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i was once hitchhiking through neslon bc with a friend when this crazy old hippie popped out of the bushes near the overpass. he gave us a couple oranges, while we all sat down and smoked a bowl. i was broke and hungry as fuck, so i sucked that orange down with ease. haflway through the guy tells us he plucked them from the dumpster behind the grocery store. at first i was like "oh fuck", but then i realizd that there was in fact nothing wrong with that orange at all, an it did have a peel. so whatever!
i'm glad that crazy drifter hooked me up with a perfectly good orange that otherwise would have went to waste now. it made me realize just how much perfectly good food we put to waste while thousands starve. i've seen the bottom of the barrel a couple times. i think more people should lose themselves as a learning experience. i'm glad i did. i appreciate what i do have in life that much more, and i've learnt some of the most important lessons in life this way. some of the wisest and most intelligent people i've ever met are hiding at soup kitchens and living behind dumpsters...
i'd rather sit and have a smoke with some street kids or listen to some whacked out old bum give me his views on life, than wine and dine with some rich asshole any day of the week. don't get me wrong, i don't walk around ating out of garbage cans, i live quite comfortably now, but to someone who is willing to eat out of that garbage can, it could be the difference between life and death...
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