After reading this thread I believe compassion is a trait heading towards the deep end. Even if the guy was lying what's a few bucks? Like no one here has ever played the lottery. Talk about a bigger scam. Seems like some people are more afraid of looking stupid than actually helping someone out.
It's more about not wanting to help someone that seemed to have enough money and then blew it in stupid fashion, plus he only applied for eight jobs in two months, that's nothing. There are people that really lost everything without their fault and that applied for 100+ jobs. These guys deserve the money, not him. "My 2000 Accord is trashed", well dude, at least you have a car and a place to live. Plus you got a Samsung GS 2, had 700$ guns and stuff, so what's the deal. All his fault.
Well, there you go. This is what happens. Why anyone who isn't already a public figure would have their FB on public, I don't know. Add to that twitter, and all these other sites I've never heard of, and this is what can happen. I'm not condoning what's going on here - you'll notice I'm not participating in it - I'm just making the point that it's the price you pay for promoting yourself and seeking attention via the internet. You said it much better than me. Social networking is fine if you use common sense. I have a FB account. I post pics of my boys for my family and friends to see, etc. But it sure as hell ain't public. But like you said, that's another thread.
I have plenty of compassion, but I can't show it to every single person in the world, especially someone who comes across as the OP did. When he first posted how he was hungry, I responded for him to contact a church or soup kitchen so that he could eat. That seemed to be his immediate concern. Since he was seemingly in the library for 8+ hours, it doesn't seem that he took that advice and that he was more interested in getting money.
I didn't see the thread till this morning but since I live 3 minutes from that AMC I'll be keeping my eye out for him. BMW might be right about the mental issues.
Since you were talking from such a high horse to everyone who didn't give money and since he has posted his Paypal account here, why don't you do it right now rather than "keeping an eye out", if you are so convinced?
You're a good dude Xero, but I'm not sure what or who you are upset with/at here. Sure, some guys are giving the OP a hard time, but they probably believe they are talking about someone who is taking advantage of good hearted people. If you believe otherwise, that's fine too, but I don't see why one is more valid than the other. Certainly there's a lot of information out there now that might help them come to that conclusion. I don't really think that spending has anything to do with it. If someone has bought something frivolous, that doesn't mean they will do it repeatedly or will always expect others to correct their mistakes. Not sure what the relation there is supposed to be. No one said that people aren't sometimes bad with money. I don't think it's necessarily about that. It's not about compassion; certainly there needs to be a lot more of that in the world. But people who are actually taking advantage/scamming those that do have have a good heart are doing just as much damage to the state of the world as anything else. No reason to not be cautious, reward those who are just taking advantage, and make things worse for those who actually need help.
what a terrible comparison. I mean truly terrible. People know the odds of lottery. It's public knowledge. It's a game. People "play" it for fun.
well I was skeptical on this whole thing to begin with. It's great that people tried to help and all, but I thought this seemed fairly transparent from the get go.
From now on, I only donate to proven Rush fans and I can determine if you are a true Rush fan with a very difficult questionnaire. True Rush fans have a good heart in my book. But, you better have a good story to go with...and a beat up car with a special needs kid or equivalent. lol.
I dont think he was speaking from a position of "high horse"...Im in agreement with him that its okay for people have compassion and to throw him a few bucks. Saying this and giving him money are two different things. I think its great that people gave him a bone. I personally didnt give him money, not because I dont agree with the idea, but because I help out people in need in other ways. Unfortunately, I am not superman and I dont have unlimited funds, so I can only do so much...and when I help others, I prefer to do it within my scope of expertise.
QFT. A couple bucks to an organization can get so much more mileage than a couple bucks to an individual.
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I'm not upset. Merely pointing out the hypocritical POVs that some have brought to the table when criticizing the kid's public spending habits. Most people make dumb purchases. It doesn't mean that they don't deserve a meal when they're broke.
I don't disagree with this, but you can't judge people's compassion level by whether or not they donate cash to some stranger on the internet who may or may not buy and sell guns on the side.
Now this thread is getting boring. Just endless debates about why we should/shouldn't give the kid money.
