A lot of people here dont understand that there are tifferent types of homelessness. Theres the typical streetbum type, that ended up there because of mental or drug problems, or just made really bad choices.
There's also the type that more or less chooses the lifestyle. This is supposed to be temporary, but can lead to being a straight streetbum. Some people like the freedom of it. They like to have everything they own in a backpack, and jump a train or hitch-hike across the country on a whim, find a job and hang out for a couple months, then do it again. They consider the Earth their home.
Then you have the hippie/punk rock 'squatters.' In the punk scene (or what it used to be, anyway) you're sort of considered a poser if you haven't lived on the streets for at least a couple months. And they definitely get laid, while doing it.
I've never lived on the streets, and I've never panhandled, but I've been in between homes, several times. I was working and had money, but nowhere to live. The first time, I couch surfed for a couple weeks, till I could move in. One time I slept in my car for a couple weeks till a room opened up at my friends house.
The last time, my lease ended on my apartment. I put my all my stuff in storage, and put my comfy ass couch in the back of my van, and lived out of it pretty comfortably. I was trying to move out of state, so I didnt want to move in anywhere. It took me four months to move though. I took showers at friends houses or at a campground. Ate out. And guess what? I got laid a lot. In the four months I lived out it, I pulled three lays out of bars and party's in my van. Then I found a girlfriend. She was with me three or four nights a week. We would either drive somewhere and fvck, and crash, or go the the bar, get drunk, fvck and crash in the parking lot. It wasn't bad.
I might have to do this again, cuz I'm trying to move to Austin, and Im laid off, and my town is in a serious economic depression. I'd prefer to save up two or three grand, to get there with, but there's no way thats happening any time soon, so Im trying to get a job in Galveston, or New Orleans hurricane releif/rebuild, and live in a tent city, or my van, and make some money for a month or two, then rent a place in Austin. And I DO plan on getting laid, while I do so.
My point is, dont judge this guy, cuz he's homeless. Some people choose it. Noones forcing you to give them your change. I dont like that Darren guy in that video though. He strikes me as a poser/loser who has good game. His entire reality revolves around gaming chicks, and I think its pathetic. Granted, I wish I had that effect on girls, but I wont go too far out of my way to get it.
