Comment on How Airbnb accidentally screwed the US housing market and made $100 billion
Snapz@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This is a stupid light take, starting with the flowery version of their early 2010-ish “good intentions”.
Their “guarantee” insurance was notoriously difficult to actually access if needed. This was typical enshitification from the start, they just had to do a bit more early to gain public trust, until they reached critical mass and then flipped the switch.
The drug dealer gives you the first baggie for free, not because they are good dudes that care about you saving money…
demonsword@lemmy.world 6 months ago
We should kill this urban legend, this simply doesn’t happen in the real world
yokonzo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Can confirm this happened to me a few times, especially with dope, you don’t know what you’re talking about
Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Sure it does. Or at least it happened all the time when I was in college.
frostysauce@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I actually was talking to a neighbor at my apartments 20 some-odd years ago. We got to talking about coke and he asked if I’d ever smoked it before.
“No…” So I followed him across the hall to his apartment and took a hit. “Whoa, this is fucking great! …Wait, when you smoke it isn’t it crack?”
“Yeah, it’s awesome isn’t it!? You know, if you want more I can probably find some…”
So, yup. I got my first hit of crack for free. I never thought that happened in real life before, either, and I’ve never had or heard of it happening since. Additionally, about six months later I stopped smoking crack.
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It also never happened to me.
Or maybe it has happened to me a dozen times but I’d shout, “No way man! Drugs are for losers!” And hand him a DARE pamphlet and then I gained a reputation.