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Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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You need a phone to be contacted. You know, if you apply for housing or a job etc. etc.
Ah yes, when you become homeless the state takes away your phone
I’ve been homeless years ago and I *HATE* this shit, lmfao.
Am I supposed to sell my only way to be contacted so I can have an extra $50 (tops maybe, for a used phone) to put toward a down payment on a house? And then what, ask people to contact me via messenger pigeon?
Or people will act like homeless people can never use the internet as if there aren’t public libraries and public wi-fi hotspots and shit…
You would think that they think the only possible phone to have is the newest iPhone model, and that many broke people in general don’t have older models that are more affordable than any kind of non-Apple brand new phone. I currently have a Google Pixel 6 and the newest model is a 9, bought it refurbished after my Google Pixel 3 (also refurbished) went to shit last year.
I’m confused that Alan can write sentences but still be so dumb.
I have no idea why this thought keeps popping up. A phone is literally the most single important possession any of us could have. If you were trying to survive on the streets, what would you prioritize more than a phone? It’s how you’d be able to get contacted for a job, find services that could help you, pretty much everything.
Additionally, you can get a smartphone for free easily. There are so many retired ones floating around. Even if you had to buy one it’d be easy to find one for less than $50 used. And you can use it without a cell plan, there’s free wifi all over the place.
The boomers act like if you have one you’re having a luxury spa vacation while you’re homeless or something, or that it’s 1991 and having a cell phone is some crazy luxury.
Gee it is almost like maybe people who have jobs can also be homeless 🧐
Yes. It’s like people who say “they’re in line at the food bank in a new car.” Maybe they live in that car and it’s all they have. Maybe they just lost their job. Maybe they are a member of one of the most financially strapped groups- single people with no children who for the most part only qualify for a paltry, if any, amount of SNAP assistance?
How about minding your own damned business and getting a CLUE about reality? The days of being able to get a full time job with livable pay and insurance just because you want one and are willing to work are long gone.
Fun fact: many poor nations especially in sub Saharan Africa went from barter economies straight to mobile payments. Because planting cell towers and a cheap solar cell per family or even per village, then giving everyone a rugged and reliable phone is a very efficient use of (public, personal and aid) resources. It gives millions access to banking, information (weather warnings can be invaluable) and connection to services and family for 10 USD per person and a cell tower every few km. No need to open banks in rural areas, for example.
If you’re a poor person, a smartphone gives you access to the world.
This confusion has no limits!
How are you supposed to get a job with no contact information?
Is this your first day on earth? I died laughing at that.
Numerous cell phone providers have initiatives with shelters that offer free or inexpensive plans and cell phones. Old phones can be donated. They clean and restore them.
This alone is a perfect example on how stupid the people are in the United States. This is the average voter.
Just right now, Americans actually believe that aliens are flying around with their lights on at night, following FAA regulations on aircraft lighting.
They rather believe that, then believe the obvious that it’s a man-made airplane or drone
Like, yeah, aliens came all this way, to travel at night with their lights on. Not like they would try to remain hidden or anything.
Obama Phones have been a thing since, well, Obama. If you have EBT/Snap or are on any government assistance you can get a free smart phone with service and 10gb of data monthly.
What are ya talkin about? To get a phone don’t you have to apply for a loan and- I’m cutting of this sarcastic comment here because I just realized Apple might get ideas
Phones are free. Not just like the 0$ down for a plan. My wife just got a pixel 9 brand new for $32. Zero added to her plan. I still have an older Samsung that cost $200 almost ten years ago. A lot can change in ten years. Phones are free. Cellphone plans can be almost free and considering necessary to get out of homelessness, to get out of joblessness.
I would be shocked if anyone who actually wanted one didn’t have a cellphone.
I’ve also worked extensively with the homeless of Canada and live in Canada’s most unhoused region. I would consider myself more experienced than 99% of North America.
Some people must have never gotten a phone through dollar general.
$28 phone plan over here.
What confuses me the most is how homeless people have jobs. Worked at a shelter a few years ago and 1/3 are the people you see everyday and call homeless. There is 2/3’s of the homeless pop sleeping in their cars working at Wal-Mart. It’s hard enough for me to go to work and I am indoors.
People under estimate the power of having a phone. With Internet you can find out news, weather, food pantry locations, hospitals, costs of items, documentation, navigation, contacts.. the list goes on. Its the smartest thing to focus on if your out on the streets. Get access to a phone and you have access to lots of resources you otherwise wouldn’t know of.
What a schmuck
We need a MurderedByWordsContinued, cause I would love to see the responses to these
The government will give you a cell phone if you don’t have money for one. They give a lot of things to people that are in need.
There’s a program that gives out free cell phones to people in need.
How do folks not know this by now? Don’t they know how to use google?
> … ~~on earth~~ **in America**.
Free phones have been a thing for over a decade at this point
Alan needs to be reported. It’s his/her first time on earth… so clearly their name is Al-i-an (regional spelling of “alien” like gray vs grey)… they must be the cause of the drones!!!
Newer phones are gonna meet up with house prices soon lol
i think it depends on the phone because i’ve seen a couple homeless people where i live with brand new iphones but if it’s cheap phone that’s a different story
For what rent costs in my city, you could buy a brand new iPhone every month.
When you get your talking points based off the price, of a cellphone in 1985. Dude having a phone is not like being able to afford a fucking Ferrari you knob. If you allowed one clear thought to enter your shit for brains you would have realized this before admitting to the world that you are a moron.
People insulting the dude above (Alan) are donng the equivalent of making fun of someone for not knowing something while also not explaining it to them
I get why people are amazed at their lack of knowledge, but how bout we just explain things to people who say they don’t understand rather than make fun of them?
How the fuck are we supposed to have more people know, otherwise?
Phones cost less than houses, hope this helps.
You don’t have to own a home to not be homeless. Duh. I was almost homeless in Hawaii but I had enough for a phone plan. Can’t get a job without a phone.
Hey pal, did you just blow in from stupid town?
I like how a lot of people here are talking about government programs giving people phones when you can just get a phone and a plan at like a grocery store, It’s like under 100$ to get a 50$ or lower phone + a sim card that’s good for a month, maybe even less if you chose the limited data options. It’s pretty conceivable that most people in the U.S can get a phone with zero issue.
What is it with morons on the internet strawmanning and intentionally misunderstanding what people are saying to make a point. Clearly the dude is saying he doesn’t know how he can afford to keep the phone running without income.