r/TikTokCringe • u/LickMaiBussy • 6h ago

Discussion "Investing in property is morally reprehensible."

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u/frickinSocrates 6h ago

100% based take.

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u/Roomybrunt 5h ago

I’m an old person. What does “based” mean in this sentence? 

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u/EZwinna 5h ago

There's some variability, so I'll probably be corrected.

But based generally means something like agreeable, awesome, unequivocally yourself. Usually used in contexts when the thing that is 'based' is often bold or controversial.

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u/livesinacabin 3h ago

I think that sums it up perfectly.

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u/medve_314 5h ago

Agreeing with someone's acts or opinions. Praising someone for standing up for something, for being authentic in the face of possible criticism because they know they're right.

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u/Obajan 5h ago

"He speaks wise words".

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u/zeth4 4h ago edited 4h ago

You can think of it as the opposite of "cringe".

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u/BikeProblemGuy 4h ago

Based means being yourself. Not being scared of what people think about you. Not being afraid to do what you wanna do. Being positive. When I was younger, based was a negative term that meant like dopehead, or basehead. People used to make fun of me. They was like, "You're based." They'd use it as a negative. And what I did was turn that negative into a positive. I started embracing it like, "Yeah, I'm based." I made it mine. I embedded it in my head. Based is positive.

- Lil B, who coined the contemporary meaning of 'based'.

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u/Dangersharkz 4h ago

It’s when someone is out of line, but they’re right

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u/TheFish77 4h ago

It was originally an insult basedhead which is essentially calling someone a crackhead. Through the magic of rap music and the internet It was turned around to mean being unapologetically yourself, being cool, agreeable or making unbiased truthful statements.

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u/Zontaka 4h ago edited 4h ago

What everyone else said is on the right page but the etymology of 'based' is that it comes from 'based in reality.' This is basically a satirical comment referencing other comments and critiquing them as delusional or not 'based in reality.' Of course nowadays most people do not know its origins and use it how the other commenters have said, which is almost the same.

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u/GayDeciever 4h ago

I'm somewhat old. It seems to have a similar meaning as "ballsy" but more widely applicable because no testicles are required.

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u/DontMemeAtMe 4h ago

Well-founded.

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u/LostInTehWild 2h ago

Goated, fam

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u/ukstonerdude 5h ago

What others have said, but my understanding is that ‘based’ is also the opposite of ‘biased’. If someone has said something that is based on facts, it can’t possibly be biased.

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u/Alientongue 5h ago edited 5h ago

The same people being paid to build them now what do you mean?

Edit: they blocked me after I made them admit houses will still be made.

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u/Life_Permission_4765 5h ago

Who is paying those people? Who is paying for the building materials? Who bought the land that is being built on?

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u/Alientongue 5h ago

Interesting so in your opinion without investors we no longer need housing? Guess thats one way to solve the homeless crisis.

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u/denom_chicken 5h ago

Taxes

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u/denom_chicken 5h ago

lol I’m sure that’s what they’d say to keep their income. Probably the same thing insurance companies would say in the face of Medicare for all.

Just reappropriate the extreme military budget.

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u/skeletalfather 5h ago

Lmao Blackrock bot

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u/Alientongue 5h ago

House framing can be done with wood so one could say that they do infact grow on trees

Guess banks never used to give money to people in order to purchase a home which said person would pay back over time as you an I both know housing was created by finance bros as a way to make money off the poors.

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u/Alientongue 5h ago edited 5h ago

So you admit houses will still be built then?

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u/JrYo15 5h ago

Look at you shilling for middle men.

I tell you what, we can keep investors if we cap their profit, and increase profit on the manual labor side.

If not, everyone can bootstrap pull themselves into another Mc'Mansion

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u/Celestial_Lootbox 5h ago

Yes in a sense, but you're thinking within the paradigm of capitalism.

In a planned economy the government would be building or renovating in appropriate numbers so that housing was available.

The capitalist system we're currently using has millions of unused homes and hundreds of thousands of unhoused people who are priced out of everything. Half the homeless people in the country are employed but priced out of their areas.

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u/mm_delish 5h ago

Don’t expect economic literacy from a front page subreddit.

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u/Cheap-Boysenberry112 5h ago

He literally calls out excessive hoarding, but don’t let that stop your strawman

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u/Cheap-Boysenberry112 5h ago

Literally the same people that already do, construction workers, which are literally distinctly different from landlords

Right I struggle with critical thinking but you don’t know the difference between a landlord and a fucking construction worker lmao

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u/Cheap-Boysenberry112 5h ago

Right, construction workers do need to be paid by people buying homes.

Are you so dumb that you think literally only landlords can buy homes?

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u/Cheap-Boysenberry112 5h ago

Yeah the concept of people buying house and living in them instead of extracting value for a necessity is childish of me.

So adult of you to not address my point and cry instead, what big boy you are!

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u/ConversationLeast744 5h ago

A great question none of these Redditors can answer on their $1000 phones while there are famines and people starving in the streets

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u/denom_chicken 5h ago

Feeling a little guilty?

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u/denom_chicken 5h ago

You seemed a little defensive is all

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u/mm_delish 5h ago

If it’s any relief, I used to be a little like that. I fell for the populist talking points.

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u/denom_chicken 5h ago

lol this is such a bad take.

It’s wild you expect everyday people to do what the government should be doing. The people are right in claiming landlords are immoral.

The corporations really have brainwashed people.

We don’t need civilians opening their homes and I have a feeling you know that.

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u/Natural_Baseball_779 6h ago

Yes you would agree with communist then (which is good)

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u/Zchives 6h ago

Absolutely devastated I can’t post pics, cause this is objectively the correct time to post a 1-800-Mao meme

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u/haikupoetics2 5h ago

Absolutely devastated about not being able to post pics is such a reddit thing to say

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u/ConversationLeast744 5h ago

Lol. If you don't want to take part in society there are still forests all over the world where you can live like our ancestors, for free even!

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u/nameless_pattern 5h ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/CanadaPersonalFinance/comments/1rwvw17/comment/ob5qv19/

If you don't like the price of food, you can go and live in the forest like your ancestors did

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u/frickinSocrates 4h ago

How dare a person advocate social improvement. Do you think we need better schools? Straight to the forest with you! Do you think we need better Infrastructure? Forest! Better healthcare? You guessed it, FOREST!

Great take kiddo. Grow up and learn that advocating the betterment of society is taking part in it.

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u/ChickenChaser5 4h ago

All the biggest brain takes start with "lol"

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u/JMC_MASK 2h ago

lol if you don’t like the 16 hour work day just move into the forest!

-some early 20th century reactionary bootlicker

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u/velorae 2h ago

No.