ago

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they don't want to give a fuck about anything.

I'm pretty sure some of them did many attempts to solve their problems until coming to the point of "not giving a fuck about anything".

[–]swskeptic 1 point2 points ago

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I think what he was getting at is a lot of homeless people don't see their homelessness as a "problem", they prefer it.

[–]Pinhedd 0 points1 point ago

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I'm well aware of that, hence "some". I'm well aware that a vast majority of them aren't out there by choice

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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I don't think that will happen.

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[–]BrianMatter -2 points-1 points ago

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sure you do, but still not sure why you chose that title

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[–]BrianMatter -1 points0 points ago

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me of all people? why?

[–]theplayboy[S] 0 points1 point ago

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You have more comment karma than link karma.

[–]BrianMatter 0 points1 point ago

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grandad told me it's because your a cunt, is that true?

[–]fuzees 0 points1 point ago

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There always is a little something, not particularly their fault though, that triggered everything. Can be a mental disorder (schizophrenia, depression...). Life is a random bitch.

[–]Lemoribond 0 points1 point ago

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Being homeless is a fault?

[–]BloodOrangeBitters 5 points6 points ago

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By Costco and in-n-out, right?

[–]LarrySchmableGuy 2 points3 points ago

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yeah... actually gave this guy a dollar... in Marina Del rey

[–]AnalAsPubicTofu 8 points9 points ago

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But home is where the heart is.

What now?

[–]nickells 3 points4 points ago

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SO YOUR REAL HOME'S IN YOUR CHEST!

[–]jerry111 3 points4 points ago

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Everybody's a hero in their own way!

[–]papasmurf255 0 points1 point ago

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You and you and mostly me and you!

[–]moto125 0 points1 point ago

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You like to see homos naked?

[–]drsnafu 9 points10 points ago

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Enough of this Hallmark shit!

If you need an amusing image to tell you that homeless people are real people, you're a fucking retard.

[–]NlNTENDO 2 points3 points ago

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But I thought home is where the heart is?

[–]I_give_insults 2 points3 points ago

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My home is full of blood? I must kill myself. :'(

[–]nickells -1 points0 points ago

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SO YOUR REAL HOME'S IN YOUR CHEST!

[–]happyblanchy 2 points3 points ago

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How's his voice for radio? We should all pull together and turn his life around. If he's got a good speaking voice.

[–]missiontodenmark 2 points3 points ago

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Does anybody think homeless people are heartless? Does his sign somehow convey heartfulness?

[–]ktbx 1 point2 points ago

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I was waiting to meet a friend on a street corner once, and I was in a really crappy mood because I had just messed something up pretty badly. I guess my mood was evident in my face. A homeless guy in a wheelchair passes by me and says something along the lines of "Hey, don't be so sad! It can't be that bad!"

[–]thehumanear 1 point2 points ago

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Ah! I've seen this guy! While leaving the In-N-Out parking lot on Washington Blvd.

[–]screenshotted 1 point2 points ago

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it does mean passive agressive

[–]contrarianism 1 point2 points ago

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You obviously don't live in San Francisco.

[–]ShamAbram 1 point2 points ago

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I like the homeless guy's style, but what if some black kid with no arms held a similar sign right next to him? Then he's the asshole. And on and on.

There will always be someone worse off than you. So stop moping and have some goddamn fun.

[–]mexicodoug 0 points1 point ago*

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what if some black kid with no arms held a similar sign right next to him?

Well, I'd have the kid sign a contract making me his agent and get him a job in a Mexican circus. It ain't easy holding a sign when you ain't got no arms, but if you can do it, it's worth at least fifty pesos a day. Hell of a lot more than the damn Army will pay an armless boy.

[–]ShamAbram 0 points1 point ago

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I was visualizing him with the sign in his mouth. Semantics aside, mexican circus's are awesome as hell.

[–]Crawlerado 1 point2 points ago

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Chris Rock

If a homeless person has a funny sign, he hasn't been homeless that long.

A REAL homeless person, is too hungry, to be funny.

[–]Wuhchuknow 4 points5 points ago

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I bought this guy a hot dog and soda from the costco he hangs out by once. It was awesome.

[–]mexicodoug 1 point2 points ago

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Which? The hot dog or the soda or the costco?

[–]Yargyarg 3 points4 points ago*

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Such contrived bullshit, pain and sufferring is relative, not absolute. If I've never been homeless, wrecking my car might be the worst thing that has ever happened to me, where if I've never wrecked my car having my girl friend dumping me might be the worst. Humans can only compare things internally in any realistic manner, I can only truly comprehend the bad thing that's happening to me now to the bad things that have already happened to me.

Yes, I can understand and empathize with someone else's pain but empathy and actually feeling something are two wholly different things. I can look at someone starving and empathize with their situation but I've never gone a week without full nourishment so I can't fully understand it.

A sign like this basically preys on a well-off person's guilt for not having experienced true hard-ship and you know what? That's bullshit. No one should feel guilty because of circumstance, not yours or someone else's. My feelings aren't all of a sudden diminished because of someone else's feelings and I don't automatically feel better knowing someone else is worse off than me. What pisses me off the most about this is it's almost based on the premise that I should get some sort of joy out of the fact this guy doesn't have a home which is another ploy to try and make me feel unwarranted guilt.

[–]Fyrus 2 points3 points ago

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I'm with this guy. Said homeless person isn't trying to make you feel better about not being homeless, he's making you think that he's a nice guy you should give change to.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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You are missing the point...

[–]Yargyarg 0 points1 point ago

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You are missing my point...

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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your point isn't relative to the picture at hand, he isn't trying to make you feel guilt, but rather the joy that you are not him...

[–]Yargyarg 2 points3 points ago

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Yup, definitely didn't get my point.

[–]lukasbradley 1 point2 points ago

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WRONG. He's trying to get change so he can buy beer.

[–]cthorm 1 point2 points ago

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I see this guy every morning on my commute (Mar Vista to Santa Monica via Abbot Kinney).

The best part, to me, is that his sign is the backside of a "No Parking between 2 AM and 7 AM" traffic sign.

[–]0tosh 3 points4 points ago

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Just think of all the sweet, sweet karma you could've had.

[–]fatpplarehard2kidnap 1 point2 points ago

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If he could trade his heart for some crack, then he would be heartless.

[–]absolutmenk 1 point2 points ago

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I try to be efficient when I help out the homeless. I would rather buy a small present in the store I go into than come out with change. A cold beverage on a hot day is always an appreciated present.

[–]mexicodoug 5 points6 points ago*

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When they're looking a bit sad and worn, a line of cocaine always pops a perky smile to their face, too. I feel a warm radiance down in the middle of my chest and belly when I can bring a smile to their faces and appreciation beaming from their eyes... the hell with just tossing them a coin.

[–]BrianMatter 0 points1 point ago

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yeah. dogooder always knows best...

[–]DerpPassenger 1 point2 points ago

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Of course it doesn't; in fact, just the opposite- the homeless are a bountiful source of harvestable organs, including the heart.

[–]ase8913 1 point2 points ago

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He's still after money. He's just trying to make you feel bad for him so you will give it too him.

[–]FlyingSandwich 0 points1 point ago

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That was my first thought, but sometimes people are just really nice and want to make other people feel good. So my second thought was "Man, if it was me I'd hope that people wouldn't think I was just trying to get pity dollars..." Sometimes you've gotta look at things from multiple perspectives.

[–]fueadyeni 0 points1 point ago

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so that's where robin williams has been hiding...

[–]tubdude 0 points1 point ago

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Sillly robin williams, smiles are for kids!

[–]OsborneIRL 0 points1 point ago*

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Viggo Mortensen never breaks character

[–]sleeper141 0 points1 point ago

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who said it did?

[–]macadocious 0 points1 point ago

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Viggo Mortensen?

[–]Tommysdead 0 points1 point ago

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:(:(

[–]friendly_concierge 0 points1 point ago

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Is it wrong if I copy his text and give it to my local homeless guy?

[–]topgun169 0 points1 point ago

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Doesn't this man technically have more money than the U.S. Government?

[–]Sylraen 0 points1 point ago

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Anybody else recognize their first college math professor?

Be strong, Ron Levy. Someday people will understand your genius.

[–]teriyakininja7 0 points1 point ago

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Its funny how homeless people and like, people in third world/developing nations (I grew up in the Philippines. Now in the US), usually seem to complain about life significantly less than people in the US.

[–]blueooze 0 points1 point ago

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Of course it doesn't. What kind of a title is this?

[–]moogoo2 0 points1 point ago

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I've always hated the mentality that just because someone else has it worse, you don't have it bad.

[–]Tennisinnet 0 points1 point ago

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For some reason I think he might be happier than quite a few people.

[–]abnerdude 0 points1 point ago

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Thank you. That made me smile. :)

[–]davidofderbyshire 0 points1 point ago

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If I saw this guy with this sign, I'd give him every last penny I have.

[–]metalballsack 1 point2 points ago

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You must not live near many homeless, or you'd be penniless.

[–]davidofderbyshire 0 points1 point ago

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I live in London.

The homeless here are not as creative as this fellow.

[–]cragnore 0 points1 point ago

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I would give this man a 20.

[–]lodossheros 0 points1 point ago

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well because of that sign i ain't gonna give him a dollar.

[–]likelylying 0 points1 point ago

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A homeless person told me and a group of friends once to cheer up when we were walking down the streets of downtown Vancouver. I guess we looked depressed but we were just tired. It was one of the things I've always remembered from the trip though.

[–]lukasbradley 0 points1 point ago

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Did you give him money?

[–]likelylying 0 points1 point ago

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He had said it just as last of us passed him, so I'm not sure if it was his intention. So no.

[–]lukasbradley 0 points1 point ago

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That was his intention.

[–]likelylying 0 points1 point ago

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Then he should have said it when there was some opportunity. Doesn't really makes sense to say it when we all passed him already.

[–]sabin357 1 point2 points ago

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I have limited experience with the homeless, but I have helped a little. What I took away from it was that they were more thankful & full of love than the average person. I'm sure that isn't always the case, but it's been my experience.

[–]purplemacaroni -1 points0 points ago

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What a sweetie.

[–]He11razor -1 points0 points ago

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This guy probably makes bank standing there like that.

[–]A_Slow_Descent -1 points0 points ago

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except I already submitted this 2 months ago

[–]woes -4 points-3 points ago

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Smile! It could be worse, you could be my child! Have a blessed day.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points ago

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This guy would get $20 from me!

[–]CooCooAchoo -1 points0 points ago

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Good on him. If I could I'd buy him a meal and give him a fiver.

[–]newishjigger -1 points0 points ago

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...and just because they have hearts doesn't mean they aren't subhuman fucking animals.

[–]dudecoolname -1 points0 points ago

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Agreed.

Not possessing a home or shelter has never been scientifically correlated with an absence of one's cardiac muscle.

[–]angrykoreanman -1 points0 points ago

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give.. him.. ALL THE MONEY :(

[–]cavkie -1 points0 points ago

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Fake! This man is not homeless, he is comedian!

[–][deleted] -5 points-4 points ago

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get a fucking job, loser

why the fuck should I give my money to a worthless pissant like you? What do I owe you for? That's right, nothing.

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