Because the world is too scary if it is more complicated than a bumper sticker.
You may not return to answer this, but…
I’ve NEVER seen trollish behavior go unrewarded on the SDMB. Those kind of trainwreck threads go on and on for pages and pages, far longer than almost any others. They generally continue until a mod euthanizes them. I wish it wasn’t so, but whaddaryagonnado?
I don’t think **fuzzy **is trolling, I think he genuinely feels the way he says. And to be quite honest, I don’t take much issue with it. If the event he describes actually went down the way he says it did, I would also probalby feel a little…odd about it. I wouldn’t start a pit thread, and I wouldn’t demand respect, but if I gave a coin of what I thought was decent value to a homeless person and they scoffed at the gesture, I’d probably think their behavior was a little weird. He asked for change, I gave him change, he scoffed. Sorry, that’s weird. And frankly, who cares about the delivery method? **Fuzzy **didn’t hurl it at the man’s face. I often toss items to expecting recipients. Not a big deal.
What Fuzzy should have done is read the hobo bum pigman a choice scripture or two to show him just how much G_d loves his wretchedness.
It probably would’ve been more satisfying for the OP to just throw the bible at him.
What? You ran out of black people and Muslims to stick up for, and now you have a hardon for bums?
This is hilarious. He had his hand out, attempting to catch a tossed coin…one can’t really toss a dollar or a handfull of change, so he knew it would be a coin. He was disapointed when he realized it was a quarter? Doesn’t this bum realize that a quarter is about the biggest coin folks carry? I mean, one or two of us may jingle a couple 50 cent pieces in our pockets, or the odd Sacajawea, but most of the time the largest coin we would have is a quarter. This bum is being just silly, expecting a Susan B. Anthony dollar.
Maybe he thought it was going to be a beer. Evidently people toss beers, too.
You, Rand Rover, clothahump, and Shodan should TOTALY start a book reading club.
Don’t you mean book burning club?
I may have set my sights too high, I admit
And invite Starving Artist and curlcoat.
Appetizers: Napkin Sandwiches
Book choice: The Golden Decade of the '60s
Piss off Morella. Why do you have such a hard on for Devil’s advocates?
Why the hell would anyone toss a beer? If it’s in a cup or glass it’s going to spill everywhere; if it’s in a bottle, it could smash and cut you; and if it’s in a can, even if you manage to catch it it’s gonna shpritz everywhere when you crack it open. If you’re too lazy to bring it to me, set it down and I’ll come get it. But don’t toss it. What the hell is wrong with people? Nobody says “hey bro, toss me an enchilada!” Well, it’s the same thing, right? Just without the sauce? Who pours enchilada sauce on beer? I don’t want my beer tasting like cumin. This is still America, right? Or wherever the hell you’re reading this?
Shpritz?
Have some of you really never seen anoyne toss a can of beer to another person? Obviously, by the way, beer tossing really only works with cans or maybe the plastic bottles. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this phenomena on TV and even in beer commercials.
Yeah…I toss cans of beer too. There is a method for it, it’s not like an overhand throw or anything.
‘Lob’ is the word I think.
I’ve never in my life seen a plastic bottle containing beer. Do they really exist?
They have for at least the last 10 years.
SSG (P) Schwartz