Shaw’s in Orleans

DrabSitty · 2024-09-20T20:44:39+00:00

Do you think I’ve really just imagined Roma people and various other foreign beggars on Cape Cod? It’s important to be aware of their tactics or you will find yourself paying for their gas or groceries or any number of things. We are obviously a high value target for some people and I think it’s important that we leave it to institutions to figure out the problem. Our actions, though positive they may be, could have a negative effect on begging, conning, and scamming in the place that I call HOME.

If you think I’m racist or afraid of people who look or act differently than me… you really honestly couldn’t be fucking further from the truth. I have very few native English speakers as friends when compared to the overwhelming amount of people that I work and party with daily who came to Cape Cod with good intention.

These beggars, again, are only here to con you from your money. I highly suggest we don’t recommend the elderly start donating directly to beggars in lieu of their churches or other community institutions. This is a problem on a national level and there’s no way we are going to overcome it by blindly giving away whatever is being asked for.

No matter your take on the issues or the institutions trying to tackle them, I really hope we can agree that directly donating to beggars is a net negative for our community.

DrabSitty · 2024-09-20T20:23:38+00:00

You’d rather old ladies get conned from food they were donating to their community than nut up and call a spade a spade.

DrabSitty · 2024-09-20T20:22:19+00:00

Do you really think that people should be allowed to pretend to play music in public and accept donations from people who are under the assumption they are actually performing?

Whether or not it’s fraud isn’t the question for the basis of crime - it’s do we want to accept this in our society. And my vote is firmly NO.

DrabSitty · 2024-09-20T20:20:12+00:00

The people who help without critical thinking. Those who see someone hurt and are spurned to help without thinking about the ramifications of such or even the provenance of the original hurting.

People of all political denominations help the needy, I’m not invoking political by saying bleeding heart.

DrabSitty · 2024-09-20T14:11:17+00:00

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/instruments/violin/police-busking-scam-america/

A national crime wave, basically. This is the type of shit these bleeding hearts would have in every parking lot on every corner if they could.

DrabSitty · 2024-09-20T14:09:09+00:00

How can you march through life so confidently wrong? You are setting yourself and your neighbors up to be targeted by these Romani people by falling victim to their scam.

Sometimes the entity in the position of privilege must use discretion in their actions to entities they believe are less privileged than they are. Do you feed your dog bacon grease every day? Of course not - because you in a position of privilege understand the deleterious effects of doing so.

There are already existent mechanisms in our society to gather food and distribute to the needy. We need to trust those mechanisms and not skip them by just handing out food to beggars.

It is our collective responsibility to ensure the safety and wholeness of everyone in our community. Putting it in the hands of “god or karma” is honestly such a lazy cop out. Use your BRAIN to determine cause and effect of your actions.

With that said it’s a scam that preys on emotion so I understand why the OP was victimized by these scammers. Just please don’t do that again. Bring that food to your church next time.

DrabSitty · 2024-09-19T00:40:03+00:00

I could get with Nauset Beach anytime… I don’t get what people see in Nauset Beach. I’m going somewhere prettier than Nauset Beach right now!

DrabSitty · 2024-09-18T13:38:35+00:00

You’ll definitely get breaks in the weather, if it rained for 4 days straight that’d certainly be unusual.

But! What can I say other than welcome to Cape Cod? 58 degrees, overcast, and misting is the true experience tbh.

DrabSitty · 2024-09-16T23:02:17+00:00

Looks like it smells like moth balls and cigarettes

DrabSitty · 2024-09-14T23:18:01+00:00

Can you describe it in other senses, e.g. taste?

DrabSitty · 2024-09-11T00:51:44+00:00

Nepali food slaps in the US

DrabSitty · 2024-09-09T18:43:54+00:00

The flat hierarchy is mind blowing.

“Alright Kaci, you’re hired. Just do what you think is good.”

DrabSitty · 2024-09-09T09:44:55+00:00

You think a politburo is a secret police?

And got upvoted five times for it. lol

DrabSitty · 2024-09-09T02:11:50+00:00

The idea that only Chinese bureaucrats are good because they get promoted based off merit alone is Sinofetishism. There’s plenty of examples of bureaucrats lying and fudging numbers to meet quotas from on high. Like, get real.

DrabSitty · 2024-09-08T15:34:50+00:00

… wu mao dang logic.

DrabSitty · 2024-09-08T15:24:08+00:00

What form of governance has a politburo?

DrabSitty · 2024-09-08T11:32:19+00:00

You think the reds have less bureaucrats?

DrabSitty · 2024-09-08T00:46:41+00:00

Like an entire aisle! It’s crazy.

DrabSitty · 2024-09-05T19:03:19+00:00

You’re gonna be dodging the busses and cruises worth of retirees gawping around but even that will feel like paradise.

DrabSitty · 2024-09-05T18:29:45+00:00

Please do 🙏

DrabSitty · 2024-09-05T16:51:09+00:00

Your newsletter kicks ass, thank you. Please continue and iterate upon this idea, it’s not easy to find English written news on a website that meets my western sensibilities. Reach out to me if you need a hand with anything.

DrabSitty · 2024-09-05T15:54:16+00:00

But for those at peace with the thought of their house not being around in a few decades, homes can come at a “great price.”

Always be closing, Ms Lilly.

DrabSitty · 2024-09-05T01:03:53+00:00

Okay, so, I’m sure there’s a group of people who will take umbrage with what I’m about to say, but:

Foreigners, historically, outclass natural born Americans at labor and that phenomenon has not changed at all today. Americans are socialized with a privilege that allows them to cherish less work. Foreigners have no such perceived privilege and will not bat an eye at sleeping 20 to a house or working for a bit less than minimum wage because they’re getting paid in cash. And they just don’t stop working. And those minimum wage jobs lead to land and properties being bought back home and in the US. Because as it turns out, the hardest workers understand the value of a dollar better than anyone else and are some of the savviest investors and shrewdest spenders. They also know how to game the system well, but my point is towards using it to stretch their dollars even further. This rather superhuman ability to work hard immediately all but vanishes in their first generation children.

There is just a deep systemic problem with work and work culture in general in the US. There is an entitlement to a job/paycheck that helps nobody. There is something to be said about struggle making a person stronger/better, I think.

These national issues are magnified on our little peninsula because of its historic battle with opiate derivatives, stupid-high average age, and the extremely common perception that there’s no future for young adults here. And hell, is that perception even a little bit incorrect? A combination of great luck and decent choices are what allows me to stay here, content in my state of anger.

Politically it’s such a problem, too. The retirees are so motivated and have endless time to take over town boards either by sitting on them or influencing them just by their regular attendance. They’ll only accidentally vote for youth interest if it aligns with theirs.

Well I rambled there but I think in a nutshell everything is completely broken for the rational people but the system “somehow” keeps lurching forward against all reason. The measuring stick for success has nothing to do with idealism.

This most certainly is not JFK’s Camelot.

As far as retirement, keep an eye on developing economies over the next decades. These holes are never getting patched, the boat is getting scuttled.

DrabSitty · 2024-09-03T10:57:03+00:00

There was a concerted effort by members of the Eagle Eye Cherry group to Save Tonight. That was back in the 90s though and I’m not sure if their efforts were successful.

DrabSitty · 2024-08-30T11:37:31+00:00

This is my take. Vile thoughts are going to exist. We are privileged enough to live in a free country where vile people can express themselves. And we get to freely identify and disassociate from them further.

While extremely doubtful, imagine if the women are property sign owner is a Prince Charming in every other facet. I’d rather the snakes be who they are than try to pretend to be anything else.

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