MTVs "Real Life : I'm Broke" aka I'm Stupid

[valvano]

I get home from work Friday, veg out for a little bit on my Mac and turn on MTV (something I rarely watch), this was around 5 EST. MTV is showing some show called "Real Life" and this episode was titled "I'm Broke". It chronicled 3 young folks and their lack of monetary funds. I sort of got hooked and started watching. They were:

Some guy in IL who was trying to get into the Army, but because he was on parole they wouldnt take him till he was off parole (plus he could only halfway read), in the meantime his family is being evicted from their shack. Maybe he should have thought about the aftermath of committing crimes before he considered the Army as a means of escaping poverty?? I couldnt help notice that when the family was packing up prior to their eviction, they had to dig up THEIR SATELLITE TV DISH from the front yard. They couldnt pay the rent, but they could pay the Dish bill????

Some idiot girl in IN (I think) who dropped out of high school and was working as a waitress, trying to save up enough money to buy a car, who was going to complete her GED when she could, and had moved away from home. She kept getting robbed so her savings was always being sold. But she got fired for having pot on the job and had to get a job of some fast food joint with no tips, min wage, which she quit after 3 days. She wound up taking the bus back home.

Some couple in CA who were being kicked out by her mom, had no money, trying to find an apartment.

Of course, at the end of the show MTV shows some websites about how to beat poverty. Guess what, these people were in poverty due to the results of their own actions. What idiots, and what idiots MTV is for thinking I would feel sorry for these stupid people.

These folks want to know why they have no money and no future? Look in the GD mirror.
:eek:

[valvano]

All it needs is one unfortunate event to put someone in poverty,

so, breaking the law and going to jail, or bring drugs to your workplace, or just plaing dropping out of school to work full time at a dead end job, or facing being homeless due to not wanting to live under your parents rules (its their house after all) are all "unfortunate events"????

what about the family living in dire poverty yet they can afford a satellite dish??? "sorry kids, we had to pay the HBO bill, so its pimento cheese sandwiches this week, but i'se got to watch my Sopranos"

are these the type unfortunate events you refer to in your statement?

[yeahwho]

Mr.TwitValvanos "Real Life : I'm Broke" aka I'm Stupid

[QueenAdrock]

what about the family living in dire poverty yet they can afford a satellite dish??? "sorry kids, we had to pay the HBO bill, so its pimento cheese sandwiches this week, but i'se got to watch my Sopranos"

are these the type unfortunate events you refer to in your statement?

Did they say could afford the dish, and that they were paying it off? Because I'm betting they didn't. You can have the dish for a limited amount of time before they realize you have no funds and cancel it. And with the dish, even if it's not working and has been disconnected, they don't reposess the dish itself. You have no idea if they were able to pay it off, or if it was even in use, so don't be so quick to judge.

Some couple in CA who were being kicked out by her mom, had no money, trying to find an apartment.

...and this is not an unfortunate circumstance, why? I know plenty of kids who have had difficulties with their parents, and have been forced out of their houses. I understand you believing the other kids had themselves to blame because of the pot/parole (though I do not agree...most people who are in poverty do have problems, but that doesn't mean they're not TRYING to get better...just like smokers, they can't quit somethings cold turkey, but with some help they can get better), but there's no reason this couple had themselves to blame.

[Burnout18]

i am going to work hard and make a lot of money....

so one day i can help all the poor people, so they can afford thier pot and afford thier dish networks.

[Medellia]

...and this is not an unfortunate circumstance, why? I know plenty of kids who have had difficulties with their parents, and have been forced out of their houses. I understand you believing the other kids had themselves to blame because of the pot/parole (though I do not agree...most people who are in poverty do have problems, but that doesn't mean they're not TRYING to get better...just like smokers, they can't quit somethings cold turkey, but with some help they can get better), but there's no reason this couple had themselves to blame.
I saw a portion of this show, and I think it was this part. I believe the girl and her boyfriend couldn't afford their rent and were forced to move. SHE could have moved back in with her mother without him, but he would have had no place to go. The reason that the mother wouldn't allow the guy to move in was because he was of a different race.

Of course, I only saw about five minutes of it, so I could be wrong. But yeah, what a stupid girl, falling in love with someone who's skin is a different color.

[Documad]

I've noticed on Judge Judy that people who appear to make less money than me are always fighting over custody of a giant screen TV. My only TV was my parents' spare which they purchased about 20 years ago. It doesn't even have a remote. :mad: