'Company that made bank deliberately flouting zoning, renting and subleting laws claims it was all an accident'
this post was submitted on 12 May 2024
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I don't think it was accidental
This is a stupid light take, starting with the flowery version of their early 2010-ish "good intentions".
Their "guarantee" insurance was notoriously difficult to actually access if needed. This was typical enshitification from the start, they just had to do a bit more early to gain public trust, until they reached critical mass and then flipped the switch.
The drug dealer gives you the first baggie for free, not because they are good dudes that care about you saving money...
The drug dealer gives you the first baggie for free
We should kill this urban legend, this simply doesn't happen in the real world
I actually was talking to a neighbor at my apartments 20 some-odd years ago. We got to talking about coke and he asked if I'd ever smoked it before.
"No..." So I followed him across the hall to his apartment and took a hit. "Whoa, this is fucking great! ...Wait, when you smoke it isn't it crack?"
"Yeah, it's awesome isn't it!? You know, if you want more I can probably find some..."
So, yup. I got my first hit of crack for free. I never thought that happened in real life before, either, and I've never had or heard of it happening since. Additionally, about six months later I stopped smoking crack.
It also never happened to me.
Or maybe it has happened to me a dozen times but I'd shout, "No way man! Drugs are for losers!" And hand him a DARE pamphlet and then I gained a reputation.
Can confirm this happened to me a few times, especially with dope, you don't know what you're talking about
Not an urban legend, just not in your first hand POV - Many examples around crack in the 80s, Molly at raves, a bump of coke at a party... All followed by, "and hey man, if you ever want more, hit me up"
When you're making definitive statements try to add "doesn't happen TO ME...." or "IMO/IME", otherwise you just sound like you base the truth of the entire world solely on your own hyper limited, lived experience.
It's more of "I am too poor to understand this concept"
Sure it does. Or at least it happened all the time when I was in college.
I can't believe people trust others enough to rent their house out like a hotel. I've already seen so many problems from this I can't believe it's still legal. My neighbor moved and they turned it into an AirBnB, some kids threw a party and left some trash out that poisoned my other neighbors dog. There's a lawsuit, but the dog is still fucking dead.
I don't know if I've ever been in an airbnb that's actually somebody's house. It seems like they're mostly "investment properties" that people rent out. I'm sure that's great for housing. \s
It started this way tho, people renting a room or a couch in their home. Pretty quickly it became either full units or rooms in a share appartement with other AirBnB guests.
What does some kids leaving trash out have to do with air bnb?
Edit: didn't read about how Airbnb insured property damage. But still, it's hard to be responsible for the actions of others.
Yeah that's why inviting strangers into your home unsupervised is stupid.
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