Posts Tagged ‘spare change’
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I’ve only seen one pair of hipsters doing this, but this photo I saw on flickr is a good example. If you live in NYC you probably see these hipster panhandlers in Union Square who have nothing better to do when they’re not in Williamsburg coffee shops with their MacBook laptops. There was a great [...]
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This sign was sooooooo two years ago, at LEAST. I’ve seen too many of these signs recently and I wonder where the current sign holders first got the idea from. I don’t think real homeless people go around looking for the best signs to have to panhandle with because like Chris Rock says in his [...]
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Usually when people aren’t eating when they ask people coming out of the turnstile for a metrocard swipe. Seriously, makes a much better case if you’re not talking with your mouth full of Cheetos. This guy didn’t make a very convincing case.
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I was walking in midtown to the subway when I passed a mother telling this to her child. When I entered the station I saw the guy who looks like he has lots of black makeup on and his clothing looks like it’s made up of cut up newspapers billowing from every inch of his [...]
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I was walking down the stairs from my kung fu school (fifth floor of the building) and between the third and second floors this kid who must’ve been around 16 looks kind of out of breath. He says “Excuse me” so I listen to him. Then he asks me for a dollar. Actually it was [...]
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I like measuring items in terms of other cheaper things. Like if I hear about some insane designer clothing item worth thousands of dollars I’ll say “That’s like four Playstation 3s!!!” The five dumplings for one dollar place(s) in Chinatown have completely changed my perception of the value of a dollar since I first went [...]
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I was on the subway and this woman was looking at me funny, eventually she pointed out that my chapstick dropped onto the seat next to me. Great story I know, but as soon as it happened I just tried to imagine how the character might treat a person on the street who starts to [...]
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I’ve never been called out like this, but I do think this sort of thing during the Winter when it’s really cold.
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I’m a bit split on whether or not I’ve done this comic before, but I’m mostly sure that I haven’t. Anyway, I think this around the holidays. What’s my solution you ask? I still don’t give. ‘Cause I think it’s hypocritical to give just because it’s the holidays. Maybe it means I have no heart [...]
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