Only rich people say stupid shit like this.
Only stupid rich people say stupid stuff like this.
The guy is right. You are all missing the point. How do you think prehistoric humans traveled? How did the humans travel from what is now Russia to North america to become the “Native Americans”? You think they charged it to their Amex? Or took out a second mortgage. No. If you want to travel, use your feet, hop a train, get a job on a ship and use it as free travel then quit. Traveling takes money, or courage, the less money you have, the more courage you need, the more money you have the less courage you need. Its not complicated.
True, if you believe you can survive the border guard shooting at you you don’t need any money at all.
If you violate enough mobility laws you can get anywhere for free!
Just board the plane without paying.
He’s not wrong. It’ll be a really shitty journey as it’s just voluntary homelessness, but you can choose to live as a hobo if you’re brave enough. And if you’re brave enough you can cross borders without permission. Not a good idea at all, lots of walking, hunger, sleeping outside, and hiding from authorities, but hey, you can.
That’s great and all but please take a few step to the left, you are blocking the sunlight
Oh, sorry Diogenes!
I don’t think that is “travel” in the spirit of the discussion.
Choosing homelessness when you have any other option isn’t brave, it’s fucking stupid.
“Homeless” can mean different things. It could mean “can’t afford a home, can’t keep a job” like the typical assumption, or it could mean “between homes but capable of getting another” or it could mean “has plenty of money but no home base, just sleeps in hotels or camps and can afford food and clothes when needed”.
It’s not a lifestyle I’d want right now, but it doesn’t automatically mean one can’t thrive. Humans were nomadic for millennia before agriculture gave us a reason and the ability to just stay in one spot.
Depends on your definition of homelessness. Living in a shitty, broken down van probably counts. But what about living in a $200k Mercedes Sprinter van converted to a camper, with a stable job that lets you work remote? What about a retired couple living in a 40’ RV, after spending their working lives dreaming about traveling around the country?
The line that separates courage and stupidity is always very thin, be it warfare or… Checks notes… TRAVEL
They weren’t being literal with the homelessness. And anyway, that statement is still a bit close-minded, while it obviously wouldn’t be a comfortable experience, it is possible and not everything needs to be the smartest decision ever. Sometimes challenging yourself to do something extreme with lots of risk keeps you more alive than comfort could.
There are worse options.
Lots of people walk or bike around the world.
What’s more valuable to you? Having an experience that sounds outlandishly amazing? Or paying rent? We might not all agree.
People do this all the time. Typically it’s people on bikes, crossing something.
$5 a day? Pure luxury!
“Dickes Ticket”-Moment (for those who understand German)
"SIR YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH COURAGE POINTS TO FLY ON BRAVE AIRLINES, you must go to delta. "
Does Brave Airlines mine Courage Coins without your consent?
But I earned these points flying on Spirit!
GODDAMMIT I just opened this card for the promotional courage points!
Have the courage to pay in other ways.
NOT MY MR.BEAN COLLECTION!?
My wife got rid of my Mr. Bean VHS collection
Gas, grass, or ass. Nobody rides for free.
With beans?
We’re poor, not stupid. Beans are far too valuable.
Why not both
Yeah I traded a whole cow for three beans!
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Go out your front door.
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Keep walking.
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Joy.
Isn’t this the plot of LotR?
I think it depends which character you are.
And the Hobbit
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In the USA all we have to do is tell ICE that we are not a citizen and bam, all-expenses-paid vacation at some random spot in the world.
Tip to the wise: to facilitate re-entry when you are done, simply ensure that your passport is stored securely in your <ahem> “travel wallet”.
Brave of you to assume they wouldn’t accuse you of forging the passport with some twisted logic to keep you out of the country
You wouldn’t be in jail if you weren’t a criminal right?
It’s true, if you get arrested, obviously you do crimes.
Can I pay with mental illnesses?
I’m not out of those, but would gladly transfer them to a financial institution.They have enough already.
Mental illness CAN get you a plane, if you’re fast and skilled enough.
Lebron must be the bravest person on Earth.
I wonder if traveling the seas is why he flops so much?
No no no, it’s the courage to leave without caring about losing all your worldly possessions 🙃
My worldly possessions are lots of debt
How lucky, you’d have it wherever you go!
A nomadic life can be cheaper than a sedentary one.
What do you do, exactly, to earn money for food/clothes in that lifestyle? That has always puzzled me
Whatever you want to do. Go spend a season helping out ona farm in Hawaii, then go help build an ecovillage in Australia, then spend some time walking around New Zealand washing dishes and bussing tables, then off to India where you’ll build rope bridges and tree houses for a sustainable community. After that, you can go to Thailand or Vietnam and teach English for a little while, before making your way into the Mediterranean and spending a year and a half on the island of Bozcaada helping an old man repair out building and herd goats.
That’s literally what my friend did for over 5 years after one day he just decided to leave and had just enough money for a plane ticket to Hawaii from San Diego. Everything else was work and accommodations he found along the way. The only reason he came back was because of covid, and now he’s an RN and makes a bunch of money and he hates his life and is in and out of rehab.
Yeah, I have a friend. She emancipated herself from her family at 16 and got her GED. Worked nannying and waitresssing jobs when she needed money, but otherwise spent about 5 years traveling the world.
Try doing that with a passport and the typical access to Education from, say Burkina Faso.
Moving the goalposts. We can assume from context that they are speaking to an audience from developed nations.
Yeah aside from money, a lot of people forget about passport privilege.
I cant get people to pay me enough to live here, how can i rely on charity/people willing to pay me elsewhere? Literally i have no issue working, I just want to make enough money to survive
Literally just apply to teach English in Asia. Typically the wage is a solid middle class income, and you don’t need to know anything about teaching or English.
You can also look into WWOOFing if you want to explore that.
People that wander for a living usually live by a combination of charity and payments for odd jobs. For example, a small farmer might gladly part with some old clothes and provide a few meals and a bed in exchange for help with some tasks, and I’ve heard about people with a preternatural ability to couchsurf from city to city.
A lot have taken up being digital nomads. Not a bad way to make a living off you can get good Internet access somehow.
It’s pretty easy to find it within a half days journey in most of the world now, most towns and cities will have public WiFi in some form.
I wish I could live like that, but medication and executive dysfunction makes it impossible. Hopefully in the future.
The internet is in the very air that we breath
breathe*
breath is “taking a breath” or “out of breath”, ends without an e sound (obviously).
Thank you!
And fit into a little RV.
