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Who the fuck are you? Imagine having nothing and then being told you can't have the companionship of a dog or even cheap beer because that means you aren't int

by calt 9y ago

Who the fuck are you? Imagine having nothing and then being told you can't have the companionship of a dog or even cheap beer because that means you aren't interested in changing your situation.

noworld 9y ago
I'm the person that would rather have clean clothes and a shower, then get a job, washer, dryer, and bed, and THEN worry about the dog and cheap beer later. This is an article about people that can't suppress an urge right now for long term gains and it holds them in perpetual poverty. That's who the fuck I am.
- lazerpants 9y ago
  Do you have any experience with actually being this poor and desperate? There's no way to dig yourself out of a pit like this with an extra $12 bucks a month...
  - marak830 9y ago
    I do. No that extra $12 won't help you get out, but God's be damned drinking myself stupid certainly didn't.(I tried drinking it, that certainly didn't help). What I did see, and realised more and more as I struggled, was that those few drinks was just an excuse for the people around me, to not do anything. Oh sure, when there was a bunch of us, they were rather elequent I. Their own way, about what they would do - tomorrow, or perhaps next week, or even once they had just a few more dollars. It never happened though. Out of everyone I grew up with, I am the only one to actually get out. Which shames me, I often wonder what I could do to have helped more, to bring people with me. But then I remember what it was like there. Those $12 a month spent drinking isn't money that could be saved, it's the opposite, the temporary high that ruins you for many more hours than it provides.
    - fencepost 9y ago
      Three six packs is not really a whole lot of drinking for a month, and given lack of running water it could just as easily be a way to keep a beverage around that's probably cheaper than soft drinks. It's also the kind of thing that you can offer to a friend without saying "hang on let me go get the hose from my brother's house." And I'm pretty sure the "Slim Jim" mentioned are room temperature shelf stable sausage sticks, individually packaged and probably handy for someone possibly with no refrigeration.
- rbanffy 9y ago
  Try this before judging: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/11/your-brain-on-poverty-why-poor-people-seem-to-make-bad-decisions/281780/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/11/your-br... It's not easy for them.

by calt 9y ago

Who the fuck are you? Imagine having nothing and then being told you can't have the companionship of a dog or even cheap beer because that means you aren't interested in changing your situation.

noworld 9y ago

I'm the person that would rather have clean clothes and a shower, then get a job, washer, dryer, and bed, and THEN worry about the dog and cheap beer later. This is an article about people that can't suppress an urge right now for long term gains and it holds them in perpetual poverty. That's who the fuck I am.

lazerpants 9y ago
Do you have any experience with actually being this poor and desperate? There's no way to dig yourself out of a pit like this with an extra $12 bucks a month...
- marak830 9y ago
  I do. No that extra $12 won't help you get out, but God's be damned drinking myself stupid certainly didn't.(I tried drinking it, that certainly didn't help). What I did see, and realised more and more as I struggled, was that those few drinks was just an excuse for the people around me, to not do anything. Oh sure, when there was a bunch of us, they were rather elequent I. Their own way, about what they would do - tomorrow, or perhaps next week, or even once they had just a few more dollars. It never happened though. Out of everyone I grew up with, I am the only one to actually get out. Which shames me, I often wonder what I could do to have helped more, to bring people with me. But then I remember what it was like there. Those $12 a month spent drinking isn't money that could be saved, it's the opposite, the temporary high that ruins you for many more hours than it provides.
  - fencepost 9y ago
    Three six packs is not really a whole lot of drinking for a month, and given lack of running water it could just as easily be a way to keep a beverage around that's probably cheaper than soft drinks. It's also the kind of thing that you can offer to a friend without saying "hang on let me go get the hose from my brother's house." And I'm pretty sure the "Slim Jim" mentioned are room temperature shelf stable sausage sticks, individually packaged and probably handy for someone possibly with no refrigeration.
rbanffy 9y ago
Try this before judging: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/11/your-brain-on-poverty-why-poor-people-seem-to-make-bad-decisions/281780/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/11/your-br... It's not easy for them.