Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[payn]

There is a very good chance it was never a real listing.

There are a lot of market speculation games going on in the real estate market by huge US banks. And since their reach is worldwide, the effects will be felt elsewhere as well. Some of the listings that look too good to be true are just paper transfers, where a property is exchanged from one business unit to another. It keeps the property market hyped and overvalued, which keeps the other bank-owned properties in the same area at high value.

I am not a money guy (I loathe being in debt) so I don't know exactly how any of it works, but they've been doing it for a while in the US, and our housing market is a shambles. I bought my very small townhouse in 1999 for $170K, and its easily over half-a-million in value. The neighborhood hasn't appreciably improved or degraded; it's all artificial inflation.

I bought my first place after the '08 crash. Took 10 years to build about 50K in equity. I bought a place with my wife and in 3 years we gained 120K! No way people can keep up with that!

 

[Mannahnin]

I strive to avoid referring to myself as a "fan" of anything. "Fan" is, after all, short for "fanatic", and these days, fans sure are fanatical - usually to the detriment of all.

Oh, honestly, they always have been, its just a lot more visible any more.

Man, the lip synching is great, but other than the Nirvana shirt (which is everywhere online), AI just can't get the text on his t-shirt right.

And, of course, how unnecessary is it that this be made with AI at all? That's a super-simple video they could have shot in an afternoon with an actual Gen Xer and his tired stash of band t-shirts.

QFT.

 

[Velderan]

The more I look around, the more insane it is. I'm going to have to convince myself that it didn't go for asking and went for triple and I was priced out lol

Do they make records for sale of land public in Canada?

 

[Scribe]

Do they make records for sale of land public in Canada?

I dont think in all cases, but I dont know if I really want to know.

 

[RealAlHazred]

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Well, of course they had brainrot. They were Lovecraft fans! QED!

/s I am, in fact, a huge fan of Lovecraft's writing. And probably have brainrot, as well, but those two are probably not related...

 

[Velderan]

I bought my first place after the '08 crash. Took 10 years to build about 50K in equity. I bought a place with my wife and in 3 years we gained 120K! No way people can keep up with that!

We bought our current home in 2017 and the prices in our area have gone up dramatically since, nearly doubling. I'm not sure how much of it is general price increases in the Twin Cities vs. our area specifically since a lot of development has happened since then. There was a dairy farm about 3/4 of a mile from our house that is now an assisted living facility now if that gives an idea of the type of development happening.

 

[RealAlHazred]

We have large, very new houses, sitting vacant in my vicinity. Not a huge number, but enough so it's noticable. As far as I can tell, they are all bank properties, and they hold onto them despite the pressure to sell, because it artificially raises the prices of all the other houses due to demand. I would like to sell my house and buy another in the same neighborhood, but making up the difference in price is becoming an issue. I own my house free and clear, and will suffer a value drop when the market adjusts, but I can't wait for it to happen so the astronomical single-family house prices go down to reasonable numbers again...

Unfortunately, that will hit banks particularly hard, so we'll have to bail them out again with a Trillion-dollar "loan." They're too big to fail!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

That's a super-simple video they could have shot in an afternoon with an actual Gen Xer and his tired stash of band t-shirts.

I was thinking about this again from a personal perspective. I do have band/concert t-shirts…most of which are in storage because they don’t fit me right now.

Off the top of my head, I have shirts from:

Led Zeppelin
King Crimson
Fishbone
Ministry
Sting
Secret Goldfish
Dread Zeppelin
Yes
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I’d probably have more, but I had a revelation about the durability of such shirts (and their availability in my size) that led me to buying hats & metal pins instead.

 

[Staffan]

I was thinking about this again from a personal perspective. I do have band/concert t-shirts…most of which are in storage because they don’t fit me right now.

It's weird how clothes keep shrinking.

 

[Ryujin]

I was thinking about this again from a personal perspective. I do have band/concert t-shirts…most of which are in storage because they don’t fit me right now.

Off the top of my head, I have shirts from:

Led Zeppelin
King Crimson
Fishbone
Ministry
Sting
Secret Goldfish
Dread Zeppelin
Yes
Lollapalooza 1

I’d probably have more, but I had a revelation about the durability of such shirts (and their availability in my size) that led me to buying hats & metal pins instead.

Wash inside out. Hang dry. I have shirts from 20+ years ago that are still quite legible.