Last year someone gave me a pair of Sennheiser headphones—dead ass gave them to me. I was ballin’. I got to be a homeless person with an iPhone 12 and a pair of Sennheisers. And then my idiot friend set off a series of unfortunate events that resulted in the loss of my headphones, along with everything else I owned at the time.
So last month when this very sweet devout Christian saw a comment of mine about being a homeless drug addict, and sent me $300. I bought a new pair of Sennheisers on Mercari. I’m pretty sure it was the same model even.
I finally got around to checking my mail and—the headphones are fucked off. They won’t pair or fucking anything.
I had to fight the screaming urge to slam them on the ground.
I'm sure you've never splurged on anything before. Being unhoused comes with the added burden of people expecting financial perfection from you. But responses like yours are literal cruelty.
$300 is now like 2 weeks of groceries, and about 15% of the cheapest monthly rent in my area.
I'd argue the psychological benefit of being able to listen to music properly outweighs that. This person doesn't need financial advice, they need levels of support that simply aren't fucking available in this country to those who have no money already.
I mean let's be real: $300 can easily feed you a month if we're just talking sustenance. And sure, buy a cheap$10 pair of ear buds, but blowing your load on higher end headphones when you're living in the fucking street, can't feed yourself, and are relying on the charity of others is fucking idiotic.
I speak from experience child. I've slept on more benches, in more moldy basements, and more beaches than I care to remember. Also, way to be a racist piece of shit.
I mean imagine buying something to keep your morale up when you're stuck in a miserable situation. Send them money or shut the fuck up, and also shut the fuck up either way. Hope you suffer a tragedy soon, bye.
Suicide recommendations AND racism. Oh man, you're really going for the troll bingo here. What's next? Another poop balls emoji? Maybe call me a lib? I've never encountered anyone like you online ever before. You're truly unique. I am humbled.
Strawman all you like, but it doesn't change the fact that begging for handouts every few days and then turning around and spending the money on frivolous non-essential purchases when you can't even reliably feed yourself is fucking stupid. (Im not knocking comrades helping each other out or needing help, to be cleear) I'm no friend of capitalism, but there's a huge space between sucking off capitalism with brain dead takes like in your strawman argument and pointing out that this may not have been the wisest choice under the circumstances for OP.
Also...ironic you use unhoused people wearing brands they can't afford in your example, when that's the exact type of thing I'm talking about.
Fuck off, if you actually read the post they never said they spent all $300 on the headphones. The headphones are ~$100 retail plus they got them off Mercari (so significant discount).