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Anyone else have actual conversations with homeless/poverty stricken individuals? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by sascuach@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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A lad told me today that he'll make a facebook account just to connect with me, gave me the address of the place he's couch surfing at and told me to come over anytime. He said "because you treat me like a human."

😢

I've gotten in trouble at a few jobs for talking with poor people rather than just shuffling them through.

It helps that I have to walk through the hood frequently.

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[–] American_Communist22@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 years ago

thousands of people at least here in hawaii with no home, so yeah a bit