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submitted 11 months ago by ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world to c/196
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[-] FakeGreekGirl 119 points 11 months ago

Where the hell did the idea of tipping your landlord come from, anyway? I've heard a few people in recent years bring it up as if it was an actual thing, and I'm just like WTF?

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 99 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I believe it has roots in r/landlordlove. A ~~satire~~ Very Serious™ subreddit.

[-] rekabis@programming.dev 32 points 11 months ago

Flat earther-ism used to be satire, too.

Now we have people killing themselves in attempts to “prove” that the Earth is flat.

Never doubt the ability of satire to fly over people’s heads at 10,000ft, and for those people to swallow that satire uncritically; hook, line, and sinker.

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I know. Landlords deserve a tip for real.

[-] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Now we have people killing themselves in attempts to “prove” that the Earth is flat.

You wouldn't happen to have footage of something so hilarious?

[-] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

It's a video of a guy that falls off the edge of the world. You can hear him saying "see I was right!" as he bounces off the shell of the turtle.

[-] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

aww sweet I wanna see that!

[-] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago
[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Of course we aren't!

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 52 points 11 months ago

Pretty sure it's not an actual thing anywhere, just a subtle pervasive joke.

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 39 points 11 months ago

There have been some smaller landlords who have actually asked for it. If it has been successful for them or not I cannot say. I would assume not, it's fucking asinine.

[-] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 14 points 11 months ago

They're asking for it? WTF.

But hey, I think the value of a tip is the appreciation it shows when it is not expected.

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

It's been more like coercion as far as I could tell, but yes.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Asinine... Asiten... Either way, landlords rank high on the ass scale.

[-] FakeGreekGirl 11 points 11 months ago

I fucking hope not.

[-] saigot@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

No I had an old landlord strongly imply he should be tipped.

They basically said "you know it's traditional to tip your maintaince man at Christmas, and I do a lot more than that"

I obviously did not tip.

[-] Lowpast@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Your maintenance man is NOT your landlord, and honestly probably deserves a tip. I tip my garbage men on christmas.

Fuck your landlord for implying he does more and deserves a tip though.

[-] hark@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Closest thing I can think of is reikin in Japan: https://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/reikin

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 42 points 11 months ago

NGL I thought this image was supposed to be the landlord pulling bags of money that the tenants paid by what each says.

No that doesn't make much sense, but I seriously have a hard time conceiving of any scenario where a landlord is supposed to be shown in a sympathetic light.

Fuck landlords.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 14 points 11 months ago

Its satirical.

And I thought the tipping would make it obvious

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Fuck landlords.

[-] Octopus1348@lemy.lol 27 points 11 months ago

They should be little rocks.

[-] Smorty 3 points 11 months ago

Little rocks like: Having to pay a repair maybe once a decade

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

Well, I'm going to say that in some cases landlords are just the usual people who were a bit luckier. I don't think that applies to most of places with a high price for living and/or housing, but I have a friend that technically was a landlord while he finished his education and lived in dormitory he lended his newly finished apartment in a neighboring town.

What I'm trying to say, I think, is that not for everyone being a landlord is a lifestyle

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Tbh the problem isn't the individuals who happen to be landlords, it's the system of landlordship where someone can own someone else's home and make profit off of their lives. Just because you live and act within a system that doesn't make you the problem. You can be a massive anti-capitalist and still need the money to buy food.

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