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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by Willravel
I see homeless people every day. Most of them will never enjoy a reasonable quality of life again because a lot of the social programs that existed even 10 years ago are no longer funded. These are the people who "lose".
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Many of those people don't want help. Yes there are many who do, but there are a number who don't. I'd also say there are NGOs that take care of them, feed, clothe, house.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
Very rarely are there only two competitors in a given event.
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No but again, the loser is the loser, no matter how you slice and dice it. Again, life is a competition in it's basic forms. The lion has to run faster than the antelope and the antelope has to run faster than the lion. Sometimes the lion wins, sometimes the antelope wins. Yet somehow there is harmony and balance.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
I'm really happy that sometimes people down on their luck get a break they've earned on their own. That's great. Still, he could have just as easily not gotten the job and he and his son would have continued living on the street until he realized that it's okay to get a medial job in the interim, while trying to get the awesome job.
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Yep, that's true, but again a determined person will push forward at all costs and succeed where someone who doesn't have the same drive or initiative will not succeed as much or in the same/similar fashion.
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