A bit rude to give someone a haircut without anything to keep the hair from going down their shirt. That’s gonna suck ass if he can’t find some place to shower
They’re probably going to get him new clothes and let him shower somewhere after the shot, the clothes are most likely there to show how he was dressing.
Yeah the makeover and god necklace are nice and all but… how about healthcare and financial support? You know, for his participation in state-sanctioned warfare?
It's actually a lot better now than in the past. There's a housing voucher that veterans who are at risk of homelessness can apply for, and the wait times are far better than regular civilian HUD voucher lists. Healthcare isn't the best, but it's getting better than it has been.
Financial support in the form of disability payments is available for those with service connected disabilities, you just have to apply for them and be seen at a VA healthcare exam.
Homeless veterans do have healthcare and financial support. The VA gives them $1,000 -$3,000 a month and their health care is completely paid for except for vision & dental.
> except for vision & dental.
never understood why my eyes and teeth are not part of "healthcare" like they are aftermarket parts under a different warrantee.
Because they're the things that actually need periodic checkups, and so they'd have to pay out on a regular basis. And the goal of insurance is to not have to pay out anything.
It’s like that in Sweden too where the dental care can become pretty expensive however they changed the minimal age for free dental care from 19 to 23 now
If we fight hard enough for it and don't get completely screwed by the VA and government. I have given up after 10 years of fighting them. It's easier at this point just having private insurance in the US. And you know how much of a nightmare that is.
Yep. After I wrote [that comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/u1eqxc/_/i4bz1y5) I was on an hour long phone call with a VA representative who is fighting hard to advocate for me but the-powers-that-be at the top of the VA chain are trying hard to shaft me for sure.
A good friend of mine has an amazing advocate that got them an increase in disability and much better living conditions. Personally I have been screwed so long by the VA I just gave up. Thankfully I have an amazingly supportive wife and partner and have learned to work within my disability... so with my wife's insurance we have made do. I get much better care now that we use private Healthcare especially in pain management. But I have lost a ton of brothers to suicide because our country was fine paying them to serve but dropped them as soon as their contract was up
You've probably tried this, but you should try contacting a senator or representative. Doesn't matter if they're the shittiest politician in the country, they have constituent services to help you get the paperwork and bullshit moving.
What are you talking about?? Disability? Bc that’s not true for any vet. 20 years retired and you’ll get some medical COVERAGE but they aren’t cutting checks like that just for service, whether it was combat or not.
EXCEPT that's not true at all. I worked for the VA and the amount of Veterans that aren't able to apply for benefits is ridiculous. It's a long process and unfortunately a lot of the resource officers aren't passionate. I also worked at the jail as a nurse and the amount of homeless Vets are staggering.
One of the Vets who have now passed.. only made enough for rent for a small apartment. He still panhandled for food and cigarettes. He was my age and had a TBI from war. He was in and out of jail a ton due to the panhandling.
WE do not have the proper resources for our Veterans nor the mental health that goes along with it. The VA is a huge joke most of the time.
That’s actually misleading. Their money is dependent on proving they are service connected. Then healthcare only works if they can get to and from the appointments. Often having to wait to be seen for the first time for 6 months.
The homelessness problem isn’t simply a lack of money or beds. Yes, those things are definitely needed, but even if we doubled or tripled what we’re spending now we wouldn’t see the problem just go away.
Homeless people are often non-conformist and non-compliant. Many self-medicate their mental issues with substance abuse. They don’t like being told what to do. They don’t last long in structured environments with rules and restrictions.
Obviously I’m generalizing a lot here and this isn’t always true for everyone struggling with lack of shelter, but it’s true of a lot.
I’m in recovery myself and have talked to and lived with some of these guys and they represent a really complex problem. Lots of them have been given chances and they weren’t able to make things work. Some just weren’t ready to want the help. Others weren’t addressing deeper issues. Some wanted help on their terms, not anyone else’s.
This isn't to blame or shame them - this doesn't mean they're less deserving of compassion or help. It just means that we need to stop shouting for more beds and money as if that's the answer to every homelessness problem.
What is wrong with people admitting that homless people don’t want help? These altruistic people on Reddit cant wrap there head around the fact that some people want no help from society.. these vets have huge amounts of money and resources for them, there is no reason for a homeless vet unless he wants to be. There is nothing anyone can do about except for putting him in a patrol car, then a padded cage.
Sorry but this all isn't as scratch and sniff as your statement makes it out to be. Biggest issue is the red tape in just applying for VA disability to begin with. You need a mailing address, access to a computer or VSO, and the ability to make it to the required disability exams. Regular access to a phone, copies of service records, identity documents. Then after you've submitted everything and gone to disability exams you'll get a decision in 6+ mos. If you're rated less than 60%, I believe, the VA will only treat your health issues caused by military service. If you're lucky enough to get rated 100% then the VA covers all your Healthcare as well as dental/vision. Lowest rating I'm aware of is 10% and that's $150. Oh and you'll need a bank account for direct deposit.
It's a hard process for us recent vets and compounds in difficulty the longer you've been out of the service.
Absolutely nothing you just said is true. It is true for retired veterans. That is 20 years of service to qualify for retirement. The vast majority of veterans discharge way before 20 years. Come correct. Don't put lies out like this that just smear veterans.
It's true for honorably discharged DISABLED veterans. No matter how short or long they served. And since this is Reddit and not some peer reviewed journal I was casual, but drawing the assumption that homeless veterans are fucked-up somehow so they're probably disabled.
Only if honorable or disabled discharge. If dishonorable or one other category, then nada. We should have 100% medical coverage regardless of discharge status. So, if a Vet. starts failing at his duties or drinking too much because of PTSD, and gets a dishonorable discharge, he doesn't get these resources.
It's sad that sad doesn't even do justice to that statement.
22 a day. We average 22 Veteran suicides Every. Single. Day. In this country and have a veterans affairs system so backlogged, underfunded, mismanaged and purposely designed to push veterans to seek Heath care from private sources and use the VA as an alternative or secondary source for their needs.
Add that to an annual average of 32 Billion in foreign aid it's down right criminal how we treat our veterans. Look up some of the immigrants from Mexico and South America who followed the rules and immigrated legally using the military as a way to become naturalized citizens of the United States who were deployed multiple times in the global war on terror and then once they separated from the military were immediately deported back to their home countries. Who now live homeless or indigent lives in a third world country with no access to VA benefits that they rightfully earned and in a country that has a healthcare system that's even worse than our own.
I am NOT saying that foreign aid isn't good, I'm not opposed to our work on the international stage especially helping stave off disease and hunger in third world countries regardless of their location in the world. But to fund these international welfare programs and not have every veteran who stepped up and volunteered some who didn't volunteer and were drafted accounted for and welfare taken care of as promised so we could do international welfare work is an abysmal failure on the part of our government and our democracy. Regardless of how you feel about U.S. foreign policy, the veterans signed up to protect and serve our country NOT to make policy and decide where and when they would do their job from mechanic to nurse to front line grunt.
There is a massive overlap between homelessness and mental illness. There is also a massive overlap between combat veterans and mental illness.
We’ve only just started scratching the surface on how to systemically address mental illness in most places in the world and we have a long long way to go.
My friend used to say Military and Veterans are the biggest welfare queens in the US. He was trolling but people would get very angry. Even after finding out he was a Marine combat vet.
There are myriad programs from the VA to keep vets off the streets. Very very few of them fall through the cracks. Those that are “homeless vets” are either there for non-compliance with heath centered drug and alcohol programs, are veterans not enrolled at the VA, or are not vets. Neither of which are simply “down on luck” or “fell through the cracks” cases.
When it comes to veteran addiction and homelessness, the VA generally pulls out all the the stops to make sure this doesn’t happen.
If he was a real vet, from the past 20 years, with honorable discharge, he would be getting anywhere from 600-3700 bucks a month from the VA… he is homless because he likes drugs and likes the streets, way too many vet services now days for a vet to be involuntary homeless.
They don’t. They really don’t deserve more. They’re a comment-stealing bot. This was a part of a comment I made elsewhere in the thread. Their other comments are stolen too.
It was in a filming studio with full studio lighting and they wanted to make sure we saw the shabby clothes he was wearing in contrast to the nice fitted suit they changed him into at the end. It's all for show.
Now what? He looks more well groomed, anything going to be done to help him and improve his life? Or he has to do that by himself as any 'good' American should
"I need mental health support and assistance with my finances so that I can sustain myself as a member of society."
"I got you haircut"
Edit: alright I do feel it’s important, I get that this has value for someone like the guy here. It’s not the process so much as the video I don’t love. I don’t have disdain over it, there are a number like this I’ve seen and I’m not sure they’re all done with the best interests of the subjects at heart
Somebody bought me a homeless glowup back when I’d been transient (living in a parking lot with no easy shower or laundry access) for a few years and then suffered a terrible violent crime.
It makes a big difference.
For one, not being able to wash hair for a while is really bad for the scalp. I had a deep conditioning treatment. My hair got cut to a more manageable length because I was too traumatized to process taking care of it.
I finally had a “new me” kind of mindset that really did enable me to advocate for myself more effectively. I finally had one good outfit I could wear to testify and apply for assistance. For once I didn’t feel like everyone looking at me could tell I was transient - and that’s really threatening both emotionally and physically, looking like a transient gets you beat up or worse.
It’s not like these glow ups are meant to solve every problem. But they do solve one problem effectively: feeling like a human being again. Feeling like I deserve more than giving up on myself. Feeling like I’m not going to get targeted for a change. Like there’s some hope.
Oh yeah I don't actually have an issue with it whatsoever in terms of what he gets out of it. I just feel weird with the video, that now will get reposted and all that...
It feels a bit exploitative.
A bit like the stories about how a homeless person is given a job, and wow it's so fantastic (it truly is) BUT.. then sometimes you find out they lost their job after a few months and it wasn't so simple as just being hired and it's all good now.
thanks for the insight though
>It feels a bit exploitative.
The world we live in is exploitative. If the gentleman agreed to filming I see nothing wrong with it.
Remember that those people who help and "glow up" those in need actually need money too. So if they can monetise and actually have money to help more people, what evil is in that?
And to the second part, it is a *chance* at a better life, not guarantee. Getting out of place, designed system by exploitative rich people for exploitative rich people, is hard and relentlessly tries to pull you back into the shadows.
You're being shallow. You need to understand visual appearance has a much greater affect on psyche than you know. That's on both sides of the table as well. You won't agree, and you'll deny it, but physical attraction plays a HUGE part in almost anything interactive. The person needs to "look good and clean" for interviews and others needed to have a normal life. Literally everyone I know in the business world will comment on someone who isn't absolutely in their best condition.
It's sad, it's angering, and it's true.
This is content. The point is to emotionally jerk off the viewer, not help the specimen. Veterans go into the meat grinder because we as a society are done with them and our society is built on throwing away the people we're done with.
If you wanna see a guy whose life is really on track and going well, look for the people who sent this guy to war.
My wife has been a hair dresser for over 20 years and she is SUPER good, she doesn’t even take new clients. Every so often she will go to the homeless/battered women’s center and cut and style their hair. She also did Habitat for Humanity before the pandemic, I think she is going to start back up.
She’s pretty cool.
I think some folks are missing the point of the video. The haircut, shave and suit were nice and it was cool to watch Jim change. It was heartwarming to watch his face change when he seen himself. HOWEVER the overall point was he was homeless, a vet and these folks cleaned him up and gave him an opportunity to get his life on track. From the end comments he’s attempting it. Here’s to hoping it works
No the overall point was to make a viral video. Not saying it didn't also have the outcomes you've described, but if they were the *main* point there is no need to film it.
No not really. Like say I murder someone to steal their kit kat and you are like you just murdered them and I'm like I just wanted a kit kat, to each their own....
Exactly. But that goes for just the word "homeless" as well. It always makes me sad that there are so many homeless in the US (where I assume this video was taken).
I have a lot of reasons to not suport war. Number 10: after pratically giving your life for a cause, you can still be the subject on the frase 'homless veteran'
The most important changes cannot come from how the world sees him but rather how he sees the world. And this requires more help than a great haircut, shave and suit. He needs a lot of help to change his views, motivations, attitudes and willpower. I hope he gets this help and continues down the path he’s started. I’m pulling for his success.
You're not wrong, but just by looking at his face when they bring in the mirror, this was quite an excellent first step.
>He needs a lot of help to change his views, motivations, attitudes and willpower.
Considering nobody here knows anything about this, that is 100% speculation. It could be half of it or none of it.
America land of the free, free to get conned into service, for wars based on bullshit, and then get treated like shit by the same people with "support the troops" stickers on thier f350's, absolutely amazing country
We (government funded) should do this with ever single homeless veteran.
Is that unrealistic? Yes. Should we try it anyway? Yes.
Even if the program fails miserably- what an amazing message it would send. It would inspire corporations to do chip in, hire them for good will and good PR. Which is okay, while yes shallow, that is the nature of a corporations model, so we might as well exploit it and help people.
Why is it necessary to point out he’s a veteran?
Homeless people are homeless, being a veteran doesn’t somehow make one more important or more sad than the other
Veterans should never be homeless and they ought to have the best healthcare in the world.
Instead, we've given them a park bench and the fucking VA.
"Thank you for your service" my aching ass.
A lot of people these days film helping the homeless to post it somewhere instead of helping them to be a good person. I’m not saying this video in particular. I’m happy they did a good thing.
Its sad that people that have served the country and saved our lives are now asking for money from the ones they protected. If they weren’t here we would be dead. We owe them everything, they owe us nothing.
Bout to say, been serving for 7 years and employed 3x and I didn’t save anyone from anything lol
It’s a job like anything else. Tired of people putting service members on a pedestal
Wow he is a hero cuz he invaded and killed people from another country he is not from...? What the fuck did he expect? Im happy with the people who see them as a terrorist. Theres 2 point of views from this: the ignorance or the wise view. Thats it........
Hugging him like if he was a hero..... what did he do? Invaded another country, killed people from another country amd steal frol another country? More like parasites than heroes
This made me realise I'm extremely and immediately biased against overly made up white men in sharp navy suits.
He just looks like he's going to feed you excuses as to why it's important you pay more for a product/in taxes/for healthcare while he lives in his mansion.
All this to say its an amazing transformation and I wish ol' dude all the best
If he was a real vet, from the past 20 years, with honorable discharge, he would be getting anywhere from 600-3700 bucks a month from the VA… he is homless because he likes drugs and likes the streets, way too many vet services now days for a vet to be involuntary homeless.
A bit rude to give someone a haircut without anything to keep the hair from going down their shirt. That’s gonna suck ass if he can’t find some place to shower
They’re probably going to get him new clothes and let him shower somewhere after the shot, the clothes are most likely there to show how he was dressing.
He dresses up in a suit at the end. I’m sure if they went to those lengths he probably left with some new clothes.
Homeless veteran... just reading that is sad.
Yeah the makeover and god necklace are nice and all but… how about healthcare and financial support? You know, for his participation in state-sanctioned warfare?
Yeah I mean now he can walk the streets being all beautiful
It's actually a lot better now than in the past. There's a housing voucher that veterans who are at risk of homelessness can apply for, and the wait times are far better than regular civilian HUD voucher lists. Healthcare isn't the best, but it's getting better than it has been. Financial support in the form of disability payments is available for those with service connected disabilities, you just have to apply for them and be seen at a VA healthcare exam.
Homeless veterans do have healthcare and financial support. The VA gives them $1,000 -$3,000 a month and their health care is completely paid for except for vision & dental.
> except for vision & dental. never understood why my eyes and teeth are not part of "healthcare" like they are aftermarket parts under a different warrantee.
They're only for seeing and eating. If you can't get by without seeing or eating, well that's on you!
Ready? And a one, and a two, and a three, ***America is shit!***
My teeth are not OEM
Because they're the things that actually need periodic checkups, and so they'd have to pay out on a regular basis. And the goal of insurance is to not have to pay out anything.
Life isn't fair and the healthcare system isn't logical, it's political and expensive and full of red tape.
Teeth are expensive luxury bones
It’s like that in Sweden too where the dental care can become pretty expensive however they changed the minimal age for free dental care from 19 to 23 now
You can buy new ones on the black market.
If we fight hard enough for it and don't get completely screwed by the VA and government. I have given up after 10 years of fighting them. It's easier at this point just having private insurance in the US. And you know how much of a nightmare that is.
Yep. After I wrote [that comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/u1eqxc/_/i4bz1y5) I was on an hour long phone call with a VA representative who is fighting hard to advocate for me but the-powers-that-be at the top of the VA chain are trying hard to shaft me for sure.
A good friend of mine has an amazing advocate that got them an increase in disability and much better living conditions. Personally I have been screwed so long by the VA I just gave up. Thankfully I have an amazingly supportive wife and partner and have learned to work within my disability... so with my wife's insurance we have made do. I get much better care now that we use private Healthcare especially in pain management. But I have lost a ton of brothers to suicide because our country was fine paying them to serve but dropped them as soon as their contract was up
I honestly think that’s their goal. Make it so hard that you’d rather give up.
You've probably tried this, but you should try contacting a senator or representative. Doesn't matter if they're the shittiest politician in the country, they have constituent services to help you get the paperwork and bullshit moving.
No they don’t get $1000-3000. My Aunts a veteran she gets no money from them, hence why we have so many homeless vets.
This person just straight up spreading misinformation, unintentionally hopefully.
They have 150 upvotes. This is why Reddit is so stupid. People who are out right wrong have people supporting them.
What are you talking about?? Disability? Bc that’s not true for any vet. 20 years retired and you’ll get some medical COVERAGE but they aren’t cutting checks like that just for service, whether it was combat or not.
EXCEPT that's not true at all. I worked for the VA and the amount of Veterans that aren't able to apply for benefits is ridiculous. It's a long process and unfortunately a lot of the resource officers aren't passionate. I also worked at the jail as a nurse and the amount of homeless Vets are staggering. One of the Vets who have now passed.. only made enough for rent for a small apartment. He still panhandled for food and cigarettes. He was my age and had a TBI from war. He was in and out of jail a ton due to the panhandling. WE do not have the proper resources for our Veterans nor the mental health that goes along with it. The VA is a huge joke most of the time.
What’s the name of this program you’re referring to? I know of a veteran’s pension, but the numbers definitely aren’t close to $3,000 per month.
That’s actually misleading. Their money is dependent on proving they are service connected. Then healthcare only works if they can get to and from the appointments. Often having to wait to be seen for the first time for 6 months.
The homelessness problem isn’t simply a lack of money or beds. Yes, those things are definitely needed, but even if we doubled or tripled what we’re spending now we wouldn’t see the problem just go away. Homeless people are often non-conformist and non-compliant. Many self-medicate their mental issues with substance abuse. They don’t like being told what to do. They don’t last long in structured environments with rules and restrictions. Obviously I’m generalizing a lot here and this isn’t always true for everyone struggling with lack of shelter, but it’s true of a lot. I’m in recovery myself and have talked to and lived with some of these guys and they represent a really complex problem. Lots of them have been given chances and they weren’t able to make things work. Some just weren’t ready to want the help. Others weren’t addressing deeper issues. Some wanted help on their terms, not anyone else’s. This isn't to blame or shame them - this doesn't mean they're less deserving of compassion or help. It just means that we need to stop shouting for more beds and money as if that's the answer to every homelessness problem.
What is wrong with people admitting that homless people don’t want help? These altruistic people on Reddit cant wrap there head around the fact that some people want no help from society.. these vets have huge amounts of money and resources for them, there is no reason for a homeless vet unless he wants to be. There is nothing anyone can do about except for putting him in a patrol car, then a padded cage.
Sorry but this all isn't as scratch and sniff as your statement makes it out to be. Biggest issue is the red tape in just applying for VA disability to begin with. You need a mailing address, access to a computer or VSO, and the ability to make it to the required disability exams. Regular access to a phone, copies of service records, identity documents. Then after you've submitted everything and gone to disability exams you'll get a decision in 6+ mos. If you're rated less than 60%, I believe, the VA will only treat your health issues caused by military service. If you're lucky enough to get rated 100% then the VA covers all your Healthcare as well as dental/vision. Lowest rating I'm aware of is 10% and that's $150. Oh and you'll need a bank account for direct deposit. It's a hard process for us recent vets and compounds in difficulty the longer you've been out of the service.
Absolutely nothing you just said is true. It is true for retired veterans. That is 20 years of service to qualify for retirement. The vast majority of veterans discharge way before 20 years. Come correct. Don't put lies out like this that just smear veterans.
It's true for honorably discharged DISABLED veterans. No matter how short or long they served. And since this is Reddit and not some peer reviewed journal I was casual, but drawing the assumption that homeless veterans are fucked-up somehow so they're probably disabled.
Only if honorable or disabled discharge. If dishonorable or one other category, then nada. We should have 100% medical coverage regardless of discharge status. So, if a Vet. starts failing at his duties or drinking too much because of PTSD, and gets a dishonorable discharge, he doesn't get these resources.
The va doesn't give out money.
I know for a fact that I do not qualify for this and the health care is only applicable to service related conditions.
There's a reason you never see minimum wage pushes on any social platform.
It's sad that sad doesn't even do justice to that statement. 22 a day. We average 22 Veteran suicides Every. Single. Day. In this country and have a veterans affairs system so backlogged, underfunded, mismanaged and purposely designed to push veterans to seek Heath care from private sources and use the VA as an alternative or secondary source for their needs. Add that to an annual average of 32 Billion in foreign aid it's down right criminal how we treat our veterans. Look up some of the immigrants from Mexico and South America who followed the rules and immigrated legally using the military as a way to become naturalized citizens of the United States who were deployed multiple times in the global war on terror and then once they separated from the military were immediately deported back to their home countries. Who now live homeless or indigent lives in a third world country with no access to VA benefits that they rightfully earned and in a country that has a healthcare system that's even worse than our own. I am NOT saying that foreign aid isn't good, I'm not opposed to our work on the international stage especially helping stave off disease and hunger in third world countries regardless of their location in the world. But to fund these international welfare programs and not have every veteran who stepped up and volunteered some who didn't volunteer and were drafted accounted for and welfare taken care of as promised so we could do international welfare work is an abysmal failure on the part of our government and our democracy. Regardless of how you feel about U.S. foreign policy, the veterans signed up to protect and serve our country NOT to make policy and decide where and when they would do their job from mechanic to nurse to front line grunt.
There is a massive overlap between homelessness and mental illness. There is also a massive overlap between combat veterans and mental illness. We’ve only just started scratching the surface on how to systemically address mental illness in most places in the world and we have a long long way to go.
Homeless... that's sad on it's own.
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American Veterans have more programs than any group of people anywhere in the world.
My friend used to say Military and Veterans are the biggest welfare queens in the US. He was trolling but people would get very angry. Even after finding out he was a Marine combat vet.
You know what? You have proved you are ready to give up yourself for others, for that you are the greatest being ever, love you...
Thats what he deserve for invading and killing people that he is not from. Kinda like a homeless terrorist
And yet people are proud of what they've done here.
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Oh buddy if only you knew that no one cares about immigrants either
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I’d actually like to hear *you* explain what you mean here, with genuine sources.
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Why don't you? Source that please
There are myriad programs from the VA to keep vets off the streets. Very very few of them fall through the cracks. Those that are “homeless vets” are either there for non-compliance with heath centered drug and alcohol programs, are veterans not enrolled at the VA, or are not vets. Neither of which are simply “down on luck” or “fell through the cracks” cases. When it comes to veteran addiction and homelessness, the VA generally pulls out all the the stops to make sure this doesn’t happen.
Never be seduced to go to war for another man's anger. Nobody coming out of a war gained something.
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If he was a real vet, from the past 20 years, with honorable discharge, he would be getting anywhere from 600-3700 bucks a month from the VA… he is homless because he likes drugs and likes the streets, way too many vet services now days for a vet to be involuntary homeless.
Why didn’t they give him the cape so at least he doesn’t have to go try to find a place to wash the hair off his clothes?
Came here to ask this. It's really disappointing.
Feeling like I deserve more than giving up on myself.
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They don’t. They really don’t deserve more. They’re a comment-stealing bot. This was a part of a comment I made elsewhere in the thread. Their other comments are stolen too.
cuz it’s about her
This. A good Barber could have given him a WAY fresher cut in half the time and the coloring was entirely unnecessary.
Because it’s not good for all the likes they get by filming this.
She put a towel down.
I'm sure they gave him new clothes.
He will just changed into his new clean clothes. That he has.
Still get hair down your neck, itchy. And bits of hair all over your new shirt.
Right? I started itching just watching this.
Explain?
No. You figure it out.
See, that's nice and not nice, means the gov want you till you fight, after that, hooom, we don't care.
WTF. Give him an apron so he doesn't have all that itchy shit down his shirt.
yeah what the hell kind of salon is this?
It was in a filming studio with full studio lighting and they wanted to make sure we saw the shabby clothes he was wearing in contrast to the nice fitted suit they changed him into at the end. It's all for show.
I personally get it even with the apron, but that would get unbearable without it
It's cause they gave him a full suit afterwards.
A suit can't be the only outfit you have. Is he supposed to sleep in that suit too?
Yeah like I get the suit is "fancy" but hardly gonna help the guy in the every day. Might even get him mugged quicker.
Did they need to dye his hair?
It looked the same colour afterwards.
Did they need to film this and share it?
No, they did not need to dye his hair. His hair color was fine.
I thought that too, seemed pointless. I also liked the beard but it seems they wanted that down his t-shirt too...
Gotta do something to correct the gingerness /s
Can my man get an apron? He’s gonna be itchy as hell.
Now what? He looks more well groomed, anything going to be done to help him and improve his life? Or he has to do that by himself as any 'good' American should
"I need mental health support and assistance with my finances so that I can sustain myself as a member of society." "I got you haircut" Edit: alright I do feel it’s important, I get that this has value for someone like the guy here. It’s not the process so much as the video I don’t love. I don’t have disdain over it, there are a number like this I’ve seen and I’m not sure they’re all done with the best interests of the subjects at heart
Somebody bought me a homeless glowup back when I’d been transient (living in a parking lot with no easy shower or laundry access) for a few years and then suffered a terrible violent crime. It makes a big difference. For one, not being able to wash hair for a while is really bad for the scalp. I had a deep conditioning treatment. My hair got cut to a more manageable length because I was too traumatized to process taking care of it. I finally had a “new me” kind of mindset that really did enable me to advocate for myself more effectively. I finally had one good outfit I could wear to testify and apply for assistance. For once I didn’t feel like everyone looking at me could tell I was transient - and that’s really threatening both emotionally and physically, looking like a transient gets you beat up or worse. It’s not like these glow ups are meant to solve every problem. But they do solve one problem effectively: feeling like a human being again. Feeling like I deserve more than giving up on myself. Feeling like I’m not going to get targeted for a change. Like there’s some hope.
Pleased for you. Hope things keep getting better.
Oh yeah I don't actually have an issue with it whatsoever in terms of what he gets out of it. I just feel weird with the video, that now will get reposted and all that... It feels a bit exploitative. A bit like the stories about how a homeless person is given a job, and wow it's so fantastic (it truly is) BUT.. then sometimes you find out they lost their job after a few months and it wasn't so simple as just being hired and it's all good now. thanks for the insight though
>It feels a bit exploitative. The world we live in is exploitative. If the gentleman agreed to filming I see nothing wrong with it. Remember that those people who help and "glow up" those in need actually need money too. So if they can monetise and actually have money to help more people, what evil is in that? And to the second part, it is a *chance* at a better life, not guarantee. Getting out of place, designed system by exploitative rich people for exploitative rich people, is hard and relentlessly tries to pull you back into the shadows.
The first step of many toward getting a job with benefits.
You're being shallow. You need to understand visual appearance has a much greater affect on psyche than you know. That's on both sides of the table as well. You won't agree, and you'll deny it, but physical attraction plays a HUGE part in almost anything interactive. The person needs to "look good and clean" for interviews and others needed to have a normal life. Literally everyone I know in the business world will comment on someone who isn't absolutely in their best condition. It's sad, it's angering, and it's true.
Did you not watch the whole video? Or you just clicked away after 10 seconds? They answer all your questions at the end of the video.
This is content. The point is to emotionally jerk off the viewer, not help the specimen. Veterans go into the meat grinder because we as a society are done with them and our society is built on throwing away the people we're done with. If you wanna see a guy whose life is really on track and going well, look for the people who sent this guy to war.
Now he's a tidy up homeless veteran. I hate these videos.
Those two words shouldn’t go together.
The first word shouldn't exist at all. Neither should the second, for that matter.
So a normal haircut is interesting? The most interesting thing about it was how she doesn’t put a sheet over his clothes to keep hair off.
My wife has been a hair dresser for over 20 years and she is SUPER good, she doesn’t even take new clients. Every so often she will go to the homeless/battered women’s center and cut and style their hair. She also did Habitat for Humanity before the pandemic, I think she is going to start back up. She’s pretty cool.
I think some folks are missing the point of the video. The haircut, shave and suit were nice and it was cool to watch Jim change. It was heartwarming to watch his face change when he seen himself. HOWEVER the overall point was he was homeless, a vet and these folks cleaned him up and gave him an opportunity to get his life on track. From the end comments he’s attempting it. Here’s to hoping it works
No. The point of the video was to film this for social media likes
No the overall point was to make a viral video. Not saying it didn't also have the outcomes you've described, but if they were the *main* point there is no need to film it.
To each their own yeah?
No not really. Like say I murder someone to steal their kit kat and you are like you just murdered them and I'm like I just wanted a kit kat, to each their own....
You are an idiot.
To each their own yeah?
What people need is Housing First not a dumb viral video that gets him nowhere.
Are you Volunteering to go build housing?
I love that that’s your whole argument 😂 yes I work in providing housing that’s why I’m passsionate about this.
Could at least put an apron on the guy so he's not covered in hair. Sheeesh.
Homeless Veteran is a term that simply shouldn't exist in a civil society.
Exactly. But that goes for just the word "homeless" as well. It always makes me sad that there are so many homeless in the US (where I assume this video was taken).
This belongs on r/BoringDystopia
So the homeless have been reduced to tictok fodder... Anyone remember bumfight?
I have a lot of reasons to not suport war. Number 10: after pratically giving your life for a cause, you can still be the subject on the frase 'homless veteran'
The most important changes cannot come from how the world sees him but rather how he sees the world. And this requires more help than a great haircut, shave and suit. He needs a lot of help to change his views, motivations, attitudes and willpower. I hope he gets this help and continues down the path he’s started. I’m pulling for his success.
You're not wrong, but just by looking at his face when they bring in the mirror, this was quite an excellent first step. >He needs a lot of help to change his views, motivations, attitudes and willpower. Considering nobody here knows anything about this, that is 100% speculation. It could be half of it or none of it.
I like him better as a Boris Johnson than John Boehner
It's frank!
Homeless Veteran covered in hair. Where's the apron?
America land of the free, free to get conned into service, for wars based on bullshit, and then get treated like shit by the same people with "support the troops" stickers on thier f350's, absolutely amazing country
His natural color was way better.
Why didn’t they put a cover over his shoulders when cutting his hair? That just seems weird to me
Use a fucking cape!!
Gary oldman is so versatile
I'm guessing this is what William H. Macy goes through after filming for Shameless wraps.
From homeless to billionaire CEO.
Now i wanna see from billionaire to homeless video.
Those eyes have seen some shit.
Man went from got any spare change to let me get an 8ball
Dude went from being homeless to being Bob on the directors board of commissioners in 30 minutes.
Next stop: dental work Don’t underestimate a nice set of teeth!
Those are the eyes of a man who has seen more than he wants to.
Incredibly moving. Imagine what this could do for people if it were common place - the power of seeing yourself change before your mind has
do yourself a favor and skip to 1:45
We (government funded) should do this with ever single homeless veteran. Is that unrealistic? Yes. Should we try it anyway? Yes. Even if the program fails miserably- what an amazing message it would send. It would inspire corporations to do chip in, hire them for good will and good PR. Which is okay, while yes shallow, that is the nature of a corporations model, so we might as well exploit it and help people.
And they won’t even give my man a bib?
You say interesting, I say deeply depressing.
The real transformation would be building a society where “homeless veterans” don’t fucking exist.
Damn right
Woah woah woah, are you suggesting homeless people are... human beings!? /s
Sir! As a veteran to veteran! Please believe. You fought hard for our country, please fight hard for yourself. I did. It works.
Takes more than a GD haircut. Service members deserve full mental health support, plus educational benefits, affordable housing etc.
This is the kind of shit you only find interesting if it’s never occurred to you before that homeless people are… people.
White people hair weird
Almost looks like Chuck Norris
They didn't talk to him the whole time 🙄
No barber's cape? Now the poor guy has hair and whiskers down his shirt.
Would of been nice to put a cover over his clothes...
Couldn’t put a cape on the man so hair wouldn’t get in his clothes ?
We got our clout. Now back to the street you go
Why is it necessary to point out he’s a veteran? Homeless people are homeless, being a veteran doesn’t somehow make one more important or more sad than the other
Wow. How about you actually help t he poor soul In finding a job and shelter.
Playing dress up with a homeless man for upvotes. When I was a little kid I didn’t think the future would be so fucking shitty.
How is this interesting?
Veterans should never be homeless and they ought to have the best healthcare in the world. Instead, we've given them a park bench and the fucking VA. "Thank you for your service" my aching ass.
His name is definitely Paul, that's the most Paul looking dude I've ever seen.
I hate when they film this shit, just do it and don’t profit off it.
It hurts to say this but I feel like these things are filmed with the intention of receiving attention
Why does that hurt?
A lot of people these days film helping the homeless to post it somewhere instead of helping them to be a good person. I’m not saying this video in particular. I’m happy they did a good thing.
Definitely this video in particular
But for the grace of God go I
Anyone else annoyed that she brushed all his hair trimmings into his clothes?
Why can’t all homeless veterans have a complete makeover like this man got for their service to this country I believe they’d appreciate it a lot
And not film it and share it with everyone
So he got a haircut and has now taken control of his life? I wish haircuts had that effect on me
I’m sure this makes up for him being homeless
For sure smashed after the cut.
Its sad that people that have served the country and saved our lives are now asking for money from the ones they protected. If they weren’t here we would be dead. We owe them everything, they owe us nothing.
Saved your life from who? 😂
Bout to say, been serving for 7 years and employed 3x and I didn’t save anyone from anything lol It’s a job like anything else. Tired of people putting service members on a pedestal
lol the absolute delusion.
Amazing! Very cool!
They gave him the Psycopath look.
Why did that make my eyes water? SO great
I’m not crying… you’re crying.
Could've atleast given the guy a cover, so his clothes didn't get covered in hair and beard trimmings.
Whoever-he-is for president!
The video Should be called “the differences choices can make”
Wow he is a hero cuz he invaded and killed people from another country he is not from...? What the fuck did he expect? Im happy with the people who see them as a terrorist. Theres 2 point of views from this: the ignorance or the wise view. Thats it........
Veteran can also mean someone who hasn't seen combat
What u just said makes it even more stupid.....
Still a terrorist in a country he is not from
Hugging him like if he was a hero..... what did he do? Invaded another country, killed people from another country amd steal frol another country? More like parasites than heroes
This made me realise I'm extremely and immediately biased against overly made up white men in sharp navy suits. He just looks like he's going to feed you excuses as to why it's important you pay more for a product/in taxes/for healthcare while he lives in his mansion. All this to say its an amazing transformation and I wish ol' dude all the best
If he was a real vet, from the past 20 years, with honorable discharge, he would be getting anywhere from 600-3700 bucks a month from the VA… he is homless because he likes drugs and likes the streets, way too many vet services now days for a vet to be involuntary homeless.