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Apr 23, 2017 11:16 AM
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SpendingTimeWisely
THIS
abigmoosenamedjerb
The girl just saying THIS gets me every time
MkLiam
The assumption the this is what homeless people look like is part of the problem. Maybe awareness could help a little.
FurbySavant
Reminds me of the "brave student" who stopped to pray over a homeless man. Give the dude a goddamned sandwich! Kid didn't do shit to help!
mechanicalchaos
Everyone commenting here with criticism like they're currently on break while on a site building homeless people homes or feeding them soup.
WetBreadMan
wow in that 5th panel he got quest for you
ohyouhere
They should rather stick to the old drive them over the county border 50 miles away from the next city
charlierunkle
Homless
earthymalt
E-less
grabthembythepussy
Cured!
TheDairyPope
They all missed the point. He needed help with his homless, which you should all know is a sort of bird that is a costly challenge to raise.
kevinmking7770
Hamless?
cyprian64
Hamless.
ExplainThisJoke
He has no hom
idiotn00b
Upvoted for awareness
IHaveThePerfectPuzzleForYou
*Awarnss
TheMightyMoosifer
This
HocusPokesUs
You're SO right.
HenryDorsettCase
maybe its a half asian, half southamerican guy, asking for his hombres...
MeikyouShisui
I thought that she was gonna add an "E" to fix the problem.
bluepopsicles
someone fix this with an E!!
stephensunday
Same here. That's what being on the internet does to us, apparently.
Trumpsingrowntoenail
Poor people can't spll, I could have told you that
9thdimensionalhiplo
Same... We internet enough to know about these humour plot twists. Ahh i need friends
DarkLordTrump
Does college student with crippling debt count as homeless these days?
Grimdude
As opposed to what, buying him a fucking house and giving him a job? Fuck off if all you're going to do is try and feel superior to people
lotrmith
Free jobs, free houses? Sign me up!
WHOLEMILK
I know, get a fucking job and get off you lazy ass and stop bugging people for their hard earned money.
DidItForScience
Fucking activists and their trying to spread awareness and discuss solutions instead of only applying them 24/7.
Vanwolfster
Fuck, the homeless man became a greedy capitalist pig
ThisGuyHere
http://imgur.com/RowFXwY
ThisGuyHere
http://imgur.com/yJLTDtt
Xsiah
It may not feel too classy, begging just to eat
PrinceMaggot
THIS.
RepostSadistic
'Raising awareness' has become a huge industry. Not sure how many issues they solve, but the raise awareness pretty high.
empmeiisbae
i hate it when people just comment "this"
IronicContradiction
Awareness is a good thing, but I think what the comic gets at is the gap between being aware, and actually doing something.
jrntn
Actually doing something is literally impossible without being aware. The comic incorrectly claims that raising awareness is pointless.
Xsiah
But you don't get any points just for posting something on facebook.
Attaroo
Right. Because the first step of solving any problem is pretending there isn't one.
GTimgur
Bout the same as paying lip service to pat yourself on the back.
yourfriendlyneighbourhoodsomali
Excatly. It's only a problem if you make it one
VoltageXL1
That's not at all what this comic is saying, it's saying you should actually do something instead of just talk about it and say THIS.
PartyHardSafely
THIS
yomackthegiant
Some people keep cutting off the heads of the hydra. Others try to figure out how to stab it in the heart.
lotrmith
Hail Hydra!
entillandersson
I've never understood people who say "THIS".
Xsiah
Because "I overwhelmingly agree with this statement and would like to emphasize it without sounding redundant" is a bit of a mouthful.
TastyBiscuits
OMG THIS. SO THIS
grinner
THIS
exguerrero
What don't u get about it are you stupid?
88wut
Is it ok to write it?
GODfreyJones
Proper pet peeve of mine. I just want to scream "finish your fucking sentence" in their faces
wellthatsjustyouropinion
i feel like this comic perfectly encapsulates the "proper" use of "THIS," and also adequately demonstrates it's inherent limitations
EmperorNutmeg
It's like saying "exactly!" to agree with what someone just said. It's a bit weird, but the meaning isn't that difficult to figure out
pecc
INDEED!
Danishlmgurian
my guess is that it's just a trendy way of saying "I strongly aggree with the subject"?
boxmeister
This
KillingTheJoke6
I like it because it's very concise and efficient to convey that meaning
Catitapillar
Succinct
tehmatser
this
TheQuestionFewpeopledoFeweventhinktoaskthequestion
its people who want to say somehitng with saying something by not giveing an oipino other people will just assome what they will from that
TheQuestionFewpeopledoFeweventhinktoaskthequestion
and they belive they don't have to give a long winded agrement for something saying something but saying nothing and hope people will make t
TheQuestionFewpeopledoFeweventhinktoaskthequestion
he right choce in their minds about whatever ti is they belive is becasue their lazy but still wnat to be condesending
TheQuestionFewpeopledoFeweventhinktoaskthequestion
to people they don't like so they make them make the mistake of giveing their opions on something so they can attack them and then
TheQuestionFewpeopledoFeweventhinktoaskthequestion
be condsending to them
mayormckreedy
Thank you. Its my biggest internet pet peeve. If someone comments it I just assume they are stupid.
CoolGuyCoolDude
Ive done it a few times but only when it was appropriate and there wasn't much else to add to the discussion
ThatShiftyMonkey
^ this.
dpidcoe
It just means "I agree" or "you said that better than I ever could"
teeph
This.
entillandersson
I think I have a hard time keeping up with the internet lingo and trends sometimes. Thnx
newimgurscreenname
THIS!!
grinner
THIS
yeekee
^ THAT
DongerOfDongs
THE OTHER
17AndDeadInside
THESEE
DongSayaDae
THOSEEE
PizzaNigga420
THEM
teeph
I emphatically agree with your statement! Furthermore, the manner in which you stated it is complete & sublimely powerful yet concise. Bravo
elfearlightcouncil3000
This
teeph
This guy gets it.
entillandersson
Haha, do I sense sarcasm?
teeph
No. You missed the point.
AbnormalFillet
THIS!
Confeshun
This!!
arrogantbassturd
IS STUPID!
neighborhoodphysicist
Omg I cant
AbnormalFillet
Oh. My. God. I. Literally. Can't. Even.
Dontrespectmahauthoritah
DID YOU JUST
actuallyacoolusername
YOU GUYS
professorberrynibble
DONE. THIS WEBSITE I SWEAR
KillingTheJoke6
What if I told you that providing homes for the homeless just creates more problems in the form of ghettos where they all live together.
dasklaus
If you, instead of putting tons of people who have different problems together, just pay for a place to stay, it works
KillingTheJoke6
Real life example where homelessness has been solved by what you're saying?
dasklaus
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/22/home-free - google "Housing first" for many more sources.
dasklaus
What if I told you it's cheaper to pay for housing than the emergency medical help living on the streets typically makes necessary?
KillingTheJoke6
Sources and actual states/countries that did this
dasklaus
Finland, Canada, France, Japan, Australia and many cities in the US. Google "Housing first". Wikipedia links studies. Can't cite them all.
KillingTheJoke6
Ok, I'll try to read up on this
grinner
THIS
ArchMagos
As opposed to the Republican's solution, involving removal of social safety nets and him pulling himself up by his bootstraps.
EricFromAccounts
Why can't he just get a job?? I'VE got a job. I get paid to ship jobs overseas to Asia and E. Europe, and then replace the rest with robots.
totallynotasockpuppet
Like anyone out there would help the needy. People bitch about paying taxes that are used to displace the home to where we cannot see them.
lotrmith
People bitch about paying taxes to support those who do not pay taxes. Who knew!?
AlexisActually
I'd rather my tax dollars go to help people who ain't got shit than to fund another round of golf, but hey, that's just me.
lotrmith
That's a choice you can make yourself by donating to charity rather than force upon others by mandating tax funding.
bamcockseverywhere
I mean, you could always just move to a place with fewer taxes. After all, capitalism is all about responding to market forces, right?
lotrmith
You're confusing free market capitalism with representative government.
Tyrannotron
As opposed to all those other viable solutions that 100% cure homelessness immediately.
kotomikun
Such as making comics about how raising awareness is dumb. Apparently that's the real solution.
Fuckfacevonclowndick
Something something the purge
Goatmaster3000
Fire bombing?
PirateofthePancreas
Thank you
freemab
Housing First is pretty viable.
yikespotatos
Never heard of this, you should spread some awareness!
Tyrannotron
It exists, still have homelessness. Not an immediate 100% cure to the peoblem. It also always needs more support, which awareness can help.
Ninjainslippers
Yeah, once you have several million dollars to spend. And to get that money yhou kind of have to make politicians aware.
lotrmith
Yeah that and taxes
dasklaus
It's actually cheaper than their emergency medical care to just pay for housing.
Ninjainslippers
Yes, but policy has to be shifted first, hence awareness.
dasklaus
Agreed. It's been done, and more than once, though: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/22/home-free
tmiller360
Its a pretty big strain on providers. I know a company with a $150,000 deficit waiting for housing vouchers to be approved.
bobthedoggo
I was going to say giving them a house is a 100% cure
lotrmith
Until they either choose to leave, fail to abide by housing rules (drugs, violence, etc), or can't hold a job to pay utilities.
bobthedoggo
Well you see in my opinion that's more the problem that they have a mental illness rather than can't find a home which usually accounts 1/2
bobthedoggo
I'm not good at commenting
bobthedoggo
Lem* 3/2
bobthedoggo
For why there violence drugs and bot being able to hold down a job. But if they are very of mental illness typically housing fixes the prob
dasklaus
And that's the problem with homeless shelters and housing projects - tons rules that fucked up people can't comply with and no help with -
lotrmith
Home owners associations have tons of rules. Shelters and projects are rather simple: no drugs, no fights, etc.
dasklaus
the issues that make them hard to comply with. You should not have to earn the very very basics.
krispykreme420glazeit
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge raised, in a month, 5x as many donations as the previous *year*. Awareness isn't a cure-all, but it does help.
whenlifegivesyouherpes
I wasnt even aware ALS was a thing before the ice bucket challenge, never saw or heard of anyone with it. Made me aware I guess
CyborgScribe
And all it takes is one nice person with money to burn being made aware and then actual donations get made.
droppedmic
Then there was KONY2012.
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
Now let's have the "Sleep in your own piss for a week" challenge to make people realize what homelessness is like.
GodEmperor0fMankind
Because homelessness is such an unknown issue.
ZachPutland
Do you understand that part of the Ice Bucket Challenge was making a donation?
Zasep
Dope, Ima do one for Darfur.
gunnexx
Remember Kony 2012?
VonOhlnhausen
Awareness of an issue and doing something about it helps. Something SJWs don't seem to get.
avidatheist
That wasn't just awareness. That was an actual call to donate.
eazolan
And it helped identify what causes ALS. Now they can cure it.
DavidAndrews
I'm pretty sure that there's a study somewhere I saw that stated there's only a fixed amount of charity dollars, so what really happened 1/2
DavidAndrews
is that more $ went towards ALS and other charities lost out. https://qz.com/249649/the-cold-hard-truth-about-the-ice-bucket-challenge/
Cheesecakecrush
99.99% sure that the complaint isn't about people who actually fundraised or donated, but about the people who used it for attention.
Cheesecakecrush
Or who think "raising awareness" is the only thing needed to solve an issue.
ibuprofen87
There is data that suggests charitable contributions people make are approximately fixed (say, 2-3% of income). So, all "awareness" (1/2)
ibuprofen87
(2/2) can do is shift money around. Even worse, charities who spend more on marketing get more of the share, but waste that fixed pie
igivetheinternets
And charities traditionally spend the majority of their money on fundraising
krispykreme420glazeit
Always check Charity Navigator. Some are actually great.
ExplainThisJoke
memes that include writing a check help
CyborgScribe
Downvote OP. Upvote this. Awareness does help people.
rightwing66
And yet there are still homeless
Xsiah
And other charities took a big loss in donations because everyone was donating to ALS while it was cool.
pegesue
ALS is such a cruel disease. At least with dementia you don't know. With ALS you're trapped in a failing body and aware of it.
Grimdyn
In the comic they are not spreading awareness just talking about it... I think
eviscera
Ice Bucket Challenge involved doing things and soliciting donations. This post is mocking people whose contributions are simply forum posts.
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DisgruntledFerret
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/21/525073251/u-s-uganda-call-off-search-for-infamous-warlord-joseph-kony
Rkhbusa
You mean that guy who hasn't really done anything for the last decade but was used as a figure for crowd funding
Heavymettle
It also went to an organization with terrible %s of donations going to the actual cause.
krispykreme420glazeit
Where does this misinformation keep coming from? Look up ALS Association on Charity Navigator.
Heavymettle
http://naturalsociety.com/ice-bucket-challenge-als-foundation-27-percent-donations/
krispykreme420glazeit
Ah, the same incorrect website over and over again. Already debunked.
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definitelynotaspider
it was both, it drove awareness which allowed it to get the attention of people who were willing to donate
PartyMagician
If fuck all people are aware of the problem, they're not going to donate
TwatSprinkle
I'm pretty sure everyone is fully aware that there are a lot of homeless people, though.
avervetmonkey
The local why is often a lot more muddied & not well know, though. E.g. some places it's because of failing security nets for mentally ill.
JustDontCare
I agree, but the point of this comic is to point out that raising awareness alone isn't enough. Don't sit around and Hope, actually donate.
JustDontCare
"prayers" are bullshit, sort of deal. it's those that donated and helped that made the difference. Honestly I wish I could donate to causes.
Spark13
I think this comic is pointing put how homelessness is an obvious big issue that needs action, not more awareness. ALS was not in the (1/2)
Spark13
Public eye so much until the bucket challenge, whereas homelessness is already in the public eye but not taken seriously enough 2/2
juggernaut1
So then what does autism awareness do? Some people are autistic, I'm aware. There's no cure so what is the point?
TheMershedPerderder
No, the actual donating part helped. Talking about issues only works if there is action too.
PoppinLochNessHopster
..This is a dumb statement
Raithul
The fact everyone was talking about it was the reason so many donations were made.
DarkwingDuc
No shit CPT Obvious. And why did so many make those donations? It's the same reason companies spend Billions on advertising even though(1/2)
DarkwingDuc
(2/2) only purchases help. Awareness drives action. We have an entire industry and tons of academic research devoted to that simple truth.
raspberry
How can you fight something you aren't aware of?
Somanyquestions
Go around and punch the air randomly. That's how we got rid of invisible aliens without knowing!
lintwizard
Wait; if punching the air randomly is what did them in, then why did I buy this funky geode?
NOINOON
Homelessness is not like ALS. It needs funding. More awareness is pretty much useless at this point.
CyborgScribe
ALS research needs funding and donations too. And awareness is how you get that. Can't give money to something you don't think of.
GloriousPubes
the ALS campaign was a fund raiser though, and not just about awareness. Awareness per se accomplishes very little.
bluefacepaint
Except of course bringing the problem to the attention of people with the ability/means to do something about it.
GloriousPubes
It didn't just bring the problem to their attention, it ACTIVELY encouraged them for a specific action. And that's what i'm saying 1/2
WheezingAppleWannaBe
what are you talking about? the ALS campaign was FOR awareness. so how can you say that it cant since the original purpose succeeded.
NOINOON
Hey, compare it to Lance Armstrong. He raised millions to cancer awarenes bc people didn't know about cancer. Nothing to research.
GloriousPubes
No it wasn't. It encouraged you to donate money and help research the disease , and not just to inform you of it's existence.
rabidCOVIDphysician
And that shit is still a 100% death sentence that can strike anyone by pure chance. They need more money.
krispykreme420glazeit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rLeSdRHGE0
thegreyeagle
But everyone knows about homelessness.
WheezingAppleWannaBe
this sounds like a joke....but actually is a legit response. which kinda pisses me off as to how easy you made it look.
BluBoxx
Legit? Most people don't understand the problem of homelessness, it's extent, or possible solutions.
SAnthonyH
27% of 100 million raised went to the cause. The rest went on admin costs. Never forget this fact.
krispykreme420glazeit
I linked to the exact Charity Navigator site for the ALS Association, but it's not showing up. But I do ask you to google it.
krispykreme420glazeit
Haha what? Look up the ALS Association on Charity Navigator. You could not be more wrong. Are you thinking of some other charity?
SAnthonyH
Ice bucket challenge. 27%. It's a fact, google it.
SAnthonyH
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/naturalsociety.com/ice-bucket-challenge-als-foundation-27-percent-donations/amp/
krispykreme420glazeit
The Ice Bucket Challenge was summer 2014. That page tells you to look at the PREVIOUS year's finances.
krispykreme420glazeit
And they continually improve. This is last year: http://imgur.com/BevDwGB The percentage going to research grows every year.
krispykreme420glazeit
Administration costs: 5%.
krispykreme420glazeit
Here's the finances from the year of the actual Ice Bucket Challenge: http://imgur.com/jIBNbKM
shhep
Anyone with basic knowledge of history should know that what happens in this comic is fucking AMAZING. For centuries, nobody gave a fuck
shhep
change comes from awareness. Because awareness is easy and sweeps in huge circles affecting huge parts of society.
avidatheist
Awareness and giving a fuck are two distinct things. People are aware that homelessness is a thing. Less give a fuck.
NOINOON
Sarcastic?
FoxySpirit
The hard part is getting people to care enough to be aware.
Mostlydeadpool
there's a tipping point where it flips from personal responsibility to peer pressure. that's what the ice bucket challenge was, essentially.
FoxySpirit
But there was no peer pressure. There was noone over your shoulder "hey, have you donated, too?" It was simple donations through awareness.
jadespider
Pretty sure my upvoting pictures of patrick stewart drinking scotch didn't help nearly as much as him signing a check.
pegesue
Make it so.
CabNumber1729
No but it made many many more people sign a check
SomeDetroitGuy
He did sign a check, though.
nasreal
1 Right, and all the attention that other celebs were getting for doing the ice bucket challenge, and the fact that it was a viral trend...
nasreal
2 prompted him to make a video of himself drinking scotch and signing a check, so while the actual money was more helpful, the ice bucket...
nasreal
3 campaign was a pretty big deal in terms of prompting fundraising.
bluejaymaplesyrup
woah there ur using ur brain 2 much. 2 think 4 me
bananatwat
Anyone else notice there is a huge amount of young (19-25 yr old) homeless people? I think it is a problem.
PillsburyFuckboi
THIS!!
SerialKitten666
It is, particularly for LGBT youth, but fret not? Most people are only homeless 3-6 months, they generally find a way up and out :)
dpidcoe
Are you sure they weren't just hipsters?
dasklaus
Don't underestimate the minors. People who don't want government assistance because of the strict rules in that kind of housing, but fled -
dasklaus
their parents or got kicked out. Also people who left for college, dropped out and now have nothing to fall back on.
bananatwat
Not really sure what you're saying but from what I've experienced it seems most of them are suffering from addiction or a bad case of lazy
dasklaus
What looks like lazy is often a whole host of problems, addiction being a symptom and not a cause. It varies wildly. What I meant to say is
dasklaus
that a lot of homeless youth are minors who legally cannot get a place of their own, or can't find work, and who have reasons to distrust
dasklaus
government assistance or adults in general.
bananatwat
See now that's my biggest problem with this... they are at that age where they should be learning a skill/ trade that they can use to....
ISeePokies
This is a funny joke, but spreading the word of large problems is not a joke. Make them known, work together to fix them. Acknowledge first.
MultiplePersonalitiesProfile
It doesn't apply to all people who make a media/political/academic career of it. For them solving the problem would render them jobless.
Tom40
I'm pretty sure that if you have a bladder control problem, you're already aware of it.
maetryx
THIS!
WhatzitTooya
But it's so easy on social media to stop after the acknowledge step. Look, im gonna upvote your comment and then hit next.
equityforpunks
If you just complain but don't have any reasonable solution to fix the problem, you are, wait for it, just complaining.
TheSpacePolice
No problem gets solved by being ignored. Infact the more people you have working on a problem the higher chance youll get a good solution
TheMightyMoosifer
This
modsm20
You must be fun at parties
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TheMightyKibbless
But surely no one would do that...
SomeDetroitGuy
How's Kony doing?
KillingTheJoke6
Almost at the end of the awareness phase.
Jasarg
Dried up in some Uganda jungle.
cheeseguy3412
According to multiverse theory , it works exactly this way somewhere.
papapaoomowmowpapaoomowmowmowpapapaooomamowmowpapaoo
Problem is, the vast majority of people don't move on to step 2: actually doing something about it.
Grimdude
Lol, well excuse people for at least caring enough to TALK about something even if they can't do anything themselves.
Voodoomancer
"I totally think this is a very serious problem, and someone else who isn't me should do something about it."
AllTheGoodUsernamesWereTaken
Lots of people never keep up with dieting and exercise, does that mean we shouldn't encourage healthy living?
Mdhe
Sure, but even if only 1% of people aware of a problem do something about it, they can have an enormous impact.
igivetheinternets
Or about 1% more impact... Which if you had 1% impact before is a 100% increase in impact!
AnAverageAverageGuy
Are there large problems that have been fixed by mass awareness?
TheSpacePolice
Civil rights and womens rights had no feet to stand on without it. Awareness didnt pass the laws but it directly caused them to be passed.
ProphetTenebrae
Syria.
AnAverageAverageGuy
You think Syria is fixed?
ProphetTenebrae
...I was being sarcastic. It's a problem that has had global attention for 5-6 years and (if anything) has gotten worse.
DoctorSchaffhausen
Are there large problems that have been fixed or improved without mass awareness?
liesuponlies
Mass awareness makes masses aware of the problem so they can do something about it to fix it. So yes.
kevlarburrito
That doesn't answer the question.
liesuponlies
Not 100% sure since I'm not an answerologist, but pretty sure "yes" is a valid answer for the question that was proposed.
liesuponlies
"No" might also work. "Maybe" could be a possibility. None are very detailed, but they do answer the question.
ValhallaBackYall
Like pollution or climate change and terrorism. Or are masses not aware of these issues yet?
DoctorSchaffhausen
Global warming may still be an issue, but pollution (in the U.S) has decreased significantly over the past few decades.
liesuponlies
The question was "are there" implying any problems. Not that every problem is solved by bringing awareness.
ValhallaBackYall
Are there large problems that have been fixed. I believe that was the question. Emphasis on the words large and fixed.
jrntn
British occupation's negative influence on the colonies on the North American coast.
IWasInThePool
Tobacco use.
jadespider
"mass ignorance of large problem" ?
ISeePokies
Awareness alone? Probably not. Although many forms of medicine were made after the problem became widely known, such as ebola.
AnAverageAverageGuy
If you are talking about the recent vaccine, it was patented back in 2003, the development started even before that.
Aslatra
Kony2012?
AnAverageAverageGuy
Kony is still at large.
Aslatra
The joke is that the campaign basically failed as it over-simplified complex issues and was widely seen as good intentions that did nothing.