"...it's a mission."Right on then!
It's OK...I get snorky people.
That's all fine and dandy, but the reality is, some people just are unable, can't, or just simply won't confound, fit in, comply. There is a laundry list of reasons why, and I can understand many of them today. I am not speaking for this young man, and I am not saying "everyone" should go do this now.
But he is doing it. It's being done. And sometimes you can just meet folks where they are at in life and bless them for whatever stupid reasons others will find a million different reasons as to "why" it is a bad idea or just stupid.
Life unsupported sucks. It's awful and it sucks. And someone just "suddenly" finding their inner bearings, moral compass, or whatever other societal norm they have to be squeezed into a box because they don't fit in somewhere else, and often times that box is awful within itself and more often than not, a dead end anyway.
If you don't have a mother and father that are gifted in some way in life from the onset, being family morals, strong work ethics, some type of education at least enough to self educate at some point, and even some financial support coming out of the gate, a hand up, whatever....life can be extremely crude. Foster to prison pipeline statistics alone will tell you how flawed your thinking really is. Do you honestly think you just have something else in you that statistically, all those kids do "not" have innate in them somehow?
I didn't go through enough of the kids videos to see what his home life is like, what he was leaving behind, his hopes in this, etc... to speak enough for him. If he was a black kid in the hood, I would say, "Right on!"
I also think with as elaborate as his youtube channel is, just unpolished, and let's face it, the main character isn't your normal character type that appeals to a widespread American middle class working audience, but I think opportunities and doors "will" open for him just by what he is doing alone. He is also gaining more practical life experience in some ways than most people will get in a lifetime in his trip. Seeing the side to life that he is witnessing comes with it's own life lessons, experiences, and wisdom.
As far as my idea...there are thousands of people doing what he is doing right now just more supported, and lucky enough to have marketable skills to self support like typical tech nomad life folks can do because of their own luck of being born into better opportunities and education. They have gofundme and other crowd sourcing methods available to them also.
Not to mention seeing a community that praises so much on the kindness and hospitality of others throughout the world allegedly, even with forums, blogs, and articles dedicated to such things, and then profiting off of those stories in their own crowd sourcing, donations, etc... it would be nice to see folks utilize technology in other ways of doing cool things collectively and coming up with ideas that haven't been done before and giving opportunities to folks that might not get them normally.
You have seen the TV show "Idiot Abroad" correct? Seem to work out real well for those folks.
Maybe he is the next up and coming star...community gets him a touring bike, and we turn him into the next "Human Abroad" kind of thing. He youtubes all of it, ends up touring all over the world, donations and some kind of a lotto system to where his next place to discover is, send his personality in to talk with folks and the locals, and as he grows and rises, more and more opportunities and doors open for him. Now it turns into a small production company and website. He has a couple of people employed, including himself, and I would say more wisdom and skills to last a couple of lifetimes of how to figure things out eventually.
Or...maybe he just gets blessed with a bike out of it and ends up riding his entire life and somehow that opened a door up for him along the way even if just spiritually. But more importantly, the community comes together and does something it never did before, and then people see how cool of an idea or event it was, and people in the community become inspired to do other things or even bigger ideas collectively to bless, help, support folks, or just because they can and it was fun to watch and be a part of.
The snarky folks can snark the entire time, and the folks who aren't snarks and might think it is a cool idea, might just donate something to the cause and watch something cool come together.
And I completely get that there will be people that just absolutely hate the idea all together, think it isn't right, get on the entitlement bandwagon, whatever....
But you have to admit this kid is brave, has guts, more than most people, his personality is rather unique and although a little raw, there is a sense of innocence and wonder to him. I think he will figure something out or life will for him. I think he will be just fine.
This is entiltement:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Kim+Kardashian&rlz=1C1AVFC_enUS829US829&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiL1f68mfTgAhURK30KHSHBCVYQ_AUIDygC&biw=1920&bih=937#imgrc=FQvhBH-_RnTMxM:
Not that kid on a $90 bicycle in the rain that we are talking about.
Just "some" thoughts...
