really tempted to post to r/landlord to ask what we should do about a really problematic and destructive tenant

they don't pay any rent or utilities. it's actually a perk of their employment with me, but there's an agreement that they can't make any significant structural changes to the property without permission. recently they told me they were thinking of making some cosmetic updates which would have been allowed, but I checked in on the property recently and they literally hired a full on demolition team.

[ Landlord US - DC ]

what the fuck do I do about the damage my tenant caused?? he didn't even have to pay a security deposit and he definitely didn't pass background checks either. he's also broke. fml

wait what happened?????

// Genuine explanation of the joke, with context:

The White House is the official residence and office of the President of the United States for as long as they are in office. The White House is therefore owned by United States citizens and is stewarded by the U.S. National Parks Service.

The central portico (which includes the residential area) is the oldest section, which is a reconstruction post 1814 fire. It was completed with two expansions by 1829. Later, it gained two additional wings. The West Wing is the home of the actual work office for the president, and was completed in 1901. The East Wing is supposed to include the office of the first lady, the White House social secretary, correspondence office, and the official calligraphers. It's the social wing. It was completed in 1902.

The White House used to look like this:

Donald Trump mentioned wanting to update and renovate the East Wing with a new ballroom. It's very normal for interior redecoration to happen from president to president, and even for renovations for upkeeping the integrity of the building have happened before (with lots of documented evidence of the process! Cf. The Truman renovation).

However, this week, he actually had the entire 123 year old East Wing demolished.

I mean it straight up was fucking levelled.

It doesn't fucking exist anymore.

The American people are the owners of the White House. Americans are Donald Trump's landlord. The home is ON LOAN for the duration of his service as a perk of the job. He doesn't pay rent for it. And he just bulldozed our fucking property. We didn't even get a security deposit out of this idiot.

Just make it exist first, you can make it good later

I think Odysseus is the guy everyone else makes talk to the cops when they show up to bust the party.

I think he could do a really good “Hello officer, how are you?” if he had to.

YEAH EXACTLY

Athena is standing behind him whispering the bylaws into his ear.

hold on i need to look this up

it’s been 15 minutes have you finished reading the Odyssey yet?

“Do it scared” “do it badly” it’s time to drop the guide for do it alone

Doing it scared and doing it badly is one thing, but no one seems to talk about doing it alone. When you feel so isolated from your friends and your family but you have shit to do and you have to get it done no matter what. When your support system really is only you. For any myriad of reasons. We do not talk enough about doing it alone.

I lowkey hate how people misunderstood this post because it’s not about “go to a movie by yourself every now and then uwu” “be your own dinner date!!” it’s literally being at a stage in your life where the only person who’s gonna consistently be there for you, for whatever circumstances, is you. And it’s about the loneliness that comes w reminding yourself that that has to be fulfilling enough bc the only person who’s guaranteed to stay w us through anything is us. Thats what I mean by doing it alone.

ALT

When I say editing software is getting dumber, this is what I mean.

In what world is "What dinnered?" more legible than "What happened to dinner?" I just... what?!

your fanfiction is valid

and i don't necessarily believe any of this i'm just saying words recreationally

see the problem with saying "addicts could ruin your bathroom" as a defense for paid bathrooms is that

1 paying customers can also do that. they do.

2 employees can also do that. they do

3 addicts are human beings also and are not some unique unrestrained evil