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> I eventually concluded that […] I scared the hell out of them. They didn't want to believe that someone "like them" could end up homeless. Do you think it co
by colanderman 6y ago
> I eventually concluded that […] I scared the hell out of them. They didn't want to believe that someone "like them" could end up homeless.
Do you think it could have also been some sort of perverse jealousy on their part? You were no longer playing their game – the only game they knew how to play – yet nonetheless there you were interacting with them as an equal.
- bloaf 6y agohttps://www.npr.org/2009/07/27/111091624/homeless-man-leaves-behind-surprise-4-million https://www.npr.org/2009/07/27/111091624/homeless-man-leaves... They are few, but some people do choose that lifestyle. I also wonder, when people bemoan the number of people with PhDs working as janitors, how many of them have simply decided to play a different game.