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by Mischief Maker 04/03/2009, 8:48am PDT |
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Last year I was interviewing a manager at the local branch of the library for a research project and she related to me that granting logins to the bums even without IDs was a huge success in several fronts. It reduced the number of famous celebrities getting temporary passes and it also allowed library staff to better police folks whose behavior gets out of hand by threatening to lock their internet privileges.
Besides using their hour a day to play card games on yahoo, they all have free email accounts to keep in touch with buddies riding the rails and taking the bus all over the counrty. "Heeey, man! I just heard from Willy. He's in Texas now!"
I also got a fair amount of shocked looks from the audience about the study when I mentioned that a significant amount of calls to police from park incidents are made by transients on their cell phones. "Bums have cell phones?" For all you know, that filthy guy huddled in a corner reeking of booze might not be muttering to himself, he might be talking into a bluetooth headset. |
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Bum transactions by Ray of Light 04/03/2009, 7:26am PDT 
if you couldn't make it in america where the FUCK did you expect to make a life? by Weyoun Voidbringer 04/03/2009, 7:36am PDT
How did you find money to move? NT by motherfuckerfoodeater 04/03/2009, 8:47am PDT
the government recognizes my INCREDIBLE contributions to society NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 04/03/2009, 9:57am PDT
You'd be surprised how sophisticated and mobile modern bums are. by Mischief Maker 04/03/2009, 8:48am PDT
Re: You'd be surprised how sophisticated and mobile modern bums are. by Choson 04/03/2009, 10:23am PDT
I think it's just the mandatory free 911 service they covet by Fortinbras 04/03/2009, 10:28am PDT
the same cell phones seen in the wire NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 04/03/2009, 11:06am PDT
the wherewithal by Fussbett 04/03/2009, 1:43pm PDT
Some of them have families and cars and jobs and houses. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/03/2009, 10:38am PDT
I think you just accidentally implied that Canada is better than America there. NT by Fussbett 04/03/2009, 1:40pm PDT
canada, the repository of all america's failures... yeah that's a good thing NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 04/03/2009, 2:26pm PDT
A statement like "If you can't make it in America..." is supposed to be pro-USA. by Fussbett 04/03/2009, 3:47pm PDT
Re: A statement like "If you can't make it in America..." is supposed to be pro by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/03/2009, 4:26pm PDT
Yeah, see, the audience applause mean that no other country is easier than Ameri NT by Fussbett 04/03/2009, 5:13pm PDT
In another time he may have been called a prophet. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/03/2009, 5:53pm PDT
You're trying to explain an analogy to a Sam Kinison fan. by motherfuckerfoodeater 04/03/2009, 10:00pm PDT
THAT SAM KINISON GUY WAS PRETTY STUPID NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/03/2009, 10:01pm PDT
reminds me of when I tried to listen to bill hicks again recently by Weyoun Voidbringer 04/03/2009, 10:17pm PDT
Also Bill Hicks and Sam Kinison were quite lowbrow (psh). NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/03/2009, 10:58pm PDT
Ah, yes. The younger, less worldly Jsoh. Where did that innocent naivete go? NT by I need clarification 04/04/2009, 1:17am PDT
Who's Bill Hicks by the way? NT by I need clarification 04/04/2009, 1:25am PDT
wow this is really amazing input if only more people posted like this NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 04/04/2009, 9:22am PDT
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