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Dem Train hopping for 5 years fades
blzbob
http://mikebrodie.net/book <--source
Banhammer72
Seems like a bunch of Bohemian hipster art students went on a train ride to me.
fauxcault
These are Mike Brodie's. He collected them for a book, A Period of Juvenile Prosperity, and his site is mikebrodie.net. He's now a mechanic.
Juzzby
Is he the guy with the guitar in the pictures? That guy's a fucking legend.
busterann
I was friends with kids that did this. Some came from wealthy backgrounds, some came from middle class, and some came from poverty. 1/2
busterann
2/2 The one thing they all had in common, was they wanted to travel and be free from society. Unfortunately, many of them had needle habits.
machadoskate
Sponsored by Levi's
HannaMckiddy42
chuckled, checked user name, same person, chuckled even more.
PhonesRinginDude
It looks like everyone picked out their most theatrical outfits for this struggle
Arcanine93
Filthy hobbitses
RedStarBeograd
Really filthy
thefirst
Filthy hoboses*
apocaalypso
The photographer is Mike Brodie
Gruldar
As a train driver, I strongly recomend against this. It's really hard for us to hit someone with the train, but even harder to go and
TheAtomicTangerine
I was thinking that there are several NS special agents that would like to have a word with her for multiple trespassing violations.
BullsOnParade12
Fellow Train service employee here. Thank you. All i could do was cringe at these.
Gruldar
look for life signs!
Jiltedlerk
So much this!!
8bitdan
So I posted this last week, and mine was a repost from 2 years ago. We are repost brothers. Not the same as eskimo brothers.
xxelav2808
Eskimo Kisses?
CouncilmanJeremyJamm
did yours get downvoted to oblivion instead?
8bitdan
nah, it got a couple hundred points.
battlellamma
... but isn't it exactly the same though? It's pretty much exactly the same though.
Nize426
preeeetty much the same, yeah.
HatefulCrouton
Why not. I did it for a year. Packed what I could carry and left with 2 other friends. Best EXP I ever had! I will never forget it.
yaaa
tell more, please
curiouscorruption
I second this c:
Brambones
I call it Derelicte!!!!
groovebucket
You took my comment!
holywtf
https://gradingfightscenes.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/50a84-zoolander-walkoff4.gif
earthking
logged in at work to upvote this... :D
FreakingHeather
When I see something like this, I always wonder how the girl deals with her period. Anyone else?
szepasszony
A lot of gutter punks have serious drug problems. I wasn't into drugs but I didn't eat enough to get my period when I was a homeless teen.
FreakingHeather
See when I was homeless (only for 3 months) I still had mine. It was....inconvenient
terryr
How did women deal with their periods for thousands of years?
FreakingHeather
It's different on the go. Can't stand around to make supplies like back then
romanapplesauce
I'm guessing you made this comment because of this picture, but for everyone else http://mikebrodie.net/files/gimgs/6_1064.jpg
FreakingHeather
So basically the answer is that they don't
frontroadgirls
How did she manage to keep the rest of her knickers so white when everything else she's wearing is so filthy?
TheMouthOfSauron
a lot of the people i've known who have lived this lifestyle actually had rich parents. just sayin'
mrgrape
If you're born rich, you're more likely to stay rich. These kids will die poor.
SwitchPup
I imagine it's easier to live like this knowing you've got a rich safety net to catch you if it becomes too much.
TastyTastyScience
People born into poverty often don't even think about travelling. Most backpackers and hitchhikers I've met come from middle-class families.
DRPLA
As a working class kid in uni, this is very true. And they never understand me when I say "No, I have to go to work for the summer (1/2)
DRPLA
I need to earn money for the semester." They say "But now is the perfect opportunity and money's not that important and..." 2/2
TastyTastyScience
That's not exactly what I meant. At least you have enough perspective in life to even see traveling as an option. Many poor-er people don't.
snackpower
Some people like to camp, some people like to hop trains.
majill
whats wrong with that?
gauntelakor
For some reason I really want to do that, but then I remember the internett
anneka
For a week maybe, not sure five years is worth the experience.
JakeTheMaagicDog
and hygiene
Runikal
We already have up on hygiene, just internet we stay for
CreedBrattonQuabityAshwitz
Its tuff but then it might be a really worth sacrifice.
sparkledick
Friend of mine jumped on one for spring break, wound up 1500 miles away and somehow made it back the day school started.
sonicpet
Is jumping on trains a common thing in USA?
sparkledick
Not really, kind of a niche thrill seeker thing. Very dangerous, friend almost got the shit beat out of him by a trainyard enforcer.
sonicpet
Thought so. I've regarded it as something people did in the past, since it's common that characters travel by jumping trains in older comics
sparkledick
It was common up until the 1940s prbly, free travel. Lot of hobos did it. Mostly people society frowns upon.
zebzebzeb
One word: periods
fivefrozenfishfingers
Getting off the internet for a few years would probably be the best thing I could do for myself.
rappedillyen
most public libraries let you use their computers with very little hassle.
Clairebitchproject
My fiance once convinced his friend we were riding the rails for a year. It was a really elaborate prank that just kept going.
beggingyourmajestyspardon
please, make a post about this elaborate prank. I would like to hear more.
Clairebitchproject
I lied. It wasn't that elaborate. He just didn't see him for a year and anytime he would talk to him he would talk about riding the rails &
Clairebitchproject
all of the things we were doing. Then one day he asked his friend to come hangout and he was weirded out thinking we were still on trains so
Clairebitchproject
my fiance told him it was all a joke that lasted a year.
mt77932
Incredible photos. These should be on exhibit on a gallery.
freyjaboo
Don't encourage them.
blzbob
They are from a book. http://mikebrodie.net/book
Khannnnnnnnnnnnnn
I really want to wash these people
PithyCommentBelow
I kept scrolling down the comments thinking, "Am I the only one who wants these people to bathe?!?!" Thank you!
lurkymcderp
THANK YOU!!
Jrex42
All I wanna do is BANG BANG BANG BANG and *tschhh* and take your money!
mcallu2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3plBzBB8LE8
aneldebruyn
*and *tschhh* **CHING!** and take your money!
LesbianTrappedInManBody
Pirate skull and bones, sticks and stones and weed and bombs.
TrickedOut
Where's her bindle? Everybody knows train hoppers have bindles.
bassman3695
It's bendl btw
Ekwinoksxxx
no..its bindle.
WhenTheMusicsOver
Dude.... Holy fuck. I've wanted to know what the word for this was for SO LONG.
EnergyFiend
For the lazy: https://comediansteviemack.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/hobostick11.jpg
azwethinkweiz
hobo stick
Therearetoomanyusernames
THANK YOU! I never knew they had a name. I just thought they were made up by cartoons. Lol
Murdercorpse
Steven Universe taught me the name last week.
dolphindreamsandsatan
Kerchief all tied up on a stick!
LiterallyAPotato91
Pffchh. They're called hobo sacks. Duhh.
junglebunnydiscodino
A bindle is also a small bag of heroin... I thought that's what you meant.... both seem likely enough.
TrickedOut
Yeah. Unfortunately I know that too.
Argenteus1
Known as a 'Swag' in Australia. No, I'm not joking. Makes the whole yolo swag thing take a completely different context.
urseppos
Stick & a hanky.
hiengineer
She's not a real vagabond without a sticksack.
dolphindreamsandsatan
+1 for sticksack
killerkungfuwolfbitch
Girls don't have stick sacs, it's one off the things that make them girls
LawfulEvilGrady
Man, like 80% of these ass hats have trust funds and caring parents. This is their poverty tour. seriously.
Tkeleth
lol that sucks
Flinkle
Heaven forbid they live a rebellious, adventurous life because they have rich, caring parents.
bigbattaboom
So like Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins?
DRPLA
I know the daughter of the designer of Nokia mobile phone game Snake. She's basically doing this with her life.
DRPLA
The distressed looking girl peeking over the cart's edge in #13 reminds me of her a lot.
TheRicM
Also I don't like the idea that they're breaking the law. This is all romanticized too much, to me it's basic squatting in a different form
dudeondudeaction
Whats wrong with squatting?
TheRicM
A number of things; it's illegal, and can cost the landlord a ton in legal fees if they need to file an eviction proceeding. (1)
TheRicM
(2) Also associated with with various hazards, like fire hazards, pest/safety issues, crime, and defacement of property
Chronomechanist
Right? Fuck those rich people! They should just live their spoilt rich lives and never experience poverty. That's our thing!
Chronomechanist
I mean, how can we righteously condemn them if they've experienced poverty?!
TTurambarsGurthang
2. ty experience without the constant stress of money.
TTurambarsGurthang
Honestly, it's because this was never a real risk for them. No matter what, they still come back to being rich so it's not much of a pover
Chronomechanist
And if they never did it, you'd gripe at them for not knowing what it's like to live in poverty.
TTurambarsGurthang
I finslly found a way to reply
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Chronomechanist
TTurambarsGurthang
Again, they don't know what it's like unless they actually have no money. If it's just a vacation it's an entirely different thing.
JeromeAlone
She flies like paper gets high like planes.
mr2049
Bidididididididi bamba
PPL1PACKAGE
I know that song but I don't get how it relates to this post. There's more than 1 comment like yours. What am I missing?
IcathianSurprise
In Slumdog Millionaire that song plays while he train-hops as a kid in India
JeromeAlone
It plays in Slumdog Millionaire when they spend most of their childhood on trains.
Lildoc911
I missed it too. You aren't alone.
ChengalTiger
If you catch me at the border I got visas in my name.
Diamondintharough
Your name makes this all the more awesome +1
JeromeAlone
If you come around here, I make 'em all day
JeromeAlone
I get one down in a second if you wait
JeromeAlone
Sometimes I think sitting on trains
JeromeAlone
Every stop I get to I'm clicking my gun
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JeromeAlone
Bonafide hustler making my name.
DreamBoatSugarTits
This is the part when you expect me to finish the passage....*Sigh..."Bonafide hustler..."
WhereOnceThereWasAYachtNowThereIsNot
am I the only one whose first thought was "gross"?
Terannosaurusrex
Especially if your a chick during that time of the month...how do they take care of that?
vanaman
They don't.
everyoneiskungfufighting
Nope. I looked at these and just thought "grubby and dirty on purpose is not cool or interesting".
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WhereOnceThereWasAYachtNowThereIsNot
That guy sounds... well, pretty dumb!
Muffyns
while he was dumb pretty sure supposed wait till train is moving slow or stopped to check the tracks for debris or w/e it is they do when1/2
Muffyns
reason for them to stop cz was just emptyness around the tracks 3/3
ToxicPineapple
Trains can be held for a number of reasons. Mostly due to traffic congestion on certain lines. They have separation rules and dispatchers.
Muffyns
they stop for no reason in middle of no where (Used to live near train tracks a lot and trains would tend stop near my house and was no 2/3
nkaplan89
My reaction was.. GET A JOB YOU HIPPIES!
TastyTastyScience
"You need to get up at 6AM, work all day, worry about bills, stay home all weekend, and be as unhappy as I am for years until you die!"
nkaplan89
I love my job. I work with recovering drug addicts that need help getting through life sober.
riffifi
The few comments in this post I can relate to comes from you. I like you.
TastyTastyScience
DutchKincaid
Living like a Depression-era hobo is sooo cool.
ArdentSlacker
Last five years haven't been a depression?
monkeyputz
Why do I feel most of those people would stab you for a sandwich.
StrangelyCalm
It's romanticism. In these pictures they look carefree, without family or responsibility. But the reality is that these people are actually
StrangelyCalm
TASTY WAFFLES WITH SYRUP
Nize426
chuckled, checked user name, same person, chuckled even more.
PPL1PACKAGE
Right? It looks terrible.
EstebanJulioRicardoMontoyaDeLaRosaRamirez
"noone is ever on their death bed wishing they spent more time at work"
aCoolBreezeOnAHotSummerDay
I think Steve Jobs actually wished that.
Nitrobskt
Bet that guy rolling an F-16 one image over wishes he could spend more time at work.
CableAHVB
eh, you know what they say, arbeit macht frei.
MyDogJake
Who is noone?
notme222
I don't know. If I got fired for not showing up, then got evicted and froze to death, I might have regrets on the matter.
Blinkordeath182
Or on a shitty train
Psychethos
True, mostly what people wish is having spent more time with loved ones. Seeing the world can be amazing too, but it's the 1/2
Psychethos
deep connections forged with other people that seem to mean the most to us when all is said and done. 2/2
bienmenso
Did you watch/read Hunter X Hunter?
Psychethos
No I haven't heard of it, why?
bienmenso
Oh it's an anime and manga and what you said is kind of the message of the whole story. Word for word almost. Anyway, it's a good message.
busted88
Yeah, but living a filthy life as a homeless person isn't exactly the other rational choice
JeromeAlone
So much to do, so little time...
Kriegson
That said, some people enjoy their job and the comfort it allowed them to live in.
whatmeworkquestionmark
This. Crazily enough, I don't hate my job and I like the comfort and stability it provides. Somewhere it seems "comfort" became a dirty word
whatmeworkquestionmark
Now in order to be "truly happy" you need to constantly be "restless" yank yourself out of your "comfort zone", stability is for the weak
jellybeanoverdose
Unless you're poor or from a third world country and have mouths to feed, & know that your hard work means a good life for them.
RumiN8
Right after bleeding out after getting hit by a train. "I probably should have spent more time at work"
ialreadyfappedtothat
"noone?"
hipsthor
that was deep. i'm jacking off
ninmonkey
Did you ever try turning it off and on again.
Kur111
Also, visit a doctor if it's turned on for more than 5 hours.
EstebanJulioRicardoMontoyaDeLaRosaRamirez
hi jacking off, im esteban
MeanBlack
That was deep. I'm pulling out.
FedericoAstica
"noone is ever on their death bed wishing they spent less time jacking off"
TheBeerDoctor
"You will be"
HowComeDespiteTheFact
Ask any old person and they'll tell you just that, some said that if they worked even harder they'd have more stuff, but who needs stuff?
tarataqa
As an old person who doesn't spend any more time at work than I have to...I could use more stuff now. :-\
watercolorpantzarecoolerthanu
I mean other than basic needs fir survival, stuff is just filler. I think sometimes those with less tend to live more.
HowComeDespiteTheFact
I had an epiphany the other day, followed by selling a lot of shit, "If it can't carry me or I can't carry it, it's too much"
LesbianTrappedInManBody
And now you're on imgur
HowComeDespiteTheFact
It feels nice to look at something other than code sometimes, so I come here.
crowey92
yeah nah, its amazingly shit being poor, we dont get to live beyond our means just like everyoen else
Muttons1337
I've found from experience being jobless, you just have more time to do shit. Doesn't mean I want to live more, but there's no other choice
CaptSweatpants
18 years old for 5 years?!?
Crogicun
Ash kethum
graehall
I don't believe the 5 year thing. The shoot looks like it could have taken place over a weekend.
BoomBoomParrot
Still got nothing on Ash Ketchum.
watercolorpantzarecoolerthanu
Ugh. +1
mikoroshi
crazy how nature do dat
jonnyhollywood
18 til she dies
mynameisnotalice
Met too many homeless children in my life. I will continue hoping she was 18 when she started.
GaneshaTheElephantGod
relativity theory, if you move you age slower. or sth like that
jellybeanorg
My brothers started hopping trains when they were 14. One still does at 41...
CaptSweatpants
got any of his stories? I'm sure folks would be interested
thesunshinesoutofmybehind
My mum is 50 for at least a decade
TheAmazingCaptainHolliday
My mom has been stuck at 36 for awhile
TheAmazingCaptainHolliday
Since the train is so massive, time actually progresses slower when you are close to one.
ShuttrbuggnDewfiend
I've been 29 for longer than that!
Deltrillion
And to think I only spent one year being 18, so much wasted potential.
Timeconsumer10
Yeah we went to different schools together and hopped trains for 5 years one summer
FoeOfFauxPho
There are no grammar mistakes in the title, said the 32-year-old who has taught grammar for four years.
kuumamusti
#Interstellar
RobErtE87
the fact that she rode trains for 5 years has no implications on her age or the other way around. It simply isn't conditionally dependant.
IcommentVeryLate
Must be a Pokemon Trainer who's journey began slightly later.
uberjim83
That's exactly what I was thinking lol
TastyTastyScience
"I must have been 19 for decades, Cecil. Maybe a century."
kappykapkap
Peter motherfucking Pan!
IamVio
Fucking vampires...
iSoulend
Modern Peter Pan's story
Cez666
Foreeeeever young
NickPetersen
Do you even know what that means...?
ASDFFDSAASDFASDF
...human taxidermy right?
DontLoseYourWay
I wanna be foreeeever young
ynkfish
Do you really want to live forever?
nkaplan89
FOREVER AND EVER!
tracereading
Well Gypsy Rose was 15 for 15 years.
TotalSmartAss
Just look how long Bart Simpson has been a kid
GilaMonsieur
must have been the agreed upon condition for his re-entry into the matrix
SingingMeAndCthulioDownByRlyehFhtagn
18 years old FOREVER!!!!!!
evillesbianfromthesnakehouse
"how old are you?" "17" "how long have you been 17?" "...a bit."
adeepermystery
This should be the next stage in evolution. 18 takes a few years to get right.
CaptainPicArt
Started at 13?
FoeOfFauxPho
yeah
NickPetersen
#BenjaminButton
JeromeAlone
yep, I get older, they stay the same age.
IMSUgrad
It would be a lot cooler if you did.
tarataqa
welllll, alright alright alright.
JeromeAlone
nice ;)
Iliftheavythings
Ahhh high school girls
JarethsPackage
Well, I've been 18 for 17 years so it's possible!
ImTheProfessor
I've been 17 for almost 10 years.
HomelessToddler
I've been 30 since I was 18. I'm only 23.
Kur111
yes. They rode the trains around the earth, utilizing the time zones to stay in the same year all the time. Trust me, I'm an engineer.
TheAmazingCaptainHolliday
That happened when Went to Korea for a year and came back as a child.
Filipe1020
And I solve problems, but not problems like "what is beauty?", because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy.
maffleet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp8hvyjZWHs Are you this guy?
BergerMan
How have I never seen this before?
odraencoded
Yes, I recall Superman using a super version of this technique before.
IWishIWasBlank
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/544/737/e56.jpg
elpher
Wait, a train engineer or the other kind?
momantra
Probs the other kind.
QueenAmy
i had the same thought
Kur111
Not an engineer at all, actually. Just lying for imaginary internet points. Taking the equivalent of a advanced physics class, though.
Goodnewwseveryone
clearly not an advanced english class, however...................................................
Kur111
That would be because I'm not from an english speaking country.
AiurForHire
Are we not going to acknowledge how such a quality camera was used to take these... by a homeless person?
Fahargo
Op is a lier.
uberjim83
Houses cost more than cameras, it turns out
HerrKrinkle
All his early shots were taken with a polaroid camera. When Polariod stopped production, he unwillingly moved to film cameras.
crediblesource
Good photographers can make wonderful photos with shitty cameras.
NotAgainRichard
I was thinking, whatever cheap instamatic camera were these taken on, they're far better composed than any of mine.
pizzabubble7
Because if someone is homeless it means they've *always* been poor, and gave up all their possessions to earn their Homeless Credentials.
tuxedos
i was thinking how all they have is a paper map but atleast they have a really nice camera!
RBBaker
These people are not homeless per se. Truly their home is the world and they often stop and work odd jobs ... or grift.
htbui85
My thought exactly.
AiurForHire
Also, obligatory "hygiene-lacking" comment.
NeaterSpree
According to the photographers homepage, he found the camera behind a seat. Yeah. "Found it".
HodgePodgekin
I totally believe they found it!
NeaterSpree
Source: https://twinpalms.com/books-artists/a-period-of-juvenile-prosperity/
themadgeographer
The actual artisthttp://mikebrodie.net/
plzdadyno
How did he keep it charged for 5 years?
rattbastard
Libraries probably.
scabab
sigh.... cameras werent always electronic yknow
forgotuserid
McDonald's
ProbablyCrazier
Easy, they aren't digital. shot on good old fashioned 35mm film. Lacks formal training, but you don't need it to take a great photo.
theconcreteslab
It costs a hell of a lot more money to purchase film and develop it, even 35mm.
ProbablyCrazier
This was also in between 2003 and 2006, digital cameras were quite pricey, film was still cheaper than going digital.
theconcreteslab
Welp, ain't that the truth. (film photog here)
schtomp
nonsense - a point & shoot is a point & shoot regardless of format.
scabab
35mm point and shoots can create incredible results, theres no reason they wouldnt be as good as an SLR
schtomp
sure, as can digital point & shoots. I was nonsens-ing the notion that it takes less training to take good shots with 35mm that digital.
scabab
i would definitely agree that a bad photo on 35mm is far more pleasing to the eye than a bad photo on digital. but these aren't bad photos..
scabab
by which i mean if you fuck up on film, all the fuck up will look nice in its own way.
keownfilms
He used a Nikon F3, a cheap film camera first produced in 1980.
ashleypomeroy
Nikon's former top professional model throughout most of the 1980s. Used examples cost a couple of hundred dollars, without the lens.
sonnydojo
True, but i scored one in a thrift store for about 15 bucks. Not hard to find a good, cheap film camera that'll take similar photos.
ryannnnnnnnnnnnn
You can get an F3 for not much at all in a camera store, especially compared to good digital SLRs which run in the thousands
keownfilms
They didn't cost $200 in 2003. The point is that it's not that nice of a camera & you have to be good at photography to get stuff like this.
BoogerDiva
"And then she went back home, finished her degree and got a lousy job managing the family multi-million business."
rg001
Sound like opposite of lousy to me.
tarataqa
"Is that you again, Master Bruce?"
BoogerDiva
"A new superhero emerges from the shadows... Railyard Kid!!..."
drfarren
"Her secret weapon? Beating villains senseless with a railroad tie."
Sexy4Cheese
1. Probably not a secret. How would she hide it?. 2. Please don't beat me to death with a railroad tie.
BonnieBigheart
The photographer is male, his name is Mike Brodie and he's a mechanic
StrangelyCalm
Mike and The Mechanics? On imgur? Wat
TobySomething
I do a lot of ridesharing up the west coast and have gotten a few of these folks. One told me about doing competitive horse jumping 1/2
TobySomething
. Usually self imposed poverty, and hitching/train-jumping is trendy amongst kids who wanna be Kerouac. Some annoying some just kids. 2/2
TobySomething
but yeah, they do smell.
BoogerDiva
Guys... I am assuming for the sake of being witty over here. I don't even care about the background of these ppl. The photos are great btw!
BigBun
Fucking hipsters
Nabashin
Nice photos, but real nice to know you can quit and go home anytime.
LeftSyde
*hopsters
totemspirithousecat
My friend did this for a while, not quite 5 years, but he ended up in Tijuana and started a community house and made money along the way
foggyglasses
Ease up a little, people. The guy's Mike Brodie, he's a photographer and diesel mechanic now- not bad, but not glamorous either. Look 'm up.
Torrempesta
is she batman?
TastyTastyScience
And there'd be nothing wrong with that.
Monkeylifesupport
Ya we have train hoppers roll through savannah quite often. They beg for $20 bills not change. Theyre gross as fuck.
STICKDIP
That SCAD art degree isn't going to pay for itself. Seriously, nobody with a SCAD art degree gets a paying job.
Monkeylifesupport
hahaha. I wouldn't know i'm not edgy enough for that place. Are you from Savannah?
accipiter
SCAD MFA/Illustration graduate here! I can confirm that we do not get jobs :3 I make money self-employed but not much.
BillReilly
Mike Brodie is a mechanic and from one of the poorest counties in Florida. Did you just get mad someone was doing something cool and assume?
vesiviusramalamadingdong
I will say, every person I know who does something cool like this, comes from money. it's so disappointing. go brodie tho.
helagos
Exactly this! I wanted to go backpacking after hearing about all these kids doing it for maybe a thousand dollars to tour Europe. (1)
helagos
They fail to mention the $2-3000 plane tickets to get overseas and fees for Visas to be in the country. (2)
whyteraven74
Well you can get to Europe for dirt cheap.
vesiviusramalamadingdong
it's interesting how much travel is totally funded by parents, and those kids never talk about it. i'd be like MY MOM IS SO NICE GUESS WHAT
pieguy
Right? Nobody has "5 years" to just kill, and not have someone somewhere to fall back on. That hotel room wasn't paid for with nothing.
iLynux
She slept on trains, not hotel rooms.
fineletsdoeverythingyouwannado
I feel people take risks without having anything to fall back on all the time, a "train hopper" may just be an adventurous homeless person.
whyteraven74
There are people like that. And someone they met could've paid for a motel room or a motel owner could've given them a room for a night.
RobErtE87
when I lived in london I met a few hobos in the street who asked me for some money so they can sleep in a hostel
SweetMaryOfViolence
As someone who knows a lot of these people, do NOT assume they're all like this. That's maybe only 1% of the total train-hopping population.
mattymisk
I don't doubt you, could you share some of their mindsets / situation? Lot of times I've though of spending time like this, or driving.
bkbijou
Kind of like the percentages they are throwing out for the mega rich of the rest of the world.
imbitteraboutit
To be fair, the mega rich havent really set a great example for their class.
STICKDIP
I know my soul is dying when this is the first thought that goes through my head when I see shit like this. Sigh.
thatsnotright
(2/3) Frankly it's laughable that the first thing people do when they see people living frey out of the norm is to degrade them some how...
thatsnotright
(3/3) The fact you guys debase them to just being "rich kids" is your sorry excuse for your own lives and why half of you haven't done shit.
thatsnotright
You beg, live off the generosity of others, or busk....these kids don't have rich parents that are feeding them money....(1/2)
BarryGeibel
Eh, based on the people I've met it's more scamming than living off generosity
PersonalityFire
Why would you assume otherwise, though? It's not as though these photos were taken with a cheap Polaroid...
TheRealImgurOP
you could easily take pictures like this with an older-inexpensive DSLR
HentaiSensai
Inexpensive still means money. If you are starving and homeless, who buys a camera to document your years of suffering?
TheRealImgurOP
Who knows, could be a teenager trying to discover who she truly is, could have had a little $200 camera she brought with.
TopsunPB
It would seem very normal for someone going on a such adventure use all his remaining money for recording it.
krauraurgg
It's a reasonable assumption. Considering that riding trains doesn't exactly pay and an 18 year old doesn't have any savings, someone paid.
BiggieCheeseForStateGovernor
Doesn't have savings? I'm 18, my family's always been scraping to break even, my parents and grandparents still managed to slowly 1/2
krauraurgg
Your family can have savings. As an 18 year old, it's virtually impossible to have enough savings to live off for five years. Unless family.
BiggieCheeseForStateGovernor
Been working since 16, put away about £50 a week myself, gradually got more each week as I got older, about 120-150 a week now
BiggieCheeseForStateGovernor
put aside £2400 for me over the 18 years since I was born
BiggieCheeseForStateGovernor
same for my 2 cousins and little brother too
batukhan
seeing these photos on the internet makes you think she did it for the hipster factor and attention, not for any other meaningful purpose
TopsunPB
That was all I had in my mind. I mean, look at their clothes; unpractical expensive hipster shit looks like its taken out from 40s.
batukhan
then again. i live next to a train station, and goddamn if i dont wanna hop a freight train every other time i walk home drunk
demiandub
There's a certain romance to these pictures which probably doesn't exactly reflect the everyday struggles of these people
lichtly
Well said.
MommaTrout
Maybe friend's brother died doing this. He fell asleep in the one with the holes and he fell out.
Raygirl
Being in an enclosed space with dirty water up to my nose doesn't seem all that romantic to me. Whatever floats your boat. ;)
Puppet7x7
My friend became a traveling kid, and the lifestyle he describes would actually be kind of attractive if it didn't revolve around booze and-
Puppet7x7
- every kind of drug. He had struggled with drugs before, and after a few attempts of getting clean, said fuckit and took off.
MADFOX
These are probably the kids we see on "have you seen me" posters :( poor parents
BerwynBrewyn
What? It looks shitty as hell. As in no fun ever.
keepbeachcityweird
Good photography can make almost anything look romantic
Aelinsaar
Maybe, but they really just look dirty, tired, and lost to me. Except for the sociopaths, who seem dirty, happy, and dangerous.
designgoddess
Funny, the first thing I thought looking at these is photos is that at least these don't romanticize the experience.
eirebadboy
We have a very different idea of romance.
oskar4498
Step 1. Trust fund.
eggmuffin
Such as eating. I've lived on one meal per day for six months, and sometimes less. And with zero income, even that's a considerable expense.
UpvotesForCalicos
I agree.
TylerBrass
very true was hoping for some hot hobo sex
DougHardle
or the stench
juststopitcomeonman
The only people who would think this is Romantic are idiots.
BabaBooeytoo
My bosses kid did this for years. His pictures are amazing as well!
brandroodrum
Well if this doesn't scream romance I don't know what does: http://mikebrodie.net/files/gimgs/6_1064.jpg
EatinLikeReptar
Why
brandroodrum
Why comment on a comment made a year ago?
EatinLikeReptar
Bc random takes me to magical places
BetYouCantHitMeWithaQuarter
Some days are bad, some days are good.
Kargathia
Should you detest, or admire one who is able to find beauty and romance on a dungheap?
bolognasandwich
Struggles that come from the decision to hop trains... for five years...
Zaddy23
D-d-duality of man...?
Fireguy97
What a beautiful way to phase that exact thought.
TheMoreosGuy
I agree. Really good photography skills
2Ghoul4School
Yeah, the guy climbing barbed wire with his bare hands sure was romantic. What a joy. I get what you mean though, the rest are touching.
TastyTastyScience
A thing doesn't need to be easy, pretty and nice to be romantic. It's often quite the opposite, actually.
2Ghoul4School
Come on now, don't romanticize struggle. There's nothing beautiful about having to climb barbed wire barehanded to survive.
TastyTastyScience
There's certain beauty in struggle, especially if it's voluntary, while I see no beauty in staying home, going to work, browsing internet.
2Ghoul4School
There's beauty in dedication and endurance, sure, but starvation, sickness, fatigue, that's about as pretty as a corpse in an alley, which-
BerwynBrewyn
Right? Romantic? They all look miserable and everything looks like shit. The title made it seem like there would at least be nice scenery.
demiandub
Nice touch starting off with the sarcasm though :-D
2Ghoul4School
I'm from Denmark, snarky humor is my trade.
FFKonoko
Not sure why you got downvoted If these pictures look romantic to someone, it's because they're looking wrong.
2Ghoul4School
I got downvoted because people think I'm being disrespectful to smelly train-jumpers in tune with nature and freedom because fuck the system
MealTicketAlex
Chosen struggle*
IWishIWasBlank
Exactly what I was thinking. Welp, off to write an inspiring story of one who overcomes all this to become a world-famous somethingorother.
demiandub
I have a feeling there might be a couple of those stories already
IWishIWasBlank
Crap... now I have to wait for Hollywood to fund a similar story and then bandwagon to victory on its coattails.
demiandub
hah...bandwagon.
SnickerMyKnickers
They do if you think about how a bunch of the subjects probably smell. They might all be lovely people, but I'd hate to sit next to them
Italianola
No no no no, do not mislabel this shit as romance. They dope, they steal, the steal DOGS, they detract from real homeless. This is bullshit.
xboxnolifes
None of the things you listed are mutually exclusive from romance though...
demiandub
The possible impression of romance is a feeling that is not deliberate.Hence the importance to consciously remind us of the realities
thefatlonelyjew
"the real homeless" is kind of a bullshit term, too
Italianola
You're right, but 140 characters. All these anti homeless laws popping up around USA, many have to do with these kids that run away 1
Italianola
2 as opposed to people that never wanted to live on the street in the first place
thefatlonelyjew
yeah good point
missmaryMACKMACKMACK
^^^ this!
daveisthepagemaster
They're called crust punks and most of them come from nice suburban families. it's a hipster hobo culture.
TheRicM
It's like these kids I see in Berkeley CA, sitting on the curb asking for change, and also texting on a smart phone. Like wtf.
brrrackobama
It just kinda bugs me when people imply "hey, you can't be poor and have a nice thing!"
imbitteraboutit
If you have an iphone but are begging for change on a street corner, something done fucked up.
nightmaremoonmoon
there are programs that collect old phones and give them to homeless people. That smartphone could be 3rd hand and free
brrrackobama
Just remember that poor people need life tools too. If I were on the street, getting my paws on a smartphone would be high on my list.
TheRicM
Yeah but how do they bill you if you're homeless? That's what I was just wondering. Cause it kinda paints a contradictory picture.
brrrackobama
prepaid cards. That's what they're for. Folks scrounge/beg/whatev until they have $10 to buy a prepay.
TastyTastyScience
You can get a prepaid sim card at every grocery store in most parts of the world. You don't exactly need to be "billed".
KapnKershaw
These are actually pics from the new Abercrombie ad campaign
BurntRamen
I call BS, not enough insensitive cultural appropriation.
missmaryMACKMACKMACK
false. too many clothes.
roopert
Derelict
Sonofashoulder
:D
nerdgerm
I honestly thought this was a Levi's Ad.
thecommenterimgurdeserves
Glad I wasn't the only one.
squarrel
I imagine they are a little bit stinky.
KillingTheJoke1
A little bit? Oh honey they probably would stink to the black plaguers.
IWishIWasBlank
I imagine it's a lot.
fuckyeahimcanadian
When you don't shower for a while, you don't really smell the bad odor anymore, you just get used to it.
sprayingmantis
Meanwhile everyone else's nose melts off their face when you walk past.
TastyTastyScience
Come to think of it, that's the way it worked for millions of years. Reliable personal hygiene is a new invention.
riffifi
Give it a quick read : http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/25/magazine/my-no-soap-no-shampoo-bacteria-rich-hygiene-experiment.html?_r=0
coffekid
What about their period!!!!
pawesomeopossum
Menstrual cups
squarrel
Asking the real questions.
coffekid
Those girls must stink!!
Danile666
Free bleeding.
coffekid
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSbkDIhiowAHhWSN9ttRO6mo5eB4CwBQCqZLDfrvHZ0EALGTdUxjQ
pawesomeopossum
Menstrual cups.
CindyWho4
Not to sound stupid, but does anyone know if these pictures are ACTUALLY real & not reenactment? Every one of them seems attractive.
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CindyWho4
That's awesome. Thanks.
mockwerks
As a fat, I think what you're seeing is thin people, which looks attractive even if the faces aren't.
flamingflamingo
I know plenty of people who are thin but not attractive. The fact that these are all 20-something guys with perfect facial hair is weird too
naughtywhiteboy
And these are inanely high quality images.
drew9000
Their clothes are all pretty trendy looking, dirty but trendy. Seems like there would be more run of the mill homeless looking people
Snarkoleptic
Young homeless people have no reason (except disfiguring drugs) to look crap. They don't grow old well though, I can tell you that
UpvotesForCalicos
Shoplifting. I was a street kid for a few months.
Whipcrackincheddar
What are you talking about? None of them are attractive.
CindyWho4
Unreasonably attractive, I mean. And I'm not accusing, just asking.
Jensaw101
Maybe context makes them attractive? Looking over the pictures carefully, I don't know if I'd call most of them above average in appearance.
cazzegiare
Probably only because none of them are overweight. Also, photo selection.
pongowillhelpyou
They're taken by the "Polaroid Kidd." Look him up, he's super talented.
demiandub
That's a great observation.I know it's unfair to less attractive people,but there is a particular feeling of tragedy to the realisation (1)
demiandub
that beauty,which is so often sold as a ticket to happiness, does not protect you from a bad childhood& mental health issues. (2)
AisforApple
So true. A gorgeous girl used to come into my old work... but she was suffering from some very real psychological issues. Interesting (1)
AisforApple
that if you saw her in a photo, you'd likely assume a positive narrative, based solely on her looks, which would be nothing like real life.
KapnKershaw
#chickensoupforthesoul
CindyWho4
I feel the need to clarify that I do not believe looks protect you from anything lol. I was only curious if they may be actual models. :)
CindyWho4
And like I said, it was definitely just curiosity and not an accusation.
demiandub
Well, this is less poetic somehow :-D
CindyWho4
No way. I'm totally on board with chickensoup comment. I just felt the need to explain myself real fast.