@Lormif1 @theipaper They could always just get a real job. Rental housing could easily exist without any profit being extracted by anyone and without landlords. I maintain that they don't provide any value.
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๐ธ๐ฐ Stranger In A Strange Land ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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๐ธ๐ฐ Stranger In A Strange Land ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
@StrangerInAStr3
#Physics student, amateur photographer, some other arbitrary label because lists of three are oddly satisfying. ๐๐ฆ๐คโ๏ธ๐ญ๐ฉโ๐ฌ๐งฌ๐งช๐งฒ๐๐ฌ๐ she/her
A time before we were born Bergabung Kasฤฑm 2019
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@StrangerInAStr3 @theipaper Over a short period of time most landlords lose money after they buy a rental. You make money over the long term not monthly. A lot of times the primary way is just appreciation of the asset itself. It takes an average of 20 years for a landlord to break even on the purchase.
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Iโve been a landlord more than 30 years โ weโre being taxed out of business trib.al/TvWMv5X
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@Lormif1 @theipaper If it was a lower cost than owning, how do you think landlords make their money...? You think they're taking a loss out of the goodness of their hearts?
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@Lormif1 @theipaper The housing that's already there would be there regardless of the landlords. And they certainly didn't build them.
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@StrangerInAStr3 @theipaper They provide housing, that is value, at a lower cost than owning
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@insanetranslate @iwelsh Not enough room in a tweet to unpack all this nonsense. Dunno what you think you understand, but you're making lots of assumptions about what I want.
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@StrangerInAStr3 @iwelsh No, it's because soup kitchens are Legal under capitalism but capitalism isn't legal under communism/socialism!
Do you understand that every thing that you want IS legal under capitalism, but everything that I want would be outlawed under communism!?!?
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People starve in communist countries when there isn't enough food to go around.
People starve in capitalist societies because "if you can't afford to buy enough food, you deserve to die."
โ๏ธ Snow ๐ป Himbo โญ@SnowHimbo
Mmmhm
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@insanetranslate @iwelsh That's because non-capitalists who actually care about people were there to provide. If everyone had Capitalist Brain, soup kitchens wouldn't exist.
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@iwelsh Have you never heard of a soup kitchen?
I've literally been unemployed and homeless. I didn't starve under capitalism.
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@DanHellopixel @MadelaineLucyH Can you answer that question?
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@MadelaineLucyH If you support the left then you're an idiot.
I'll even prove it for all of you idiot lefties with a simple question that even a 5 year old can answer:
What is a woman?
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That right there.
That's how stupid the left is.
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Iโve never met anyone far-right who wasnโt EXTREMELY stupid. Grandiose and well-read, that exists, but even press lightly against the surface and you get sweeping category error, poor comprehension, and poor source analysis.
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@cas1193 @north0fnorth This would make a great road trip! My first road trip was Chicago to Colorado (Rocky Mountain NP).. it was wild to experience the transformation from Midwest Plainsโข๏ธ to mountains. Flying doesn't do it justice. The Tetons are my fave of the 20+ national parks I've seen
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@north0fnorth Something like this:
Badlands
Yellowstone
Grand Tetons
Rocky Mountain
Boulder/Denver
Back to Chicago
2 days in Jackson for Yellowstone/Tetons
2 days in Denver for Rocky Mountain & Denver/Boulder
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ok twitter: iโm planning a long distance (~5-10 day) cross-country circular road trip for this summer starting and ending in chicago so i can get out and explore the world a bit after graduating college. where should i consider going on my grand voyage
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@javiernegre10 You could've just googled this before so confidently announcing your ignorance. And you're supposedly a "journalist"? Ok, dude.
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How many times did Barack Hussein have an assassination attempt?
How many times did Joe Biden have an assassination attempt?
How many times did Kamala Harris have an assassination attempt?
How many times did Hillary Clinton have an assassination attempt?
The answer is 0, the Democrats are the party of violence in America.
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@leaderofmen547 @WizardTimeSpeed @Metal_Crow It's not..? Poll results aren't made visible to you until you vote, unless the poll is already closed.
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@StrangerInAStr3 @WizardTimeSpeed @Metal_Crow Thatโs the fucking point of a private vote. But it shouldnโt be made public who votes for what beforehand. Defeats the purpose of voting.
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Glad to see 'blue' winning even on this hellsite. No way a world of red-button pushers would be anything but misery for me anyhow.
Tim Urban@waitbutwhy
Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?
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@oliveegger Because that's the whole red button schtick ๐
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@TheRealThelmaJ1 Only place in America where you can hike a via ferrata, feed an ostrich, and buy a dildo all at the same interstate exit
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Stopped to strerch my legs beside the Lion's Den Adult Superstore, you all, the dildo store with best view in America.
On my way to Tucson. Love you all.
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@hxl_again @StelioKontos67 @0lisa_ @oliveegger "assuming everyone on earth in this situation is able to think and reason independently" <--- if you're assuming that, I'd argue that you are unable to think and reason independently
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@StelioKontos67 @StrangerInAStr3 @0lisa_ @oliveegger Assuming everyone on earth in this situation is able to think and reason independently , there is no reason to put yourself in danger. If someone does something dangerous and is only saved because more people do that dangerous thing, then itโs not my responsibility to save them
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@somethings_awry They could probably pass for man fingers
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@StelioKontos67 @StrangerInAStr3 @0lisa_ @oliveegger Iโd hope I taught my kids to think critically enough to choose red
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@0lisa_ @oliveegger Red is russian roulette, just with other people's lives.
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@oliveegger Blue: play Russian roulette due to a weird altruistic fetish
Red: do not play Russian roulette
Pushing red apart from being the right choice also has the benefit of getting rid of the stupid
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@MrFelted @unvarnishedvoid There's no realistic scenario where a large group of people is given more than one option and all pick the same thing. That's statistically never going to happen. Even if the prompt was "press the red button", SOME people would press blue
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@unvarnishedvoid Why is there 0 realistic scenario where 0 people press blue?
Just stick a label on top of blue that says "CLICK HERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO COMMIT SUICIDE". Nobody who doesn't want to commit suicide should press blue. I don't want even 1 person to hit blue. They'd have to be ignorant.
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Imma put my 2 cents in
With how this is worded red kills people. There is 0 realistic scenario where 0 people pick blue.
So you are executing people.
You pick red the blue deaths are more on you.
That's why people pick blue
I know that more then 50% of people will pick blue
Robb Allen@ItsRobbAllen
New Trolley problem has arrived, only it's dumber. Pres Red - 100% chance of living. Blue - Non-zero chance of dying. It has nothing to do with empathy for others unless you're stuck on suicidal empathy, which is YOUR fault, not mine. There is ZERO logical reason for ANYONE to press blue. NONE.
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@Jmanwild87 @FeliciaC247033 @unvarnishedvoid It's basically a statistical certainty that at least some people will pick blue (because they didn't understand, because they chose randomly, because they're colour blind, pressed the wrong button, etc). That's not an assumption. By picking red, you're condemning them
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@FeliciaC247033 @unvarnishedvoid Why would anyone pick blue? There is no reason not to. Your whole assumption hinges on people not having comprehension of what is being asked. This isn't a prisoners dilemma situation. There is no reason to be altruistic.
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@WizardTimeSpeed @Metal_Crow Private vote means no one will know how YOU specifically voted. Obviously everyone gets to see the total outcome.
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@Metal_Crow Too bad seeing the results removes the PRIVATE VOTE detail. But details huh who needs them, right? Lol
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@e_philalethes @AJamesMcCarthy @waitbutwhy You wouldn't "almost certainly die". Blue usually wins in these polls
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@AJamesMcCarthy @waitbutwhy The blue button isn't self-preservation, because you'd almost certainly die by pushing it. Is your argument that it's "more dangerous" to die a slow and protracted death from supply chains failing and having to fend for yourself in the resulting wilderness, than to die instantly?
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Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?
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