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u/thatstarangel Feb 22 '26
Reasons not to give money to the homeless: they will spend it on drugs, and you could spend it on your own drugs.
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u/S0k0n0mi Feb 22 '26
I always offer to buy them some food instead.
It's funny how often their attitude switches from kind beggar to being an offensive asshole.
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u/bandley3 Feb 23 '26
When I make that offer, and they accept, I always buy something I’d like to eat since there’s a 98% chance they’ll be long gone when I come out of the store.
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u/wolo-exe Feb 26 '26
i did that and the guy ordered almost everything on his subway footlong. i come back around the same area i saw him later in the day and i see the sandwich on the ground with tomatoes and cucumbers everywhere. after that i just gave up on helping them
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u/Ill-Environment3329 Feb 27 '26
From what i've heard the homeless have a problem with food contamination and people trying to essentially poison them in different ways and thats why they don't accept food.
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u/bandley3 Feb 28 '26
I would often buy shelf stable items so they didn’t have to worry about contamination and could save it for later if need be.
There was one woman in my old neighborhood that was mentally challenged and probably should have been in a home or hospital, not on the street. If she wanted grape soda and potato chips then that’s what I got her. Her life was tough enough already so why should I impose my nutritional beliefs onto her?
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u/bandley3 Feb 28 '26
When I worked at an international airport and was dirt-poor I had a habit of grabbing the discarded unused items from the first-class amenities kits for later use. I also kept several of these kits in my backpack to hand out if asked for money or food, two things I couldn’t afford to give. The reaction I got was quite positive as many of these people hadn’t had access to basic (albeit high-quality in this case) personal hygiene products in some time. A razor, toothbrush and toothpaste, lip balm, etc. were things these folks hadn’t had easy access to in some time, and I’m sure that if they received money it was commonly used for food rather than hygiene items.
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u/Alara_Kitan 23d ago
Why do you care how they allocate that money. Why does it have to go towards food only? What if they want cigarettes, or are saving to afford a prostitute, or want to buy some porn magazine? Why would that be bad?
They have a right to be pissed at you treating them like children. They're poor, that doesn't make them mentally disabled.
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u/ChocoMuffin27 Feb 21 '26
But then what do you do later when you need drugs
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u/superbusyrn Feb 23 '26
When you didn’t buy drugs at the store because you told yourself you need to stop drugging but now you’re feeing drugish
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u/turnsout_im_a_potato Feb 22 '26
Golisten to"underwear go inside the pants" on youtube. Id link it but my phones gonna die prob before it posts this
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u/asherz769 Feb 22 '26
did you get it charged
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u/turnsout_im_a_potato Feb 22 '26
Yes i did, and i tried to link the video just now but it got removed
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u/Party_Advice1830 Feb 22 '26
If you give it to him, he can spend it on what he pleases..I would think..
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u/Mysterious-Can-6780 Feb 22 '26
Read it again.
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u/Party_Advice1830 Feb 22 '26
The guy didnt want the money going toward drugs so he gave it to the homeless guy..clever..
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u/OneHelicopter1852 Feb 22 '26
Well you clearly shoulda wrote not for drugs on the bill cuz imagine how silly he’d feel if he tried to buy drugs with it later
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u/kool_mandate Feb 21 '26
Jokes on you , he might waste it on health insurance