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Panfilo
Aug 27, 2011

EXISTENCE IS PAIN😬
https://twitter.com/LA_Multi_Fam/status/1762163264904171698?t=QWwsdDDFDj3HOqtNaHdQmw&s=19
:capitalism:

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Owlbear Camus
Jan 3, 2013

Maybe this guy that flies is just sort of passing through, you know?




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i am harry
Oct 14, 2003

he seems a bit relaxed for damning himself to burn in hell forever.

Panfilo
Aug 27, 2011

EXISTENCE IS PAIN😬
No see it was just a test to encourage him to landlord harder next time
https://twitter.com/Flagpole_Canada/status/1762166390683812065?t=UcLKv5Qh3oAjqnW1pEAUmg&s=19

Business Gorillas
Mar 11, 2009

:harambe:




"I treated people like poo poo and they told me to go gently caress myself. I'm the aggrieved party here." Might as well be America's new slogan

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

c l o u d k i t t e n
Grimey Drawer
lol at "don't be a hero"

being a hero here meaning 'refuse to treat people like human beings'

Biplane
Jul 18, 2005

I felt like I was having a stroke reading that, like there was suddenly a language barrier slammed up in my brain.

Eat This Glob
Jan 14, 2008

God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. Who will wipe this blood off us? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we need to invent?

MLKQUOTEMACHINE posted:

i know goons hate their parents, but you really need to call your mom more often

im definitely not gonna pay to talk to her, you kidding? ill just go to the free gloryhole like everyone else

Neco
Mar 13, 2005

listen

Biplane posted:

I felt like I was having a stroke reading that, like there was suddenly a language barrier slammed up in my brain.

yeah same. I needed to read it three times until I understood they‘re asking for sympathy

PoundSand
Jul 30, 2021

Also proficient with kites

Regarde Aduck posted:

lol at "don't be a hero"

being a hero here meaning 'refuse to treat people like human beings'

I had to blink at it for a second before I realized the heroic act he’s referring to, his moment of sacrifice, was booting people from their homes to show solidarity in keeping rent prices high lol.

MLKQUOTEMACHINE
Oct 22, 2012

Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill

PoundSand posted:

I had to blink at it for a second before I realized the heroic act he’s referring to, his moment of sacrifice, was booting people from their homes to show solidarity in keeping rent prices high lol.

Landlords legit think they're noble forces in society who deal with the scourge of renters.

Similar mindset as noble cops who deal with the scourge of civilians.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

please they are housing providers

pentyne
Nov 7, 2012

Panfilo posted:

No see it was just a test to encourage him to landlord harder next time
https://twitter.com/Flagpole_Canada/status/1762166390683812065?t=UcLKv5Qh3oAjqnW1pEAUmg&s=19

It's amazing how many landlords of all kinds gently caress themselves over by not securing long term tenants who they know pay on time with no issue. Something like a request for a 5% haircut on a lease is enough to make them stroke their chin and cackle like a oil baron expecting to get a flood of qualified, easy to manage, pay in excess customers beating down their doors.

I've seen multiple commercial properties in my area where everyone was run out after the owners jacked up the rent, and its coming on 2-3 years most of them have been fallow with chain link fences wrapped around the lots because no one was remotely interested in renting for what was being asked or buying a small strip mall space of commercial land you can't even redevelop.

cumpantry
Dec 18, 2020

got this place for $1000 cuz it just got built, and we get an email today announcing rent's going up by $400 in may. i got baited...

Professor Beetus
Apr 12, 2007

They can fight us
But they'll never Beetus
When I had my first apartment, it had a lot of lovely tenants, and for a couple years I was able to negotiate my way out of rent increases because I was quiet and paid my rent on time every month. When I gave my apt manager notice I was leaving, she practically begged me to stay and offered to give me a small break in rent. Lol, the market works! I just checked and the rent there has increased roughly 400% since I was there about 15 years ago. Completely reasonable compared to inflation and wage increases, right???

The Oldest Man
Jul 28, 2003

euphronius posted:

please they are housing providers

i think when you look at the social function of landlords youll find theyre actually housing deniers, theyre paid by society to not let people sleep inside

Koishi Komeiji
Mar 30, 2003



The Oldest Man posted:

i think when you look at the social function of landlords youll find theyre actually housing deniers, theyre paid by society to not let people sleep inside

That's what providing is: you take all their money and then provide them with temporary permission to sleep inside which you can revoke at any time. Next thing you'll be saying the same thing about healthcare providers, or job providers, or even our noble ticket providers.

The Oldest Man
Jul 28, 2003

Koishi Komeiji posted:

That's what providing is: you take all their money and then provide them with temporary permission to sleep inside which you can revoke at any time. Next thing you'll be saying the same thing about healthcare providers, or job providers, or even our noble ticket providers.

I think the healthcare denier is usually an insurance or administrative person rather than the actual nurse or doctor, although obviously a lot of doctors do love to also gatekeep care unrelated to ability to pay

PostNouveau
Sep 3, 2011

VY till I die
Grimey Drawer

The Oldest Man posted:

I think the healthcare denier is usually an insurance or administrative person rather than the actual nurse or doctor, although obviously a lot of doctors do love to also gatekeep care unrelated to ability to pay

These days it's an "AI" program and the insurance person who signs your death warrant is required to agree with the program 98% of the time or get shitcanned.

PostNouveau
Sep 3, 2011

VY till I die
Grimey Drawer
Y'all want to see some grim poo poo I learned about today. You can book basically poverty/war tours to a bunch of places you should absolutely not be going to.

https://www.youngpioneertours.com/

"Young Pioneer Tours specialise in taking you to North Korea and other worldwide “destinations your mother would rather you stay away from” at budget prices. We combine the best guides in the industry with expert local knowledge and contacts to ensure your adventure is an unparalleled one. Don't be a face in the crowd, be a Pioneer."

BonHair
Apr 28, 2007

Budget North Korea tour sounds like a great idea, you can even save by not buying a return ticket!

HashtagGirlboss
Jan 4, 2005

BonHair posted:

Budget North Korea tour sounds like a great idea, you can even save by not buying a return ticket!

Make sure to grab a commemorative poster on your way back through customs!

Kreeblah
May 17, 2004

INSERT QUACK TO CONTINUE


Taco Defender

Slotducks
Oct 16, 2008

Nobody puts Phil in a corner.


PostNouveau posted:

Y'all want to see some grim poo poo I learned about today. You can book basically poverty/war tours to a bunch of places you should absolutely not be going to.

https://www.youngpioneertours.com/

"Young Pioneer Tours specialise in taking you to North Korea and other worldwide “destinations your mother would rather you stay away from” at budget prices. We combine the best guides in the industry with expert local knowledge and contacts to ensure your adventure is an unparalleled one. Don't be a face in the crowd, be a Pioneer."



check out Photographers Without Borders as well - it's not quite as overt as that one, but there's a laundry list of abuse, unpaid work, and poverty tourism in this one too.

Mandel Brotset
Jan 1, 2024

Kitfox88
Aug 21, 2007

Anybody lose their glasses?

Think the dude in this pic maybe had some good ideas..

Spazzle
Jul 5, 2003

PoundSand posted:

I had to blink at it for a second before I realized the heroic act he’s referring to, his moment of sacrifice, was booting people from their homes to show solidarity in keeping rent prices high lol.

It sounds like a couple of tenants had a reasonable relationship with the land lord, but realized they could get cheaper rent elsewhere. They asked for some reduction in rent, got denied, then moved. The landlord found that they are asking way over market. :capitalism:

Weatherman
Jul 30, 2003

WARBLEKLONK

PostNouveau posted:

Y'all want to see some grim poo poo I learned about today. You can book basically poverty/war tours to a bunch of places you should absolutely not be going to.

https://www.youngpioneertours.com/

"Young Pioneer Tours specialise in taking you to North Korea and other worldwide “destinations your mother would rather you stay away from” at budget prices. We combine the best guides in the industry with expert local knowledge and contacts to ensure your adventure is an unparalleled one. Don't be a face in the crowd, be a Pioneer."



isn't that the mob that that Otto fellow who got his brain melted by North Korea went over there with?

DR FRASIER KRANG
Feb 4, 2005

"Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?

Weatherman posted:

isn't that the mob that that Otto fellow who got his brain melted by North Korea went over there with?

yep the same one.

they straight up wrecked that guy. wonder what they did to turn him into a shatter toothed bozo

Animal-Mother
Feb 14, 2012

RABBIT RABBIT
RABBIT RABBIT

"dont be a hero"

sick

post hole digger
Mar 21, 2011

i think he should be an hero

BonHair
Apr 28, 2007

Kitfox88 posted:

Think the dude in this pic maybe had some good ideas..

The bird hater has logged on

tokin opposition
Apr 8, 2021

I don't jailbreak the androids, I set them free.

WATCH MARS EXPRESS (2023)
mao was right about landlords, i'm willing to hear him out about the sparrows

GotLag
Jul 17, 2005

食べちゃダメだよ

DR FRASIER KRANG posted:

yep the same one.

they straight up wrecked that guy. wonder what they did to turn him into a shatter toothed bozo

His teeth were fine, according to a US coroner (https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/otto-warmbier-had-breathing-tube-n-korea-exam-shows-n805191).

My guess is that Warmbier tried to hang himself or something like that and the North Koreans stopped him too late. He was no use to them as a bargaining tool if he was a vegetable/dead.

Peggotty
May 9, 2014

quote:

Michael Flueckiger, a medical director who was part of the team which took Warmbier back to the U.S, stated that Warmbier had received good medical care at the hospital in Pyongyang.

Medical records from North Korea showed that Warmbier had been in this state since April 2016, one month after his conviction. During his release, the North Koreans provided a disc containing two magnetic resonance imaging brain scans, dated April and July 2016, showing damage to the brain.

According to his medical team, brain scans revealed Warmbier had suffered extensive loss of brain tissue throughout his brain, consistent with a cardiopulmonary event that caused the brain to be deprived of oxygen. Doctors said they did not know what may have caused a cardiac arrest, if one had occurred, but that it could have been triggered by a respiratory arrest, while a neurointensive care specialist at the hospital stated that there was no evidence indicating botulism. His doctors found no evidence of physical abuse or torture; scans of Warmbier's neck and head were normal outside of the brain injury. They added "We didn't see any evidence of healing fractures or healed fractures that would have been within that time frame" and that "We believe that for somebody who had been bedridden for more than a year, that his body was in excellent condition, that his skin was in excellent condition."

So not even the Americans thought that NK did something to him, it was all just media scaremongering

The Chairman
Jun 30, 2003

But you forget, mon ami, that there is evil everywhere under the sun

Peggotty posted:

So not even the Americans thought that NK did something to him, it was all just media scaremongering

it seemed mostly driven by his parents, they were the ones who came up with the whole "they ripped his teeth apart with pliers" thing for example

ram dass in hell
Dec 29, 2019



:420::toot::420:

OH MY BAD
Feb 5, 2024

by Pragmatica
the second amendment was written explicitly for defending yourself against eviction & apartment inspections with less than 24 hours notice

Dunno-Lars
Apr 7, 2011
:norway:

:iiam:



So the moral of the story is that Americans get better healthcare in North Korea then in the US?

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Jun 1, 2018


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