Actually you do the opposite! Apparently...
The media never fails to mix fact with whatever the dick is relevant at the time. The only reason this story is worth mentioning is because of how it is spinned.
Here’s a story that brings home just how morbid this housing crisis can be: Heather Newnam of Tamarac shot herself yesterday instead of letting cops evict her for failing to pay her rent.
It’s a depressing tale, but perhaps what’s more depressing is reading what amounts to Newnam’s final public words on her Twitter account. Writing under the name rsangel04, bits of Newnam’s life played out in her posts.
This is obviously written to play off how terrible the current economy is. This woman couldn’t pay her rent so she SHOT herself in the head to avoid eviction. She would much rather be dead then:
- Be homeless for probably like a day
- Pick up some guy and stay with him, ’cause she is a girl with breasts and that’s what girls do ’cause guys are dumb
- Join the Military
- Stay at a shelter
- Go on Welfare
- Stay with a friend or family member
This woman had so many options but she chose DEATH instead because this recession is KILLER. Pun all the wayzies. Let’s look at her tweets.
Maybe if she didn’t spend all of her money on tattoos, booze and videos games she’d make rent.
The fact of the matter is, this face weathered with crystal meth, sun exposure and the general trashiness of Ft. Lauderdale probably had more issues than money. Moreover, she didn’t even take to twitter to kill herself. We basically just decided to facebook and google this bitch and further exploit her death to make a point about the recession. Jesus Christ, we’re scumbags.
What’s even sadder is that previous posts seem to show Newnam in a better place, talking about going to the tattoo convention and watching the TV show Rescue Me.
Melodrama much? I’m sure there’s no happier place than the exploits of the foul-mouthed Dennis Leary having random sex and SAVING LIVES!
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That girl has meth face out the wazoo. Three guesses where the rent checks went.
Oh no! She liked TV and tattoos! Nobody with those two stable foundations in their life could ever kill themselves! Friggin’ news playing up a shitty angle.
She was obviously paying for internet… Let’s cut cable, internet, and sell the x-box… I can guarantee that’ll make rent for at least another month. The news is dumb, fact.