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Yea, I wasn't saying Jess was a bad parent (I have no idea) I was just saying you would think he'd be over talking about how much he parties. Whatever.
At least use the whole quote please, the derisive remark at the end is what upset me about his comment since it implies immaturity as a parent on my part. Like I said I have taken it to the grievances thread however.
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He implied I am a poor parent because I go out and party and there is no other way to interpret it in my opinion.
Jess, coming from a lurker who actually respects your posts on here, I can't say that I agree with your assessment. You appear to be in the small minority of people that believe NoD was calling out your parenting skills. That's certainly not how I took it when I read his comment.
Having said that, NoD did insult you...But NoD is prone to being a jerkstore sometimes (who isn't). And none of that is news.
Yea, I wasn't saying Jess was a bad parent (I have no idea) I was just saying you would think he'd be over talking about how much he parties. Whatever.
As much as I do not understand this statement. Can we just get on with the thread? Or monkeybunny, if you think it has served its purpose we can lock it up.
I just posted to say I met this homeless guy and talked with him and gave him some money and the whole experience really left an impression on me. I'll leave the lock decision up to you guys (the mods) Jess and NoDepression.
One day I was walking home from class in Philadelphia when an older woman wearing a relatively nice suit, hat, and jewelry came up to me with tears in her eyes. She said that she got into an argument with her husband and that he kicked her out of the car and stranded her in the city. She needed money to get home because her purse was still in the car. I gave her a $10 bill and went on my way. It felt good to help a person in distress…
Several months later I was walking home from class in Philadelphia when the same woman wearing the same outfit came up to me on the same block with tears in her eyes. She clearly did not remember me, as I must have been one of many people she has scammed. I let her tell me the entire story and then said “Quack you!”
I don’t give money to strangers anymore.
Last Edit: Jul 20, 2012 15:00:12 GMT -5 by werther - Back to Top
One day I was walking home from class in Philadelphia when an older woman wearing a relatively nice suit, hat, and jewelry came up to me with tears in her eyes. She said that she got into an argument with her husband and that he kicked her out of the car and stranded her in the city. She needed money to get home because her purse was still in the car. I gave her a $10 bill and went on my way. It felt good to help a person in distress…
Several months later I was walking home from class in Philadelphia when the same woman wearing the same outfit came up to me on the same block with tears in her eyes. She clearly did not remember me, as I must have been one of many people she has scammed. I let her tell me the entire story and then said “Quack you!”
I don’t give money to strangers anymore.
Yea I've found that kind of thing to happen to me too. Maybe i'll take Juggs advice and just offer to buy food or something because of this guy at the train station begging for my change when I came out of convenience store.
This particular station usually has one or two "beggars" hanging around and i usually ignore them (because they're not really homeless....just bums) but every now and then i toss some change or a buck or two to people asking.
This last time the guy asked for any spare money. I gave the dude a dollar bill. He looked at it, looked at me, and then said "do you have any more?"
I just looked at him, laughed and said nah then walked away. I needed the rest of my change to pay for parking. If you give a mouse a cookie, he'll want a glass of milk.............
the school i teach at is in a part of town where there are always people at the stop lights. i started buying packs of peanut butter and crackers and waters at the dollar store and give them those. i think i've watched way too many episodes of intervention to give them money.
Post by easymorningrebel on Jul 20, 2012 16:28:25 GMT -5
If I want to help someone and I give them money what they do with it is up to them, I don't worry about it past that. If they are lying to me and using that money for booze or drugs that's on them. I've also given food and water as people have commented/suggested. The thing is you can only help the people that want to be helped. I worked in a homeless shelter and know that there are "career" homeless and other people who are down on their luck and struggling to survive, but you can't tell which is which by looking at someone so don't stop helping people....
I didn't stop helping them. I just stopped giving them cash money which can be exchanged for a variety of illicit substances and materials. Maybe it's unfair to presume that a homeless person will use it for that, but why risk it? If you really want to help people, you should not provide opportunities to do bad things, which is how I see giving cash.
I didn't stop helping them. I just stopped giving them cash money which can be exchanged for a variety of illicit substances and materials. Maybe it's unfair to presume that a homeless person will use it for that, but why risk it? If you really want to help people, you should not provide opportunities to do bad things, which is how I see giving cash.
Oh I understood what you were saying, and I'm glad you still help!! Wish more people did & did so more often...
One day I was walking home from class in Philadelphia when an older woman wearing a relatively nice suit, hat, and jewelry came up to me with tears in her eyes. She said that she got into an argument with her husband and that he kicked her out of the car and stranded her in the city. She needed money to get home because her purse was still in the car. I gave her a $10 bill and went on my way. It felt good to help a person in distress…
Several months later I was walking home from class in Philadelphia when the same woman wearing the same outfit came up to me on the same block with tears in her eyes. She clearly did not remember me, as I must have been one of many people she has scammed. I let her tell me the entire story and then said “Quack you!”
I don’t give money to strangers anymore.
Oh, hey this happened in Philly? Yeah. I don't normally even acknowledge the person asking for something anymore. It's so frequent on my day to day travels and I see the same people all the time. It's sad that it happens but it is the way of life, especially in urban areas. I'm glad some good came of monkeybunney's kindness. Situations like that are way too few and far between, unfortunately.
I've learned something today. If you help a homeless person out don't post that s#!t on the internet. Sure you might get a few awesome points, but people are so nutted up about the topic that you're more likely to alienate a few contributors to a forum you're posting it in. You should just keep your filthy whore mouth shut.
Wrong lesson; wrong learning, MB. What you did for that dude on the parking lot was kind, and beautiful. No reason you should ever look at it differently.
You didn't do it subject to public referendum in the first place, right? So, what has changed afterwards?
You should feel as good about it now as you (hopefully) did then. You did a tangible thing, to help a guy who'd been gone for awhile come back to what's real. There's nothing but grace in that.
Wrong lesson; wrong learning, MB. What you did for that dude on the parking lot was kind, and beautiful. No reason you should ever look at it differently.
You didn't do it subject to public referendum in the first place, right? So, what has changed afterwards?
You should feel as good about it now as you (hopefully) did then. You did a tangible thing, to help a guy who'd been gone for awhile come back to what's real. There's nothing but grace in that.
I didn't feel good. Just human.
I'd imagine "human" is the very best feeling. Pretty sure the guy you helped would agree wholeheartedly.