The 2025 Trivial Drivel Thread

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Poor Anthony. 

You did a wonderful thing, User. I'm glad it didn't work out this way, but you could have been the last person he saw on earth and you were showing him kindness. 

I kind of thought that in the moment and while I didn’t want the guy to need more help than I was able to provide, it felt good to be helpful in the moment.

Bottom line, I got something from being in the right place at the right time and from helping…

Honestly, he told me where he lived and I almost adopted him on the spot. I’ve done that a couple times and don’t regret it but I have a savior complex thing and I’ve had it consumes me.

6 years ago I took a woman who was recently homeless in with a giant mass on her head AND who didn’t have any I.D. and her citizenship was Canadian. Learned all about getting someone’s citizenship resolved, getting them MediCare and SS benefits and section 8 assisted living housing over the course of a year. 

I was so grateful (as was she) when she got a nice place to live in in Auburn, CA. Simultaneously, COVID was happening so I didn’t get out to visit her and she damn died a year or so later in her bed. Alone (except for her cat who was probably munching on her by the time she was found). 

R.I.P., Sandra.