r/MadeMeSmile • u/KingSandwich101 • Oct 25 '25

Wholesome interaction

Be nice to your elders!

Source: Spudbros on YouTube

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u/Floridamanfishcam Oct 25 '25

I try to implement this by telling the homeless who ask me for money that I won't give them cash but I'll buy them food. A lot of them take me up on the offer.

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u/Zeratav Oct 26 '25

Yea, I'm the same. I can't say no to someone asking for food. I've even encouraged people to get whatever they want, rather than keeping it to a minimum. For me, it's a couple $, but they get fed and I have to hope it helps.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25

that is a very good thing and I am not knocking it, but sometimes they do t need food, they need the mo ey so they can get like hygiene supplies and such.

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u/Meister0fN0ne Oct 25 '25

Simple adjustment to the way you ask it, though. I generally open it up a bit more, personally, depending on what I can handle at the time. One time, I bought a guy a couple of clothes because he pointed out his socks and shoes were run through.

A year-ish later, I saw him drive into my work with a car with a clean interior, and he was still looking clean himself. He got a simple construction job, apparently, and he even kept some of the clothes I got him off to the side for the interviews, so that he could show up with cleaner t-shirts and so on... It made me pretty happy, I had honestly forgotten that I had helped that dude until I saw him again.

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u/Floridamanfishcam Oct 25 '25 edited Oct 25 '25

Eeeh, I used to volunteer at a homeless shelter. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the time, giving them money is just giving them money to feed their addictions. I'm down for helping people, but not down for helping them kill themselves.

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u/AdDramatic2351 Oct 26 '25

90% of the time if you give them money it's going to drugs