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  • DancingBear@midwest.socialtoLefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.com•landlordsEnglish
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    8 days ago

    I will not disagree with the fact that I am indeed very stupid.

    But yes, if you own a house there is a very high probability your parents and grandparents also owned a house.

    You seem to be taking facts very personally. I however do my best not to take facts so personally.

    No one is saying that if you own property you are in the top 1%, that you are somehow the enemy.

    But you do maybe need to work on your empathy skills and understand how other regular folks are living, folks just like you.

    Edit: It’s something close to half of folks who live in poverty in the United States…. Just an fyi

  • DancingBear@midwest.socialtoLefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.com•landlordsEnglish
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    9 days ago

    If you are suggesting landlords work harder than renters then you are full of 💩. Period.

    The system is toxic. If you are making your money by sitting on your ass charging people rent you are also toxic. Jesus would agree with this statement.

    If you believe that “anyone can do it” then you are blissfully unaware of the realities that regular everyday people are living. Most people who buy a house were born into positions of wealth. 90% of people born into poverty do not make it out of poverty.

    Wake up.

    If you were born into wealth, good for you. It does not mean you worked harder than anyone else. We do not live in a meritocracy, hate to break it to you. People who work at McDonald’s or in the service industry work ten times harder than anyone who earns enough to buy a house. It’s just a fact.

    But again, if you are a landlord, good for you. Don’t be a shitty person. Rent below market rates if you can, take care of repairs. The system itself is shitty and toxic, but that doesn’t mean you have to be. But…. Until the landlord proves otherwise, they are definitely presumed (rightfully so) to be a shitty individual.

  • DancingBear@midwest.socialtoThe Onion@midwest.social•Prince Andrew: 'Thank God the letter where I say "I, like you, am an enthusiastic paedo" hasn't been found'English
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    20 days ago

    The word ‘enjoy’ nor the words ‘enjoy yourself’ mean or insinuate masturbation, just an fyi… enjoy is probably a slightly more formal word though… ‘did you enjoy yourself’ does not mean ‘did you masturbate’…. Just saying… you can be having fun and making fun of your friend to imply it…. But it would be a stretch.

    …. “Oh yea, you were having fun relaxing in your room all night doing nothing? Did you enjoy yourself?”… even this would not insinuate masturbation, but it could if you and your friend had some dynamic where you were regularly making fun of each other for sexual reasons (you would need some other context, like a stroking motion with your hand while you said it)…. Or, if I was your roommate, and you just teased me for my girlfriend or boyfriend yelling and moaning while we made love, and I said, “oh, you were in your room… don’t lie, you enjoyed yourself.” Maybe then, but even if this case, you would have to be the one implying that you masturbated while the roommate was making noise, “oh don’t worry about the noise last night, I absolutely enjoyed myself.”

    If you are over using the word ‘enjoy’ and using pitch and other inflections with it, I could see how someone could think you were being a little creepy. “Did you ENjoy yourself? No really, did you enJoy it?” If you overuse the word it could seem a little odd.

    Instead, try, ‘that sounds cool’ ‘super fun’, ‘sounds nice’ etc…. ‘You had a good time?’