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ComradeDaryl · 09-25-2015 03:10 AM

Has anyone here thought of taking in and/or has taken in a homeless person? I always hear about homelessness in first world countries(I don't live in the States by the way, but I've visited there, and even lived there for a few years!), but no one thinks about taking them in! I bet if people started taking in homeless people today, I bet we would barely have any homeless people on Earth.

Cianna200 · 09-25-2015 03:31 AM

No but I think it's a very altruistic act that I wouldn't mind doing, I think homeless people are judged and treated with pity as if they are no longer a part of society.

ComradeDaryl · 09-25-2015 04:03 AM

I haven't taken in a homeless person in either, but I would love to as well.

**SoulRiser** · 09-25-2015 04:32 AM

Kind of like adopting a human. Razz

Though I wouldn't want to invite a random stranger to live with me... I'd have to get to know them reasonably well first.

schoolsux · 09-25-2015 07:38 AM

I would... but I'm 14 and there are very few/none in my town (I live in a VERY rich suburb, though I'm not that rich). Also my mom would probably never do it.

Also, like SoulRiser mentioned, I would also have to get to know them somewhat.

brainiac3397 · 09-25-2015 09:32 AM

Nope. Probably not. I might show them proper Turkish hospitality if they come a knocking, but I wouldn't go so far as to allow them to stay.

I view my home as a private castle, and am quite against having folk I don't know in my home. I especially hated that pig who rented a room at our home over the summer.

Course don't think I'm against homeless folk. I also hate the "anti-homeless" measures someplaces take. IMO public places should not be so discriminatory. No one chooses to be homeless by choice.

Schwag · 09-26-2015 05:48 PM

Almost every homeless person in this city is very clearly mentally ill and/or addicted to drugs.. not the type of people i want living in my house, especially if i don't know them. i always give homeless people my spare change and a cigarette or two when asked though.

brainiac3397 · 09-27-2015 06:15 AM

Some homeless folk are a bit suspicious too. Some seem to be content with the lifestyle(oddly). Do they lose their work ethics or something? I'll never know.

ComradeDaryl · 09-28-2015 03:10 AM

I'd always take in a homeless child/homeless teen if I could though.

brainiac3397 · 09-28-2015 08:42 AM

Lots of homeless in NYC. I wonder if they have any talents I could capitalize on...(clearly they'd benefit too)

Vatman · 09-28-2015 04:26 PM

I've always been fascinated by the disenfranchised, the lost, the wandering. Camping on curb-sides, re-purposing castles out of cardboard. It should be said though that "homeless" is really a poor word to describe their situation. Language is ever important and "Houseless" seems a better way to describe their situation. It's difficult to summon the courage to really speak with someone whom you've prejudged, you smell their struggle and see the danger of someone with nothing to lose.

Generally though and I do hate to generalize, they fall into categories. People with obvious mental health issues that should be receiving some sort of treatment but don't have the support network to be set up, or someone banished from society to the point where they cannot get the investment to start their lives anew. This most commonly occurs with people whom have criminal records for small crimes like possession of drugs, petty theft, ect and as such the world turns their back on them. They cannot apply for housing as most landlords don't want to risk drug networks being set up on their property and this includes housing especially set aside for ex-criminals as they would be statistically more likely to have drug related problems.

In the case of these banished people, its difficult for them to reintegrate. Even if you should go out of your way to put them up for awhile. Once you've been as dismissed as they have, been treated as less than a person for so long, discarded and abused. The wounds never fully heal. I'm not saying that you shouldn't help the houseless. It is important and noble, but just a place isn't enough; you need to be able to give them the respect and hope they need in a tangible way.

It's a great deal of responsibility, and apathy is the tool we use to handle responsibility daily. It's how we manage to live in a world where children die daily from hunger and extremely preventable diseases.

If you are serious about helping though, contact charities in your area that help the homeless. People can really surprise you when you dilute the apathy in a group.

brainiac3397 · 09-29-2015 12:01 PM

By the way, I was in NYC on sunday and saw some dude holding a sign asking for money. Funny part was what sign said. "Need money for weed. Aint no point in lying".

I recall a segment on NPR where some guy invented something for doctors or dentists or whatever and became wealthy. However bad financial decisions in real estate (right before the 2008 decline) and a scam caused him to go down the drain. Then his wife divorced him and debt forced him out of his home. He ended up homeless and one night got jumped in a park where they beat him unconcious before stealing whatever he on him.

What changed his life was a doctor after visiting the emergency room. During casual chat he told the doctor he invented the very device the doc was using and the doc was surprised(and thought it was a waste to have an inventor out on the streets). Ended up helping him get on his feet with his patents and the guy invented some sort of 6ft x 6ft survival pod for temporary shelter or something.

So beware that homeless is not an occupation(for most, there might legitamtely be some "professional hobos" out there...) IMHO the homeless folk you see are wasted labor. If I had the money (not much, just sufficient cash from stable income likely through a business venture of mine) Id certainly be checking these folk out to see if theres someway to help rebuild their lives (and make a profit for themselves and me). Unfortunately people are more inclined to ignore the homeless than think of how to productively utilize them.

ComradeDaryl · 10-06-2015 02:15 AM

We have nomads, and in many definitions, being "nomadic" is being homeless. There are lots of nomads out there doing just fine!

brainiac3397 · 10-06-2015 03:09 AM

Nomads do have homes, and have jobs that sustain them. Homeless have no home, and either no job or a job that doesnt sustain them.

Shuggy · 11-09-2015 08:29 PM

No. I dont know why they are homeless and can be dangerous.

schoolsux · 11-10-2015 10:37 AM

(11-09-2015 08:29 PM)Shuggy Wrote: No. I dont know why they are homeless and can be dangerous.

Depending on why they are homeless. If one is addicted to speed, crack, alcohol and tobacco, I would never take them in. If they were laid off, but they are decent (and not addicted to drugs, the exceptions being weed and tobacco), I would bring them in.

thewake · 11-10-2015 03:38 PM

homeless people are literally stray cats and the best thing is to let them into our homes

nevermind litter training them

Dead · 11-11-2015 04:50 AM

If they were already my friend, fine. But letting random people live in your place is a good way to get your shit stolen.

schoolsux · 11-11-2015 08:04 AM

(11-11-2015 04:50 AM)Dead Wrote: If they were already my friend, fine. But letting random people live in your place is a good way to get your shit stolen.

Why the fuck does that guy have a big thing of fudge?

ComradeDaryl · 11-11-2015 08:06 AM

(11-09-2015 08:29 PM)Shuggy Wrote: No. I dont know why they are homeless and can be dangerous.

The same thing could be said about any person who has a home or owns multiple homes.

Dead · 11-11-2015 08:20 AM

(11-11-2015 08:04 AM)schoolsux Wrote:
(11-11-2015 04:50 AM)Dead Wrote: If they were already my friend, fine. But letting random people live in your place is a good way to get your shit stolen.

Why the fuck does that guy have a big thing of fudge?

Hilarious

Username · 11-13-2015 04:49 AM

(11-11-2015 08:04 AM)schoolsux Wrote: Why the fuck does that guy have a big thing of fudge?

He's a fudgepacker.

schoolsux · 11-13-2015 08:44 AM

Fudge referring to shit for those who don't know.

Dead · 11-13-2015 08:52 AM

(11-13-2015 08:44 AM)schoolsux Wrote: Fudge referring to shit for those who don't know.

Yeah, I think we all got that.

no · 11-13-2015 11:15 AM

(11-11-2015 08:06 AM)ComradeDaryl Wrote:
(11-09-2015 08:29 PM)Shuggy Wrote: No. I dont know why they are homeless and can be dangerous.

The same thing could be said about any person who has a home or owns multiple homes.

I don't know why people who own homes are homeless?

Actually, yes. Closer to "I don't understand how to even sentence" but it counts.

#GrammarNaziParty.

schoolsux · 11-13-2015 01:33 PM

(11-13-2015 08:52 AM)Dead Wrote:
(11-13-2015 08:44 AM)schoolsux Wrote: Fudge referring to shit for those who don't know.

Yeah, I think we all got that.

That's what I thought, but for those who aren't at all intelligent...

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