# Homeless immigrant with no money to her name spends $50 on pizzas, what? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 9, 2018, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856 "2018-05-09T11:08:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856/201 "2018-05-25T04:29:42Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > The sad part is, this woman and her kids walked thousands of miles on a hope, and people here say they can’t move one town or state over to find a new job. It’s mind-blowing, really. And you believe she walked thousands of miles with her children because…? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856/202 "2018-05-25T05:01:05Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > And you believe she walked thousands of miles with her children because…? Did you not read the article? > [@](#): > > Hernandez had fled a threat of violence in Honduras with her sons, ages 6 and 2. But after a month on the road – just as they reached the port of entry at San Ysidro – officials there said they’d reached capacity and were “temporarily unable to bring additional persons traveling without appropriate entry documentation into the port of entry for processing.” [A little more detail:](https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/27/us/mexico-migrant-caravan-diary/index.html) > [@](#): > > Gabriela got out of Honduras very quickly. It’s one of the most dangerous countries in the world, and gang violence is rife. > She’d suffered domestic abuse from her husband and left him. But then gang members found her one day, demanding to know where her ex was. They gave her 12 hours to give him up or said they would kill her 6-year-old. > She left that night, with her sons and the clothes they wore. > It’s hard for her to accept, but she says she understands leaving her family is part of the sacrifice she must make to give her children a better life, a safer life. > “There are people who think I just woke up and said, ‘Oh,I want to just go to the United States.’ It’s not that easy,” she says. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856/203 "2018-05-25T05:25:12Z")
On a TV show there was a poor woman (don’t think she was homeless) who would take here kids to McDonalds as special treat and buy them burgers (none for herself) so they could enjoy the cleanliness and comfort as a way to remember the life they had. Also on Youtube, there’s a guy who grew up poor as child in China whose parents would take him to KFC and sit and watch him eat alone with a smile on their faces. Sometimes the littlest things, especially food, show incredible love. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856/204 "2018-05-25T12:44:49Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > And you believe she walked thousands of miles with her children because…? Is this some sort of trick question? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856/205 "2018-05-25T12:51:36Z")
Maybe she’s just a really big fan of the Proclaimers? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856/206 "2018-05-25T15:00:48Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Did you not read the article? so in your opinion the panhandlers in my area should get their stories written up in an article? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856/207 "2018-05-25T15:07:44Z")
How does that follow? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856/208 "2018-05-25T15:31:51Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > so in your opinion the panhandlers in my area should get their stories written up in an article? Besides the fact that this question makes even less sense than your previous one, why shouldn’t they get their stories written up in an article? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856/209 "2018-05-25T20:15:18Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Besides the fact that this question makes even less sense than your previous one, why shouldn’t they get their stories written up in an article? If the article is fact checked that would be great. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856/210 "2018-05-25T20:16:14Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > so in your opinion the panhandlers in my area should get their stories written up in an article? WTF does that have to do with anything? If you don’t want to read the article, don’t. But then don’t presume to comment on her situation if you don’t bother to learn about it. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856/211 "2018-05-25T22:03:18Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > WTF does that have to do with anything? I don’t believe she walked a thousand miles with her children. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856/212 "2018-05-25T22:07:04Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > And you believe she walked thousands of miles with her children because…? …she’s a fucking drug dealer with big thighs! Do I win? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856/213 "2018-05-26T14:28:43Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I don’t believe she walked a thousand miles with her children. If you have that little belief in the article, then you should not believe that she ever received any money, nor spent it in ways that you judge to be poor. Maybe she doesn’t even exist, and all this outrage that you feel is simply manufactured. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856/214 "2018-05-26T14:40:41Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I don’t believe she walked a thousand miles with her children. You gonna argue with Fitbit? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856/215 "2018-05-26T15:08:48Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > If you have that little belief in the article, then you should not believe that she ever received any money, nor spent it in ways that you judge to be poor. The main point of the article was her situation at the border which could be observed. The assumption is that she is poor. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > Maybe she doesn’t even exist, and all this outrage that you feel is simply manufactured. Pointing out the poor decisions she made is not outrage. That would be an emotion you’ve created in your mind. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856/216 "2018-05-26T16:36:10Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > The main point of the article was her situation at the border which could be observed. The assumption is that she is poor. Who observed her get this money? Who observed her take a cab to dominos? Who observed her order food there and share it with her family? That was as much self reporting as the parts of her story that you refuse to believe. > [@](#): > > Pointing out the poor decisions she made is not outrage. That would be an emotion you’ve created in your mind. Umm, read the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856/217 "2018-05-26T20:37:25Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Who observed her get this money? Who observed her take a cab to dominos? Who observed her order food there and share it with her family? That was as much self reporting as the parts of her story that you refuse to believe. best of luck with that line of thought. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > Umm, read the OP. where’s the outrage? We can’t have an opinion on someone foolishly spending money? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856/218 "2018-05-26T21:29:11Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > best of luck with that line of thought. You are the only one who is having issues with only believing what you want to believe. I am not like to convince you, and there is probably no one else on the planet that needs convincing on this “line of thought”, so, thank you for the well wishes. > [@](#): > > where’s the outrage? We can’t have an opinion on someone foolishly spending money? An opinion, sure. But, when you share that opinion on a public forum, you are doing so in the desire that others join in on that opinion, why would you do that if it didn’t really bother you? A number of times in the OP’s “sharing of their opinion”, they used the punctuation construction “!?”. And, even your construction, “foolishly spending money” indicates that you do not just think that it was a less optimal way of spending, but was a, well, foolish way. You are not looking to “share your opinion”, you are looking to get others to join in on bullying her because she didn’t do exactly what you wanted her to do. You obviously want people to know that it bothers you that this person that you never met, and has never caused you any harm, has done something that you object to. Other than recreational outrage, what purpose do your comments here serve? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-immigrant-with-no-money-to-her-name-spends-50-on-pizzas-what/813856.md?page=10)