• Dorkyd68@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Air bnbs are a cancer. You should be ashamed of yourself if your buying property then renting it out. With what they charge they are able to pay tge mortgage in 3 nights

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        6 hours ago

        This is the bullshit that allows this kind of game. Hate the player, hate the game, and hate the observer with a dumb fuck outlook.

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          6 hours ago

          False. I try my best to win at whatever ruleset is in front of me. Its human nature and game theory.

          The game of capitalism is absolute horseshit. You should hate it. Work to tear it down if you’re up for it.

          I took the cowardly - if you can’t beat them join them - approach.

          I’ll bet my life will be better than yours given our choices though. So who’s right?

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            Fuck me, for self-proclaimed coward you are unbelievably smug. Don’t you consider that a “better” life also means being able to take pride that the way you move through the world doesn’t actively harm others. Just awful.

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            Sorry, but I couldn’t live with myself if I made my outcome better by hurting others.

            And I’m a combat vet. I’ve learned through my mistakes what I’m willing to live with on my conscience. It’s guided who I’ve become since then.

            If you’re willing to give up your morals, ethics and self-consciousness for money, then I’d like to get in an octagon to teach you the difference between me and you.

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              You were a combat vet invading someone’s country for personal gain and fuck knows what other fucked up shit you did, you cant say shit about not hurting others

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              You are a combat vet? And you are here criticizing people for renting and teaching about morals? Holy molly, people have weird values.

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              We’re in a game. There are fake rules. Fake borders. Fake laws. It’s all made up. You can play, or not play. Try to tear it down, that’s awesome.

              Everyone playing a game should be trying to win though. Morals? Ethics? It’s a game, don’t you get it?

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                What you’re saying is akin to Jews that were selling out their peers in Nazi concentration camps. Because you’re just playing the game you’re in, right? That’s not your fault, right? You’re excusing doing horrible acts for personal survival. You’re no better than any Nazi trying to excuse their horrible choices during the Nuremberg trials.

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                  I said hate the game didn’t I? Stop concerning yourself with the cowards looking out for their own skin, and bring down the system then. What exactly are you doing about it?

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                    So you’re saying “what are you doing to stop me”? Because you literally said you’re on the side of succumbing to fascism and giving up. My favorite idea of doing something about it is putting you in your red and white shorts and meeting you in the octagon as a show that selfish cunts can be beaten.

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              5 hours ago

              Short term? Do you own acres of land you’re learning how to sustainably subsistence farm on?

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      Funny how we vilify those who are renting it out, but not those that are renting. Its the scalper argument all over again. Blaming the seller, but not the buyer who creates the market. If no one rents, then no one is going to buy to set up an airbnb.

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        And this is why governemental regulation is the only way and why capitalism has its problems: Capitalists blaming the consumenr for the existing market. People will use the offer the capitalists create for them if it is convenient for them and they draw an advantage from it. Of course you can always blame the consumer, and protect the guy who out of pure compassion creates a market that destroys our world even faster. But hey, at least someone profitet from it in the meanwhile.

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        I’d agree with you a lot more if AirBnB wasn’t a lot cheaper than any hotel or other travel accommodation. A town that relies on tourism might be different, but in the USA I save about $100 and get a more private place to stay.

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              Then who are you? Do you even know who you are as a person if you don’t have the ethics to make a stand? Do you just meh all over your morals? Just give up on everything you believe? Or is it that you don’t have morals, and you’re just making excuses?

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                Oh yeah. Here I’m just a silly little installation wizard who contributes here attempting to be meaningful and provide conversation nuggets. In real life I’m playing that balancing act between ethics, my resources/influence, and trying to not burn out.

                I’ve done plenty of things based off of morals without it being the “smart” or most personally beneficial decision. AirBnB just isn’t one of those due to how much I can save and put towards local restaurants, bars, and tipping when I finally vacation. I also don’t trust hotel corps to use my money ethically, and have used an AirBnB maybe once a year on average. I’m hoping I can have another actual vacation soon since it has been 4 years.

                Also, I strongly believe that my responsibility is taking care of my wife and family first, then community/political contribution.

                What about you? Where do you stay when traveling where there aren’t friends or family?

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                  I don’t travel. Like, at all. The most I travel is the 20 miles it takes to get my kid from his mom’s house. I don’t need the luxury of burning CO2 and ruining the housing market to have a good time.

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                    Neat! I’m glad you are comfortable within your bubble.

                    On a different tonal note, it’s very impressive you have the resources to single-handedly ruin the housing market, but choose not to. /s

                    I’m satisfied being well below average in CO2 contribution. I need to see new places in person, and that need serves me much better than putting all my efforts into lowering the CO2 average consumption by another -0.002 kg/year.