The sad part is he’s trying to glamorize what’s a sad fact of life for many people, and he’s only making excuses for his failures. If I were a homeless guy in Moab, I’d kick his ass.

“He’s experienced cultures the rest of you can’t understand.” -Edvim
I have experienced other cultures. That is what makes me more appreciative and concious of the little things that you seem to assum that “we” do not treasure.
I use my money to contribute to “welfare” societies, instead of holing up in a cave and trying to glamourize mysyelf.

I can understand why he might want to detach himself from conventional society. I was in the Peace Corps in Togo and that experience has made me realize how much excess we live with in much of the United States. And, we don’t even think twice about it.

At least he’s tried to have a positive impact on this world and if he’s into being a cave hobo, so what? It seems like he’s done a lot of helpful things in the past.

http://www.wiredgypsy.com/homeless.htm

First, you’re not going to persuade anyone of anything if you start off telling your readers they “can’t understand” something, calling them callous, and assuming their posts come from “frustrated anger.”

Second, I don’t think anyone’s begrudging this guy the right to live how he wants; what’s bothersome is the smugness that radiates through everything he says. He talks as though he has seceded from society and is superior to all of us grunts who actually interface with civilization. But even as he disdains civilization and all that it entails, he’s benefiting from, and even leeching off of, its existence.

If he wants to live off of the discards from society, great; that’s no trouble to anyone. But to do so while condemning society seems morally untenable to me. It’s like a roommate who trashes the apartment, never contributes to running the house, and yet still acts as though he’s doing you a favor by letting you live with him.

He’s probably already sending out feelers for a book and possibly a reality tv show/movie deals, courtesy of his facebook account (via the same friends that feed him from time to time).

Bling bling!

I’m working on this, though to a less extreme degree. Self sufficient house (water collection, solar power, wind power, greywater/sewage treatement, indoor/outdoor garden, chickens/ducks/goats). Soon I’ll have enough saved up so the dividends I receive will pay for the annual medical coverage I desire. Then I just need to earn enough for luxuries, really. That’s the way to do it, not live in a cave sponging off friends.

If really wants to do it the right way, he should watch “Into the Wild”. That guy tried it without any help from the outside world, and he did not survive.

Everything he mooches, his jeans, his water bottle, his electricity, the internet he communicates with, all has been created by people who work and co-ordinate their efforts through the exchange of money.

He should move to Somalia and try to be a vagabond there. They’d beat him to death and take his stuff.

http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/02/11/extreme-personal-finance- america-on-10-a-day/

Good luck with your attention whoring cave guy.

i wonder if his book would read like thoreau’s “walden”…….

We dont care if you live in a cave, we just dont want to hear about it. Good for you, now go back to your cave and shut up.

I agree- he’s a virtual parasite. He has friends who feed him, but surprise- THEY have to earn money to buy the food he consumes. Someone else has to earn the money to fund the library. Someone has to earn the money to fund the women’s shelter. If everyone went this route we’d all be cold, hungry, and sick before very long.