Preach! These lazy bums need to pick themselves up by the bootstraps.
When I was young, I would work hard during Summer at McDonalds and pay for my college, buy a house and a car. Nowadays nobody wants to work!!!
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MrVilliam@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Thankfully, nobody ever becomes homeless due to losing their job and struggling to find a new one. Robust social safety nets have ensured that the only people who find themselves homeless are lazy pieces of shit who are actively trying to be in their situation. They prey upon people’s generosity by begging in the streets and raking in 6 figures.
Big fat fucking /s because holy shit, I’ve actually encountered people who believe bullshit like that. I lived in my car for a little while, but thankfully I still had a job and there was a shower I could use at work. Only an absolute fucking ghoul would prey upon the unhoused.
radiohead37@lemmynsfw.com 1 week ago
misteloct@lemmy.world 1 week ago
“I knew a guy who made some bad choices and lost his home. Therefore all homeless people made bad choices and are lazy. I gave a beggar $20 once so that makes me an expert.”
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 week ago
I gave a beggar $20 once so that makes me an expert.
Reminds me of this:
The only thing punks and old nazis in my German hometown had in common was their love of dogs, often German shepherds.
I witnessed the following scene:
Punks with dogs are begging. Old man with shepherd dog says “I’ll give you €20 if you spend it on dog food.” Punks answer: “Nah man, we’re gonna spend it on beer”
You see they could have just taken the money. How’s the old guy going to make sure?barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 5 days ago
The old guy makes sure by buying dog food at the store, and giving it to the punks instead of cash.
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
My mom hasn’t worked in a decade. Survives off of snap and my dad’s SSDI survivor benefits. She STILL buys the whole welfare queen narrative. “They live ten, twelve to a house, ain’t none of them got jobs, but they all got nice cars!”
Guess they’re just smarter than you, ma. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
MrVilliam@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Perfect. I said something similar the last time this sort of rhetoric came out of a coworker’s mouth. Literally what I said about begging on the streets and making 6 figures was what he said. I said “that’s not happening, at least not for more than maybe up to 5 people, and if you don’t believe me then why don’t you just do that instead of working harder and making less?” The response was some bullshit about not wanting to be a drain on society and how he would feel bad taking money he didn’t earn. And yet his goal is to buy a few houses and rent them out so his housing is paid for by other people. Pointing out the irony to him would be a waste of breath.
Of course she does. She is said welfare queen. I’m sure she’d try to explain how it’s not the same thing, but the reality is that she believes that’s she’s earned (there’s that word again) what she’s receiving, implying that others haven’t. I would have trouble maintaining a close relationship with somebody who holds these beliefs.
singletona@lemmy.world 1 week ago
My twin and my sister are both incapable of work and full time care.
Mom pulls up ONE person on tiktok whining their brand new care has to be given up so they can stay on SSI as proof the whole system is infested by scammers.