A tramp is a person who travels about, usually on foot without visible means of income
A traveler is a tourist who thinks they are better than other tourists. Often travelers are on a long term journey from one place to a series of other places on a tight budget that has to last a significant length of time.
A trustafarian is usually a rich white kid advocating all sorts of protest while living on the income of their parents.
A vagabond is someone who moves around freely from place to place sometimes having visible means of income, sometimes existing without income, and sometimes bending the law to provide what they need. A vagobond is me or my friends.
A wannabe is a dangerous person with low self esteem that has the potential to kill with little or no provocation, usually seeking approval from whoever they ‘wannabe’
More About The Dangerous Ones
There are a lot of definitions to the term redneck. There are a lot of jokes about rednecks. There is really nothing funny about them though. I consider rednecks to be the most dangerous hazard out there.
Rednecks are clannish. My definition of a redneck doesn’t have anything to do with race, country music, or where they come from. The bottom line is that a redneck is someone who hates you because you are different than they are. If you don’t share their beliefs and values, your life is worth less than a dogs.
Really. Rednecks generally love their dogs. They don’t love you.
Let’s say a redneck picks you up to give you a ride after you’ve been standing in the freezing rain somewhere for five hours. You really want the ride. A typical redneck will start right off by saying outrageous things to see how you react. Things like “ I only picked you up cause you don’t look like one of them faggot environmentalists.” Maybe you are one of those faggot environmentalists, but don’t fall into the redneck’s trap. You don’t have to lie, just say something like “I’m glad I don’t look like those guys.”
If you let the redneck draw a distinction between their belief system and yours there is no telling what will happen. Rednecks make themselves obvious by pointing out who they hate and who they think deserves to die. Hitler was a redneck, so is George W. Bush.
When you recognize a redneck, it is best to put as much distance between them and yourselves as possible. Even if they seem to think you are okay, they might change their tune when they get drunk.
Redneck tramps are similar to the traditional rednecks except they seem at first to be travelers or hobos and so might earn a measure of compassion or respect from you. Redneck tramps usually hang out in groups and are very closed to new people. If you come upon a fire built by redneck tramps there is a good chance that they will beat and rob you because you are not a part of their group. Redneck tramps usually give away their true nature a little more slowly than the traditional rednecks but the hate always reveals itself.
Gang bangers are similar to rednecks in their clannishness but usually aren’t as overtly hateful towards entire groups of people. What makes gang bangers dangerous is that they are usually are trying to earn ‘respect’ from the people around them.
‘Respect’ to them only means that no one messes with them. Fear would be a better word. I believe that most gang bangers become part of a gang because they are essentially powerless by themselves. Gang bangers can be any race and anywhere. They can flip at a moments notice when an outsider violates their ambiguous code of ‘respect.’
Wannabees are even more dangerous than gang bangers because they are usually loose cannons looking for a way to prove they deserve ‘respect’. None of them do because of the base worthlessness of their character. As a result, their actions become more and more outrageous and violent as they attempt to prove they deserve to be a gang banger or redneck. I’ve known friendly bums who have been beaten and killed by stupid kids with low self esteem. Fucking wannabees.
Crazies are usually harmless, but they are unpredictable. They can be entertaining but unless someone I know can vouch for them I usually prefer to watch them interact with someone else.
I was once driving to Seattle and stopped to pick up a hitchhiker. I usually stop for hitchhikers if they look somewhat normal and like they don’t smell too bad. Hee looked like a kid with a guitar.
When he got in the car, I caught the stale smell of sweat and urine. He looked psychotic. He wasn’t a kid at all, but a very small 45-50 year old man. I gave him a ride anyway. I introduced myself and offered a handshake. He put his glove on before shaking my hand and introduced himself as Robert. His voice had a peculiar nasal quality and the words were carefully enunciated in a somewhat aristocratic manner.
“I am go-ing to move to Alaska because I graduated from college… with hon-ors. “ He said it like that with a glottal stop. The same way other people say uh-oh, which is what I was saying at that point.
“Oh yeah, what did you study?”
“Music theory with hon-ors, astronomy with hon-ors, and you know I plan on working at the University in Fairbanks as a librarian since I have so much hon-ors. I plan on, you know performing and studying and working with the Alaskan artists and natives and since I took so many classes, with hon-ors, I would like to perform some of my concertos, for you know I am a composer. Very much like a skilled beginner with honors just doing a tremendous job…with hon-ors…” and on and on.
There was something about the guy that freaked me out. I made sure my knife was handy and kept my eyes on his hands while I drove. It really felt like he was one second from flipping. I kept talking to him. Listening to the same babble about hon-ors and Fairbanks and going to Nashville because “with hon-ors” meant you could do ‘tremendous’ and ‘exquisite’ building and if you worked in a library you could perform with the natives with hon-ors. I finally dropped him off at the 405 onramp just north of Seattle glad to be alive.
A Special Note on Energy Vampires
Energy vampires are everywhere. The best way to spot them is when they first approach you (they always approach you) and for some reasons you can’t understand, they act as if they want you to be their new best friend forever. If someone wants to be your friend for no apparent reason, they are probably an energy vampire.
Energy vampires like to be the center of conversation. They can draw the life out of any conversation with constant interruptions and meaningless stories that no one wants to hear. If an energy vampire is in your midst, you might notice that the people you want to talk with no longer hang out when you show up with your new BFF who follows you wherever you go.
A lot of energy vampires pose as hippies because real hippies are probably the most likely to let an energy vampire suck off them for an extended period of time. What an energy vampire does is feed off the vibes and energy you create in order to get attention that they don’t deserve.
Along with that they usually hit anyone and everyone up for smokes, food, cash, a place to crash, and whatever else they can get. Learn to recognize them and tell them bluntly that you don’t want to be their friend because there is no cure I’ve seen for an energy vampire except to make them find another victim.