Society rewards them because nobody else does!
It would hypocrisy only if I insisted that you provide a cite, not merely that I asked for one. Since you aren’t going to, I’ll just do what you do - assume that the lack of desire to provide a cite means you were talking out your ass.
Why should the irresponsible be rewarded?
Oh really? When you do it, it’s merely asking. When I do it, it’s insisting? You’re a hypocrite, and a lazy one at that. Do some research and get back to me. Otherwise, I’ll provide cites and you’ll criticize or dismiss them without doing a damn thing of your own, and I’m not playing that game with you.
Are you saying that all welfare recipients are undeserving scoundrels who suck off the fiscal tittie of society?
Serious question, and I want a damned serious answer.
Heh-heh. Good luck wit dat.
C’mon Kalhoun, you and I know there HAS to be a point (we’re here to fight ignorance and stuff etc) where the fuckers HAVE to concede that their beliefs are rooted so deep in bullshit that they’ve got nowhere to go from here. They’re down to bedrock now…there’s only one way up towards truth and enlightenment…and we’ll be here to greet them when they arrive. 
I remain optimistic and ready for the challenge hahahahaha.
Who decides who is fucking irresponsible? You?
I did everything in the “correct” order. I got married, got pregnant, had a child and became a widow. Everything in the correct order…also all those events happened between 1989 and 1993.
I spent several years (3 at the most) on a benefit (not all in one hit). I’m irresponsible because some government money went into raising my child?
My child is in his last year of high school and off to uni next year. There are MANY people like me who have used the system of public aid because it was necessary at THE TIME. It was not a way of life but way to live for a period of time. Not a pleasant way to live, just a way to get by.
kiwi you don’t need to justify yourself, this is useless. curlcoat is not intelligent enough to understand this.
The irony is lost on curlcoat. She didn’t prepare for the deterioration of her physical condition. Totally irresponsible, but the handout is ok for her. That’s how PlanetCurlcoat operates.
calm kiwi…calm the fuck down. Do not get yourself into an attack of the vapours over such a dim-witted bint as our curliecoated co-poster. She’s not worth the effort (despite my claims to the contrary a few posts ago!!). Seriously, people like her a just a fucking waste of oxygen, but unfortunately our welfare system keeps the likes of her alive…what a waste of resources.
I’d say that you used the benefits very responsibly. I dunno about where you live, but in the US, welfare was put into place to take care of people like you…people who had some bad luck, and needed a bit of help. Welfare and other aid programs were not intended to support people indefinitely, as a way of life.
The general irony is that **curlcoat **has had a similar misfortune and wants to receive government benefits.
What’s the abridged version of this thread?
- Kids suck. Where’s my money?
Or something like that.
So because I happen to mention that I have a problem with my brother recieving welfare benefits for being stupid, you guys automatically assume that I’m holding some life-long grudge against him and comparing my life to his? And that in 40 years I’ll still be doing the same thing and not enjoying my life to the fullest because I can’t get over the fact that my brother gets things from the government that I don’t? You think I spend all my time focusing on my brother rather than on the pile of problems I’ve got on my own plate? And you assume that my resentment for my brother is the base of the reasons I hate children? That’s funny. You guys sure know how to take one little thing and blow it way out of proportion.
TY. Kids do suck money.
That should settle it.
All I know about you is what I see you post here on the Dope, and that’s what I was responding to. Calm down. You do seem to have a fairly large chip on your shoulder about your brother’s life and the things he has that you feel he should not have. I am simply suggesting that maybe now, in your early 20s, would be a good time to work on getting over it. Because, I’ll be honest with you here, your brother is probably always going to have some stuff that you feel he shouldn’t have. That’s not going to change. So you can either continue to feel resentful of him forever, or you can change how you react to it. I think the latter is probably healthier in the long run.
Also, I didn’t say a damn thing about how your resentment for your brother is the base of the reason you hate children. In fact, I specifically mentioned that I was going off-topic when I made my previous comment. I am just offering a piece of advice.
I should have known better than to try to post actual content or information on the 44th page of a thread.
Who said I think there’s anything he shouldn’t have? By all means, he ought to have a house and a car and groceries and an education. I just don’t think he should have all those things on the taxpayer’s dime.
And I should I have clarified the “general you” before–someone far upthread took my brother as a reason I hate kids. My brother has nothing to do with it.
Nitpick. That’s what she meant.