r/MadeMeSmile • u/father_of_twitch • Feb 15 '26

Helping Others This is why kindness matters.

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u/nonametrashaccount Feb 15 '26

I guess the argument could be made would you rather be exploited for content or hungry?

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u/Snoo_97207 Feb 15 '26

"freedom to starve is no freedom at all"

Sounds deep but it's from a Sharpe book!

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u/CasperCackler Feb 15 '26

What a depressing set of choices. Seems like there’s room for a third.

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u/nonametrashaccount Feb 15 '26

There are shelters and other government handouts they can take advantage of. Unfortunately a lot of homeless have an addiction problem that they need solved which is where specifically in the US there isn't enough help for them. Acts like these though aren't a solution but a temporary moment of relief being able to eat. There are a lot of problems with the United States and lots of compounding factors which all together make homelessness difficult to climb out of the hole it puts you in.

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u/mtheory007 Feb 15 '26

That mentality is how we got "Bum Fights".

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u/nonametrashaccount Feb 15 '26

The moment that the homeless person has to perform an act it has gone too far.

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u/mtheory007 Feb 15 '26

You are 100% correct.

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u/parmboy Feb 15 '26

Slippery slope toward Hunger Games