Human garbage

22 days ago

It is the parent's job to see how their child learns and to make sure that the children's self confidence is buoyed at all times, or they will plummet like a stone.

- Henry Winkler -

Last weekend I was (unfortunately) exposed to the "news" - which is actually nothing more than advertising, propaganda, outright lies and a control mechanism - and heard a story about a local couple in my city who...well, seem like total fucken assholes.

They have a six year old son and figured it would be a good idea to tell him he had cancer. They shaved his head, put a bandage around it to emulate what happens after chemotherapy, placed him in a wheelchair took photos and put up a request for donations to help with his condition on one of those (idiotic) crowd funding sites. This is what I call fucken human garbage!

They raised $60,000.

Let's put aside the fact these ~~people~~ shitbags defrauded people out of money for their own gain and focus on the emotional impact upon the kid who was actually told he had cancer!

I can't imagine it's something that the kid would forget, especially considering his parents were arrested and charged, and my understanding of it is that the kid is now with the child protection agency for safekeeping; that's something he's not likely to forget anytime soon. What the fuck huh?

There's so many bad actors out there, ~~people~~ human garbage trying to take advantage of others and getting away with it too, but what sort of parent does something like this to their own kid? That's a rhetorical question because I know the answer.

I know some of you may think, maybe they were desperate, - and that may actually be the case - but I don't think that's an excuse to possibly permanently damage the kids' emotional state and what about those they defrauded, maybe some of them were not in a position to donate but did so anyway out of the kindness of their hearts. Some people shouldn't be parents I think, and everyone donating to crowd funding sites should be wary. I guess another example of how people's charity doesn't always end up where it should.

Have you ever heard of a similar story in your location?

I know there's countries where children are purposely (and permanently) maimed to gain a better effectiveness when begging - more pity I guess - and that there's a healthy industry based around child trafficking (people trafficking generally) but have you heard of something like this story I write about? What about crowd funding sites, do you think they're legitimate or do you feel so many people are faking situations to take advantage?

Feel free to state your opinions and thoughts or tell a story of such things in your location if you'd like. Also, if you've maimed your child to help them beg more effectively I'd like to hear from you too...not that you're likely to admit it I suppose, but I'd be happy to know so I could report you because, like the couple I mention in this post, you're human garbage.

Now, to lighten mood here's a legit song from 2002 by Garbage...with no human garbage in sight.

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@bozz 81

22 days ago

There was just a court case a while ago in the US that dealt with a Munchausen by proxy sort of thing and in the end the girl ended up killing the mom. It was something like that. Sadly, we see these crowd funding things all the time. It's ridiculous and it really drives me nuts because no one bothers to prepare. Why do I need insurance? Someone will just start a gofundme and I will be set. People don't want to put in the work and they want the easy lazy way out. Sorry for the mini rant there....

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@galenkp 83

22 days ago

Nah man, I get the rant and it's valid. People are lazy and are so entitled these day; why bother to take care of themselves when they can put their hand out and have a chunk of cash land on it. Pathetic.

And there's the garbage like this couple...I hope they lose access to their kid, but the law will probably be as weak as always and they'll be left to do this stuff again. Assholes.

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@bozz 81

22 days ago

Yeah, unfortunately the goal of most agencies like that is reunification, so in this case as long as there is some semblance of regret and the child's needs are being met they will likely get them back assuming one of them takes the fall and the other stays out of jail.

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@galenkp 83

22 days ago

Imagine being that kid and having to live with what's happened? I feel sorry for the lad.

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@bozz 81

22 days ago

Yeah, I do too. It's horrible. Talk about trauma!

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@bigeyes2012 66

22 days ago

Oh my God, I can't imagine why there are parents like them.sick people

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@galenkp 83

22 days ago

Yep, it's pretty disgusting.

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@bigeyes2012 66

22 days ago

As a parent I can't imagine using my kids for the sake of money

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@janitzearratia 70

22 days ago

Excessive egos (human garbage)they are merchants of human life, sick with very low self-esteem and absence of limits that destroy others, Galen,, as they do with that child and there will be others on the way who will continue to do so.

I am so sorry for the damage to that child's mental and emotional health.

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@galenkp 83

22 days ago

Yep, for parents to do that to their own child? Terrible parents and terrible humans.

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@glideglobe 63

22 days ago

What I can't possibly fathom is how these people feel after scamming all those people and then, obviously, hurting a child. I mean, it's not even human anymore.

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@galenkp 83

22 days ago

It's all a bit odd and, like you say, one wonders how these people live with themselves day to day.

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22 days ago

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@jacobtothe 76

22 days ago (Edited)

Locally, the biggest stories are panhandlers using hidden speakers to pretend they are performing while trying to get donations from drivers who can't hear the music well enough over traffic to recognize the scam. The allegations are people who follow these beggars find them driving nice cars. Not sure how much is rumor and prejudice, and how much is real scam.

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@galenkp 83

22 days ago

The ingenuity humans go to with the intention of scamming other humans is boundless. So shameful.

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@bpcvoter3 -7

22 days ago

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It's time for you to stop what you're doing and get a life stop hiding behind your screen and hiding behind multiple personas. It's no good for you, and it's certainly not good for the Hive community.

Your good run has come to an end LOL, and it's time for you to face the consequences of your actions we understand that Hive is your life, but being exposed is a harsh reality that you can no longer ignore.

Human garbage

Hello galenkp!