Oh now, this is so drama-queenish, and the retrowire primitive's one of the biggest drama queens on Skins's island.
He needs to be ashamed of himself, he who's known more Poverty and Want (something nearly out of Grapes of Wrath) than nearly all the other primitives, including the rhythmic one who's always begging on gofundme. Those lessons in destitution are meant to fortify one, to strengthen one, not to make one a helpless wimp.