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Morgan

Morgan

SUICIDEGIRL

Illinois, USA

APR 24, 2006 10:23 AM

I just need y'all to list some common assumptions that people make about homeless people. I'm going to pick ten of them and list them next to ten realities about being homeless.

Thanks ahead of time!

JayBugg

JayBugg

Fort George G Meade, MD
February 2006

APR 24, 2006 10:27 AM

homeless are drunks
homeless are blights on society
they are too lazy to get a job
its what imma be one day

PerilSensitive

PerilSensitive

Houston, TX
March 2003

APR 24, 2006 10:28 AM

Assumption 1 - Homeless people are homeless because of their own faults, drug use ... etc.

snowcherry

snowcherry

Willow Grove, PA
February 2006

APR 24, 2006 10:33 AM

whenever a homeless person asks for money, it's to buy drugs or alcohol
all homeless people are uneducated and come from poor or bad backgrounds

FridgeMagnet

FridgeMagnet

Chicago, IL
November 2004

APR 24, 2006 10:36 AM

If a homeless person has a funny sign, they haven't been homeless that long.

thorr74

thorr74

Sylvan Lake, AB
December 2004

APR 24, 2006 10:38 AM

the homeless don't have homes they could go to

legman

legman

Portland, OR
February 2006

APR 24, 2006 10:41 AM

homeless people are smelly.

Saraphine

Saraphine

SUICIDEGIRL

Pennsylvania, USA

APR 24, 2006 10:42 AM

That they could get a job if they wanted to--even if they can't afford the medication they need to not be crazy

alpha_hazard

alpha_hazard

Fort Collins, CO
April 2004

APR 24, 2006 10:43 AM

homeless people sleep in cardboard boxes and on park benches.
homeless people don't get jobs because they are lazy.
homeslessness is a choice
all homeless people are panhandlers/all panhandlers are homeless

Paul9000

Paul9000

Monterey, CA
November 2004

APR 24, 2006 10:45 AM

They are homeless by choice.
They talk to themselves.
They steal.
They don't want to improve their situation.
They urinate in public on public property.
They don't bath.
They don't brush their teeth.
They collect stray dogs.
They're alcoholics and/or drug users.
Their tax free income is more than the average American net salary.

BellJar

BellJar

I'm lost
February 2005

APR 24, 2006 10:53 AM

everyone's already listed most of the ones I would have put.

but I would also say that "all homeless people are old." just because I have worked with homeless kids, and that's definitely an aspect of homelessness that I would personally choose to cover.

to go even farther: all homeless people are old men.

Autumn

Autumn

SUICIDEGIRL

New York, USA

APR 24, 2006 10:54 AM

They have no family, or at least no one that cares.

PointBlank

PointBlank

New York, NY
November 2004

APR 24, 2006 11:28 AM

Most homeless people are chronically homeless.

TheG

TheG

Somerville, MA
February 2004

APR 24, 2006 11:55 AM

This is actually a pretty damn good list. So much so that I can't think of anything else to add. Good luck with this Morgan! kiss

reallife2010

reallife2010

Portland, OR
August 2005

APR 24, 2006 11:56 AM

(if they're kids)
They're escaping a bad home situation.
They've been abused in some way
They will think they're justified in ripping you off (society owes them)

_Tab

_Tab

USA
September 2004

APR 24, 2006 11:57 AM

Homesless people are jobless

theanimal777

theanimal777

USA
December 2002

APR 24, 2006 12:02 PM

people are homeless to piss me off.

they enjoy being homeless
they love drugs more than living in a house.

Vampirate

Vampirate

Durham, NC
October 2004

APR 24, 2006 12:33 PM

I always think homeless people seem pretty darned sad, but I'm pretty sure that's not a mis-con-or-perception.

Dark_Templar

Dark_Templar

Auburn, CA
June 2004

APR 24, 2006 12:53 PM

I used to work with homeless people alot, some things that are true, but not well known:

1. Some homeless are highly educated they just like the gypsy lifestyle
2. Homeless people will drink 'listerine' or shoe polish to get drunk
3. They live on certain 24 hour buses
4. Every bridge over a creek in a large urban area is home to between 2-8 bums (on average)
5. Many bums have damage to one or more sections of the brain (drug use, injury, disease) this keeps alot of them out of mainstream living.
6. Cops dont like bums
7. Some bus drivers love bums
8. Bums can SHIT AND SMOKE CRACK at the same time (i actually saw this)
9. They can also live under semi-trailers
10. they can be VERY INDUSTRIOUS when it comes to shelter, food and making money

10 things that people ASS-U-Me

1. Bums were born immigrants, white trash, or basically scum and that they propigate that life style due to their genes.
2. Bums dont know calculous (ive met 3 who did)
3. Bums are not intelligent
4. Bums have no money (they usually do, but who is gonna give 1$ to someone who has 100$)
5. Bums have no where to go, no set residence (every major community has hidden tent cities where groups of bums live, under bridges, inside freeway overpasses, abandoned railcars etc)
6. Bums are all crazy
7. All bums are drug users or alcoholics
8. All bums have disease
9. Bums wipe their ass with their hand (sometimes its true)
10. Bums are neglected by the govt (many programs exist to help them)

hopefully that will help wink

[Edited on Apr 24, 2006 by Dark_Templar]

Tangus

Tangus

Chicago, IL
November 2005

APR 24, 2006 01:31 PM

homeless people hate being homeless (I was shown the contrary of this when I went to NYC for three weeks)

Paul9000

Paul9000

Monterey, CA
November 2004

APR 24, 2006 01:36 PM

Dark_Templar said:
I used to work with homeless people alot, some things that are true, but not well known:

1. Some homeless are highly educated they just like the gypsy lifestyle
2. Homeless people will drink 'listerine' or shoe polish to get drunk
3. They live on certain 24 hour buses
4. Every bridge over a creek in a large urban area is home to between 2-8 bums (on average)
5. Many bums have damage to one or more sections of the brain (drug use, injury, disease) this keeps alot of them out of mainstream living.
6. Cops dont like bums
7. Some bus drivers love bums
8. Bums can SHIT AND SMOKE CRACK at the same time (i actually saw this)
9. They can also live under semi-trailers
10. they can be VERY INDUSTRIOUS when it comes to shelter, food and making money

10 things that people ASS-U-Me

1. Bums were born immigrants, white trash, or basically scum and that they propigate that life style due to their genes.
2. Bums dont know calculous (ive met 3 who did)
3. Bums are not intelligent
4. Bums have no money (they usually do, but who is gonna give 1$ to someone who has 100$)
5. Bums have no where to go, no set residence (every major community has hidden tent cities where groups of bums live, under bridges, inside freeway overpasses, abandoned railcars etc)
6. Bums are all crazy
7. All bums are drug users or alcoholics
8. All bums have disease
9. Bums wipe their ass with their hand (sometimes its true)
10. Bums are neglected by the govt (many programs exist to help them)


Was your use of the word "bum" intentinal?

Swindy

Swindy

I'm lost
March 2004

APR 24, 2006 01:45 PM

They can do it if they want, as long as they are not crazy....oh wait that one is true

Coliwali

Coliwali

I'm lost
February 2003

APR 24, 2006 01:47 PM

Many homeless people are vets.

Quirky

Quirky

Birmingham, AL
October 2005

APR 24, 2006 01:48 PM

"They have no homes."
idiotic statement, because a home is an abstract intangible concept, a state of mind.

Shal

Shal

Los Angeles, CA
October 2002

APR 24, 2006 01:52 PM

Taureolt said:
"They have no homes."
idiotic statement, because a home is an abstract intangible concept, a state of mind.




Right, then, the homeless problem is actually an issue of semantics or philosophy.

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