Stupid World

[blue rider]

came accross this one.

a good one it is.

[Scuba_Steve]

Did you give him a hamburger?

And did he call you a cunt and tell you to fuck off?

Mighta chucked him a cheeseburger once, can't remember. But no never had him call me a cunt or tell me to "fuck off"

Some of my bikes aren't registered.

Is there a welfare subsidy for that?

Goda be, don't there? There's one for every fucking thing else.

Na but you can get a brand new chrysler 300c along with the yearly licences & petrol paid through WINZ

[bogan]

Now here is a guy who does thoroughly deserve a giant fuck you, on behalf of children everywhere.

http://www.upworthy.com/16-years-ago...ker?g=2&c=ufb3

[jonbuoy]

Not many if any, mainly cause if I knew them I'd probably fucking feed them... Had met Blanket Man a couple times tho

Only place I have seen real poverty first hand is Africa. I suspect India is just as shocking.

[blue rider]

Only place I have seen real poverty first hand is Africa. I suspect India is just as shocking.

Auron, south of france.


after the hubby left , young mother with two children ages 4 and 2 in a one bedroom apartment in a tiny village in the french mountains. no car, no drivers lisence, essentially trapped and unable to move. No proper educaton or job training. Married young, had her children as one does. Boom, the husband left. The hubby never paid alimony, had a new child and life with a new wife some 1000 kms away.

I paid on a few occasion food, electricity and the likes. Eventually TV 3 (regional TV in France) did a show on seasonal workers in the Mountains and they ended up showing Marie coming from work to her little one bedroom with her two children being looked after by her Mum. Two month later the City allocated her a three bedroom place.

it was india in france.


myself, after deciding not to live at home for reasons of safety. sleeping in abandoned buildings with other street kids, not knowing of any "social welfare services" that would be available because it takes time to learn the ropes. I know hunger. I have been hungry, I have been cold, and at times i did not smell nice.
I will also not forget.
I just was lucky insofar that i was so fucking naive i did not go with the men that offered help in exchange for 'being nice", i thought old geezers were disgusting at seventeen. I also did not smoke and drink, which kept me somewhat safe. And i eventually found a job that came with accommodation.

But regardless of what one wants to believe, three days on the road without access to toilets for the private business and washing facilities and one becomes the road. three days without food and one becomes angry. it goes very quick and it does exist. One just has to take of blinders to see it.

To compare us here in NZ to india is a strawman, poverty in NZ is different then poverty in India, however the effects are the same. One can not participate in society, can not find a job without an address, can not have an address without a job. Can't work when so hungry that one feels dizzy, but can't get food when out of work. Can't wash your clothes without electricity but can't hold a job when dirty.

Catch 22.

We have poor people in this country. And we are having more and more of them. Regardless if you see them or not.

[jonbuoy]

Auron, south of france.


after the hubby left , young mother with two children ages 4 and 2 in a one bedroom apartment in a tiny village in the french mountains. no car, no drivers lisence, essentially trapped and unable to move. No proper educaton or job training. Married young, had her children as one does. Boom, the husband left. The hubby never paid alimony, had a new child and life with a new wife some 1000 kms away.

I paid on a few occasion food, electricity and the likes. Eventually TV 3 (regional TV in France) did a show on seasonal workers in the Mountains and they ended up showing Marie coming from work to her little one bedroom with her two children being looked after by her Mum. Two month later the City allocated her a three bedroom place.

it was india in france.


myself, after deciding not to live at home for reasons of safety. sleeping in abandoned buildings with other street kids, not knowing of any "social welfare services" that would be available because it takes time to learn the ropes. I know hunger. I have been hungry, I have been cold, and at times i did not smell nice.
I will also not forget.
I just was lucky insofar that i was so fucking naive i did not go with the men that offered help in exchange for 'being nice", i thought old geezers were disgusting at seventeen. I also did not smoke and drink, which kept me somewhat safe. And i eventually found a job that came with accommodation.

But regardless of what one wants to believe, three days on the road without access to toilets for the private business and washing facilities and one becomes the road. three days without food and one becomes angry. it goes very quick and it does exist. One just has to take of blinders to see it.

To compare us here in NZ to india is a strawman, poverty in NZ is different then poverty in India, however the effects are the same. One can not participate in society, can not find a job without an address, can not have an address without a job. Can't work when so hungry that one feels dizzy, but can't get food when out of work. Can't wash your clothes without electricity but can't hold a job when dirty.

Catch 22.

We have poor people in this country. And we are having more and more of them. Regardless if you see them or not.

So she wasn't a French Citizen? The difference between India/Africa and NZ is there is no reason for anyone to starve. There is a benefit system in place - the government can't keep track of every persons well being - it's impossible. It's not the governments fault that some people fall between the cracks or don't know what's available in the way of benefits and help.

Do you blame bankers and governments for what happened to you? Without being overly intrusive on people's daily lives how can they know your underage and on the streets?

[mashman]

Dude must be a KB member.

[mashman]

So she wasn't a French Citizen? The difference between India/Africa and NZ is there is no reason for anyone to starve. There is a benefit system in place - the government can't keep track of every persons well being - it's impossible. It's not the governments fault that some people fall between the cracks or don't know what's available in the way of benefits and help.

Do you blame bankers and governments for what happened to you? Without being overly intrusive on people's daily lives how can they know your underage and on the streets?

[jonbuoy]

Something to add?

[mashman]

Something to add?

More than, I fear, you are capable of understanding or knowing.

[Scuba_Steve]

Satirical Illustrations Of Today’s "Problems" Drawn In The Style Of The 50s

http://www.boredpanda.com/satiric-il...john-holcroft/

[jonbuoy]

More than, I fear, you are capable of understanding or knowing.

Yeah - thought so - nothing useful to add other than a few lame smiley faces and the odd You Tube video.

[mashman]

Yeah - thought so - nothing useful to add other than a few lame smiley faces and the odd You Tube video.

Thanks for accepting the smiley faces and utoob vids as useful. You might actually get a clue one day, how exciting.

All I will add is... in your response I see nothing more than the defense of the system at the expense of the people in so many ways that if you can't understand 1 of them, then it's pointless trying to offer you anything else, coz all you'll do is defend the system and blame the people. The funny thing is, people can and do change, the system however.........

[jonbuoy]

Thanks for accepting the smiley faces and utoob vids as useful. You might actually get a clue one day, how exciting.

All I will add is... in your response I see nothing more than the defense of the system at the expense of the people in so many ways that if you can't understand 1 of them, then it's pointless trying to offer you anything else, coz all you'll do is defend the system and blame the people. The funny thing is, people can and do change, the system however.........

News flash- the people are part of the problem. If people treated their kids right they wouldn't be forced to run away. If the diabetic guy had answered his phone, read his letters or communicated with his family or social services he would still be alive. He was unemployed - it's not like he didn't have time to do it.

You seem to want the government to solve every problem - they can't.

Would you want them regularly interviewing your children to make sure you weren't abusing them secretly in any way? Do regular home visits to check on every unemployed person?

If I travel to another country to work as a non resident I'm not entitled to any benefits or government help if it goes pear shaped.

[mashman]

News flash- the people are part of the problem. If people treated their kids right they wouldn't be forced to run away. If the diabetic guy had answered his phone, read his letters or communicated with his family or social services he would still be alive. He was unemployed - it's not like he didn't have time to do it.

You seem to want the government to solve every problem - they can't.

Would you want them regularly interviewing your children to make sure you weren't abusing them secretly in any way? Do regular home visits to check on every unemployed person?

If I travel to another country to work as a non resident I'm not entitled to any benefits or government help if it goes pear shaped.

You blame someone for being unable to function in a manner that you believe they should. You aren't them. You quite clearly don't understand their situation. Oh yeah... treat the parents right and you may find that that'll trickle down.

Psychopaths, even those who are psychopathic killers, however, are not mad, according to accepted legal and psychiatric standards. Their acts result not from a deranged mind but from a cold, calculating rationality combined with a chilling inability to treat others as thinking, feeling human beings.

Govt should be able to solve every problem... it's kind of why they're there!

seriously? Do checks on unemployed people coz what? they're more likely to molest?

That there are different "benefits" in various country's shows just how fuckin stupid this world is.