Why wealth and patience appear to go hand in hand

Re:Why wealth and patience appear to go hand in hand by mruts on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @10:44AM (#20574780)

I live in a poor African country, and even here, people choose to buy things instead of their basic needa being met. Meat instead of beans, alcohol, weed, cigarettes, etc. They rather go hungry and get drunk than have a lot of bland food.

There are some people who might be close to starving, but they’re a small minority.

In the US these people are virtually non-existant. Even homeless people manage to hustle over $100/day. And they don’t spend that money on food, either.

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Re:Why wealth and patience appear to go hand in hand by pnutjam on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @11:39AM (#20575299)

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/do-panhandlers-make-50-an-...

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Re:Why wealth and patience appear to go hand in hand by umvi on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @11:45AM (#20575355)

You don't have to make $50/hr to make $100/day. $10/hr for 10 hours is $100 as well.

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Re:Why wealth and patience appear to go hand in hand by pnutjam on Thursday August 01, 2019 @09:11AM (#20583382)

panhandlers usually get chased off after afew hours, but go ahead, believe what you will.

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Re:Why wealth and patience appear to go hand in hand by mruts on Thursday August 01, 2019 @12:35PM (#20585518)

I used to run with a sketchy group of homeless people that did heroin together in NYC. Most of them were making over $100 panhandling/hustling/scamming per day. It’s probably lower in other places, though.

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