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This person is not white lol
E-begging General / E-beggars on Social Media - "Pay for FUCKING EVERYTHING"
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Attractive Sexhaver
kiwifarms.net
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Honestly, nothing erodes a person's natural desire to help others than dealing with these entitled leeches.
"Yes, hello? I'd like to speak to FREE HANDOUT'S manager? The basket no good. I asked for 31 free handouts and you only gave me 8. Yes, I'll hold"
"Yes, hello? I'd like to speak to FREE HANDOUT'S manager? The basket no good. I asked for 31 free handouts and you only gave me 8. Yes, I'll hold"
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I am so late as just catching up after feasting. Hope everyone enjoyed the holiday!
I've learned that where there's a will, there's a fucking way. You do what you have to do. You can still wear broken glasses if you have tape, a paper clip or twist tie, and a little ingenuity. Necessity is the mother of invention and more people need to learn how to use the tools they have around them to make it work. I McGyver so much shit and it's really satisfying to solve life's little problems by applying a little brain power.
Protip: there are plenty of places that will give you a pair of sample contact lenses. Lifelong glasses wearer here, and when I wore contacts I would call up opticians and ask if they had a pair in or close to my script (which is very VERY strong) because *insert reason here*. Once was before I had a hot date and didn't want to wear my glasses haha.
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Great find! Was this on r/choosingbeggars?
Indeed, unless you absolutely have no choice, it can be amazing what people do or use until they can replace things. Simple fixes like sewing tiny holes closed or inserting insoles into thin soled shoes is worth the effort if it saves time and money on replacing something.
(If you haven’t posted that sample contacts tip in the Poorfag Thread, or it’s not there yet, feel free to repost it there. Reminded me of when doctors will give their patients generous amounts of samples of an expensive medication if they ask politely or are obviously compliant.)
Here are more Thanksgiving/Settler Saturday related e begs.
This has strong “you owe me care because I wiped your ass as a baby” levels of entitlement
Not as intensely written, but similar
phone bills
Woman skips Friendsgiving in an attempt to save money (???), send her money for food, settlers!
Also meals (featuring kid photos, because that’s always great)
Buy a black enby ???, because it’s Thanksgiving
Buy a black woman groceries, because it’s Thanksgiving
As always with Dee, the only thing different is the time stamp
The use of a pic of Simpsons-fied Iron Eyes Cody is a choice
And of course, can never forget the Palestinians!
Someone’s settling, alright!
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Or they felt their should be no limit on what they requested when this is probably the main reason why charities impose limits on what people get at once.
Agreed. I've had minor holes that I've either sewed or glued shut until they open up again and get to big to be inconspicuously repaired. With as much as non-brand name stuff (clothes, food, whatever) costs today, one almost has to do what they can to get the most of what they pay for stuff and squeeze every last day of life out of pricey items. E-beggars simply don't care and they'd rather guilt trip someone into getting something new for them.
This seems to be part of the bigger trend where people demanding handouts - whether cash or material items - are quick to claim what they get is never enough. Even if these people received everything on their wishlists, they'd still claim they needed more.
I can't agree
with this enough. For non-US kiwi's, it's no secret/surprise that American (aka feather) Indians on tribal lands or reservations are quite destitute. However, that's not carte blanche to use white guilt or other bullying behavior to get free gibs.Like many other areas, my part of Kiwi Land has churches and other charity groups that offer items to the needy throughout the year: school supplies, clothing, holiday food items, etc. Almost always, these places see huge lineups of people hoping to get what's available.
While I have no problem with those truly in need getting this assistance, I can't help wondering how many people show up at one or more of these places just to score free stuff and deprive someone else who needs it more. Leeches such as these this are enough to make people reconsider donating to charity if the donations are going to freeloaders instead of the needy.
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Sometimes it's even worse than that - I clearly remember when I was stationed in Virginia that the Toys for Tots program fell under scrutiny because donations were seen being resold on eBay.
Upon conclusion of the audit they discovered that the 'mothers' of these children were gathering toys for them and selling them for a quick buck. So not only were they depriving a family who had real need for the generosity of the TfT program, they were depriving their own children of potential presents.
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Attractive Sexhaver
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It's pretty fucking stupid to give an employed couple 800 dollars to impulse buy a bird, but I can see how that particular GFM might generate more positive sentiment than a campaign from Shaniqua or Dr Scowlfeather (PhD Decolonialist studies) angrily screeching week in week out for their bills to paid
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>buy a struggling black disabled woman groceriesBuy a black woman groceries, because it’s Thanksgiving
>while said black disabled woman pays for Twitter Blue which at MINIMUM is $8/month
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Huh; I thought the party line was that we aren't allowed to comment on what people spent donations on. Criticize the pet bird and you're painting a target on brand-name soda pop, "medicinal" weed and frozen Jimmy Dean bowls.
Those goofballs should have DoorDashed that bird; anything you buy via DoorDash is automatically lifesaving.
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Is that guy soyfacing at the bird?
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As a birb-slave, I have a smidge of input on the birb purchase that got funded...
TL;DR: The cost they fundraised is only the cost of the bird - they made no mention of any of the other expenses. I am simply curious as to their prior bird experience. If they've owned hookbills in the past (at least anything larger than a budgie) then they have an idea as to what they're getting into, and I'd be more than comfortable with them making the purchase. If not? Hoooo nilly. I foresee another bird going to a bird sanctuary once the owners get sick of it.
(a) These people claim to have owned birbs before. I sure hope that experience involves larger hookbills because if their past experience is canaries and finches they're in for a helluva shock at the elevation of sheer destruction and expenses.
(b) Hopefully they have a good exotics vet nearby. Good vets are hard to come by for our feathery masters.
(c) They're buying a green-cheeked conure. These birds are attention-seeking fluffy whores. Cater to them or they're rupture your eardrums.
(d) Claims that green-cheeked conures are quiet are LIES. Note what those claims always say: 'for parrots.' All this is saying is that this bird can't be heard over half a mile away. My feathery master is /very/ quiet for an African Grey (he's well trained), but he still has his evening chirp sessions where he has shouting matches with the northern mockingbirds that hang out in the trees across the fucking street and is quite audible when he decides to make laser sounds at wild birbs.
e) Remember what I said about needing a good exotics vet? And how they better hope they've got one close by? They're either going to be paying for this vet every few months to do claw trims or they'd better have some high quality gloves to wear while the conure tries to shred their meaty bits while getting his claws trimmed.
f) Cage requirements for these little bastards can be fun. They're good at breaking free of cages. There was a time before I just gave up when I had small luggage padlocks holding the doors of my bird's cage shut, because he was a fucking master of breaking out of it. We've got a good truce now that his cage just remains open at all times and he understands that night time is to be spent in his cage with his favorite blanket on it to keep the lights at bay.
g) Even if they work from home, the cage is the bird's home - it will need to be large. They should be planning on dropping about $350 on a sufficient cage. (Also, most cage recommendations from pet stores are too small. Typically look to go 1.5-2 times bigger than they recommend. Or go to a parrot forum to find out the size of cage your prospective bird will thrive in.)
h) Conures aren't quite as destructive as the little shit that rules my household, but they should still be prepared to spend at least $100 every 3-6 months in toys for the bird to demolish without mercy. Even if they're incredibly bright birds, they still need shit to absolutely shred. And if they're very, very bright bois, it's likely that they'll get bored with puzzle toys and go on to do things like snap the spokes on your indoor trainer bikes because they're rather break things than solve puzzles for treats or enrichment prizes.
i) Did I mention that green-cheek conures are attention whores? I did? Good. Because they are. They need TONS of daily engagement and they don't give a single shit about your work schedule.
j) DIET. They cannot feed this bird a diet of seeds and forget about it (this is a thing my birb overlord's vet complains about) - it results in malnourished and underweight birds that have shortened lifespans. They need rather pricy pelleted diets formulated to give them the proper ratios of protein, fiber and carbohydrate. And even this pelleted diet (which should be their staple and available at all times) should be supplemented with fresh fruits and vegetables. My feathered master would like to also put in plugs for sharing of chicken sandwiches, Oscar Meyer ham and cheese loaf slices and french fries because he'sa thieving bastard a precious boi who deserves all the good things he can steal from his humble servant, on top of apples, grapes, peas, almonds and bananas. If these peoples' prior experience is 'dump it and forget it' finches and canaries where you pour seed into a cup and maybe hang a millet spray in the cage, they're in for a helluva shock concerning the price of a good diet for a hookbill birb.
(b) Hopefully they have a good exotics vet nearby. Good vets are hard to come by for our feathery masters.
(c) They're buying a green-cheeked conure. These birds are attention-seeking fluffy whores. Cater to them or they're rupture your eardrums.
(d) Claims that green-cheeked conures are quiet are LIES. Note what those claims always say: 'for parrots.' All this is saying is that this bird can't be heard over half a mile away. My feathery master is /very/ quiet for an African Grey (he's well trained), but he still has his evening chirp sessions where he has shouting matches with the northern mockingbirds that hang out in the trees across the fucking street and is quite audible when he decides to make laser sounds at wild birbs.
e) Remember what I said about needing a good exotics vet? And how they better hope they've got one close by? They're either going to be paying for this vet every few months to do claw trims or they'd better have some high quality gloves to wear while the conure tries to shred their meaty bits while getting his claws trimmed.
f) Cage requirements for these little bastards can be fun. They're good at breaking free of cages. There was a time before I just gave up when I had small luggage padlocks holding the doors of my bird's cage shut, because he was a fucking master of breaking out of it. We've got a good truce now that his cage just remains open at all times and he understands that night time is to be spent in his cage with his favorite blanket on it to keep the lights at bay.
g) Even if they work from home, the cage is the bird's home - it will need to be large. They should be planning on dropping about $350 on a sufficient cage. (Also, most cage recommendations from pet stores are too small. Typically look to go 1.5-2 times bigger than they recommend. Or go to a parrot forum to find out the size of cage your prospective bird will thrive in.)
h) Conures aren't quite as destructive as the little shit that rules my household, but they should still be prepared to spend at least $100 every 3-6 months in toys for the bird to demolish without mercy. Even if they're incredibly bright birds, they still need shit to absolutely shred. And if they're very, very bright bois, it's likely that they'll get bored with puzzle toys and go on to do things like snap the spokes on your indoor trainer bikes because they're rather break things than solve puzzles for treats or enrichment prizes.
i) Did I mention that green-cheek conures are attention whores? I did? Good. Because they are. They need TONS of daily engagement and they don't give a single shit about your work schedule.
j) DIET. They cannot feed this bird a diet of seeds and forget about it (this is a thing my birb overlord's vet complains about) - it results in malnourished and underweight birds that have shortened lifespans. They need rather pricy pelleted diets formulated to give them the proper ratios of protein, fiber and carbohydrate. And even this pelleted diet (which should be their staple and available at all times) should be supplemented with fresh fruits and vegetables. My feathered master would like to also put in plugs for sharing of chicken sandwiches, Oscar Meyer ham and cheese loaf slices and french fries because he's
TL;DR: The cost they fundraised is only the cost of the bird - they made no mention of any of the other expenses. I am simply curious as to their prior bird experience. If they've owned hookbills in the past (at least anything larger than a budgie) then they have an idea as to what they're getting into, and I'd be more than comfortable with them making the purchase. If not? Hoooo nilly. I foresee another bird going to a bird sanctuary once the owners get sick of it.
Always adopt, people. Or be firm in the fact that you should serve your birb for its (or your) entire life (depending on the longevity of the feathery asshole in question (my boi and I have been together for over 20 years now, and he's still going very strong and likely will for 2-4 more decades. He's written into my will because likely this stupid shitting bird will outlive me)). There are too many birds in sanctuaries thanks to servants giving up on their feathery masters to support pet stores with buying new ones (at least, when it comes to the parrot variety, whether large or small. Budgies and smaller, aka: finches, doves, and canaries, aren't typically surrendered).
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My experience is only with budgies, but our "free" budgie wound up costing over $160 just for the initial set up, between food, cage, care, and toys.
There's no such thing as a free puppy.
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There's something hilarious to me about internet panhandlers getting bent out of shape over the fact that people would apparently rather buy someone a bird than donate to them.
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The only genuinely cheap pet is a pet rock.
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The whole ordeal is hilarious. A GFM for buying a bird is potentially a disaster (it seems irresponsible even if that budget includes supplies for the bird) and the salt from jealous Mems is funny. Insulting the people you're demanding money from won't encourage them to give you bloody anything.
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as a exotic pet owner myself, i can say they come with a ginormous bill attached to their lovely existence. and yet people are giving money to hobos get a bird
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Shut. The. FUCK. UP!
"If you have to crowdfund you can't afford the Christmas market"
Kiwisee
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People are naturally going to be more sympathetic for a lonely bird than they are going to be of a Twitter grifter who begs for funds on social media 24/7. At least the bird is (presumably) going to a good home.
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Browsing the farms can get a bit depressing at times, with all the idiots and degenerates that we cover, but your info about your bird and specifically this line absolutely made my day (and also taught me some new things).