Guy asking for gas money?
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DelSlow;295622 wrote:
Nope.Somehow Jim would hack into the BMW's ecu and reprogram it to run on mod chips.
lol i bet...never thought about that
"tell the misses that thats how you got the man and thats how you KEEP the man
words to live by from the wise one"
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itRfan;295621 wrote:
so if you ran outta gas...in your bmw that means i shouldnt throw you 5 bucks to make it home?the attitude thing i could understand jim..i do. But if you were to come off to have an attitude but needed to get home or where ever i think i would kick 5 bucks for ya
My guess is if Jim ran outta gas anywhere remotely near a gas station anywhere between here and Mpls he would either have a debit/credit card on him at all times OR he would have a means to make a call and one of his buddies would help him out.
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PSiedTSi;295620 wrote:
The coordinators mentioned that some of the complainers were more or less using it as a defense mechanism as a reaction to their situation because they were ashamed.This is pretty much exactly what happens. Makes them feel better about themselves/their situations. Others honestly have nothing better to do than complain, not just about the food.
The only times I've gotten serious complaints is when we have no one to cook a meal and I have to make it.
<--(horrible cook). Hahah -
i wouldnt give money to panhandlers/beggers at all.. fuck em. watch em sit at the end of an off ramp, collect some change,then walk to their car parked at a gas station down the street.
the only time i've ever felt obligated to give a guy money on the street wheen he was asking for it, was in san francisco on the pier..some hippie stoner had a sign that said "need cash for weed".
if i had 5 bucks, i'd of given it to him.
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STiSchucky;295653 wrote:
i wouldnt give money to panhandlers/beggers at all.. fuck em. watch em sit at the end of an off ramp, collect some change,then walk to their car parked at a gas station down the street.the only time i've ever felt obligated to give a guy money on the street wheen he was asking for it, was in san francisco on the pier..some hippie stoner had a sign that said "need cash for weed".
if i had 5 bucks, i'd of given it to him.
been there and did. i had a better day knowing i helped out someone in need. later i was mad because i could have spent it on a taxi instead of walking around trying to find a sonic but i got over it when i found out the hotel vending machine dispensed actual bags of chips.
moral of the story? be kind and also call information for hours of operation before venturing out on foot for fast food in a questionable neighborhood in california.
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24valvenotak;295662 wrote:
been there and did. i had a better day knowing i helped out someone in need. later i was mad because i could have spent it on a taxi instead of walking around trying to find a sonic but i got over it when i found out the hotel vending machine dispensed actual bags of chips.moral of the story? be kind and also call information for hours of operation before venturing out on foot for fast food in a questionable neighborhood in california.
It was In N Out brah.
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WWARD?
[What Would Ayn Rand Do?]Altruism is the root of all evil in society. Charity is the opposite of justice.
Altruism is the mindset of destruction of value, and thus of the destruction of virtue. Altruism demands that the producers of society self-sacrifice for the non-producers. When the producers do not voluntarily sacrifice themselves, society sees that they are stolen from, always with the threat of violence.
The logical conclusion of self-sacrifice is that eventually the unmet needs of the looters exhaust the productive capacity of the producers. Then what?
So, you could have:
- told him to GTFO
- told him that you only exchange value for value, and that if he couldn't figure out a way to be worth $5 to you, what made him deserve even $5? And if it wasn't worthwhile for him to work for the 30 minutes it would take to make $5, what right did he have at all to even show his disgusting face to you?
"If you shovel the snow off the sidewalk infront of my store, I'll give you $5"
"Fuck you, that's beneath me"
"I'd say that your problem is that working is beneath you but begging isn't, and whether i give you any money or not, you'll walk out of here no richer until you realize what kind of creature you've allowed yourself to become" -
wward? beautiful.
after reading altas shrugged, i started asking myself why i do some of the nice things that i do (buy ice cream for friends, pizza at game nights, make dinner for people, etc), and the conclusion that i reach is never charity. i have come to the point that i can say with confidence that i never practice charity. when i give things, it's because i want to give them, it's because i want to offer something to someone to show them how much i appreciate what they do for me or who they are. when someone tells me that they won't accept something or that what i'm doing is unnecessary, i tell them that these are my resources, this is my life to use as i see fit.
when someone is begging for "charity", they're trying to take your life away from you; they're telling you that their life is worth more than yours. no one's life is more important than mine.
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Trafik Jamz;295628 wrote:
My guess is if Jim ran outta gas anywhere remotely near a gas station anywhere between here and Mpls he would either have a debit/credit card on him at all times OR he would have a means to make a call and one of his buddies would help him out.If Jim ever runs out of gas in the cities I hope he calls me to come help just so i have a reason to go down to the cities lol
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thrash;295668 wrote:
WWARD?
[What Would Ayn Rand Do?]Altruism is the root of all evil in society. Charity is the opposite of justice.
Altruism is the mindset of destruction of value, and thus of the destruction of virtue. Altruism demands that the producers of society self-sacrifice for the non-producers. When the producers do not voluntarily sacrifice themselves, society sees that they are stolen from, always with the threat of violence.
The logical conclusion of self-sacrifice is that eventually the unmet needs of the looters exhaust the productive capacity of the producers. Then what?
So, you could have:
- told him to GTFO
- told him that you only exchange value for value, and that if he couldn't figure out a way to be worth $5 to you, what made him deserve even $5? And if it wasn't worthwhile for him to work for the 30 minutes it would take to make $5, what right did he have at all to even show his disgusting face to you?
"If you shovel the snow off the sidewalk infront of my store, I'll give you $5"
"Fuck you, that's beneath me"
"I'd say that your problem is that working is beneath you but begging isn't, and whether i give you any money or not, you'll walk out of here no richer until you realize what kind of creature you've allowed yourself to become"out there;295671 wrote:
wward? beautiful.after reading altas shrugged, i started asking myself why i do some of the nice things that i do (buy ice cream for friends, pizza at game nights, make dinner for people, etc), and the conclusion that i reach is never charity. i have come to the point that i can say with confidence that i never practice charity. when i give things, it's because i want to give them, it's because i want to offer something to someone to show them how much i appreciate what they do for me or who they are. when someone tells me that they won't accept something or that what i'm doing is unnecessary, i tell them that these are my resources, this is my life to use as i see fit.
when someone is begging for "charity", they're trying to take your life away from you; they're telling you that their life is worth more than yours. no one's life is more important than mine.
totally agree...
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I picked up two guys today walking from the Amtrax station in Grand Forks. They weren't trying to bum a ride, they were just down on their luck. I had to stop and offer them a ride. They both needed to go about 2 miles, and at -15 you don't want to do alot of walking outside. They were both very thankful for the ride and the one guy apologized that he couldn't pay me for the ride. The other guy got stuck in Chicago because of the snow storm in the cities. He was on his way to Seattle and got on Amtrax in order to get past the cities. He even showed me his Greyhound tickets. These type of people I don't mind lending a hand to, because they do show some embarrassment for having to get help and are thankful for the help you give them.
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