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Just Because You're Homeless
Is it wrong to hate the homeless? I don’t give a shit. I hate them anyway. Why? It’s because the majority of them are just plain worthless. There is an old adage that says “a laborer is worthy of his hire”... or something like that. This goes for everyone, from the rich in their mansions to the homeless in their feces filled sleeping bags. You only get what you put into this sadistic game called life. The problem is that most of these assholes want something without putting in any effort whatsoever. That's bullshit. Why is it that these human stains think they are worth our hard earned money? Living in Berkeley California, a city tainted by the communist hippy era, I cannot walk the half mile to school without being mobbed by dead beats and alcoholics looking for a handout. They are enabled by people who actually believe they are helping them. Just the other day I witnessed some asshole driving around handing out hot meals to two sidewalk philosophers. As I was walking behind the two "victims" of capitalist greed, I overheard them debating the single most pressing problem they had; where to get drunk. Look, I'm all for helping people in need that will actually use our help to better themselves but I will be god damned if I will help anyone that is unwilling to help themselves. It seems as though handing a bum money has become socially expected the same way gratuity has. Why the fuck should I give you what little change I have just because you ask for it? Why the fuck should I be guilted into giving you my money because you failed at life? Because Jesus says so? I don’t believe in Jesus. Try something else. Because it’s the right thing to do? Bullshit. The right thing to do would be for you to stop being a lazy piece of shit and earn the god damn quarter. There is little difference between me and the drunks on the street. This much I will admit. Neither of us work, we are both living on a handout and we sleep more than is physically needed. The only difference is that I have to wake up at 7:00 a.m. and go to school for 8 hours a day to get my handout. I have to then come home and do homework until my eyes bleed to put a quarter in my cup. All of this will result in me one day paying much more back to society than I ever took. So why the fuck should I feel sorry for a smelly sack of shit that lies around all day? I don’t. There is this old Asian homeless dude I see when I’m walking home from school that never asks for a dime. He is always busy collecting cans and cleaning the sidewalk. He's out earning his quarter. Despite his living situation, he is doing what is within his means to contribute to society. That’s a man worthy of his hire. If he stopped, wiped the sweat from his brow and said “Hey man, you spare change for water? All this work make me thirsty.” I’d be like “Fuck yeah, you earned it Chong-Li”. But no, most of the folks “living off the land” do nothing but sit around all day and beg for shit. Some have even tried to get cute and inventive. There is this guy I saw the other day that kept chanting “Need some change for beer, gotta get drunk tonight”. Is that supposed to be funny? Fuck you. Just because you think you're being “honest”, does not excuse the fact that you are a worthless sack of shit.
What pisses me off more than anything else is the stupid replies they give you when you don’t give them money. Here are a two of my favorites. “God Bless You” – God bless me? The fact that I am not you is proof that god has blessed me thousands of times over. What the fuck do you know about god? Sure Jesus was all about living a minimalist existence but I’m pretty sure he didn’t spend all his time turning water into wine to get shit faced. He also used his time to help man kind by teaching others rather than hijacking bus stops and rendering community parks useless. Just because you live in “nature” doesn’t mean you are spiritual. It means you are a broke ass mother fucker and nothing more. Don’t bring god into your pathetic little existence that consists only of malt liquor and free soup. “Thank You” – It’s as if the guilt balled up inside of me for years and years and years will finally come flooding out because some hygienically challenged Mongol said thank you when I didn’t give him a handout. Good going, instead of wanting to help you I now want to punch you in the face. What ever. Fuck off. This is the reason bums get beat up. Most of my readers don’t know that I used to be homeless. I spent the first two years of my adult life living behind dumpsters and sleeping in parking garages. So don’t think I am some unsympathetic spoiled rich kid bashing the homeless from my hilltop estate. I’ve been there and lived that life. I spent 2 years in a worthless state of existence, not because I was wronged in life, but because I was too god damn lazy to do anything of worth. Do you know how I got out of the gutter? It’s not because someone came up to me and gave me a house and a nice car. It took a lot of hard work and dedication, the very opposite of what got me into the gutter in the first place. But that task is way too overwhelming for most people. Then there are the people that look at the homeless as the victims of alcoholism or mental problems. Of course it is true that the majority of people that are homeless are afflicted with these issues, but it is still no excuse. There exists hundreds of services to help people with alcohol and drug problems overcome their issues. There exist hundreds of services to help people with mental issues. The fact is that most of these people are aware of their ailments but choose to do nothing about them. How can you feel sorry for someone who has given up? Fuck that. I won't. The bottom line is that just because you are homeless doesn’t mean you have to be worthless. It doesn’t take much to earn a quarter. This guy has it down to a science.
-= Bagoda =- |
