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    People who complain that Lemmy is full of tankies have never seen the comment section of a meme making fun of landlords. I’m convinced Lemmy is actually full of landlords.

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        There aren’t any. The ones they linked below have maybe 2 out of 70+ comments defending them. I can’t tell if ImplyingImplicatior and ObviouslyNotBananas are dumb as bricks or being sarcastic.

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            Oh crap sir. I don’t want to fight sir! I think we figured out which of the two options. Now if everyone else could too.

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                Now many many years ago when I was 23 I was renting from a landlady who was pretty as can be This landlady had a grown up daughter, had hair of red My roommate fell in love with her and soon the two rented This made my roommate my landlord-in-law and changed my very life … I’m my own landchad

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              Most instance admins ban porn for legal reasons. You need to find an instance that allows porn. Lemmynsfw.com is a porn instance (and the home instance of the person I replied to). Note that you also need to be logged into a lemmy account that has the “view nsfw” option enabled in the lemmy user settings. If you’re not logged in, or that setting is set to hide nsfw, no posts will show. I find it easier to just create a separate account on a porn instance rather than try and join from your home instance, which might have settings making it difficult to see anything.

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        Hopefully this link works https://lemmy.world/post/5022932

        If not, try searching for “Landlord Party In Berkeley Ends In Fights” and then scroll to the negative comments. In my search, it seems like the landlord supporters have gotten quiet recently. Probably because they were downvoted so much lol

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          Imagine tipping a landlord Jesus Christ

          I will say it doesn’t seem like.people are very pro-landlord in that thread. It looks like a ragebait meme.

          Edit: Oh weird, I think somehow initially when replying to your comment, I was replying to a different link. Sorry for the confusion.

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      Both tankies and landlords find that being a part time dog walker is an acceptable day job. The difference is that the tankies live in their parent’s basement instead of working and the landlord lets other people live in his basement instead of working.

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      Where tho? Everyone is clearly taking the piss out of the meme and pretending to agree with it. Nobody is actually out there tipping their landlord(well, I sure fucking hope not at least…).

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    Complaining about landlords feel weird to me as I love my landlord. But they are a nonprofit organisation, so that definitely helps.

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      Hey, I get it! If I’m gonna stop shitposting for a while I do think the system of landlordship is problematic but that definitely doesn’t mean all landlords are bad. Now back to shitposting.

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    Sorry OP, not everyone is as much of a sourpuss as you when it comes to hating landlords. I understand that the problem is not with landlords that own a second or even third house, but with people and corporations that own 5+ houses. They are the ones that are hoarding the stock and using it as a “get, rich, quick” investment scheme. You want to be mad, then atleast be mad at the right people.

    Sorry you can’t afford a house OP, but I’m not okay with you demonizing regular people that have worked their asses off to be able to afford a second house, and rented out their starter home. Does that make me “fucking love” landlords? No, it just means I’m being a rational fucking adult about it.

    Edit: ITT: The 99% fighting over the scraps that the 1% leave behind, whilst doing their best to fuck over one another.

    Fuck me for wanting financial stability, I guess.

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      My landlord has only this one second apartment and never responds unless we refer to laws and work with deadlines.

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      You contradicted yourself. Op can’t get a starter home but the starter home he would have bought is held hostage by the “smol” landlord. Pick one.

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          Where did the landlord get the starter home? What if the seller refused to sell but just rent out instead what would he do then?

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        Almost one out of every four homes is owned by a corporation. You’ll run into them if your buying or selling a house. I refuse to sell to corporations, I don’t care if it’s even a cash offer.

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        Passive income. Equity. Financial security. Something you can take a quick loan out against without worry that you’ll lose your home.

        I mean you can easily argue “greed” about everything. For example: Why do you need a bigger paycheck (besides greed)? Any answer you give, I can conveniently waive away as you not living within your means. I mean, you could easily buy or build yourself a tiny home and live on a cheap plot out in the boonies. Oh, you want amenities? Accessibility to the convenience of a town/city? What could you possibly want with any of those material wants (besides greed)?

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          If passive income you getting income without working then who’s working without income.

          This whole thread thoroughly convinced me of george’s ideas.

          As Adam Smith said

          As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce

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            You have a 401k? Does it earn interest? Did you earn that interest? Is your money being used as an investment vehicle to gain passive returns without you having to work for it? I mean, by your argument we should get rid of all retirement funds, we should no longer invest in companies as we get no return for giving our money to help a company grow. Should we do away with hotels as well? They don’t do anything except provide shelter for a short term, whereas you renting from someone provides shelter for a long term.

            Should we just get rid of all renting then? If you can’t afford a house, then where do you live? These are pretty much all rhetorical questions, I’m not expecting you to answer them, as I believe I’ve made my point.

            In an ideal world, you wouldn’t have to deal with scummy landlords. But what’s the alternative? In a free society why am I limited to what I can own? If I have the money to purchase something, should I not have the right or ability to do so if I want to?

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        I think the reason is “I don’t want to have to work until I die” actually.

        Investment property is one of the few remaining ladders of social mobility. Does it suck that it doesn’t extend down far enough? Yes. But removing it as an option just further widens the gap between the billionaires and everyone else.

        Where’s that meme with the oreos

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          If you have half the population each have 1 investment property. You must have the other half renters. You literally want to create two classes. Those with investment properties and those with no property. One class above another. You’re just using billionaires as a shield. You want to put yourself in a class above other people.

          We should all work so that each person has one home.

          And the “I don’t want to work until I die” should be covered by social insurance/social security instead of making someone else a renter.

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            Your argument assumes there’s no utility in renting, which is simply not true. A house is a PITA to maintain; stuff breaks all the time. Also, moving when you own the place is much more difficult, and some people value the flexibility of being able to hop from one part of the country to another. If we rewind 12 years, back before rent prices and housing costs went batshit insane, it was a perfectly reasonable option to rent instead of own, even if you could afford otherwise. Rent was basically paying for the service of not needing to maintain a building and not locking yourself down.

            Those with investment properties and those with no property. One class above another. You’re just using billionaires as a shield. You want to put yourself in a class above other people.

            Do you realize how much money a billion dollars is? One class above another, like a walk up a hill – and then the billionaire class is on a fucking space station. Again, I’m reminded of the Oreos meme.

            And yet again, owning housing does not indicate wealth in a “normal” housing market, so your supposed rent/own class division isn’t even true. Very wealthy people can still be renters. Or do you think “landlords” can afford to rent a penthouse in Manhattan?

            And the “I don’t want to work until I die” should be covered by social insurance/social security

            Well it’s not. So make that a reality before attacking people for trying to better their situation.

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          Why the fuck does that person get bigger scraps from the King’s table! Fuck him!