Damn I hope that doesn’t pass

My mom was a librarian and can confirm, librarians are weird badasses.

How exactly is this good?

If only it was one

someone posts about basically being suicidal

HMMM TRY DOING THIS THING THAT HASN’T WORKED AND YOU PROBABLY DID ALREADY! HMMM HMMM I’M SMARTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE, IT’S LIKE, DUH, THAT’S THE SOLUTION HA HA EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD CATCH UP HA HA I DON’T CARE THAT YOU’RE IN SO MUCH DESPAIR YOU WANT TO DIE, MY SOLUTION ISN’T VERY HARD🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

On posts like these, the question to ask yourself is “if I saw a video on the Internet of someone being a dick to a person doing this thing, would they look like an asshole?” If the answer is yes, then it’s fine to do.

Everyone who hates ice should apply and then just be shit at their jobs. Deport nobody. Lose paperwork. Say you can’t find the person. Then if you get fired they just hire someone else who’s screwing things up from the inside.

Hey, guess what, you don’t know me or my situation either. Like how you were claiming I’ve never worked with the homeless when hey, guess what, I’ve been homeless. Thrice.

And the alleged hypocrisy of me renting to them? It was their idea. If anything you should understand their position since you love renting so much.

As for Co ownership, they are being put on my will, so if I croak it’s theirs. They know this and are fine with it. I’m taking on the debt instead of them that way if shit goes south I’m the one on the hook, not them.

As for selling it to them, at this point they would be paying way more for it because there was a huge hike in property values and taxes around here so they would probably still get screwed anyway.

And if there was a huge shift in the economic structure of my company and eliminating landlords as a function was a possibility, I’d fight for that. I don’t want to be a landlord or anything, I just want a place to live and this setup was the best for everyone and again, their idea.

As for the accusations, I didn’t accuse you of being a landlord leech or whatever, I said that if you’re cool with this system that hurts people because it’s convenient for you, you’re an asshole. Which I’m pretty sure you are since you’re giving a whole “but it’s easy for meeeee” selfish attitude towards the whole landlord debate.

So let me ask you this, what would your ideal housing system look like?

Maybe you ought to reread what I said at the end of my comment, because if you are saying that I’m calling you a selfish horrible person, it’s because you’re admitting to being in favor of a system that systematically kills people because it’s personally convenient for you. If you’re not actually in favor of it, then there’s no insult.

If only.

Isn’t the whole point to make up stuff on your own?

I think that you can’t paint people with a wide brush like that while also criticizing people for painting with a wide brush. Bad people are also capable of regret and growth as well, even if it’s less likely.

Yeah figures you’d have to use an emoji ha ha

I really hate to burst your bubble, but I am technically a landlord. I own a duplex, I rent out the other half to my brother and fiance, and we’re all paying the same amount into the mortgage, but for all legal purposes I’m their landlord.

In my experience as a renter and a landlord, if we’re talking about the convenience factor, it’s still easier to be a landlord.

That “one phone call to fix a thing”, assuming they bother to actually fix it, is one phone call for a landlord to just get some guy to do it. So that’s the same amount of effort.

Landlords usually have to put in even less effort, because there’s entire companies who’s job it is to be property management, so most don’t have to even make one phone call to fix anything.

As someone who owns a home now, it’s less of a pain than renting. I have been putting work into the house to change it because I can and don’t need permission from a landlord to do so. If something is broken I can have someone fix it without having to go through a landlord to decide whether or not to call someone.

So yeah, if there wasn’t a homelessness problem and everyone had a house, and some people didn’t want to bother with it, maybe I could see in that world a landlord existing like a hotel service or property manager for individuals, but when people are dying in the streets because some greedy corporations and selfish assholes keep all the housing and extort everyone who wants shelter, that’s fucked up.

People’s problem with landlords isn’t about personal convenience, and you should maybe look beyond yourself. It doesn’t matter if you find it more personally convenient, it’s part of a problem that’s killing people, and if you’re still cool with that because you think it’s slightly easier for you personally, you’re a selfish, horrible person.

Dude, don’t compare yourself to others and just enjoy learning a new language at a pace that works for you. The goal isn’t to learn Chinese the fastest, it’s to learn Chinese well enough that it sticks.

My brother in Christ you’re the one paying for those repairs and more yourself, it’s not like the landlord does it personally. Some might to save a buck, but you’re still paying the bill.

Oh and all those repairs are tax deductible so they will pay less than you will on taxes usually.

Oh and if they would have to pay taxes, you’re paying the taxes for them.

So a net positive…

Don’t act like a smug asshole while simultaneously admitting you’re replaceable at work, can’t draw, can’t drive and can’t think for yourself.

Sounds like there needs to be a change for how people are educated then.

Yeah sure, enjoy that glue pizza.

If my surgeon was booting up chat gpt I’d just euthanize myself to save them the trouble.