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Negi Springfield !aeNZeP7XP2 Wed 11 Dec 2013 17:21:26 No.238495 View View Reply Original Report

I'd like to hear from anyone who has ever lived "rough" for a time, or any kind of homeless.

Please feel free to share, even if it wasn't technically homelessness like most imagine.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Dec 2013 18:14:53 No.238547 Report

Quoted By: >>238643

I've camped roof tops, under bridges, peoples yards, sides of highways and so on. I've eaten out of dumpsters, churches, 4 star restaurants, your garden. I can steal just about anything from Wal-Mart. I've made more money an hour panhandling, than I ever have at a taxable job. I've gone months without showering or doing laundry. Seen overdoses, deaths and beatings. Hitchhiked, hopped freight and huck finned. Quit all this 6 years ago and think about/miss it all the time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Dec 2013 18:26:17 No.238568 Report

Quoted By: >>238585

>>238495
>I've made more money an hour panhandling, than I ever have at a taxable job.
that's probably because the only jobs you qualify for are minimum wage.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Dec 2013 18:37:15 No.238585 Report

Quoted By: >>238601

>>238568
qualify for? yeah.. but I probably make more per hour (though I'm paid a percentage) than you. lololz.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Dec 2013 18:48:42 No.238601 Report

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>>238585

You are cool

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Dec 2013 19:12:09 No.238620 Report

Quoted By: >>238643 >>238669

I "backpacked" around the Northeastern US and Canada for a few years. Didn't have any money though so it was more like bumming. Very similar to what the first poster says, although I tried to be reasonably hygienic so that I didn't have to deal with the stigma of being a filthy bum. Washing up in public bathrooms, rivers and lakes, etc. A few times I also bathed in fountains early in the morning when nobody was around, taking the opportunity to grab some change that I was at it. Spent some time in the woods but not much. A few weeks here or there, just long enough for my packed food to run out and to finish the books I brought. I had a dozen snares, a collapsible fishing rod, and my trusty slingshot so it wasn't that hard to take enough fish and small game to stay fed.

One of my favorite things was how free and independent it made me feel. Like... most people think that they need a car and an apartment and a job and etc to survive but I didn't. I was just a man alone. I woke up when I wanted and slept when I wanted. I didn't have anywhere to be or anyone telling me what to do. Sometimes I just picked a direction at random and started walking. It felt like my whole life was kind of spontaneous and improvised, with no rigid schedules or plans. I think that's a big part of why it was so interesting for me. I mean, there were some really dull times too and things weren't always easy, but in general it was way more engaging and exciting than the normal 9-5 type of routine.

If you want to try something like this I strongly recommend doing as much research as possible and practicing the things you research so that you know what does or doesn't actually work, what you do or don't need, etc. You don't need to be super well prepared but it's good to at least have SOME useful skills and knowledge before you head out the door. After that you can use the computers at public libraries and/or places with free wifi to troubleshoot and learn shit while you're on the road.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Dec 2013 19:54:09 No.238643 Report

Quoted By: >>238647 >>240167 >>240628

>>238547
>I've made more money an hour panhandling, than I ever have at a taxable job
I don't believe you but, no fucking shit a moron would miss it. a fucking retard, incapable of a decent job? why not just chuck any responsibility at that point and be a fucking bum again?

>>238620
>obviously OP samefagging again
SFTU, you aren't free when you are panhandling for food, money, smokes.... you are just working a really easy job that doesn't pay shit.

quit the bullshit about taking small game. you would have got your slingshot and snares jacked by the cops the first fucking week or the first time you got rolled.

Negi Springfield !aeNZeP7XP2

Negi Springfield !aeNZeP7XP2 Wed 11 Dec 2013 20:01:01 No.238647 Report

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>>238643
I actually didn't samefag, but believe what you want.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Dec 2013 20:32:38 No.238664 Report

Quoted By: >>238674 >>238720 >>240122 >>242380

ITT: baiting gullible students into committing suicide by exposure.

Bumming isn't a lifestyle choice. It's the end of the line. You will be physically harassed, you will weaken psychologically by the stares you get, you will grow weak of the constant cold and insomnia due to exposure, and finally, you will catch pneumonia or get stabbed when junkies mug you, get your skull cracked by college football majors out drinking, or just get beaten to an inch of your life by frustrated cops and then die of exposure.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Dec 2013 20:41:45 No.238669 Report

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>>238620
>It felt like my whole life was kind of spontaneous and improvised, with no rigid schedules or plans
>It felt like
Maybe because that's what it was?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Dec 2013 20:50:55 No.238674 Report

Quoted By: >>242380

>>238664
>Bumming isn't a lifestyle choice
Except if you choose it.
>You will be physically harassed
By whom and what for?
>you will weaken psychologically by the stares you get
Are you fucking kidding me?
>you will grow weak of the constant cold
Warm clothes is easy to get cheap even as a bum if you don't spend your money on drugs.
>insomnia due to exposure
Habitual.
>you will catch pneumonia
Are you really this stupid?
>stabbed when junkies mug you
Junkies don't fucking mug bums, bums generally don't have a lot of money, you know? And staying out of those areas during dark hours is kind of elementary.
>get your skull cracked by college football majors out drinking
At this point you're just rambling.
>get beaten to an inch of your life by frustrated cops and then die of exposure
Time to go to bed, anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Dec 2013 22:35:45 No.238720 Report

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>>238664
>you will catch pneumonia or get stabbed when junkies mug you, get your skull cracked by college football majors out drinking, or just get beaten to an inch of your life by frustrated cops and then die of exposure
I see you've been watching too many movies.

I backpacked in countless countries myself, which you could consider "being homeless but able to afford it", and I got fewer problems than I would as the average tourist, even if I had up to $1000 on him.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 12 Dec 2013 15:11:16 No.239141 Report

Quoted By: >>240143

I had a rough divorce, lost everything. I was taken out of the house by police after she took out a restraining order saying she was afraid for her life. I spent about two months on the street. Ended up heading out into the woods and just waiting. Never had to panhandle because I'm a disabled vet and get a pension. I lived cheaply, fished for food, caught some squirrels and used a fire and thrift shop blankets to stay warm. I had a portable charger that ran off of aa batteries, I used it to charge my phone. Eventually I got a cheap car and lived in that. Used library books to keep entertained, I can really lose myself in books. I smelled pretty bad though, I would clean up occassionally in the city hall bathrooms, twice at the va bathrooms. I messed up my back and legs in a helo mishap in the service, so getting around without a car was very difficult. Things are a lot better now, my ex wife and I are civil to each other because of the kids and I'm about to close on a four bedroom house on an acre of land in Janurary. Life is back on track, trying to get into some pre med classes. It was shitty while it lasted, but freedom from everything was nice, I wouldn't put myself in that situation again though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 12 Dec 2013 15:23:54 No.239143 Report

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awful lot of romanticized versions of reality in here

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 14 Dec 2013 05:47:56 No.240122 Report

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>>238664
lol because all junkies know the homeless have money, and all college football players "major" in college. good times!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 14 Dec 2013 07:09:08 No.240139 Report

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once I was asleep in a porta-potty and I heard the one next to me fall over, so I opened the door and there was someone about to flip mine but they ran off

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 14 Dec 2013 07:26:58 No.240143 Report

Quoted By: >>242379

>>239141
In what ways did that change you? like before compared to after the homelessness

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 14 Dec 2013 08:47:44 No.240167 Report

Quoted By:

>>238643
>cops
>even being able to identify snares
>having any reason to confiscate them

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 14 Dec 2013 09:05:46 No.240168 Report

Quoted By: >>240446

I lived in a pop-up camper on my buddies land for 2 years. does that count? Ended up turning myself into the police because i wanted to see my family. Only got 5 years in jail instead of the 20-40 they has original though which is why a skipped bail.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 15 Dec 2013 03:47:52 No.240446 Report

Quoted By: >>240552

>>240168
what for?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 15 Dec 2013 08:32:23 No.240552 Report

Quoted By: >>242419 >>242476 >>242679

>>240446
3 counts of attempted vehicular homicide. We struck a plea for manslaughter when i turned myself in. They also diagnosed me with all kinds of shit which really helped me out.

here's the story.....

one night i was driving along in my explorer in a pretty good mood listening to some rammstien. I come around a corner and there are 3 black teenagers walking in the middle of the road. I begin driving behind them slowly and after a minute i honk at them. The one looks back at me and just flipped me off. For some reason i just snapped and hit the gas. One got away with minor injuries, the other had a broken arm and ribs, and the third had a broken lower back and now walks with a limp.

Surveillance camera at the gas station across the street caught my plate.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 15 Dec 2013 16:27:09 No.240628 Report

Quoted By:

>>238643

The only reason he makes money is because people are dumb enough to give it to him.

How does this affect you and why are you so mad?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 15 Dec 2013 18:00:12 No.240674 Report

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>>238495
>Negi Springfield
gb2/x/

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 19 Dec 2013 06:01:23 No.242379 Report

Quoted By:

>>240143
I don't think it really changed me, although I keep several bags of everything I need if something like that happens again. They're scattered all over my apartment. I also can really appreciate how difficult it is for homeless people when the weather drops. I have a bunch of free bags from the va homelessness outreach clinic. I packed them all up with decent stuff, throw in a few bucks and some food and water, then hand them out to homeless people I come across. Mostly the ones pushing a cart around or collecting cans from the recycling bins in the early mornings. I only had to deal with a fraction of their problems briefly. I couldn't imagine a lifetime of it

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 19 Dec 2013 06:07:48 No.242380 Report

Quoted By:

>>238664
>>238674
rekt

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 19 Dec 2013 12:25:02 No.242419 Report

Quoted By: >>242433

>>240552

You should have been executed simply for driving an exporer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 19 Dec 2013 15:13:30 No.242433 Report

Quoted By: >>242517 >>242715

>>242419
I drive an Explorer. I want to fucking kill you now. Shitposting faggot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 19 Dec 2013 17:11:57 No.242451 Report

Quoted By: >>242457 >>242571 >>242594 >>242713

>>238495
I hot married in 2010 to a woman with paranoid schizophrenia. We had been living together for about a year before we got married and all seemed well. (she only told me about her mental health problems AFTER we got married)

She stopped taking her meds, gave up her job and started acting crazy. I was awakened one night with her wielding a kitchen knife above my head threatening to kill me. I went innawoods immediately. I grabbed a few clothes, sleeping bag and a rucksack before I left. It was winter and temperatures dropped to about -10c. I'm ex Brit Army and managed to use that training to keep alive. After about a month of living in a 'bivvy' (army slang - look it up) and begging food from farmers, stealing, etc I was offered a place in a shelter. It took me a while to get my life back in order. Homelessness is shit. I know it's tl;dr, but if you're interested, I can give more details - (survival tips, food, warmth etc)

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 19 Dec 2013 17:54:14 No.242457 Report

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>>242451
I am, I am!

Do tell more please, also, why diddn't you kick her out?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 19 Dec 2013 19:55:45 No.242476 Report

Quoted By: >>242633 >>242642 >>242660

>>240552
>listening to some rammstien
>3 black teenagers
>For some reason i just snapped

It's because you're a racist, anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 19 Dec 2013 22:29:32 No.242517 Report

Quoted By:

>>242433

Deal with it. Do you miss your nigger dick in jail?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2013 01:21:13 No.242571 Report

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>>242451
dude why didn't you just call the cops

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2013 02:37:39 No.242594 Report

Quoted By:

>>242451
>prior britbong army
>crazy wife threatens me
>britbong army training kicks in
>flee for my life taking only what I can grab on the way
>steal from farmers
>beg for food

such is life in the europ

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2013 03:56:21 No.242633 Report

Quoted By: >>242643

>>242476
>tfw listen to rammstein
>tfw dont want to agree with you but probably yeah he's a racist
DU
DU HAST
DU HAST MICHE

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2013 04:28:53 No.242642 Report

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>>242476
Not only racist, but he also has a shit taste in music

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2013 04:29:25 No.242643 Report

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>>242633
alex, I'll take "songs that were played out 15 years ago", for $100.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2013 05:13:58 No.242660 Report

Quoted By:

>>242476
ha alright that's pretty funny

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2013 05:46:36 No.242679 Report

Quoted By: >>242715

>>240552
Almost had the same incident. Driving home from picking up groceries one night, and some fucking crackhead niggers decide to walk through moving traffic. I stopped, but laid on the horn for the duration. The dumbass niggers tried to start shit, but I started slowly driving and they got out of the way... I really wanted to floor it and run the fucking niggers over though. They were the crackhead criminal type, not like they were productive members of society or anything.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2013 07:46:52 No.242713 Report

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>>242451
Forget the innawoods, tell us more about how you became a spineless bitch.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2013 07:52:14 No.242715 Report

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>>242433
Add to the list: People who drive Explorers aren't only impotent, they're prone to racism and bouts of anger when faced with their faults.
>>242679
What car do you drive?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2013 18:57:55 No.242841 Report

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I've been living in a tent since 2011. i've back packed `and lived in cars `and known lots of others who panhandel and hitchhike around. if you keep a good head on your shoulders and dont do a bunch of dumb drugs you will be fine. its not easy no, but there is allot of miss givings about whats its actually like

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 20 Dec 2013 23:49:26 No.242917 Report

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