Comments on: Mac Genius by Day, Homeless by Night. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/20/mac-genius-by-day-homeless-by-night/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:15:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: JB http://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/20/mac-genius-by-day-homeless-by-night/comment-page-1/#comment-95747 JB Sat, 07 Apr 2007 14:53:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/20/mac-genius-by-day-homeless-by-night/#comment-95747 What? This guy is a awesome! You guys must not actually pay rent. If he can happily maintain his life living in the back of his pickup truck, he IS a fricken genius. I don't live in the land of fruit and nuts where the only thing higher than the cost of living is the populous, and I still feed $1200 a month that I'm never going to see again to a rent monster. If we say this kid was dumping $800 a month into rent, that's almost ten grand a year, plus utilities. There's no way he's making more than $25 a year, so even if it COST him $1000 to set up his truck for his "homelessness," he's still freed up 40% of his total income. I suppose it's better to blow that money on rent because you all think he should. Oh, and let's not douche about with the word homeless. It means one thing: HOME (meaning a domicile,) and LESS (meaning without.) Usually when we hear the word "Homeless" we assume it means "homeless and destitute," like your garden-variety panhandler. It was also a label that was probably applied by the LA Times, and if there's anything true about the press, it's that they take something that happened and MAKE news out of it. If that means embellishing something to make it seem more or less than it is, they do it. Just like the witch-hunt for W's head, this is one more thing that the rampant a$$holes in the media blow out of proportion for a reaction from you guys (read: the mindless masses.) It's really too bad that some bottom feeding reporter turned this guy's ingenious (though incredibly odd) way of saving money in a state where living expenses are out of control into a public interest story portraying him as a little disenfranchised and crazy. What? This guy is a awesome! You guys must not actually pay rent. If he can happily maintain his life living in the back of his pickup truck, he IS a fricken genius. I don't live in the land of fruit and nuts where the only thing higher than the cost of living is the populous, and I still feed $1200 a month that I'm never going to see again to a rent monster. If we say this kid was dumping $800 a month into rent, that's almost ten grand a year, plus utilities. There's no way he's making more than $25 a year, so even if it COST him $1000 to set up his truck for his "homelessness," he's still freed up 40% of his total income. I suppose it's better to blow that money on rent because you all think he should.

Oh, and let's not douche about with the word homeless. It means one thing: HOME (meaning a domicile,) and LESS (meaning without.) Usually when we hear the word "Homeless" we assume it means "homeless and destitute," like your garden-variety panhandler. It was also a label that was probably applied by the LA Times, and if there's anything true about the press, it's that they take something that happened and MAKE news out of it. If that means embellishing something to make it seem more or less than it is, they do it. Just like the witch-hunt for W's head, this is one more thing that the rampant a$$holes in the media blow out of proportion for a reaction from you guys (read: the mindless masses.) It's really too bad that some bottom feeding reporter turned this guy's ingenious (though incredibly odd) way of saving money in a state where living expenses are out of control into a public interest story portraying him as a little disenfranchised and crazy.

]]> By: R http://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/20/mac-genius-by-day-homeless-by-night/comment-page-1/#comment-79396 R Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:58:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/20/mac-genius-by-day-homeless-by-night/#comment-79396 Here comes the public sympathy and donations in 3, 2, 1.. Yeah, I have to agree with others. This story is lame. This guy is lame. He's an attention whore. Must be a slow news day at the LA Times. This is classic.. "I've learned that I could set my mind to something and do it". But the story also says, "He graduated two years early from high school yet has spent a decade in college, switching majors several times." So.. why do we care about this guy again? Here comes the public sympathy and donations in 3, 2, 1..

Yeah, I have to agree with others. This story is lame. This guy is lame. He's an attention whore. Must be a slow news day at the LA Times.

This is classic.. "I've learned that I could set my mind to something and do it". But the story also says, "He graduated two years early from high school yet has spent a decade in college, switching majors several times." So.. why do we care about this guy again?

]]> By: Geekazoid http://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/20/mac-genius-by-day-homeless-by-night/comment-page-1/#comment-79376 Geekazoid Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:22:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/20/mac-genius-by-day-homeless-by-night/#comment-79376 The thing is, he first started doing it out of practicality I guess, or to save money or something, but he got so used to it, it became habit. But yea I was kind of thrown off by the article's title, that he's "homeless." I don't think he's homeless in the "truest" sense of the word, not having a job, a paycheck, etc. etc. How many truly homeless people go to school, work, and go to the gym AND have a vehicle to drive? Apparently he's going to be homeless for a few weeks or so after he finishes school, so yes it's 'cool' to experience it. The thing is, he first started doing it out of practicality I guess, or to save money or something, but he got so used to it, it became habit.

But yea I was kind of thrown off by the article's title, that he's "homeless." I don't think he's homeless in the "truest" sense of the word, not having a job, a paycheck, etc. etc. How many truly homeless people go to school, work, and go to the gym AND have a vehicle to drive?

Apparently he's going to be homeless for a few weeks or so after he finishes school, so yes it's 'cool' to experience it.

]]> By: Allen http://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/20/mac-genius-by-day-homeless-by-night/comment-page-1/#comment-79375 Allen Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:22:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/20/mac-genius-by-day-homeless-by-night/#comment-79375 Yeah, he bought himself a $100 pillow, new mattress, and has a new camper shell and a fairly new truck. he's just trying to use the blogosphere to get himself into the media and capitalize on everything. Yeah. Meh. This isn't really neat. Yeah, he bought himself a $100 pillow, new mattress, and has a new camper shell and a fairly new truck.

he's just trying to use the blogosphere to get himself into the media and capitalize on everything.

Yeah. Meh. This isn't really neat.

]]> By: b0b http://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/20/mac-genius-by-day-homeless-by-night/comment-page-1/#comment-79371 b0b Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:14:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/20/mac-genius-by-day-homeless-by-night/#comment-79371 Uh, at the gym on campus. It said so in the article. I don't know why this guy is getting any press at all. It's now "cool" to pretend that you're "homeless?" Uh, at the gym on campus. It said so in the article.

I don't know why this guy is getting any press at all. It's now "cool" to pretend that you're "homeless?"

]]> By: travis http://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/20/mac-genius-by-day-homeless-by-night/comment-page-1/#comment-79369 travis Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:08:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/20/mac-genius-by-day-homeless-by-night/#comment-79369 so where does he shower? so where does he shower?

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