"just remember no matter how bad it gets or how down you are

Now, that is funny. I'm gonna have to put that on a t-shirt.

because compassion is human nature

deep down you probably want to help the guy, but like too many of us, you turn the other way and just hope he dont ask you for any money. he is most likely very mentally ill and could use help, but the way this world works, people like him either die on the street or someone takes care of them.

actually, i walk to work a lot, or ride my bike,(two blocks from home), and i continuously give the homeless whatever change i have in my pockets, (mostly because i am not a blinger and dont carry money much, i use my card for anything. the funny thing is once you give them something, they get aggressive. now everytime i go by this one guy here in chatsworth, he always hits me up. when i tell him that i don't have anything,(which, when i don't i really don't), he tells me i'm lying to him.

there was a time around 2000-2004 when i was djing downtown a lot in dan diego's gaslamp district that i was living the high life and eating expensive dinners who the club owners and shit before gigs that i would make people box the extras and we would go around and give it to the homeless in downtown. the city has run a lot of them off with the new ballpark coming in and such, but in those days downtown was a really tight knit area and everyone knew everyone and such and so forth.

what is sad is that you can't help everyone. that sucks.

the superman guy i am talking about, my buddy always helps him (i dont live over there), and the gas station takes care of him too. one time he ran away because he's loony and all and had delusional thoughts, and the gas station guys went looking for him and brought him back to the shed so he had a place to stay.

i have to admit that some of them here in l.a. are scary and aggressive and if you don't help them, they cuss at you. one time i tried to give a guy some untouched, uneaten on leftovers from a restaurant all bagged up nice and shit, and he said "i don't want that, you got a couple bucks for a 40 ouncer?"

i'll give em food and try to help, but if they just want to get loaded, i don't want to contribute to their problems.

i like that quote

sicc quote

cool. i just thought this would be a drama.
lol

Most troubles fade.

ADG

So you're just assuming because he's homeless & thinks he's superman that he's black?

Racist.


















Seriously though, this was the first pic I thought of before opening this thread haha!

this guy is actually a white guy in his 40's, but this is also the pic i knew would see this thread.

superman is the reference i am positive since i didnt mention anything about his race.

hehe

I hear you - most images you see of Jesus in this country depict a white guy...I just posted the first funny superman pic I could find.



Fact: There are more homeless white people than black people in the U.S.

ADG

Funny pic. Thanks for sharing

what does this thread mean?

haha...great saying!

ummmmmm....ok

bumpppppppp 3

he needs medicine its sad.

Aww A1R3K, you need a pick me up? Here ya go:

My old office was on La Brea and Hollywood...It never ceased to amaze me the sad amount of homeless and downtrodden LA was able to generate. You would see the usual faces day in and day out through the office window, but new comers all the time, truly depressing.

Only so many people you can help, and moreover even fewer who put it to proper use or are even genuinely appreciative experience has taught me. Perhaps its a degenerative outlook, but its real. I'll still toss a few bucks from my car window to help someone panhandling on the freeway exits and such... but it's tough not to become immune to the depravity of the situation.

love that quote!

it may sound funny in the end but it's always true...

So, basically he is saying that they aren't actually, "coming to look for me?"

Now I'm really depressed.

lol Very profound and wise.

yah, they care, they just can't find their car keys to come looking for you.