Dirt poor?

[xoxoxoBruce]

that void can be scary, too.

[Ibby]

I'll admit I got lazy here and didnt read all 18 pages (hey, I read through every other thread I posted in, I deserve a break), but having lived in Hong Kong for a year and Beijing for three, and having travelled all around China, Tibet (it may be part of the PRC but I'll be damned if I'll call it China), and Mongolia, I've seen poor, and so if I have more than three outfits of clothes, enough food to eat whenever I'm hungry, and my guitar to play, I will never consider myself poor. Really, two out of three ain't bad, I'd sell some of my clothes for strings and/or food if I had to.

With my father in the military we've never quite been rich, but we've always had all we needed, and past... ten years or so, I'd go so far as to say well-off. Five laptops and a PC among four people sure ain't bad, even if two of those laptops are barely usable anymore. Especially when it comes to electronics, we spoil ourselves, even though it leaves us with less actual cash (and/or spending money) then we would like, and as much as I routinely complain about having no money, I've really got it good compared to a lot of people. I'd give up almost all of it in a heartbeat if it meant I could go back to where I lived before instead of staying here in Taiwan, but that doesn't mean I dont like it...

[wolf]

People in the US who complain about being poor typically have never seen (live or pictures) third world poverty.

Poor people here have a house, three TVs, digital cable, and at least one car.

[TiddyBaby]

I gotta admit... wolfs=thing= the old adage regarding: what's relative?

What's relative sounds like some Einstein thing. "I have no Nikes shoes to look cool in, therefore I am poor and must mug you"


Or, I am poor, thusly,....

because the tribes that control the ports of bay that may feed my family and the litter of birthed illigitimate bastards (that stink in their own shit), and I hope don't have aids....

AND the Unitied Nations can't do a damn thing about it. THEY are not Tribal.

[xoxoxoBruce]

We still have very poor people, they just look better because we as a society cast off so much usable stuff.

[TiddyBaby]

true dat Bruce,
we hire 3rd world countries to be our sweatshops.... screw the americans that don't deserve shit, and can be afforded to be unemployed.

Besides, mexico, china, and russia are happy to live on $500 a year.

[Cheyenne]

I think "Dirt Po" is Po'er than "Dirt Poor"

[TiddyBaby]

lol, like po is one "o" short of poo...

therefore a fart is less than shit.

[Cheyenne]

aka... ones life may be shit? lol

[Cheyenne]

[TiddyBaby]

why do poor people fuck and make poor lil kiddies?

Originally Posted by TiddyBaby

why do poor people fuck and make poor lil kiddies?

It feels good and when you are po' there ain't a hell of a' lot more to do.

[Cheyenne]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

It feels good and when you are po' there ain't a hell of a' lot more to do.

so you know this? how much DO you fuck? errr, um...I mean, how poor ARE you??

Originally Posted by Cheyenne

so you know this? how much DO you fuck? errr, um...I mean, how poor ARE you??

Growing-up I was very poor, for US standards. I have been homeless and have actually known hunger. I do not wish to go into it more than that for several reasons that I, also, do not want to go into.
I know this because of the people around me growing-up. I remember when I was around ten a neighbor was telling his kids to have sex and I was surprised, sleep-over, his response was "well, s-what we were made for, we got the -quipment". It was not sarcastic or said with a hit of humor.
One of my few childhood memories.

[Shocker]

Originally Posted by TiddyBaby

why do poor people fuck and make poor lil kiddies?

You have to understand that for a lot of the poor people out there, one of the reasons for their 'poorness' is because they are uneducated and not motivated to do better for themselves. Since they are uneducated, they do not understand the economic implications to having many children, but what they are probably thinking is that if they have more kids then they get more child tax credits and better welfare benefits and other things like that which act as an incentive for them to have more children, and the cycle goes on and on and on.