Surprising way Homeless man spends $100

[Transborderwife 4,666]

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/12/25/nr-homeless-man-gets-money-liquor-store.cnn.html?cid=homepage-ob-gc&iref=obnetwork

An amazing social experiment.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

No, it is not.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Interesting one should find such selflessness amongst the most destitute.

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/12/25/nr-homeless-man-gets-money-liquor-store.cnn.html?cid=homepage-ob-gc&iref=obnetwork

An amazing social experiment.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Interesting one should find such selflessness amongst the most destitute.

Yes, interesting, almost as if it was planned that way.

[VOL 425]

Yes, interesting, almost as if it was planned that way.

Agreed. Staged.......

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Yes, must be staged since we all know that the homeless are not actually people or may display any human traits.

[unsmiley 111]

Yes, must be staged since we all know that the homeless are not actually people or may display any human traits.

Ah yes, here you go again. Mr. Big Dog, the great mind reader of VJ posters. Putting words in the mouths of anyone that disagrees with your point of view.

[Rob L 3,811]

Ah yes, here you go again. Mr. Big Dog, the great mind reader of VJ posters. Putting words in the mouths of anyone that disagrees with your point of view.

He read my mind...

[MyLittlePony 340]

I never gave homeless people money and they will never get my money they can find a job.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

$100,000 was given to a homeless person and they made a documentary,

Reversal of Fortune (2005 film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversal_of_Fortune_%282005_film%29

[Transborderwife 4,666]

I never gave homeless people money and they will never get my money they can find a job.

What about ones that have severe imparment be if mental or physical and cannot work?

[VOL 425]

These crackheads and drunks and lazy POS that stand on the corner have zero desire to work, they want to sit and panhandle

I have offered a few of them daily jobs where they could make a good day pay for working, I have offered work about 4 times, never had a taker.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

VIRAL VIDEO OF HOMELESS MAN USING $100 TO FEED OTHER HOMELESS A FAKE

A widely-viewed online video in which a homeless man takes $100 he’d been gifted and proceeds to feed other homeless people in the area is fake, the homeless man’s brother told CBS2 News.

YouTube personality and prankster Josh Paler Lin posted the video to his channel shortly before Christmas. In it, Lin gives a homeless man named Thomas $100 and then purportedly follows him around to see how the man spends the money. Thomas enters a liquor store and emerges with two black plastic bags, then proceeds to a local park to hand out food to other supposedly homeless people.

Lin then confronts Thomas, telling him his actions with the money astounded him. The filmmaker gives Thomas an extra $100, and wishes him well.

Lin also launched an Indiegogo fundraising page for the man, called “Help Thomas to Get a Fresh Start!” which had collected nearly $134,000, with 20 days remaining in the campaign.

Now, Thomas’ brother has confirmed that the video, which had been viewed 29 million times as of Thursday afternoon, was staged.

Kevin Nickel, identified by CBS2 as Thomas’ brother, told the outlet that his brother is really homeless, but that the video was a fake. He said his brother’s real name is Kenny Nickel, and that he in fact does have some money, as he is owed $150,000 from his parents’ estate.

“He’s sitting on money,” Nickel told CBS2. “But this is a scam. This money needs to go to people who really need it.”

Another man told CBS2 he witnessed the filming of the video, and that it was indeed staged. Taugan Kadalim said he saw Thomas in Lin’s car between shots.

“I was there,” Taugan Kadalim said. “They didn’t ‘follow’ him. They drove him there [to the liquor store]. I think the manner in how they portrayed the entire video is deceitful and dishonest.”

CBS reports that Lin made an estimated $52,000 from the hits he received on the video, not counting the Indiegogo campaign money.

http://www.breitbart.com/california/2015/01/01/viral-video-of-homeless-man-using-100-to-feed-other-homeless-a-fake/

Edited January 2, 2015 by ExExpat

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Duh!

[Transborderwife 4,666]

My pregnancy hormones wanted to believe it was real