All the “poor people deserve….” Strawmen arguments are really insidious. Nobody is saying being >insert group< means you don’t deserve nice things. But this feels like an emperor laying around expecting someone to pop grapes into his mouth because “he deserves grapes” People aren’t upset about the grapes but by the laying around with gaping mouth expecting them to magically appear inside it. Contribute in SOME way to your own life outside of online begging. And stop gaslighting your marks ahem “donors and patrons”

On 7/24/2024 at 9:23 AM, allyisyourpally5 said:

This current cry out for money has actually made me angry - no way do all those items need to cost $250, let alone $500 if they get their “match”. They need two mugs. How much trash can they seriously produce? Most of those items can be bought at a dollar store or certainly very cheap - go to goodwill for some of it. 
 

Art I doubt you read here anymore but if you do, you’ve taken this way too far. Just pure greed. Get off your ass and get a damn job. 
 

 

Just about everything they listed could be found cheap or maybe free at dollar stores, thrift stores and Facebook marketplace. They don’t need a hamper either.  Just throw your dirty clothes in the washing machine and run a load when it’s full.  It isn’t like they have a large house to negotiate.  
dust pan - dollar store.  Hamper - mesh one at dollar store.  Step stool - $25 on my Facebook marketplace. Mugs - gonna be like $.50 at a thrift store.  Trash can - between $6 and $20 on my Facebook marketplace. Broom - $6 walmart.  Wagon - most expensive item at around $50 from multiple places. At most they need about $100 for those specific items if they shop smart. They could also post on a local but nothing group asking for those items to see what people might be wanting to get rid of.

re- terminal illness.  I have been saying this from the beginning - I don’t think Ryan’s illness is terminal.  They removed themselves from the trigger and he seems to be doing better,  he has no scarring in his lungs.  At most it is potentially chronic.  If he wasn’t able to escape the trigger and ended up with damage, that could lead to a terminal diagnosis. He should have no future problems as long as he is monitored and doesn’t come in contact with the mold that caused it.  I have a terminal illness that is chronic for now and I hope it stays that way.  New medicine advances Have really changed the game for many of us.  For Art, they seem to hang onto the dramatic and saying Ryan has a terminal illness sounds more dramatic.  
 

here is the post about fun stuff

we are cheap in my household (I am also saving up for an international trip we want to take next summer).  We look for the free/cheap stuff that is going on in my town and local area and decide what sounds fun to us.  They also have the EBT card that will get them on FREE to many museums.  I don’t know anyone who thinks poor people should be banned from having fun.  I also don’t know what Art considers “fun”.  Fun doesn’t have to cost money. My 19 year old son and his girlfriend go to a local park and feed squirrels. My friend and I went and spent a morning at a local free botanical garden.  If we had any quality museums nearby I would visit them too.  My same friend and I have also driven to a wildlife area about 75 miles away to see migrating waterfowl (snow geese, sand hill cranes, ducks) and we really enjoyed ourselves.  Local college music programs are usually free or really cheap.  None of this cost much money other than maybe minor transportation costs.

So, poor people get to have fun too. Yep, they do. There are lots of free things to do,  and there are contests and drawings to win tickets to events. I recently went to a major league baseball game, won a ticket. I don't expect other people to pay for me to do fun things. Every weekend there is one or more free events/activities in my town, in a city there are many such events. Like the Nike slogan, just do it Art.

On 7/20/2024 at 5:06 AM, llucie said:

Wasnt Katey dad the one that had an old blog people found with a password protected entry about arranged marriage?

It was about biblical betrothal.

After their wedding they released the video about their engagement where they were reciting vows to each other. I don't think that their marriage was arranged, but I do think their engagement may have involved a contract between the fathers.

A year ago who would have thought that there would be 5 married Arndts and 2 GrandArndts on the way by the end of 2024?