If you miss your show and had a weird thing at work where someone stole your thing, you can get pretty bummed. Can you even begin to conceive of the kind of depression homeless people feel? It must be like a thunderstorm of hurting sadness that makes you shit tears into the holes in your underwear — but for years.
..., on Oct 01 2009 06:46:30 AM wrote: Always look at the shoes!!! You will find out!
Date: Jun 01 2008 07:56:35 AM Author: Alice
Vice is going for the serious, oh so sympathetic approach in the caption for a DON'T. Now I've seen it all.
Date: May 31 2008 11:39:53 AM Author: bandit a la mode
can people just stop with the whole thing that homeless people are somehow a conspiracy to get your money and they don't actually exist? how fucking in denial can you be about not facing up tp the fact that maybe someone had it out worse than you.
Subject: reply to fuck faces Date: Mar 16 2008 04:06:56 AM Author: John
He is not fuckin homeless!!! He laughs his privliged ass all the way to williamsburg every night $170 richer cause you idiots Feel bad.
Subject: be nice Date: Mar 07 2008 11:21:38 PM Author: J.
I think it's sweet, and that dog is adorable.
Subject: hell's balls Date: Feb 04 2008 05:48:39 PM Author: Don Vincent's ass-aconda
ha ha exclaim sucks so hard, even homeless people dont want to read it. sometimes free shit isnt that great...oh wait...fuck...
Subject: ` Date: Jan 10 2008 12:38:06 AM Author: `
isn't it vincent ?
ohh.. no, is it olivier ?
Subject: .... Date: Jan 09 2008 11:00:54 AM Author: ...
isn't that one of the dudes from Justice?
Subject: fuck Date: Jan 05 2008 08:09:57 AM Author: yeah so...
poor guy but he CAN still afford sprite so i guees hes alright. right?
Subject: ~ Date: Oct 30 2007 11:24:25 AM Author: esteban
and that's why they need a constant puppy hug to balance out to just "incredibly depressed."
Subject: That dog Date: Oct 04 2007 03:57:57 PM Author: Shawn
You know if that dog could talk, he would say "Seriously man...how long is this fucking walk?"
Subject: Toronto on Queen west Date: Jul 25 2007 03:03:35 PM Author: missy
he is a nice guy, I work across from where he pans and I often by him and the dog pizza. I asked him once why he didn't just go to a shelter and get a job. He told me that he needed an address to get a job and no shelters would let him have his dog there, and he wouldn't give up or leave his dog.
I wouldn't leave my dog either !
Subject: ooo Date: Jun 02 2007 11:55:04 AM Author: ooo
the neat thing about this photo is the ghostly fashion do that is reflected in the window
Subject: ksdjfklsajfad Date: May 29 2007 04:33:48 AM Author: asfdjsfjouiasf
that doggie should be mine
Subject: ahhh..no Date: May 19 2007 03:04:31 PM Author: chdlb
Bet he brought all on himself too..Loser
(he could always eat the dog)
Subject: dog Date: Apr 18 2007 01:42:41 AM Author: angel
damn.. the dog looks sad
Subject: Blue Ribbon Date: Apr 04 2007 09:32:13 AM Author: Pabst
i see this guy ALL the time downtown, so he must be doing pretty good...the dog helps with the sympathy votes.
Subject: guy Date: Feb 27 2007 06:46:51 PM Author: gypsy
yeah i see this guy all the time. i usually end up giving alot to homeless people but this guy is always a dick to me.
Subject: dseif Date: Feb 23 2007 02:38:45 PM Author: e
this dude is my mom, leave her the fuck alone, baby momdadygangstaboo
Subject: this guy. Date: Feb 23 2007 03:37:54 AM Author: Emmily
This guy usually smells like rotting Mcdonald's. I used to live right around the corner of where he pans, across the street from a coffee shop where the peppermint green tea is amazing. I got him one, one time and he didn't say thank you and I was dissapointed.
I don't know who I feel more sorry for the dog or him.
this is downtown toronto- probably on queen. i see this dude whenever I go to work.
Subject: subject Date: Jan 04 2007 01:39:44 PM Author: author
This caption sounds like an Ikea commercial for repressed alcoholics. Also, this is a Vancouver photo.
Subject: Bums Date: Dec 29 2006 04:00:57 PM Author: The Monarch
There is nothing wrong with bum haters. Think about it, unless someone is physically or mentally handicapped there is a job for them in New York City (i cant speak for other cities). There is no excuse for laziness. And for Christ sake if you are homeless get rid of the animals, there is not reason to drag them through your torture.
Subject: cutie Date: Dec 28 2006 08:10:48 PM Author: geishadness
i like him too! i think he looks fine and cuttling the dog just makes him even more cute.
i would take this homeless guy to my house and shower him.
Subject: haterzzzz Date: Oct 08 2006 07:21:23 PM Author: Jon
Fuck all you bum haters. This guy probably didn't have a trust fund to bail him out when things went pear-shaped and now all he has is a newspaper to sit on and his sick dog to talk to. Fuck you.
Man this guy is foolin ya all. He's an undercover cop and that's his Snoop Dawg. That Exclaim mag under his ass is the "tell".
He's been working the streets for almost a year now but he ain't foolin nobody. Once he get's enough info it'll be the yard for the dope dealing lowlifes of the city. His doggie looks like a lethargic lowlife mutt of the gutter but just wait for the Pavlovian ding of his masters voice for it to spring into "Lassie" like action....(or that mutt from the Six Million Dollar Man what was that name....Max?)
This crew makes the Super Cops of the Seventies look like the Golden Girls....
Peace....
Subject: fuck you Date: Sep 03 2006 01:54:06 AM Author: terence
that guys homeless and sad obviously hes kind of a dont. I mean, why tell peole he isnt fashionable to boot? It isnt fashionable to be homeless unless your famous or fabulous or something, you guys have really bad taste in fashion...ussually
Subject: How do we know he's homeless? Date: Aug 25 2006 12:46:42 AM Author: Mike
Just curious. I mean, how can you tell?
Subject: i know this guy... Date: Aug 02 2006 10:17:07 AM Author: nate
he is cool, and so is Junk, the dog. He helps me score dope when I need it. I like him.
Subject: sadness Date: Jun 19 2006 12:31:34 PM Author: ann
Is that the guitarist from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs under that bum's bum? Because he looks sad too.
Subject: save yourself Date: Jun 16 2006 08:05:09 PM Author: booofucking hooo
yup its king and bathurst for sure!!
we live in a country where this piece of shit has more rights then those who work....really though.
He could get welfare so easily its a crime..
We need to round them up and put them to work in the praries...sweat out the junk learn a trade....or die fucking god damned leach on society
Subject: funny how i recognize the homeless Date: Jun 15 2006 11:50:06 PM Author: dubwater
"This pathetic fuck spends every waking moment in front of MacDonald's at Queen/Spadina in Toronto with that ugly fucking dog of his guilting young girls to give up their hard-earned allowance"
lol, I thought I recognized him. All the graffiti is from toronto for sure.
Subject: drugbrella Date: Jun 09 2006 06:51:11 AM Author: andy crieghton maybe
isnt this apicture of RUSSEL BRAND?
Subject: I FUCING HAT E THIS GUY Date: Jun 08 2006 06:41:50 PM Author: hater
This pathetic fuck spends every waking moment in front of MacDonald's at Queen/Spadina in Toronto with that ugly fucking dog of his guilting young girls to give up their hard-earned allowance. I've seen 12 year olds drop 20's into his dirty stank hat. I then hear him bragging to his bum friends of how stupid all these people are because they fall for his sad face act and how sad his dog looks.
This must be the richest bum in Toronto.
This asshole just bought himself a New Era yankees rap hat and 150$ nike's.
FUCING DOUCHE BAG
i'm going to kill his dog one of these days with a poisoin pork chop ... THEN we'll see how many urban high fashion items he adorns.
Subject: HOT TOPIC!!!! Date: Jun 08 2006 05:01:19 AM Author: krusteaz
i myself was/am a homeless female. Trust me, the original dont comment was not that mean. Really this guy would be happy if he could have a fridge box in an alley for sleeping because all you fucks wont stop lookingDAMN YR EYES! Have any of you noticed that barrel fires for homeless are only on tv? In fact, we cannot even sleep or hang out under the freeway overpasses, bridges, empty lots, or ANY dead condemned zone AT ALL anymore? Ok maye a few hours, which inevitably end with a police sweep including search, ID(yr going to jail if you dont have one), and likeley tresspassing, also jailable. Yes they still do write you tickets to whatever void or parents address is on your ID. (Sleepin-sitting$180 in CA)
And Photos on your BLOG!!! this cunt hates looking at this loser so much she posted him on her cunty blog. Quit being appalled and go live your own stories to babble on about, you fucking vampire.
Subject: Hmmm... Date: Jun 06 2006 10:34:58 PM Author: jds
You can't get that high-concept beard he's sporting without a very pricey electric trimmer.
Subject: _ Date: Jun 04 2006 11:52:02 PM Author: mya
the dog looks like its neck is broken :S
Subject: BFF with the bloodfart above Date: Jun 04 2006 08:08:11 PM Author: Mojo Nixon
How did you know I listen to Gnarls Barkley? And how did you know I have an iPod?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Have you been collaborating with Santa Claus? Or better yet, Jesus? You are really incredible! I hope you post more comments tonight--maybe after shooting a few more shots of Witty De Jour? This is getting fun!
Subject: i'd love to mojo nixon, but.... Date: Jun 04 2006 02:34:47 PM Author: snappy mcsnap snaps
instead i'm going to make busy drawing up some new silkscreen designs, then i'm going to throw on something "fresh" like a pair of sans-a-belt slacks, loafers and a witty t-shirt while i stroll queen st. west listening to gnarls barkley on my i-pod
i might even head over to a "pub" on roncesvalles (cause the drake is so over) for a "pint" you fucking fag...
i can smell you through your post and you reek like your parent's grocerie vouchers and cheap coke
Subject: blogondo Date: Jun 04 2006 04:31:27 AM Author: bloggy
yah i blog. bloggle, blogg \ blogg nits. whoop di dooo bolw.
Subject: And one more thing Date: Jun 04 2006 03:29:51 AM Author: M.J.N
How the fuck do you get to know a dog "really well"? Do you pet it everyday? Do you buy it organic dog treats?
Are you so close that he lets you tie that red bandana around his neck?
Subject: Mojo Nixon Date: Jun 04 2006 03:25:18 AM Author: Dang...
Wow. Thanks for putting it all into perspective, bro. I can't believe you used to hang with him. That's so awesome!
Does anyone else want to come over to my house and listen to Temple of the Dog later on tonight? It's gonna have MAD double meaning from now on, and I'm lighting candles...
Subject: him and his dog Date: Jun 03 2006 12:55:23 PM Author: are you kdding?
hey you pieces of shit...
from what i understand vice is basically saying being homeless is a don't, which in itself is a annoying because yeah i know being homeless sucks and don't wear flipflops bla bla bla
but fuck all of you people for your ignorant and not-funny comments. i know this guy and his dog really well. i was on the streets with him from '95 to '00. he got off for long time, and he's back there now. so yeah, for him it is shitting tears into the holes of his underwear.
i also call bullshit on the people who claimed if you catch him in the middle of the night he's all drunk and fucked up "happy with his friends". uh, yeah you say having a good time i say doing his best not to die of desperation.
whatever...do people choose to be homeless in canada? yeah unless they are elderly or mentally ill...does that mean you get to pass judgement? no. you bitching about him sleeping to 2pm and then shooting smack is the same as him bitching about you not giving him change. pointless. in all honesty he's one of the most genuine/kind people i've ever met - still is. which in itslef is a small miracle considering what he puts himself through everyday...
Subject: this guy Date: Jun 01 2006 09:45:46 PM Author: canuk
I stopped giving these guys change why..
I leave for work hes all sittin sad I give him ...3 $$
When I walk home I see him all glassy eyed hammered as fuck shirtless picking fights with the natives at queen and bathurst.....
When you see that every day for bloody 365 days a year ...you kinda lose the whole help your fellow man shit.....And when they droolingly ask for cash you scream in his unwashed unmotivated drug addicted face ..GET A FUCKING JOB OR KILL YOUR SELF YOU FUCKING LOSER...
YES I LIKE DOGS TOO BUT SOME TIMES EUTHANASIA IS A KIND SOLUTION...
Subject: a sure thing Date: May 31 2006 05:43:21 PM Author: cobra
one sure trait of a traveling kid is a ratty dog on a string.
Subject: What? Date: May 31 2006 05:29:07 PM Author: Pissen
Oh Men! Never seen some one who is miserable and can afford to keep and feed a dog, at the same time pretend to be miserable than a dog itself. For God's sake, Is this a beggar and a homeless character?
Subject: hey now Date: May 31 2006 03:29:52 PM Author: funny
he has that sexxy jesus look that could earn him a commune full of dues paying followers if he switched to speed and remembered a few bible passages
Subject: This guy Date: May 31 2006 12:00:41 AM Author: Romeo
This guy just asked me for a few bucks at the AM/PM in Loma Linda, CA just a few hourse ago. He said he was "sorry for looking like crap," but that him and his wife were just trying to "make it up to Big Bear" for whatever reason.
As much as I hate to admit hit, grouches in toronto have it pretty easy. Freezing winters aside, in other parts of the world you can see them beating the crap out of eachother for prime corner space.
Shitty as it sounds, being a bum in Canada is better then being a regular person in most parts of the world.
Subject: tfetaa4ahetsry Date: May 30 2006 04:08:55 PM Author: some dude
I wanna pet that dog. I wanna hang out with that cool dude while I do it. That's the type of homeless dude who'll buy you beer when your 15. wait, all homeless dudes do that.
Subject: Don't feel too bad.... Date: May 30 2006 01:27:49 PM Author: Saw Him
I saw that guy on Queen St. in Toronto. Don't feel too bad, he could be in Moscow. I like the dog though, he should get a new master the guy is a total loser.
Subject: the roof guys Date: May 30 2006 11:47:51 AM Author: stef
damn.
link doesn't work.
try this one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/backroomproductions/1565159 09/
Subject: roof top Date: May 30 2006 11:35:35 AM Author: Stef
He sleeps on a roof top just below my window at work in the downtown area. he leaves his sleeping bags out and when it rains, they get ruined..but he still sleeps in them.
Yesterday i watched him shoot up. It was weird.
I feel bad for the guy..but fuck..when i'm busting my ass all day watching you sleep until 2pm and the first thing you do BEFORE even pissing is pull out the needle..well..it's hard to care.
i've been seeing him around here for years.
He'll be back...actually, you can check out a picture of him sleeping here (the dog is IN the sleeping bag with him and his buddy is to the right:
Subject: . Date: May 29 2006 09:55:31 PM Author: .
This guy sits outside my work. I have never seen him walking his dog. Only sitting there with it in his lap like he's holding a baby. It really creeps me out.
Subject: Looking up to see down Date: May 29 2006 09:44:33 PM Author: Damn.
Agreed on the Kerouac. I mean, I've seen worse
jackets, he's got a dog, his hair, and a sprite.
He's got way more goin on than me.
Subject: . Date: May 29 2006 05:19:57 PM Author: m
does that dog have bones?
Subject: the dog looks content Date: May 29 2006 01:56:35 PM Author: ignathio
i can't figure out why this is a "Don't." The dog seems way content. He's doing his Kerouac thing. When he gets burned out on the guy he'll just go home.
What?
Subject: Homeless in Toronto Date: May 29 2006 09:12:11 AM Author: Monsieur
I'm pretty sure this is the guy on Queen St. in Toronto. This is how he looks during the day. But if you catch him in the middle of the night, he's nice and stoned, or drunk with his friends. He doesn't look so sad then.
Get a job.
Subject: nice picture Date: May 28 2006 01:06:51 PM Author: El Rey
looks like a chris bachalo drawing.....poor poor puppy.......
Subject: PC Date: May 28 2006 10:19:38 AM Author: so tired of this BS
Politically correct, or "Pictured with captions"--
Thing is the homeless guy looks healthy enough and alert enough that I would love to see what would happen if the writer said that to his face...Then who would be shitting tears into their underwear...
Subject: pc ? Date: May 28 2006 07:58:29 AM Author: Fabian
what is PC ?
Subject: Vice has lost it Date: May 28 2006 06:40:51 AM Author: so tired of this BS
The editors must be so coked up the unpaid interns are writing the issues even worse than usual to make up for being unpaid...I mean making fun of homeless people...I am all for sick humor, but it just doesnt get any lower than this...Of course if it was ACTUALLY FUNNY, I wouldn't be so PC...Dammit VICE I hate you for making me feel PC!!!!!!!!!!
Subject: ..... Date: May 28 2006 03:27:48 AM Author: toby west
yeah it should definitely be called 'pictures with captions'
Subject: dfhfg Date: May 28 2006 01:46:05 AM Author: hgtgrf
i second rockets redglare comment
Subject: captain beefheart Date: May 28 2006 12:19:57 AM Author: frank zappa
Being homeless and having nothing to eat is a terrible thing. Why then, do so many homeless people insist on keeping pets? Pets need food and shelter, this guy has neither of those things. No wonder his dog is sad.
Subject: Queen st. is THAT depressing Date: May 27 2006 08:36:32 PM Author: B
Even his dog looks sad.
Subject: Best Comment Ever Date: May 27 2006 08:27:34 PM Author: just a fan
rhys isteric's comment is perhaps the best Do's and Dont's comment of all time.
Subject: This Guy Date: May 27 2006 06:21:08 PM Author: Niik
I seen this guy and his sad-ass dog twice sitting there like that on Queen West. It was raining both times.
Wait a second . . . I *don't* want to be homeless???
What, is being homeless now "so last year"?
Thanks, Vice. I had no idea that beign homeless would suck.
Subject: ... Date: May 27 2006 03:55:41 PM Author: .
Oh my god i love dogs. I would love to get one but in my tenancy agreement it says i can't have dogs in the flat. If i was homeless i could have one - i wouldn't need to worry about house-training it either ha ha
Subject: ... Date: May 27 2006 03:54:04 PM Author: .
Sprite is my favourite fizzy drink
Subject: This isn't a DO or a DON'T Date: May 27 2006 03:53:30 PM Author: nnn
It's just a picture with a caption underneath. You should change the name of the column from 'Dos and Don'ts' to 'Pictures With Captions'.
Subject: fghfgh Date: May 27 2006 02:19:55 PM Author: fghfg
i think the msg is that homelessness in general is a 'don't'
Subject: . Date: May 27 2006 02:13:00 PM Author: .
if he was standing in a crooked pose outside that place you would put this as a DO, you goons
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