Yeah, basically you’d have to cut those figures down to 1/4 of what they are before I’d consider them reasonable.
I do agree with you in principle – if the organizer is feeding everyone, it’s only decent to pitch in a few bucks to cover the groceries.
Looking at the post, it’s $345 for commuters – or about $70 per meal.
For people staying in the accommodations, it’s about $210 per night.
Overall, that seems expensive for a camping trip on Meetup.
I am not sure arguing all the edge cases does anything but muddy the water.
Eh, fair. Still, I was curious what you’d say about some of those edge cases.
I would argue that the way housing is working right now
Well, that’s the problem, isn’t it? Housing isn’t working right now for way too many people. :(
Personally, I have very different opinions on “in an ideal world, here’s a sketch of how humane housing might look” and “in today’s dystopian hellscape, these are the worst of the worst”
difference between a hotel and a home. They are prima facie not the same thing
Hey, not so fast. It’s easy to say that glibly, but the lines get kinda blurry when you consider long-term hotel stays and short-term rentals. What’s really the key difference between the apartment and the hotel when you’re staying at the former for a week at a time or the latter for a 3-month stint?
I’m not saying the Venn diagram is a circle, mind you, just that there’s definitely some overlap.
What about condos? Is there something that prevents converting all apartment buildings and having owner-occupants instead of tenants?
As noted above, this isn’t completely true. You can also buy stocks for dividends.
I’m just speculating that someone else will want to buy
No, not entirely. Lots of companies pay dividends. Buy stock in those, and you’re speculating that they’ll continue to be profitable enough to pay dividends.
don’t have the time and skills
I’m not sure I can agree on this point, either. The time, maybe. The skill? If you’re skilled enough to use Lemmy, you’re skilled enough to set up a brokerage account and click “buy” on whichever companies meet your criteria. It’s not actually any more complicated than online banking IMO.
Four legs good,
Two legs better!
This is a good point. Intelligent sociopaths do exist. “stupid” and “evil” are not synonyms.
Ugh, I hate that you’re right about this. It used to mean a topic of study in computer science. Now it means…I don’t even know what it’s supposed to mean.
Who can ever know the innermost feelings of another? Even the most exquisite language fails to express shades of meaning deep in the soul.
I doubt it, at least in the US. The rich have a lot of influence over how laws are made, and I don’t really see any appetite to pay a greater share.
Ha, I was tempted to make basically the same comment. I’m super weary of people mixing the two up!
Is it not an ID because of that? I don’t see the relevance of mentioning address here.
Edit: oh, proof of residence? I went back and re-read the GP. It makes more sense in that context.
United States ID card
Passport seems like it sorta fits, but it’s hardly universal.
Respond if you please please
False as in ‘false step’, perhaps. ‘faux pas’ is a well-established term for a social gaffe.
Sorry, I see what you were going for, but IMO it doesn’t quite land :(
I thought OP meant that the clothes smell LIKE us in this one.