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TotallyNotMI
08/27/21 5:14:17 PM
#51:


Landlords should cut back on avocado toast and make their coffee at home.

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xp1337
08/27/21 5:18:46 PM
#52:


i heard that 97% of all landlords have a REFRIGERATOR

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LordoftheMorons
08/27/21 5:22:45 PM
#53:


Landlords deserve to be made whole by the government that enacted the moratorium. It was necessary, but the government effectively seized their property without compensation.

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red13n
08/27/21 5:27:41 PM
#54:


They dont deserve all their losses in the pandemic. People were making less money and their investment in the free market theoretically would have been worth less.

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red13n
08/27/21 5:31:51 PM
#55:


Hell you have landlords that owned blocks of shops/restaurants that were outright closed for a period of time. Those venues were essentially worthless for a period. They deserve -nothing- for that time.

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masterplum
08/27/21 6:08:03 PM
#56:


red13n posted...
Hell you have landlords that owned blocks of shops/restaurants that were outright closed for a period of time. Those venues were essentially worthless for a period. They deserve -nothing- for that time.

There's a huge difference between your investment not working out due to disaster and the government seizing your rent

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xp1337
08/27/21 6:12:06 PM
#57:


I'm fine in principle with landlords being reimbursed somewhat by the government for the moratorium but on the other hand our government has never been fair or equitable on such matters in the past when it comes to even more disadvantaged groups so I'm also not super sympathetic if it doesn't.

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masterplum
08/27/21 6:22:23 PM
#58:


xp1337 posted...
I'm fine in principle with landlords being reimbursed somewhat by the government for the moratorium but on the other hand our government has never been fair or equitable on such matters in the past when it comes to even more disadvantaged groups so I'm also not super sympathetic if it doesn't.

I feel like "group X has gotten screwed before so screwing group Y is ok" is a horrifically parasitic line of thinking.

It's like eye for an eye except we are taking eyes from random parties

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Leafeon13N
08/27/21 6:24:09 PM
#59:


masterplum posted...
There's a huge difference between your investment not working out due to disaster and the government seizing your rent
The property is worth $0. They are trying to price gouge.
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Leafeon13N
08/27/21 6:25:42 PM
#60:


Also no one is seizing their property. They still own it.

They just cant make imaginary profits that dont exist.
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xp1337
08/27/21 6:26:16 PM
#61:


I mean, I felt similarly about accusing users in this topic of hypocritically supporting autocracy based on false representation of a legal situation.

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xp1337
08/27/21 6:31:13 PM
#62:


I also didn't say it was okay, I just said I wouldn't exactly lose sleep over it.

They should be reimbursed for fair value. This value may not be exactly what they think it should be (see: eminent domain) but a good faith effort to ascertain what the losses were, taking into account the economic situation imposed by the pandemic, should be made.

However, there's a lot of other things the government should be doing/paying for. Healthcare, for one. So if we're weighing making landlords whole against literal human lives I'll err on the side of actual lives, for example. Now, I think we probably can afford to do both (and most, if not all, of the other things we ought to be doing) but if Republicans/conservatives/moderates are going to cry about the debt and deficit whenever a Democratic administration is in power then "I guess" choices have to be made and I'm just preemptively saying I can think of a number of things I'd put ahead of this.

Edit: I'm implicitly critiquing the conservative/moderate fearmongering of government spending/debt/deficit. The kind of thinking you're calling parasitic is, in my view, the inevitable endpoint of that fearmongering - you're going to have to make choices like that because you're limiting the pool of funds available to work with. (I don't mean you personally, you haven't made that argument on this and I don't recall if you believe in that policy generally. I'm using a general "you" there.) The current Congress has enough who embrace that philosophy such that everyone has to operate under it whether they believe it or not (which I don't) so I'm speaking pragmatically about the reality we inhabit not what I think should occur.

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ChaosTonyV4
08/27/21 11:57:47 PM
#63:


Surprised no one posted about it, but cIaSIS bombed troops in Kabul, killing 13 marines, and basically fucking everything up.

Also, Bernie pulled 2300 people in my hometown to talk about the Infrastructure bill:

https://www.wlfi.com/content/news/Senator-Bernie-Sanders-hold-town-hall-in-West-Lafayette-575191581.html

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xp1337
08/28/21 12:21:08 AM
#64:


I mean, the bombing at the Kabul airport was a tragedy to be sure, but how did it "fuck everything up?" Biden reiterated his commitment to withdrawal and the evacuations have resumed.

It has started up the usual hawkish talking points from the usual suspects (and some maybe not usual but depressingly unsurprising ones like Feinstein) but the administration doesn't seem to be falling for the bait. And I do say bait because ISIS-K and the Taliban are enemies so this was clearly an attempt on ISIS's part to destabilize the situation and get those exact kind of reactions because if the US reverses course on this it would get two of its enemies fighting each other.

And naturally the GOP will do everything in its power to make this Biden's Benghazi (and the media will be all too happy to assist) but...

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Dancedreamer
08/28/21 12:38:36 AM
#65:


xp1337 posted...
And naturally the GOP will do everything in its power to make this Biden's Benghazi (and the media will be all too happy to assist) but...

Of course. Nevermind that this was a terrorist attack. Gone are the days where we're 'united'. If 9/11 happened now, there'd be calls for impeachment rather than 'unity'. We evacuated 100k people. That should be viewed as an accomplishment, but the war thirsty will use this to cry for another 20 year war where we make things worse.

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ChaosTonyV4
08/28/21 1:40:15 AM
#66:


xp1337 posted...
how did it "f*** everything up?" Biden reiterated his commitment to withdrawal and the evacuations have resumed.

In a few ways.

For one, I think it put literal blood in the figurative water for the Warhawk ghouls and has given whoever runs for 2024, especially Trump, a huge energizing boost of anger (you dont need to tell me if its justified).

Second, I think its likely we do more strikes and insertions into Afghanistan/neighboring countries, which likely lead to more war.

Also, I had to see this awful tweet from OCCUPY DEMOCRATS and now so do you:

https://twitter.com/occupydemocrats/status/1431438320706355207?s=21

Theres a dystopian sickness to something naming itself for the occupy movement making a cheerleading post about a dronestrike that is functionally identical to something youd see from Trumpworld

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kevwaffles
08/28/21 1:41:58 AM
#67:


ChaosTonyV4 posted...
cIaSIS

I have it on good authority that the CIA is too busy planning to egg your house when you don't give away enough candy next Halloween to be involved here.
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Dancedreamer
08/28/21 1:55:40 AM
#68:


ChaosTonyV4 posted...
For one, I think it put literal blood in the figurative water for the Warhawk ghouls and has given whoever runs for 2024, especially Trump, a huge energizing boost of anger (you dont need to tell me if its justified).

All they have to do to destroy our country is get someone like Trump elected again. Or Matt Gaetz. Or Josh Hawley. Or Nikki Haley. Or any of these lunatics. Maybe not right away, but certainly set on the path to destruction.

Unfortunately we live in a country where if Biden does nothing, he'll be seen as weak. Whereas Trump can do nothing about Covid and still be seen strong because he pretends to be an alpha male which appeals to the sociopaths in our country (which sadly are not small in number) When there's an enemy they already hate, it's easy to look strong by threatening to BOMB and DESTROY them all. Our culture is truly fucked up.

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red13n
08/28/21 3:27:18 AM
#69:


ChaosTonyV4 posted...


Theres a dystopian sickness to something naming itself for the occupy movement making a cheerleading post about a dronestrike that is functionally identical to something youd see from Trumpworld

This is false and such.

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MoogleKupo141
08/28/21 3:43:13 AM
#70:


yeah that occupy Democrats tweet is fucked up

retweet if youre glad dudes got blown up by drones is dark stuff

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MoogleKupo141
08/28/21 3:50:32 AM
#71:


and it doesnt even have a layer of pretense about keeping anyone safe or securing something whatever etc.... its retweet to cheer on an act of vengeance

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ChaosTonyV4
08/28/21 5:38:46 AM
#72:


red13n posted...
This is false and such.

Whats false?

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banananor
08/28/21 11:55:04 AM
#73:


Chaos Tony is the virtue signaling tone police all of a sudden

This topic is self inflicted whining, but it's good to see Twitter hypocrisy is the biggest thing we have to work with

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HeroDelTiempo17
08/28/21 12:51:22 PM
#74:


ChaosTonyV4 posted...
Whats false?

well it says Biden instead of Trump. checkmate atheists

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LordoftheMorons
08/28/21 8:46:02 PM
#75:


https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1431769435120050180

About time they banned this fucker

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ChaosTonyV4
08/28/21 10:35:22 PM
#76:


HeroDelTiempo17 posted...
well it says Biden instead of Trump. checkmate atheists

Damn that is true.

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xp1337
08/29/21 10:54:14 AM
#77:


stop everything. we've finally got the story that will bring down joe biden

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1431451990140375042

looking forward to this dog being questioned before a house select committee if republicans retake the house

also lmfao the media is a joke to "report" this. i'd say "slow news week?" but it very much is not and yet they still found the time...!

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LinkMarioSamus
08/29/21 12:46:22 PM
#78:


Poor dog!

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Mr Lasastryke
08/29/21 6:11:55 PM
#79:


regarding the kabul suicide bombing, remember when tons of trump fans went "trump's foreign policy is so great he completely annihilated ISIS"?

lol

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StealThisSheen
08/29/21 6:25:41 PM
#80:


Yeah, I'm not sure how ISIS is bombing anyone, since Trump 100% eradicated ISIS. Which means, if it's not ISIS doing the bombings, it must be...

Red Herring!

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JonThePenguin
08/29/21 7:03:25 PM
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ChaosTonyV4
08/30/21 7:48:56 AM
#82:


https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-08-30/family-says-several-children-killed-us-missile-strike-kabul

:(

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masterplum
08/30/21 8:30:00 AM
#83:


Not surprising. I listened to a really interesting podcast that talked about how tactical missiles keep trading off between precision and lethality.

60 years ago you would basically carpet bomb a few houses around and would ensure you kill your target.... and everyone else. Now they have missiles the can hit a bedroom, but you have to be 100% sure the target is in the bedroom or risk both falling to kill the target and alerting and possibly provoking retaliation.


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LordoftheMorons
08/30/21 10:37:45 AM
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Peace___Frog
08/30/21 10:44:54 AM
#85:


There goes LPL

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masterplum
08/30/21 11:00:27 AM
#86:


Not only one hour, exactly 7pm to 8pm or something dumb like that.

China man

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Forceful_Dragon
08/30/21 11:03:00 AM
#87:


I'm sure that is going to be great for game servers when 100 million children all connect at the same time for their allotted hour.

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Seanchan
08/30/21 11:05:40 AM
#88:


And when children are suddenly less interesting in math/science/technology because they aren't playing video games.

What a stupid fucking policy.

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Peace___Frog
08/30/21 11:08:09 AM
#89:


masterplum posted...
Not only one hour, exactly 7pm to 8pm or something dumb like that.

China man
What if it gets pushed back

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Forceful_Dragon
08/30/21 11:25:25 AM
#90:


6-7 PM? That works too.

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xp1337
08/30/21 12:24:15 PM
#91:


speedrunning community about to blow up

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KamikazePotato
08/30/21 1:14:53 PM
#92:


That's actually wild and will significantly change society

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RaidenGarai
08/30/21 2:05:23 PM
#93:


xp1337 posted...
speedrunning community about to blow up
Good, I need more people speedrunning the NES G.I. Joe, since I'm horrible with finding more efficient routes.

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Jakyl25
08/30/21 3:15:39 PM
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Maniac64
08/30/21 3:18:54 PM
#95:


KamikazePotato posted...
That's actually wild and will significantly change society
Any Twitch streamer that can speak Chinese is about to blow up.

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Jakyl25
08/30/21 3:19:02 PM
#96:


Remember when Corrik was saying that all Trump would have to say at a debate was that he would have handled the withdrawal better, and you cant prove him wrong because its all hypothetical?

We can now prove that his withdrawal would have been worse

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Tom Bombadil
08/30/21 3:27:34 PM
#97:


Maniac64 posted...
Any Twitch streamer that can speak Chinese is about to blow up.

bah gawd that's artia's music

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red13n
08/30/21 3:39:22 PM
#98:


Jakyl25 posted...
Remember when Corrik was saying that all Trump would have to say at a debate was that he would have handled the withdrawal better, and you cant prove him wrong because its all hypothetical?

We can now prove that his withdrawal would have been worse

Fake news.

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xp1337
08/30/21 3:45:01 PM
#99:


To be a bit more serious for a moment, the WSJ article specifies it's a restriction on online games.

But I'm not totally clear if that's actually the scope of the restriction or if it's just because they can only integrate the real name ID/facial recognition stuff into games that connect online and you wouldn't be able to really implement this effectively on offline games so it would just be a huge pain to enforce it on offline games even if they're technically restricted as well.

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Dancedreamer
08/30/21 6:21:50 PM
#100:


https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1432448825868918785

Madison Cawthorn continuing to vie for position as 'worst member of congress' along with MTG, Lauren Boebert, and about 100 others.

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