Druggies and their walking sticks

splashthecash

what is it with the druggies\scumbags around Dublin (especially around tara station and surrounding streets) and their canes\walking sticks??

Is it a necessity from the drug\alcohol abuse or some kind of social welfare scam? If it is because of a scam they are all pulling I'd love to grab it off them and hop the thing off their f**in' heads :mad:

GOD! I HATE these parasites - and a lot of the time they are pushing around a buggy with a lovely little child and it makes me sad to thing what kind of life they have in front of them...

orourkeda

The lowest form of human life

stupidusername

picture my friend took in limerick a while back

here

El Horseboxo

It's so they can walk and put pressure on one side of the body in hope of it providing a nicely popped vein for them to inject their junk into.

Chuck Stone

splashthecash wrote: »

a lot of the time they are pushing around a buggy with a lovely little child and it makes me sad to thing what kind of life they have in front of them...

Many of those children will grow up to be that adults you so despise.

tuxy

splashthecash wrote: »

and a lot of the time they are pushing around a buggy with a lovely little child and it makes me sad to thing what kind of life they have in front of them...

The people you are giving out about were once a child in the exact same situation as the children you feel sad for.

splashthecash

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Many of those children will grow up to be that adults you so despise.

Yeah, thats what makes it so sad....especially because my daughter is a toddler just like them. I guess its just luck what family\parents you are born into really.

The King of Moo

What an odd thing, I've never seen this phenomenom.

Might it be a fashion thing? I've some of those "gansta rappas" with canes, maybe they're copying them?
Were they using them like they actually needed them or holding them with a bit of swagger?

splashthecash

splashthecash wrote: »

I guess its just luck what family\parents you are born into really.

Exactly. I hate seeing them too. But most of them had very little chance of living any other sort of a life. It's a horrible existence and I wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy.

Anyway, on topic, I've never seen this cane/walking stick thing of which you speak!

Wazdakka

Wow..

You could cut the preconscious stereotyping in this thread with a knife.
Your post seems to convey some serious social tolerance issues OP.

Have you ever considered that you could be prejudice against an entire social class of people?

I'm in complete agreement that there are absolute scum out there that are doing nothing but wasting their lives, damaging others and being a drain on resources.

But how about just for arguments sake we don't tar everyone with the same brush?

tuxy

splashthecash wrote: »

Yeah, thats what makes it so sad....especially because my daughter is a toddler just like them. I guess its just luck what family\parents you are born into really.

So are they scum or do you feel sorry for them. I'm confused about how you view these people.

starviewadams

Many addicts have painful abscesses on their legs and feet from improperly or un-hygenically injecting themselves.

Hilarious stuff altogether.

giles lynchwood

I blame the catholic church because of their ban on abortion and condom´s,now you see the result.There is a lot to be said for selective breeding.

ChairSniffer

lol skangers have pimp-canes now. wtf.

darkmaster2

Maybe they wanna be like this guy?

Seachmall

Wazdakka wrote: »

Wow..

You could cut the preconscious stereotyping in this thread with a knife.
Your post seems to convey some serious social tolerance issues OP.

Have you ever considered that you could be prejudice against an entire social class of people?

I'm in complete agreement that there are absolute scum out there that are doing nothing but wasting their lives, damaging others and being a drain on resources.

But how about just for arguments sake we don't tar everyone with the same brush?

God damn liberal hippy!

Mr. Denton

Probably a homage to A Clockwork Orange

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v90KPJ6n4Ew

Scumbags love the subtle pacing of Kubrick movies.

Chuck Stone

splashthecash wrote: »

Yeah, thats what makes it so sad....especially because my daughter is a toddler just like them. I guess its just luck what family\parents you are born into really.

That's why (imo) we should really focus on the primary school years to catch kids and try to work with them before they develop problems

I reckon we should redirect the money spent in the Ivory towers of 3rd level education and plough the money into primary school and expert services for children.

Wazdakka

Seachmall wrote: »

God damn liberal hippy!

I'm very far from being a liberal hippy..
I just can't stand idiots

splashthecash

Wazdakka wrote: »

Wow..

You could cut the preconscious stereotyping in this thread with a knife.
Your post seems to convey some serious social tolerance issues OP.

Have you ever considered that you could be prejudice against an entire social class of people?

I'm in complete agreement that there are absolute scum out there that are doing nothing but wasting their lives, damaging others and being a drain on resources.

But how about just for arguments sake we don't tar everyone with the same brush?

I take it you mean to say "some serious social intolerance"? - and no, I only want to hit the dodgy looking people who have the canes :rolleyes:

......theres always one

splashthecash

tuxy wrote: »

So are they scum or do you feel sorry for them. I'm confused about how you view these people.

I feel sorry for the children in the buggys that they push around...geesh :rolleyes:

splashthecash

splashthecash wrote: »

I feel sorry for the children in the buggys that they push around...geesh :rolleyes:

But you understand that these "parasites", were once the children in the buggies?

Forest Master

stupidusername wrote: »

picture my friend took in limerick a while back

here

Or a picture that someone else took ages ago since it's been posted on here & Facebook around 1000 times now. But yeah - you pretend your mate took it...

ChairSniffer

splashthecash wrote: »

I feel sorry for the children in the buggys that they push around...geesh :rolleyes:

i feel sorry for the velvet nappy wearing children in the disco ball equipped, purple limo-buggys they get pushed around in

Wazdakka

splashthecash wrote: »

I take it you mean to say "some serious social intolerance"?

No, I meant it the way that I wrote it.

splashthecash wrote: »

- and no, I only want to hit the dodgy looking people who have the canes :rolleyes:

Oh I'm sorry, I must have misunderstood.. I thought you were being completely discriminatory to the point of inflicting physical violence based on nothing but appearance and your own social hatreds..

Wait.. Actually.. That sounds EXACTLY like what you just described.
Also it sounds like a hate crime..
Well done..

splashthecash wrote: »

......theres always one

Yea, One registers / born every minute I hear..

readyletsgo

The walking stick/cane is nothing new, have seen a good few of them over the years in Dublin with them around that spar at the top of Talbot st(?) and around Dunnes etc onto O'Connell st, they use them because (as someone already said) they have shot one too many dirty needles into their vains in their legs so need a walking stick/cane to help them walk while they shoot up in the other leg until both legs have to be removed.

I have a feeling this started more so (to look like a junkie pimp lol) in Limerick for some reason but dont quote me on that.

PseudoFamous

orourkeda wrote: »

The lowest form of human life

Are all of your posts about scumbags? I rarely see you post about anything else..

Ruu_Old

stupidusername wrote: »

picture my friend took in limerick a while back

here

"Fancy a spot of luncheon at McDonalds, old chap?"

splashthecash

Wazdakka wrote: »

I'm very far from being a liberal hippy..
I just can't stand idiots

jesus - I have to say, boards seems to be getting very top of people who seem to just jump into a thread to say something for the sake of it.

Wazdakka, if that is your real name...what social class of people exactly did I "tar"? I can only presume you are referring to the small section of lower class citizens who wear tracksuits and use canes?

splashthecash

splashthecash wrote: »

Wazdakka, if that is your real name...what social class of people exactly did I "tar"? I can only presume you are referring to the small section of lower class citizens who wear tracksuits and use canes?

:pac:

Good job. Keep it up.

Sunnyisland

A lot of them would have them for protection against attack from fellow em like minded people,you cant get charged with having a walking stick and it can make a good defensive sword or baton.

Seachmall

splashthecash wrote: »

citizens who wear tracksuits and use canes?

I was once forced to wear tracksuit bottoms as it was too painful to put on jeans and needed a cane to walk after I saved a puppy orphanage from burning to the ground.

Don't judge people based on appearances.

That never happened.

Wazdakka

splashthecash wrote: »

jesus - I have to say, boards seems to be getting very top of people who seem to just jump into a thread to say something for the sake of it.

Agreed..
I think it's as bad with all the soapbox threads recently though.
It seems like all to often that somebody will start a thread for no other reason except to have a bitch about something that they dislike.
Even when the opinion is completely ignorant, ill informed, and idiotic to the point of embarrassing themselves.

splashthecash wrote: »

Wazdakka, if that is your real name...what social class of people exactly did I "tar"? I can only presume you are referring to the small section of lower class citizens who wear tracksuits and use canes?

I'm not really in the mood to quote you your own posts..
But seriously.. You seem to have a bit of a short fuse "splashthecash"..
All I said is that maybe it's not right to tar every single person of a certain look as having the exact same negative stereotypical attributes.

U mad?
I honestly think that you need to take the internet less seriously.

splashthecash

Wazdakka wrote: »

splashthecash wrote: »

jesus - I have to say, boards seems to be getting very top of people who seem to just jump into a thread to say something for the sake of it.

Agreed..
I think it's as bad with all the soapbox threads recently though.
It seems like all to often that somebody will start a thread about something for no other reason except to have a bitch about something that they dislike.
Even when the opinion is completely ignorant, ill informed, and idiotic to the point of embarrassing themselves.

splashthecash wrote: »

Wazdakka, if that is your real name...what social class of people exactly did I "tar"? I can only presume you are referring to the small section of lower class citizens who wear tracksuits and use canes?

I'm not really in the mood to quote you your own posts..
But seriously.. You seem to have a bit of a short fuse "splashthecash"..
All I said is that maybe it's not right to tar every single person of a certain look as having the exact same negative stereotypical attributes.

U mad?
I honestly think that you need to take the internet less seriously.

Listen Wadakka, if I can't vent on boards after a long day's work...what's the point of it all?

And as well as venting, every now and then you get someone who takes the bait and makes the whole experience even more enjoyable!

Wazdakka

splashthecash wrote: »

every now and then you get someone who takes the bait and makes the whole experience even more enjoyable!

I completely agree..

Marty McFly

Wazdakka wrote: »

I'm not really in the mood to quote you your own posts..
But seriously.. You seem to have a bit of a short fuse "splashthecash"..
All I said is that maybe it's not right to tar every single person of a certain look as having the exact same negative stereotypical attributes.

U mad?
I honestly think that you need to take the internet less seriously.

In fairness I dont think he really was stereotyping junkies by a certain look by tracksuits etc, i for one hate stereotyping its a pet hate.

But lets be honest a junkie regardless of what there wearing is fairly obvious to spot, its there walk, talk glazed over look that gives it away they could be wearing a suit with that cane but youd still know there a junkie with one quick glance.

Hes was just wondering what the deal was with them walking with canes and saying how awful it is to see junkies pushing prams with young children in them, which regardless of your viepoint on junkies is a heartbreaking and terrible sad thing to see not a great start in life now is it, the kids going to need a lot of luck and determination to grow up on the right side of the tracks.

papajimsmooth

They use them to keep their pimp hand strong

mcmoustache

splashthecash wrote: »

what social class of people exactly did I "tar"? I can only presume you are referring to the small section of lower class citizens who wear tracksuits and use canes?

If you're tarring junkies with the brush of scumbaggery, then get me a brush, a bucket, some tar and a fire and I'll join you.

Their circumstances aren't my fault and they shouldn't be my problem. They made the decision to start injecting heroin. Everyone knows what that stuff does. Everyone knows where junkies end up.

They gave up on life and decided that instead, they'd spend the rest of their time on earth getting comatose between begging sessions and theft from those of us who work whilst all the time whingeing in that drawn out way of theirs about how hard and unfair life is.

I think scum is a rather mild term when applied to junkies. I prefer diseased parasite myself.

stupidusername

Forest Master wrote: »

Or a picture that someone else took ages ago since it's been posted on here & Facebook around 1000 times now. But yeah - you pretend your mate took it...

why would i claim it if it wasn't true?? if you look in the limerick forum, and search for the pimp cane thread, it's there, posted by him, then you can see that he's one of my friends on here. i was with him when he took it, we were walking up cruises street... what you see around the internet is a demotivational version of it. but that was the original. I don't know what more to say. but then i don't really care.

Logical Fallacy

It's a weapon.

I seriously cannot believe all but one of the people in this thread couldn't work that **** out.

This was the in thing over a decade ago when i was living in Limerick.

charlemont

realies wrote: »

A lot of them would have them for protection against attack from fellow em like minded people,you cant get charged with having a walking stick and it can make a good defensive sword or baton.

Your bang on, Thats exactly the reason. I knew a guy that would walk around with a hurley and he was cute enough to have a sliotar in his pocket too.

thenightrider

I seen a druggie with a walking stick and he was unscrewing a part of it as he had drugs he was selling stached inside.

How come the garda dont have him locked up i bet i could go in to dublin now and find the bloke he is all ways around the same area with his walking stick :mad:

Auvers

realies wrote: »

A lot of them would have them for protection against attack from fellow em like minded people,you cant get charged with having a walking stick and it can make a good defensive sword or baton.

just going to say the same thing

opportune target would also top the bill

Eric Cartman

you can buy canes with concealed weapons, solid ones are weapons themselves , you can conceal drugs in them and theyre not illegal to walk round with, a win win for junkies and drug pushers alike

diceyreilly

What ever they are shooting into their legs is obviously f****g them up. I often see them in wheelchairs or hopping around on one leg and the thickset still using drugs after paying a very high price.

Guy:Incognito

How would they be able to look dapper without a walking stick.