hobo shanty
i find that the amount of money i will give a hobo is directly affected by the intricacy of his shanty. For example those lazy fuckers in the coleman tents? not a penny from me! not today good sir. i mean my standard of living is not that different from that guy. i have a shitty studio with no air conditioning and he has a tent in an alley. about the only difference is i have a toilet. but i broke that so i mean poh-tay-toh pah-tah-toe. but the guys with the split level fridge box pillow/blanket fort combo will always get my spare change. ahhh an abandoned couch with a mattress covered by tail gating shade tent. nicely done sir, if i see a loose roll of shag carpet not containing a body, its yours. i had the craziest thing happen this morning. i was getting in my car to go to work, its about 7am, and as I'm getting settled about to crank the car up i see this homeless man in just boxers walk towards my car with a roll of toilet paper in his hand. he's barefoot and has those homeless person ferrel feet. where its all black on the bottom. his feet would probably break a needle if he stepped on one. so he's walking down the street and i think to myself, "....no way, no way this is gonna happen...well lets see what happens here." he proceeds to throw down an empty discarded pizza box on the ground turns around and doesn't even squat...he bends slightly at the waist drops the boxers and just shits everywhere. This is on a crowded street. as he's doing this people are having to walk past him pretending like its not happening. "thats not happening, this isn't my life". that guy is a wild animal at this point. he is ferrel. only wild animals will shit in front of other people feet away. i did happen to see a hobo shanty with a free standing toilet. an actual porcelin toilet. i mean it wasnt connected to anything so the piss and shit would just run out all over the sidewalk but who fucking cares. that hobo probably stole that toilet bc when the hell have you ever seen a toilet sitting on the curb but Goddamnit he has dignity. he stole his dignity back. he may be homeless but he shits just like you and me. i mean we don't shit in plain view but who cares. that just means his dignity is on display. thats probably the most demeaning dehumanizing part of being homeless is probably the pooping like an animal and i like that that guy was like fuck all that shit I'm getting a goddamn toilet. this is happening. they took my house, they took my car, they took everything leaving me to live on the street like an animal but god dammit I'm gonna shit like a human. thats moxy people. thats defiant integrity. heres 50 dollars sir. you are a king among men. i hope you'll have the good taste reinvest this in your shanty. congrats to you and yours.