Comments on: Being Poor

By: Ilya from Moscow

Ilya from Moscow — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:02:06 +0000

qwerty, a ty ocherednoi prodavshiisya pidor..
Sorry everyone, this post is only for russian-speaking americans.

P.S. Remember – the only way to effectively cut the veins is to cut them along, not across.

By: weberly

weberly — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:52:22 +0000

Being poor is seeing this list and not being able to count how many of them aren’t true about your life, because they all are. Very beautiful and also very sad.

By: inda

inda — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:11:47 +0000

qwerty, a ti ocherednoi, poddavshijsia na provokaciju

be happy, have fun!

By: qwerty

qwerty — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:11:08 +0000

Ilya — ti o4erednoi russiky patriot dolboeb.

Sorry everyone, it was post only for Ilya and russian part of visitors.

P.S. Great post, very touching and true.

By: Ilya from Moscow

Ilya from Moscow — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:29:44 +0000

Poor americans..
We will send you humanitarian aid when your economy will die(it will happen in a few months, so be ready). And also try not to panic.

By: Karen Funk Blocher

Karen Funk Blocher — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:18:34 +0000

This is a famous essay by John Scalzi, the award-winning science fiction writer and blogger, who actually was poor as a child. Please give him credit for the piece. He wrote it in 2005.

Here is a post he wrote about the writing of it, the fact that it was written up by the Associated Press, etc.:

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/09/24/giving-direction-for-being-poor/

It was also covered in Boing Boing.

Thanks.

By: Zenvis

Zenvis — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:07:58 +0000

I read this and thought that this was just dead on when it comes to being poor. I am pretty sure that we have all been poor (ok not Paris Hilton or the McCain family but…) so we can all relate to this.

By: Queen Rosebud

Queen Rosebud — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:36:08 +0000

but it’s so fucking true!!!

By: sanchit goyal

sanchit goyal — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:53:24 +0000

some points were actually very touching!!

By: PCH_KID

PCH_KID — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:32:48 +0000

IT MUST REALLY SUCK BEING POOR. GOOD POST, BUT THIS I THINK IS NOT EXTREME POVERTY LIKE OTHERS SUFFER IN 3RD WORLD COUNTRIES WHERE PPL DONT EVEN HAVE WATER RUNNING IN THEIR HOUSE