The correct tip is zero dollars for the absolute bare minimum legally required service every landlord I’ve had provides.
And a good chunk of the time, even that’s too high.
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Most of them are skirting the law in some form or other. I'm probably gonna get my current landlord on implied warranty of habitability with their BS concerning mold inspections and pest control.
Lived at ny current place for 5 years, never had maintenance on anything. When shit breaks down I have to call. Live in the fucking desert in the summer and they were tryna tell me the AC wouldn't be fixed for 2 days. The fuck am I paying rent for if I also have to pay to have the house and appliances serviced? Fucken bullshit.
Check with your local laws. Some of them will have it setup so you don't have to pay rent if the basic amenities aren't in service, and for a desert that should include AC
I'll check next time. But thankfully my wife's dad runs an AC business. had it fixed that day we just weren't trying to mooch right off the bat and he is busy.
I’ve gotta say that lemmy is the only place I’ve ever even heard of the concept of tipping landlords and I flat out refuse to believe it exists
It doesn't. < 10 minutes with DuckDuckGo says that it was invented by a couple of landlords on TikTok who admitted they were trolling.
Ah, well happy to say I don’t use TikTok
TikTok is for kids or low-iq persons anyways
Its a meme, no one in there right mind would tip a landlord. The concept of the meme is the same as boomers saying don't eat so much avocado on toast.
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I think I lost brain cells watching that
... Cuck chair?
I think some wacko landlord is hyper-projecting.
I never did figure out if that “loveforlandlords” subreddit was all meant to be ironic. I think it was a mixture of people clearly making insane things for the lulz, much like this meme, and actual landlords thinking, “YEAH! These people are right!”
IIRC that's how /r/thedonald started, shitposting trolls slowly being crowded out by actual crazy people.
Idk if it's true or not, but I heard the recent form of the flat earth movement started out as more of a "challenge and verify everything" movement. It wasn't that they actually thought the earth was flat, that was just meant to be an example of how they were going to take even the most widely accepted theories and confirm their truth before believing them.
And then it attracted a lot of crazy people who actually thought the earth was flat, and completely changed the movement.
Haha right? There was definitely some actual landlords who didn’t get that it was satire making fun of them on that sub.
I’m so glad I don’t have to deal with landlords anymore.
Yeah, that's how The_Donald started. Trolls started it, crazies refined it, and seemingly normal angry people turned it mainstream.
Yeah. That was also an unhinged situation. It’s kind of what I expect from Americans now tho.
It ended up being mostly landlords. Poe's law and all that.
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Bro....
I also would like to know
I spent all my money tipping the police officer that pulled me over :/
If you are able to tip the world richest man thru Twitter blue, you deserve to tip your landlord.
Oh, I have an easy solution!
"I don't want to tip a landlord"
I’m over here threatening my landlord with a lawsuit for complete refusal to perform duties. It’s time to create a tenants rights community on lemmy
What country are you from? You don't have any org that supports tenants? In germany a lot of people are in the Mieterbund who help you out with legal stuff when it comes to renting.
I live in California. I need to look up what’s available. Seriously doubt it’s going to be as good Germany though. But it’s time for me to do some fucking of my own
Is this supposed to be supporting tipping landlords?
Lmao no
Huh, I don't understand the format
It's set up like it's in favor of tipping landlords, but the concept is ridiculous, and so are many of the "reasons" the person can't afford it. The whole thing is a form of humor through absurdity.
The whole thing is a form of humor through absurdity.
You hope.
The original meme featured here is in favor of tipping landlords (seriously or satirically I'm not sure), but OP is posting it ironically and laughing at it for being incredibly dumb.
That's how I interpreted it
If they are landchads, offering good service, acceptable pricing and non-evil behavior, I'll consider it.
Mirror universe Thunberg, looking like Palpatine: "How dare you!"
Two opposed sci fi franchises, coupled with - I wanna say - a 2016.. 2018 meme? That's what I call a brainrot hat trick.