• Kalkaline @leminal.space
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    11 months ago

    Usually I don’t believe these quotes, but it’s attributed and there’s her picture, so it must be true.

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    11 months ago

    “This is a real quote, because nobody would ever pretend to be a famous person just to lie on the Internet.” - Margot Robbie, Internet forum moderator and occasional actress

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    11 months ago

    Living in a part of the world where we don’t really tip I have to ask, is tipping your landlord really a thing?

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      “Tipping the landlord” Some landlord/employer posted on Twitter how none of their employees/tenants are grateful for the nice things the capitalist provides them with. They said that they’d like to get tipped occasionally. It might have been a shitpost, but it blew up. Now, ‘tipping the landlord’ is an internet gag line. No one in real life tips their land lord.

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          In addition to that. It’s probably mocking these places where it asks if you want to leave a tip when you didn’t see a single employee your entire visit. Or counter service/fast food etc.

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        I always thought that it mocks the idea of giving tip for everything everywhere to highlight that tipping is not a very good practice

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          Always look at it from the other side. If you’re making minimum wage, every extra dollar counts.

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      It’s as real as Kids requesting litter boxes in school because they identify as a furry, it’s just meme BS that a specific political group has latched on to and bitch about. It’s definitely not real.

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          Until I joined Lemmy I would have agreed with you.

          EDIT: Unless you are talking about the litterbox thing, I have heard this brought up as legitimate discussion before. I quickly squashed that conversation, but there are (stupid) people out there that believe it.

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          I have never seen it and I’ve been renting for 20 years (omg thst is so depressing). I can imagine a landlord with a poorly set up payment processor possibly having it, but that is a stretch

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            11 months ago

            In my experience the only thing like this would be the bullshit service or convenience fees.

            Add on that most places won’t accept cash and you need a money order.

            I’m just sick of spending money to spend money

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        It’s as real as Kids requesting litter boxes

        That was a more subtle disinformation deflection by conservatives. Schools did need litter boxes for mandated mass shooting lockdown preparations.

        Instead of the horror of children needing to use litter boxes because American conservatives cant regulate their firearms, it was, “Haha, liberals want litter boxes for furries.”

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      11 months ago

      I think it’s just a joke that if you tip your landlord, you are really stupid or attracted to him.

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        11 months ago

        Yea. Why tip someone that’s pocketing money that could otherwise be building your equity? Landlords are quite literally just leeches.

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          No, they aren’t. Not everyone wants the hassle of owning and maintaining a property, or going a few hundred grand in debt to buy a non-liquid asset.

          Apartments and rental units do serve a purpose.

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            Not everyone, but the vast majority of everyone, and even those who don’t want to buy would still probably be better off with owning instead of renting.

            “Going a few hundred grand in debt to buy a non-liquid asset” a house is probably the best asset you could buy for yourself, and also, do you think you’re saving money renting? Do you think a landlord is losing money on his mortgage? You’re covering the mortgage anyway, and then a premium for not having it in your name.

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              Renting over owning is a more stable outlay (no “surprise, you need a new water heater” expenses for renters) and it gives flexibility for moving with any kind of frequency. I agree that home ownership should be more attainable and affordable, but it’s not a clean win 100% of the time for everyone.

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                You’re still paying for the water heater, the expense is just hidden over long term inflated rent prices.

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                  Yes, a buffer built into the rental price (“inflated” is a loaded term; rents can be inflated, but a rental price set to cover mortgage and amortized expenses isn’t by definition inflated), but it’s still stable.

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                Yeah, also way more stable in countries where you are not protected by the law and may be told get outta the property you’re renting less than a month in advance. And in countries where you’re protected, the landlord will usually get in your arse checking if you’re a fraud, this makes renting quite a bit more of a problem.

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            No one wants to rent. Sure landlords serve a purpose in this capitalist hellhole, but if people could live in a single family home that they own most would take that option to rather than be beholden to some shithead that takes a 3rd of your income and just brings you problems

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              While it’s true that it would be better for them in the long term, it’s also true that some people prefer convenience.

              I have a coworker that pays the power company extra each month so that if her water heater dies they’ll replace it for her. Why the fuck does the power company offer this service and by the time she needs one she will have more than paid for one.

              Lots of people don’t change their own oil in their cars, it’s easy and cheaper, but people don’t want to do it.

              Coffee… that’s all I’m gonna say on that topic.

              Renting is a service some people want, just like some people want to live in an HOA.

              More people would probably buy a house if they could just pay the mortgage, similar to a rent to own setup, but that’s not an option available to most people.

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                Wouldn’t the convenient (and cheaper) situation here not be to rent, but to own and hire a handyman when needed? I’m just not sure how a landlord offers any kind of convenience to anyone. (Maybe there’s something I’m missing of course.)

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                  You are absolutely correct, but it still requires making calls, coordinating with a handyman, being available when they come by, etc. It’s the same logic for why some landlords hire property managers. If being a landlord is so easy you’d think they wouldn’t need to hire someone to specifically manage their properties.

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      A while back, there was this thing where some very out of touch landlords were whining about having to actually do things for their tenants and that tenants should tip them for this. Naturally, they were rightfully shamed and ridiculed for it and it never caught on, but the way I first heard about it was seeing another landlord agreeing with the original post.

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      It (used?) to be expected to tip your maintenance man at the end of the year in big apartment buildings (there’s even a friends episode about it). Some scummy landlords try to claim that they are the maintenance man and more and so deserve a tip. I have personally had landlords ask for it,