Man Lives Off Craigslist Ads For a Month

I'd watch it just to see how it turns out. Its good to see real people in a movie time to time instead of something soo overly rehearsed. Kinda reminds me of super size me.
 
Ashbringer said:
I don't know why anyone blames Obama for anything.

First of all, all this economic mess was created by George Bush. The man started a train wreck that cannot be stopped. No person on earth could stop his mess.

Secondly, it's the corporations. Bush worked with a lot of companies, and a lot of those companies work with Obama as well. Did we ever find those WMDs? In that process though we got this nation into debt, yet somehow the oil companies are breaking record profits ever since.

I would have loved to see Ron Paul run for president, but we have Mitt Romney instead. That guy seems like Bush 2.0. So yea, I'm voting for Obama because it can always get worse.
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Thanks for the chuckle, I needed that.
 
Since this is somewhat degenerated into social commentary...

I think there is nothing wrong with asking for help from your fellow man.

As an individual, if I can help you out, and I feel like my giving you assistance is going to help you out, I would do it.

From the preview, this guy is going around, doing some odd jobs, giving some help to some people and getting some help from some people. That in itself is not bad.

Having an infallible safety net for people that never want to work, that can support them in perpetuity without them ever giving back... this is the problem. Not a hippie hitchhiking across the country using craigslist.
 
probably a little bit of acting involved in this movie...I can't see all the Craig's List people being so happy to be filmed...a lot of them look desolate
 
homerandabe69 said:
Surprisingly I actually want to see that after watching the trailer. Looks pretty interesting.
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Me too. Looks interesting. Plus with how Craigslist is perceived it would be really an interesting experiment and I bet it'll end with a surprisingly positive conclusion. I'm all about documentaries as long as if I don't have to stare at Morgan Spurlock's dumb fuck face , I can't stand that guy.
 
Ashbringer said:
I don't know why anyone blames Obama for anything.

First of all, all this economic mess was created by George Bush. The man started a train wreck that cannot be stopped. No person on earth could stop his mess.

Secondly, it's the corporations. Bush worked with a lot of companies, and a lot of those companies work with Obama as well. Did we ever find those WMDs? In that process though we got this nation into debt, yet somehow the oil companies are breaking record profits ever since.

I would have loved to see Ron Paul run for president, but we have Mitt Romney instead. That guy seems like Bush 2.0. So yea, I'm voting for Obama because it can always get worse.
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You've amazingly summed up with dozens of political pundits seemingly couldn't do if their lives depended on it. This is exactly my feels as well towards the situation and Obama. I may not believe he is the best choice but I'll be damned if I ever vote for a Corporate cheerleader like Mitt Romney. Its funny too that during the mid 90's Mitt was quite liberal and really a total reverse of what he's become.

I'm pretty your premise and reasoning on why you are voting for Obama is why most people will. Mitt will do what's good for Corporations and the rich , Obama will attempt to do good for almost everyone. I would rather have someone attempt the impossible than service the 1 percent.
 
Does anyone else find it weired he has an overpriced apple laptop and an iphone?
 
Ashbringer said:
I don't know why anyone blames Obama for anything.

First of all, all this economic mess was created by George Bush. The man started a train wreck that cannot be stopped. No person on earth could stop his mess.

Secondly, it's the corporations. Bush worked with a lot of companies, and a lot of those companies work with Obama as well. Did we ever find those WMDs? In that process though we got this nation into debt, yet somehow the oil companies are breaking record profits ever since.

I would have loved to see Ron Paul run for president, but we have Mitt Romney instead. That guy seems like Bush 2.0. So yea, I'm voting for Obama because it can always get worse.
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Also to the "Don't vote obama next time" and "thanks for the chuckle"

IMO the US politics is a mess due to ALL of these comments. Everyone seems fine breaking things down like its all this presidents fault, or that ones etc etc etc. Simple problems and solutions for complex issues seem to feed our american brains that apparently can become experts with sound bites.

Fact of the matter is Bush Jr did not cause the collapse (yes he was an idiot and can be blamed for poor spending and usage of our troops in Iraq). The collapse and everything that followed was due to a thousand small cuts by a number of administrations and our own pompousness and short-shortsightedness during good times.

Obama didn't wreck the recovery, Bush Jr started the spending bills and Obama supported them and continued to work them. EVERYONE, and I mean EVERYONE said that massive spending was needed to STOP (not fully recover) the economic slide. The consensus (by both conservatives and liberal experts) was that bailouts HAD to be done, no matter what some people say, if we let those HUGE companies blow-up we probably would be in worse shape.

Granted NO ONE can say what would have happened, maybe the experts would have been wrong? Hind-sight is 20/20 as they say. The economy has a mind of its own, no one even experts can really predict exactly what will happen. No President can really ever claim they fix or broke the economy because honestly they don't have that much control, they can lead and nudge here and there.

I predict that Mit will win, then next elections a Democratic president will win. Unless something is done about the american attitudes and acute hate for the "other side". The general expectation that everything should be instantly fixed and that President's who don't work miracles inside of a 4 year term (when senate/house really make/pass laws) will get the hate and the boot.

People like to bash politicians, but they are just what we Americans have made them to be. We as a people apparently hate "negative" ads, but they work WAAAAY better then normal ads. If we hate them (ads) so much, why do they work so well? Think about that, imo that is the root of the political problem (and social too).

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On topic... Personally I think his theory is flawed... If technology isolates... proving it doesn't by taking away all ability to isolate oneself doesn't really prove much. Sure you can be real social when your live depends on it, what if it doesn't????
 
Looks like an ad for broken leftist ideals along with the trying to make light of people with varying degrees of mental illness. It really looks as though there is a LOT of mental illness in the trailer.

I wouldn't see this crap if someone paid me. Hell I barely made it through the trailer.
 
Godmachine said:
You've amazingly summed up with dozens of political pundits seemingly couldn't do if their lives depended on it. This is exactly my feels as well towards the situation and Obama. I may not believe he is the best choice but I'll be damned if I ever vote for a Corporate cheerleader like Mitt Romney. Its funny too that during the mid 90's Mitt was quite liberal and really a total reverse of what he's become.

I'm pretty your premise and reasoning on why you are voting for Obama is why most people will. Mitt will do what's good for Corporations and the rich , Obama will attempt to do good for almost everyone. I would rather have someone attempt the impossible than service the 1 percent.
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Regardless of how hard you scratch Obama's back, you aren't going to get a million dollar grant from the government because you aren't paying Michelle.

It occurs to me that people who blindly vote Obama simply never pay attention to facts. He's not 'on your side', he's on his side. Obama would lock his car doors while driving through your neighborhood.
 
Bosom said:
Not a hippie hitchhiking across the country using craigslist.
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Actually, its a hipster feeling self-important by telling us all what we already know, playing the part of a hippie. If he were just a pot-smoking lazy hippie, it wouldn't be so bad. :p
 
I think (one of) problem is people don't read enough. Or listen. Or do.

Growing up, a few classes we had did talk about current events. And I mean a few. I think there needs to be a current events class, where students discuss what is actually going on. Our youth is completely clueless about what's going on. It's not until they reach college age that they have some what of a clue.

And shesh! Some of you are really hostile about a documentary. It's just a movie. Hell it could be fake. Why are you upset? A lot of people do this. Look in ads for some work, get paid, and move on. They just don't do the same thing you do. Wake up. Work 8-5 and go home and do it again.
 
wiseoracle said:
Why are you upset? A lot of people do this. Look in ads for some work, get paid, and move on. They just don't do the same thing you do. Wake up. Work 8-5 and go home and do it again.
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Because a great many of us are old enough to know that 'drifter' is really a key component of 'dangerous'. And if they aren't dangerous, they are just losers. I don't have to feel anything for people and lifestyles I disagree with, and reserve the right to hate anyone and everyone, for any reason.
 
Bladestorm said:
Given that a truly free market has never existed yet, what empirical evidence do you have to backup this opinion?
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Free markets can't exist, and there are no rational actors so he doesn't need to back up his opinion there. What your side of that argument needs to do is present a compelling case for why humanity should take the plunge into anarchy on behalf of objectivists fantasizing about a world they haven't ever seen.
 
Q1DM6 said:
Because a great many of us are old enough to know that 'drifter' is really a key component of 'dangerous'. And if they aren't dangerous, they are just losers. I don't have to feel anything for people and lifestyles I disagree with, and reserve the right to hate anyone and everyone, for any reason.
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You've amazingly summed up with dozens of political pundits seemingly couldn't do if their lives depended on it. This is exactly my feels as well towards the situation and Obama. I may not believe he is the best choice but I'll be damned if I ever vote for a Corporate cheerleader like Mitt Romney. Its funny too that during the mid 90's Mitt was quite liberal and really a total reverse of what he's become.

I'm pretty your premise and reasoning on why you are voting for Obama is why most people will. Mitt will do what's good for Corporations and the rich , Obama will attempt to do good for almost everyone. I would rather have someone attempt the impossible than service the 1 percent.
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I think your crew needs you on wallstreet to protest... I mean you should protest all day instead of going to try and find work.

People like you can move to Europe, there broke as fuck but will put you on the government tit. Don't try and drag us down with your lazy ass, we work for a living.

Oh and those corporations... they hire people... so yeah probably should piss on them and try to say its raining.

Liberal trash.
 
XvMMvX said:
I think your crew needs you on wallstreet to protest... I mean you should protest all day instead of going to try and find work.

People like you can move to Europe, there broke as fuck but will put you on the government tit. Don't try and drag us down with your lazy ass, we work for a living.

Oh and those corporations... they hire people... so yeah probably should piss on them and try to say its raining.

Liberal trash.
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Way to cheerlead. Too bad it's for the losing side of history.
 
Q1DM6 said:
Because a great many of us are old enough to know that 'drifter' is really a key component of 'dangerous'. And if they aren't dangerous, they are just losers. I don't have to feel anything for people and lifestyles I disagree with, and reserve the right to hate anyone and everyone, for any reason.
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lol... Well then we don't want to hear any complaining when someone is bashing/restricting your lifestyle.

Freedom, costs many things... one of those things is acceptance (note: not agree, just accept). If you don't accept others right to live how they want (I am not saying we have to financially support), then you should not expect anyone else to accept or defend your lifestyle either.

Defending other people's freedom even if you don't agree with them (and they don't harm others obviously), is the same as defending your own.

Just because someone chooses to be a "drifter" does not make them a "loser", not the life you want, but maybe just maybe they really like it. Different strokes for different folks.
 
Hamish Campbell said:
Way to cheerlead. Too bad it's for the losing side of history.
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Ummm... wait... what?

Socialism has NEVER worked in history... it has always lost... Rome, Soviet Union, and now Europe. It always collapses.

You are very uneducated if you think the same process will lead to different results...
 
XvMMvX said:
Ummm... wait... what?

Socialism has NEVER worked in history... it has always lost... Rome, Soviet Union, and now Europe. It always collapses.

You are very uneducated if you think the same process will lead to different results...
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That persons post wasn't advocating socialism in the slightest, so why even bring it up? By losing side of history, I'm talking about movement conservatism.

Instead of the empty "love it or leave it" rhetoric, why not offer him a more substantial alternative viewpoint instead of insults?
 
Out of curiosity when has capitalism been a resounding success?

seems every economic model is doomed eventually. Except for bartering, I always liked that one.
 
dandirk said:
lol... Well then we don't want to hear any complaining when someone is bashing/restricting your lifestyle.

Freedom, costs many things... one of those things is acceptance (note: not agree, just accept). If you don't accept others right to live how they want (I am not saying we have to financially support), then you should not expect anyone else to accept or defend your lifestyle either.

Defending other people's freedom even if you don't agree with them (and they don't harm others obviously), is the same as defending your own.

Just because someone chooses to be a "drifter" does not make them a "loser", not the life you want, but maybe just maybe they really like it. Different strokes for different folks.
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No, society depends on tolerance, not acceptance. I can tolerate people, but I don't have to accept them, those are two very different things, and until you learn why you should keep minor speeches to yourself.
 
stealthy123 said:
Out of curiosity when has capitalism been a resounding success?
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You mean besides the United States transforming from a minor agricultural colony into a superpower? Or China's mindbogglingly quick transformation into the next worlds superpower? (China is technically communist, but business there is *very* capitalist)
 
Monkey God said:
You mean besides the United States transforming from a minor agricultural colony into a superpower? Or China's mindbogglingly quick transformation into the next worlds superpower? (China is technically communist, but business there is *very* capitalist)
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short term explosions of growth that are unsustainable. 200 years isn't a long time to consider an economic model. We are going to crash, and China is going to peak then decline much faster than we have.

Capitalism needs constant growth, when the growth slows the money goes to the next booming market, then to the next, then to the next. It's extremely flawed.
 
stealthy123 said:
short term explosions of growth that are unsustainable. 200 years isn't a long time to consider an economic model. We are going to crash, and China is going to peak then decline much faster than we have.

Capitalism needs constant growth, when the growth slows the money goes to the next booming market, then to the next, then to the next. It's extremely flawed.
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Capitalism doesn't need constant growth. That's misinformation programmed into people by bankers and business overlords.
 
Not sure what you guys seem to really have against it, but that trailer had me inspired.
 
Zeekerton said:
Not sure what you guys seem to really have against it, but that trailer had me inspired.
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Its just so that he makes money from the movie and will finaly upgrade to an iphone 4 and a 2012 apple laptop... What exactly did he inspire u to do?not find a job?beg for food while video taping yourself ,in hope of later selling out big time?
 
Q1DM6 said:
No, society depends on tolerance, not acceptance.
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A bit off topic, but thank you. Always annoyed me that people make this leap that because I'm expected to tolerate them, that I have to like or even more support them. I "put up" with them, no more no less. And besides, as a society we can certaintly dictate what we do and don't tolerate (pedofilia was the norm in years past with Mohammed "dating" 9 year olds, and other marriages of even pre-pubecents... we tolerated it before, we don't now).
 
stealthy123 said:
short term explosions of growth that are unsustainable. 200 years isn't a long time to consider an economic model. We are going to crash, and China is going to peak then decline much faster than we have.

Capitalism needs constant growth, when the growth slows the money goes to the next booming market, then to the next, then to the next. It's extremely flawed.
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Name a better system/example.
 
gokuz said:
Its just so that he makes money from the movie and will finaly upgrade to an iphone 4 and a 2012 apple laptop... What exactly did he inspire u to do?not find a job?beg for food while video taping yourself ,in hope of later selling out big time?
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How do you move from the argument that because he travels with an apple laptop that he is using the movie to upgrade his phone and laptop? Then transition to denigrate people whom have no jobs and compare it to being poor (begging for food)? They are two very different things and you are essentially making it a simple: your damned if you do, damned if you don't. Why does it matter if the movie inspired someone? Why denigrate it?

Q1DM6 said:
Because a great many of us are old enough to know that 'drifter' is really a key component of 'dangerous'.
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Making an insult on his intelligence based on age is just naive. Making the assumption of his age just to try and prove some sort of point makes that point illegitimate and honestly just lacks credibility. But that's just my opinion, man.

Q1DM6 said:
No, society depends on tolerance, not acceptance. I can tolerate people, but I don't have to accept them, those are two very different things, and until you learn why you should keep minor speeches to yourself.
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There you go again. Trying to make this into some sort of wisdom thing by insinuating age with the words, "learn why" or with a tone that speaks to someone like a child. In every debate you have, do you usually just bring up age as some sort of qualifying factor in listening to them? These people aren't your kids. They are sharing an opinion. Those are two very different things (see what I did there?).
 
If it inspires someone it doesn't mean it inspires them to do what the subject matter portrays. It could just mean it inspires someone on humanity, or the common man.
 
octoberasian said:
Off-topic:
I've been laid off since April. I have 3 technical certificates, 1 degree and am a trained real estate agent (will need to get re-certified). I live with my parents, and do odd jobs here and there by going through Craigslist if it's related to computers. I also do computer and technical support on the side but isn't much of a real job at the least. I don't know what's up with the economy or with employers nowadays but if I can't get hired by some place like Wendy's or two Walmarts, then something is definitely wrong.

I have three friends that are good examples. One with a vocational nurses certificate and an AA degree has been laid off about 11 times in the last 6 years. Two others have BS degrees and have been laid off about three times in the last 10 years. One of the two is working as a manager for Dominoes. He cannot find a steady job for his intended degree-- electrical engineering. The other one has not found a job with his degree in biology. He, like myself, has been doing odd jobs here and there, and his current job is a temp work as a courier.

It seems a college degree nowadays is nothing more than a bullshit piece of paper saying "hey, I graduated college. Now what?" It seems that's how employers think nowadays. Trade skills doesn't seem to get you anywhere either. Hell, a job that says two years minimum experience in a related field is bullshit already because where do you get experience in a related field in the first place that doesn't require minimum experience?

Of my three friends above, one is actually seriously considering going to Canada to look for work and may take one in Vancouver seeing he has not gotten a single job offer in the US for the last 8 months.

Maybe I should take my sister's advice-- Lie on my resume and job application. Don't put down I graduated college. Put down fake jobs because supposedly majority of employers don't call the other employers for reference. And, that your highest math was Algebra II and Trigonometry and not AP Calculus AB.​
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I'd definitely watch this.​
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The fact that your nurse friend has been laid off 11 times over 6 years speaks more about your friend than the economy.

Your EE friend, he isn't trying or is unwilling to move. EE new college grads are in demand in silicon valley, silicon forest, alternate energy field, etc...

The rest of your post sounds like excuse making.
 
timtheenchantor said:
There you go again. Trying to make this into some sort of wisdom thing by insinuating age with the words, "learn why" or with a tone that speaks to someone like a child. In every debate you have, do you usually just bring up age as some sort of qualifying factor in listening to them? These people aren't your kids. They are sharing an opinion. Those are two very different things (see what I did there?).
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That is entirely more a political mindset than anything related to age. The (U.S.) leftist ideology that so many people are enamored of requires that I 'accept' people all the time. It is very common in media and material everywhere you look. Even children are taught 'acceptance' at school now instead of tolerance (which was previously taught), which was the point being made.
 
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