• someguy7734206@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I seem to recall reading somewhere that some homeless people would commit crimes so that they would be arrested and get free food and shelter.

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      1 year ago

      Honestly, as a non-homeless person the prison situation is getting more appealing in certain ways.

      Food, shelter, less expectations… Life is a fucking grind these days and it didn’t really used to be this way.

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          1 year ago

          Lol… I’m not “getting more responsibilities”.

          I’m almost 50 and have lived on my own and worked full time since I was 16.

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      1 year ago

      Not in my area. They make so much money standing on busy corners that they prefer to be homeless. I watched one for 15 minutes get 8 donations. It was all cash, so a minimum $8 for 15 min, $32/hour, tax free. They are making more money outside Walmart than working inside Walmart.

      Edit: It seams like a lot of people are mad that homeless people in my area are not committing crime so they can have a better life in jail.

      I don’t know what to tell you. I never said they don’t need help or that they have a great life or that they earn enough to get by. I said they make more money than the people who work in the Walmart that they stand in front of. There are woods behind, and they all camp out back there. I have been back there, it is quite a set-up.