CileTheSane
@CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
- Comment on She is making a GREAT point 6 hours ago:
Condoms?
- Comment on Microsoft seemingly just revealed that OpenAI lost $11.5B last quarter 1 day ago:
And there are far more dollars in 11 billion than 100 million.
- Comment on Microsoft seemingly just revealed that OpenAI lost $11.5B last quarter 1 day ago:
59 seconds is 1000000000000 pico seconds away from a minute, so I’m not sure you could say 59 seconds is “so close” to a minute.
- Comment on Landlords are parasites 5 days ago:
This was your exact statement.
Incorrect. My exact statement was:
they’re undergoing renovations (source)
The only thing your source says is “Some are seasonal homes, some are undergoing renovations, and others are simply being held as investments.” it does not provide a number or a link. 2 houses undergoing renovations counts as “some”.
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A single sentence on both sides of what you quoted provide all the context you need. If you pay any attention to the context it’s clear I was referencing renovations, especially when you consider that the paragraph before I responded to the point about vacation homes, and the paragraph after I responded to the point of them being held for investments. Anyone bothering to read what I was saying instead of skimming for things to argue against would have recognized I was splitting up the specific points using clear quotes and paragraphs to differentiate which specific point I was addressing at the time.
But you’re not worth any courtesy or effort. Like what the fuck is your problem? This was meant to be a lighthearted discussion, why are you acting like you got log jammed up your ass? Like holy shit do you sound like an absolutely insufferable douche. But you know what, you’re absolutely right, this conversation is not worth continuing. You’re not worth my time, so piss off asshole.
Every accusation is a confession. I said you’re not paying attention to what I’m saying, you responded with swears, cursing and personal insults. Like what the fuck is your problem?
- Comment on Landlords are parasites 1 week ago:
It does provide a link to a study actually, check again.
There’s no data for renovations specifically…
So when I specificly quoted the word renovations, and said it does not provide links or sources in my paragraph about renovations, did you think maybe I was talking about data for renovations?
You literally just told me to check again for data you admit doesn’t exist 2 sentences later. Either you’re not paying attention to what is being said, or your looking for whatever excuse you can to disagree with me in order to ignore what I’m actually saying. Either way continuing would be a waste of time.
- Comment on Elon Musk says he needs $1 trillion to control Tesla's robot army. Yes, really. 1 week ago:
- Comment on Landlords are parasites 1 week ago:
You’re correct, but at the same time, buying a house was still a very expensive back then as well. It was major purchase for most people, just not to the same extant relative to today.
Okay, so we agree that there is a problem then. It was feasible in the past and basically impossible now. If housing prices were relatively the same as they were when I was a child I wouldn’t be upset about landlords, but we are in a housing crises now and something has to change.
The majority of the houses that are vacant are either seasonal houses in states like Maine, Florida, or West Virginia
You mean vacation homes. People who own multiple properties so that can sit vacant the majority of the year. Boo-fucking-hoo if people have to sell their vacation home to someone who actually needs a place to live.
they’re undergoing renovations (source)
The only thing your source says is “Some are seasonal homes, some are undergoing renovations, and others are simply being held as investments.” it does not provide a number or a link. 2 houses undergoing renovations counts as “some”.
There is still a decent portion that are being held as investments
That’s exactly the fucking problem. Yes.
it’s not your mom and pop landlords who are doing that, it’s massive corporations like Blackrock or JP Morgan Chase who actually have the means to sit on empty properties, pay the taxes, and play long manipulative game.
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So we agree that the majority of rental properties are owned by a landlord that is making life objectively worse for people? Then we should do something about that instead of clutching pearls about the 1% of houses owned by “mom and pop landlord”.
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And speaking of, can we stop with the “mom and pop landlord” bullshit? I have family members who are exactly the type of people you are talking about. They own a rental property and take care of it and their renters. If suddenly they couldn’t do that anymore they would be fine. The property is not their livelihood, it’s an investment. They would just invest in something else. These are people that can afford multiple properties in the current market (which we already agreed is much too expensive).
Property can be affordable or be an investment, not both. I’m arguing that it should be affordable (being a basic requirement for survival and all). People using it as an investment can go invest somewhere else.
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- Comment on Landlords are parasites 1 week ago:
Building homes is expensive. It requires land, materials, skilled labor, permits, and time. Buying a home is a major investment
And yet it not very long ago it was feasible for a single income earner on minimum wage to not only be able to afford a home, but do so while supporting a family. So what has ballooned in price to make that out of reach for the vast majority of people? The land, materials, skilled labor, permits, or the house itself due to it being used as an investment?
Like any market, housing is shaped by supply and demand.
There are many viable houses sitting vacant because the landlords would rather wait for someone that can afford the absurdly high rent than risk lowering the market value of rent for their other properties.
If the first person in line to a concert purchases every ticket then resells them for 10x the cost the solution is not “make more tickets available”. The scalper will just buy them as well.
- Comment on Landlords are parasites 1 week ago:
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Shelter is a necessity. A hotel isn’t.
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Property is a limited resource. When people scalp concert tickets they get vilified. When they do the same thing for something necessary for survival people like you defend it with “well there are pros and cons…”
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- Comment on Landlords are parasites 1 week ago:
Those costs are included in the rent.
- Comment on Tesla reintroduces 'Mad Max' Full Self-Driving mode that breaks speed limits 1 week ago:
If everyone is speeding on a road and not constantly getting into accidents does that not indicate that the posted speed limit is incorrect?
- Comment on Jeep pushed software update that bricked all 2024 Wrangler 4xe models 2 weeks ago:
Are you stalking them around Lemmy to complain about their discord? Or did you go searching through their posting history for a whataboutism after they disagreed with you?
Either way it’s past time for you to touch grass.
- Comment on Everyone should have a home server (or a friend that has one) 3 weeks ago:
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- Comment on Everyone should have a home server (or a friend that has one) 3 weeks ago:
Sorry, I didn’t prioritize over the weekend checking in with my stalker.
- Comment on Everyone should have a home server (or a friend that has one) 3 weeks ago:
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- Comment on Everyone should have a home server (or a friend that has one) 3 weeks ago:
Stalking is an unhealthy form of obsession.
- Comment on Everyone should have a home server (or a friend that has one) 4 weeks ago:
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- Comment on Everyone should have a home server (or a friend that has one) 4 weeks ago:
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- Comment on Everyone should have a home server (or a friend that has one) 4 weeks ago:
Considering you are the sole downvote on all of my comments it’s doubtful we inhabit the same circles.
But if you want to spend your time following me around that’s less time you’re spending posting useless unhelpful comments, so that’s fine by me.
- Comment on Everyone should have a home server (or a friend that has one) 4 weeks ago:
Hey @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world, your yawning emojis aren’t very convincing when I see that you are still actively following my account.
- Comment on Everyone should have a home server (or a friend that has one) 4 weeks ago:
Yes, did you try just telling people what kind of server instead of leaving passive aggressive replies?
- Comment on Everyone should have a home server (or a friend that has one) 4 weeks ago:
A 30 minute be video is a big ask when I don’t know what it’s going to be about
- Comment on YSK When you hover over a piece of the phonetic notation on (English) Wikipedia, it shows you an example for its pronunciation 4 weeks ago:
choosing to pronounce “gif” with a hard “g” is an arbitrary renunciation of the standards of the language.
Right. That’s why people naturally started pronouncing it with a hard ‘g’ to begin with…
- Comment on YSK When you hover over a piece of the phonetic notation on (English) Wikipedia, it shows you an example for its pronunciation 4 weeks ago:
There are several arguments for why it should be pronounced a given way and OP didn’t say any of them.
I see you just picked your favorite to argue against.
- Comment on Google says adblockers caused YouTube views count to drop - this is what adblockers told us really happened 5 weeks ago:
A company taking responsibility for the ads they serve? That sounds like communism to me!
- Comment on YSK the basic techniques for "deprogramming" people who you think are in a cult 5 weeks ago:
Man, don’t you just hate it when evangelicals need to make every fucking conversation about religion?
- Comment on Can you think of any now? 5 weeks ago:
Also “the 5 senses”. It depends on how you define “sense” there’s at least a dozen to over 20.
- Comment on Can you think of any now? 5 weeks ago:
“Planet X (Planet 9) exists and explains gravitational pull”
Weird conspiracy theories were not taught at my school.
Also:
In 2017, a photograph appeared to prove that Amelia Earhart survived her plane crash and was taken prisoner by the Japanese. However, it was later proven that the photo was taken two years before her disappearance, leaving the mystery unsolved.
Updated understanding emerged around 2010
The updated understanding emerged 7 years before the photo appeared?
This is why websites need downvotes.
- Comment on Nintendo reportedly gets even more obnoxious about patent law by taking a 'mods aren't real games' stance against a Dark Souls 3 mod that could invalidate its Palworld lawsuit 1 month ago:
So if someone created a mod for palworld that put Pokemon in the game that would be fine?
- Comment on The song that never ends announces what it is in the first line, then expects us to believe some people started singing it without knowing what it was 1 month ago:
Also from not believing me. They were told what it was but they didn’t believe me, so they didn’t know what it was until they pressed it.
