My new hobby, and how to finance it
It was a joke, thus the smiley face. I don't even believe in God.Quote: billryanQuote: AxelWolfGod doesn't love the homeless, that's exactly why he made them homeless 😊Quote: billryanIt is a much colder night than last night. I returned home to pick up some extra blankets and hats. Lots more people on the streets compared to last night. It seems to go in cycles. I'm debating if I'll return tonight, although I'm running low on food and my next shipment is ten days away.
God loves the homeless, as he keeps making so many of them
. Some organization must have been handing out movers' blankets in the park as some people were wearing them as blankets, others had made them into ponchos,A- frames, or in some cases, had put together shelter halves.
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Thats ignorant.
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If you think BTC is a big sham and poor investment have a look into religion it's the biggest scam and bad investment of them all.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: billryanQuote: AxelWolfGod doesn't love the homeless, that's exactly why he made them homeless 😊Quote: billryanIt is a much colder night than last night. I returned home to pick up some extra blankets and hats. Lots more people on the streets compared to last night. It seems to go in cycles. I'm debating if I'll return tonight, although I'm running low on food and my next shipment is ten days away.
God loves the homeless, as he keeps making so many of them
. Some organization must have been handing out movers' blankets in the park as some people were wearing them as blankets, others had made them into ponchos,A- frames, or in some cases, had put together shelter halves.
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We waste so much as a society and it’s apparently the cause of homelessness, but, it means nothing else other than we can afford to waste stuff and people will always take advantage of that
Thats ignorant.
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God is actually rewarding them because he has people like you giving them free stuff all the time so they can keep their lifestyle going. How long do you think they'd remain homeless if people stop giving them crap all the time. I can guarantee you they wouldn't be homeless very long they'd move on to find something else. I know exactly how these people think cuz I dealt with them every day for 3 years. We are just chumps to them that they can live off of.
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Are you saying that if I stop feeding them, they'll move on and homelessness will be cured? Or is this just another EB nutterbuger where you say a lot without actually saying anything?
Quote: billryanI've come to the conclusion your guarentees are worth about as much as the rest of your drivel.
Are you saying that if I stop feeding them, they'll move on and homelessness will be cured? Or is this just another EB nutterbuger where you say a lot without actually saying anything?
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You as a single person have nothing to do with anything. It's society as a whole that treats whole sections of it as victims and keeps them in perpetual victimhood. My only point was don't think that they view you as some kind of a hero because you give them a few things. They think of you it's just another chump who enables them to keep living their lifestyle. You are an enabler, plain and simple. If that lights your fire and floats your boat, oh well. Elon Musk said it pretty well a few weeks ago that giving away money constructively is one of the hardest things he does. Because it's very easy just to throw money at something when you have a lot of it and think you're doing good when there's a pretty strong chance all you're doing is keeping the problem going. And that works on every level of charity. Like I said before I used to do this when I lived in California until I found out how they really thought about me then I said screw you, and I quit.
They aren't cats. I don't expect them to lionize me because I feed them.
If you find out how the forum really feels about you, will you quit here?
Quote: billryanBob knows. I mean he used to live in California.
They aren't cats. I don't expect them to lionize me because I feed them.
If you find out how the forum really feels about you, will you quit here?
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California has nothing to do with anything, it's just where I got to know homeless people. If we have them in West Michigan I've never seen them. Not anywhere not once. I'm sure there are some but living here in the winter would be a nightmare, it was five below zero two nights ago.
When I was thirsty, you gave me to drink
Whatsover you do, for the least of my people
That you do onto me.
Quote: billryanWhen I was hungry, you gave me to eat
When I was thirsty, you gave me to drink
Whatsover you do, for the least of my people
That you do onto me.
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If you give a man a fish he eats for a day.
If you teach a man to fish he eats for a lifetime.
See there, I can play that game too.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: billryanWhen I was hungry, you gave me to eat
When I was thirsty, you gave me to drink
Whatsover you do, for the least of my people
That you do onto me.
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If you give a man a fish he eats for a day.
If you teach a man to fish he eats for a lifetime.
See there, I can play that game too.
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If you build a man a fire, he’s warm for a night.
If you light a man on fire, he’s warm for life.
Quote: AxelWolfIt was a joke, thus the smiley face. I don't even believe in God.Quote: billryanQuote: AxelWolfGod doesn't love the homeless, that's exactly why he made them homeless 😊Quote: billryanIt is a much colder night than last night. I returned home to pick up some extra blankets and hats. Lots more people on the streets compared to last night. It seems to go in cycles. I'm debating if I'll return tonight, although I'm running low on food and my next shipment is ten days away.
God loves the homeless, as he keeps making so many of them
. Some organization must have been handing out movers' blankets in the park as some people were wearing them as blankets, others had made them into ponchos,A- frames, or in some cases, had put together shelter halves.
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Thats ignorant.
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If you think BTC is a big sham and poor investment have a look into religion it's the biggest scam and bad investment of them all.
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Religion is the middle man between individuals and God. I'm not big on religion, but I'm big on God. "I've read the great philosophies of
Plato, Christ and Socrates, and I live by most their rules".
I contribute to a number of religious charities that do work in areas I support. I believe in the mission of St. Judes and have not seen evidence of dishonesty. I work with a man who supplies nanny goats to young girls in Mexico and don't think he's pocketed a penny beyond his basic needs. I can understand disliking religion, but you really should respect the men and women who dedicate their lives to helping their fellow men. The vast majority of them have good intentions.
We have pointed out that feeding wildlife in this manner is illegal. We have told her that forestry experts claim that feeding the wildlife in this way is hurtful to the animals in the long term; and that no experts claim that it is helpful.
My friend doesn't care what we say. Feeding the wildlife gives her pleasure. It makes her feel as if she is being virtuous; she is showing compassion for the poor deer. "I LOVE animals." she says.
I won't belabor the obvious parallelism.
Quote: gordonm888I have a friend who spends >$200/month to buy feed at a farm supply store; everyday she feeds 6 deer that come into her backyard from the woods that adjoin her property.
We have pointed out that feeding wildlife in this matter is illegal. We have told her that forestry experts claim that feeding the wildlife in this way is hurtful to the animals in the long term; and that no experts claim that it is helpful.
My friend doesn't care what we say. Feeding the wildlife gives her pleasure. It makes her feel as if she is being virtuous; she is showing compassion for the poor deer. "She LOVES animals." she says.
I won't belabor the obvious parallelism.
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That is sad.
Quote: billryanWhen I was hungry, you gave me to eat
When I was thirsty, you gave me to drink
Whatsover you do, for the least of my people
That you do onto me.
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Yes that is true. I learned that as a former Catholic schoolboy. We even had a song we sung it as, and the melody stays with me to this day. For technical theological reasons I do not practice, but I am thankful for the good education and moral background I got from the Church.
As I became older and more experienced, I learned about 3 different Goods- look good, feel good, and do good. Most of us like to look good and feel good, and we can usually recognize which things do that. And we often confuse looking good and feeling good with doing good, as what actually does good is harder for us to distinguish. Sometimes we are like children with candy and cake, convinced that what tastes good, to us, is what we should be eating. Or perhaps like the bums themselves who, at least at one time, believed the feel-good they got from their drugs and alcohol actually did them good. Only those of us watching, who were not deceived by the feeling the substances were giving, could see what they were really doing.
In advantage play itself these 3 Goods have to remain clarified and distinguished. There is that which will make me look like a stud and a high roller at the table. There is that which will make me feel like a champion. And then there is that which is actually +EV.
Quote: billryanQuote: gordonm888I have a friend who spends >$200/month to buy feed at a farm supply store; everyday she feeds 6 deer that come into her backyard from the woods that adjoin her property.
We have pointed out that feeding wildlife in this matter is illegal. We have told her that forestry experts claim that feeding the wildlife in this way is hurtful to the animals in the long term; and that no experts claim that it is helpful.
My friend doesn't care what we say. Feeding the wildlife gives her pleasure. It makes her feel as if she is being virtuous; she is showing compassion for the poor deer. "She LOVES animals." she says.
I won't belabor the obvious parallelism.
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That is sad.
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What's sad is the connection seems totally lost on you..
Are they homeless deer?Quote: gordonm888I have a friend who spends >$200/month to buy feed at a farm supply store; everyday she feeds 6 deer that come into her backyard from the woods that adjoin her property.
We have pointed out that feeding wildlife in this matter is illegal. We have told her that forestry experts claim that feeding the wildlife in this way is hurtful to the animals in the long term; and that no experts claim that it is helpful.
My friend doesn't care what we say. Feeding the wildlife gives her pleasure. It makes her feel as if she is being virtuous; she is showing compassion for the poor deer. "She LOVES animals." she says.
I won't belabor the obvious parallelism.
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Quote: AxelWolfAre they homeless deer?Quote: gordonm888I have a friend who spends >$200/month to buy feed at a farm supply store; everyday she feeds 6 deer that come into her backyard from the woods that adjoin her property.
We have pointed out that feeding wildlife in this matter is illegal. We have told her that forestry experts claim that feeding the wildlife in this way is hurtful to the animals in the long term; and that no experts claim that it is helpful.
My friend doesn't care what we say. Feeding the wildlife gives her pleasure. It makes her feel as if she is being virtuous; she is showing compassion for the poor deer. "She LOVES animals." she says.
I won't belabor the obvious parallelism.
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Yes, they are unhoused or homeless.
