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The rise of the shameless ‘beg-packer’

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Swarely
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2:27p, 7/31/17
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Pictures have emerged online of young, penniless travellers sitting on the sides of roads in places such as Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore, with signs asking locals to help finance their travels.

Some have been seen selling small items, such as postcards, for fast cash, while others have busked using electric instruments and impressive amplifiers.

In one photo, shared on Twitter, a couple can be seen using an expensive DSLR camera to prop up a sign reading: "Support our trip".






http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/the-rise-of-the-shameless-begpacker/news-story/5df1d57d882f212cfc1f994b628a3475
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Flashdiaz
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2:30p, 7/31/17
hopefully they'll visit a country where pandering is a crime that is enforced.
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GAC06
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2:33p, 7/31/17
It's not complicated

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OldArmy91
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2:34p, 7/31/17
liberal idiots
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AggieBand2004
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In reply to OldArmy91 • 2:34p, 7/31/17
OldArmy91 said:
liberal idiots

Needlessly redundant
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Fonzie Scheme
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In reply to GAC06 • 3:05p, 7/31/17
Hot chicks can pull this off. Ugly dudes have to be employed.
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B-1 83
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3:05p, 7/31/17
Millennials
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BenFiasco14
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3:07p, 7/31/17
Dumb.
CNN is an enemy of the state and should be treated as such.
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John Francis Donaghy
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In reply to B-1 83 • 3:09p, 7/31/17
B-1 83 said:
Millennials


When Boomers did it, people called them hippies.
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Fonzie Scheme
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In reply to John Francis Donaghy • 3:16p, 7/31/17
Yeah. I'm gonna call hipster trash with a closet full of participation trophies.
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Beer Baron
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3:21p, 7/31/17
Are any of them the proudest member of their Fightin' Texas Aggie class?
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Liquid Wrench
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In reply to Swarely • 3:37p, 7/31/17
I'm glad someone wrote the article.

And I automatically hate everyone I see in these pictures.

Bunch more on this guy's twitter feed: https://twitter.com/ImSoloTraveller
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marble rye
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In reply to John Francis Donaghy • 3:38p, 7/31/17
John Francis Donaghy said:
B-1 83 said:
Millennials


When Boomers did it, people called them hippies.


People hated hippies too.
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LupinusTexensis
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4:22p, 7/31/17
I don't think those count as millenials anymore. They're the iGeneration or gen z.
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Lord_TyTy
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In reply to LupinusTexensis • 4:31p, 7/31/17
Early to mid-twenties is still millennial. I think z started '01 or '02
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MouthBQ98
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4:33p, 7/31/17
GenZ is just getting out of high school.
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TMACsDaMan
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4:35p, 7/31/17
Going to 3rd world countries to beg from the poorest of the poor! There is no shame too low or act too degrading that these entitled liberals are willing to do.
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MouthBQ98
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In reply to Swarely • 4:36p, 7/31/17
Singapore is a bummer of a place to be broke. Alchohol is very expensive there, and drugs are extremely illegal.

They must bum from western tourists or expats, because most Asian cultures are not so generous or charitable to idiots.
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Fonzie Scheme
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In reply to MouthBQ98 • 4:42p, 7/31/17
MouthBQ98 said:
Singapore is a bummer of a place to be broke. Alchohol is very expensive there, and drugs are extremely illegal.

They must bum from western tourists or expats, because most Asian cultures are not so generous or charitable to idiots.

Maybe we'll soon see a video of one of them getting caned.
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St Hedwig Aggie
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5:27p, 7/31/17
These loser kids are the fault of MY generation...shame...shame...
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Spore Ag
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5:59p, 7/31/17
Kidney donars
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In reply to Spore Ag • 6:08p, 7/31/17
Spore Ag said:
Kidney donars


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6:08p, 7/31/17
A couple of years ago I started telling my wife that I was going to pick up some shifts standing on the exit ramp to Interstate 94 with a sign reading:

NEED VACATION
YOU PAY
GOD BLESS

...and these odious little ****s went and stole my idea. I'm suing.
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HC
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6:10p, 7/31/17
I have a friend that was a huge Bernie Sanders supporter that actually majored in women's studies. He did a ride in South America and got online asking for 5-15 dollars and attached his PayPal account. $5-$15 can be made so Fn easily. If he didn't constantly preach that capitalism is evil, I'd have masseuse given him a buck.

Bernie voter #2 "needed" donations to take a trip and I told him to quit being a lazy POC and learn to save
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In reply to HC • 6:55p, 7/31/17
HC said:
I have a friend that was a huge Bernie Sanders supporter that actually majored in women's studies.
Quit befriending anything and everything the cat drags in.
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libertyag
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7:12p, 7/31/17
Probably the kind of people who get sentenced to 10 years hard labor in North Korea and wonder why.
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Uncle Howdy
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In reply to tbirdspur2010 • 7:30p, 7/31/17
tbirdspur2010 said:
HC said:
I have a friend that was a huge Bernie Sanders supporter that actually majored in women's studies.
Quit befriending anything and everything the cat drags in.


I bet that friend thought it would be an easy way to pick up the ladies
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TexasRebel
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7:43p, 7/31/17
So who will be the next Manson?
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HC
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In reply to tbirdspur2010 • 7:45p, 7/31/17
tbirdspur2010 said:
HC said:
I have a friend that was a huge Bernie Sanders supporter that actually majored in women's studies.
Quit befriending anything and everything the cat drags in.
He and I were in the same little league team
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Uncle Howdy
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In reply to HC • 7:51p, 7/31/17
HC said:
tbirdspur2010 said:
HC said:
I have a friend that was a huge Bernie Sanders supporter that actually majored in women's studies.
Quit befriending anything and everything the cat drags in.
He and I were in the same little league team

Start spell checking better. This reads like a wbt post
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9:41p, 7/31/17
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I'd have masseuse given him a buck.

Um.
..

I'm really scared to ask..

..

but...

What.. does that mean?
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TexasRebel
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In reply to swimmerbabe11 • 9:43p, 7/31/17
Don't ask questions about happy endings.
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MouthBQ98
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9:52p, 7/31/17
Well, in Singapore, the ladies can probably make plenty of travel money working the bars in Orchard Towers. I imagine the guys would have to head over to Jurong Shipyards and blend in with the Bangladeshis laborers.
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In reply to HC • 9:56p, 7/31/17
I doubt this is true but you would probably get 100 stars on the Crazy board.
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HC
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In reply to Potcake • 9:59p, 7/31/17
Potcake said:
I doubt this is true but you would probably get 100 stars on the Crazy board.
I'm not kidding in this one. I actually have a bunch of hippie Bernie supporting friends.
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