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Beggars can’t be choosers or at least they shouldn’t be. But we keep seeing that this isn’t the case—there are plenty of people out there who keep putting their needs ahead of everyone else’s and get featured in the incredibly popular Choosing Beggars subreddit.

This Reddit community has a whopping 1.9 million members and is dedicated to stories about people who are way too picky. Be sure to check out Bored Panda's previous posts about the Choosing Beggars community right here and here, and give their subreddit a visit for some more awesome content.

Meanwhile, scroll down and upvote your fave pics of people who really need to get a grip and let us know in the comments if you’ve ever had the “pleasure” of meeting folks like this in real life. Some people feel like they’re entitled to special treatment and they don’t even realize that they might be hurting someone else. There are psychological reasons for this, so let’s get into them.

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I Finally Caught One In The Wild

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Cb At Walmart Wants To Add Groceries.

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Foxxy (The Original)
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, how ungrateful. If someone offered to pay for my groceries I would put the non essentials back (if I had any).

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Feeling special and entitled is entirely natural when you’re a child: kids think that they’re the center of the world and it’s what psychologists refer to as healthy narcissism. However, it’s only one stage of a person’s psychological and emotional development—they eventually need to grow out of it and learn to respect others and what they want, too.

According to psychotherapist and psychoanalyst F. Diane Barth, L.C.S.W, who has a private practice in New York City, sometimes a sense of entitlement can even emerge when people feel mistreated or they don’t think that they’re getting what they need.

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Kaisu
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also if you're poor, why on earth would you pay 800 dollars for your kids' Christmas present??

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“Often individuals who have been mistreated or disrespected exhibit a sense of entitlement when they start to feel that they deserve better than they have been getting. This is part of a healthy shift towards self-respect. Yet they, too, eventually need to find a way to balance self-respect with respect for others,” Barth writes on Psychology Today.

She points out that a small amount of entitlement is good for adults. Things like believing that we have the right to be respected by others and that we have the right to take care of ourselves and our loved-ones are positive things. But this doesn’t extend to situations where our actions or sense of entitlement benefit us at the cost of hurting those around us. Like cutting in line. Don’t cut in line. It’s a jerk move.

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Pamela24
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll make an educated guess that the name Leigha wasn't chosen randomly...

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K. aka letmeplaywithkittens
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel bad for people who are named Karen. Remember it’s a meme, but for a very realistic depiction of behaviors in the Wild.

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Anna McHugh
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Judging by their taste in interior decor, they're stuck in the 80s as well as being an arsehole

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Barth’s colleague Steven Stosny claims that we’re currently living in the Age of Entitlement because our culture doesn’t support the development process that teaches us to balance our needs with the needs of others. And that’s one of the reasons that we have so many choosing beggars out there!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He should be greatfull that sommeone has a kind enough heart to give them some of his hard erned money.

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K. aka letmeplaywithkittens
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What are those people who leave emojis and “kind” trivialities after a passive aggressive message called?

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Pamela24
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The conversation makes me think that other people have accepted this form of payment before. Which makes me sad.

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One Would Think That If You Lost Your Job, Buying A Motorcycle Wouldn’t Be A Priority.

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Vanta Black
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So basically, homie wanted to trade an over-sized paperweight for a motorcycle. $1800 is too generous for a prick like that.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When will people understand that exposure won't pay rent and bills and food

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Pamela24
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean...if that person encouraged them to do it, maybe. But still - you're behind the wheel, you make the decisions, own up to them.

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Kaisu
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even if the other person encourages you to break the law, you're still the one responsible for breaking the law

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Vanta Black
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My brother did that when he was driving myself and two of our cousins. It wasn't intentional, and we all missed the sign (too talkative, lesson learned). His fine was £60, cut to £30 if he paid online within two weeks. Even though we were all distracting one another, he never asked us to chip in to pay for it, because he knew that, as the driver, the main responsibility was with him.

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GirlFriday
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I rode to a group dinner with a friend one evening and when we came out of the restaurant, her tire had gone flat. I had AAA and called them come and put the spare on. She took the car in and the tire had to be replaced. She tried to make me pay for half. We aren't friends any longer. It was her car, I didn't cause the tire to go flat, using my AAA was above what I had to do. I could have made her use her roadside assistance and pay the $30 fee for it.

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Foxxy (The Original)
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s like saying “since you called me whilst driving, I answered and got a fine so you should pay half coz you could have waited to call me when I wasn’t driving”.

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togcrewsc
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

weeeell they coulda put it on driving mode or do not distrodb. ALso HOW DA HEEL IS SOMEONE GONNA KNOW THAT YOU BE DRIVIN. PEOPLE ARE NOT TELEPATHIC AND IF THEY WERE I DONT THINK IT COULD GO THAT FARRRRRR. sorry all these a**e holes are really getting to me. so is quarintene

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Yamini Mahendran
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have friends like that. They invite you to celebrate a friends birthday party and later send splitwise receipt for the cake, gifts and decorations. (facepalm!)

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nanashi
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah this happened to me once. I never talked to them anymore after I paid the half they said I'm responsible for, as a passenger to a driver who casually broke the speed limit because they can.

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Marcellus the Third
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Before points-based driving licences, my brother-in-law drove me 2h on motorways at about 40% over the speed limit to a family wedding, and later back as by chance we worked nearby. On way back a bit faster, and got flashed... "No worry, I save a 13th month salary each year, most years that covers my fines". Oh, well...

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Joe Edwards
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jesus, I've had friends take the blame with the cops, this guy is a tool

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Tammy Gundaker
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My friend didn’t want to drive her car in town for a community yard sale, she drove us there, she asked if I would drive her car from sale to sale. I said sure. We switched seats. Told her I smelled donuts and like 2 min later, I kid you not, police lights came on and pulled us over! I did nothing wrong. Officer said the registration and tag was expired and gave ME a ticket for it! She asked if he could put it in her name because it’s her car, he said no, she( me) is driving. My friend then said to me, “ I’ll pay half since it’s my car”...... She ended up paying the whole thing, because it WAS in fact her car!

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Rã. R. Field
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Before one’s mouth opens it is said that ‘knowing one’s self well’ first will lead to wise words. The sad part with many people is that there isn’t any desire to keep one’s inner spirit in check, .. very sad:(

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George Hudacko
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't get the 'accusation'. Who was driving like a stupid a*s hole?

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Raine Soo
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why should I have to cough up half the ticket because you were a lousy driver?

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Mewton’s Third Paw
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There’s a better way to ask for money than to accuse the person of owing it to you when they don’t.

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Marcellus the Third
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ask half the money saved back from every error committed that DIDN'T get fined. Surely crossed various solid lines, didn't come to full stop, some aggressive driving etc --- make a detailed list from memory.

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Selling A Camera For $600. The Guy Says He Can Only Pay In Cash And Turns Up With $370 And Expects It’ll Be Fine. I Didn’t Even Get Out Of My Car. Just Drove Away.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You probably got a special because your first books are new. I’m hoping that I’m understanding it correctly, that you’re publishing more because you’re more successful now. Guess what? I would choose a beautiful book cover over a bland one for the same story. How much of your success do you think is dependent on people who edit your work and help you with the artwork.

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