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[–] DeICEAmerica@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

These abhorrent rich are digging their bunkers as deep as they can right now folks. They are actively trying to destroy the worlds population and leave just the 2500 or so BILLIONAIRES that now live on the planet. And they know they are going to have to hide, VERY DEEP.

Pst, your blueprints, air systems, AND you private detail are compromised already. When you fucks enact your end game, you'll be reminded there is no hole deep enough to hide in.

You just couldn't be happy being rich. WE have become too much of an inconvenience to you.

Tick tock.....

[–] lorski@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Destroy their oxygen intakes. Job done.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Fart into it. Make them suffer.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 1 hour ago

Thing is, they need to bring their help and the help won't be happy if their families are left high and dry. These people are just too fucking stupid

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 32 minutes ago

It also hides the sound when they dematerialize back into their native form

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 12 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 3 points 45 minutes ago (1 children)

Underneath the compound, Zuckerberg added 7,000 square feet of space described as “basements,” which to area residents are more akin to “bunkers” or a “billionaire’s bat cave.” Zuckerberg similarly added a 5,000-square-foot underground structure to his compound in Hawaii, which he insists is not a “doomsday bunker.”

We don't need to build guillotines this time. They're digging their own graves. Bury them and starve them in their tombs.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 1 points 17 minutes ago

Great idea. Modern problems require modern solutions

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 14 points 3 hours ago

Totally on brand. Feels like the way he treats FB's fuckups.

[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 17 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

There should be a limit on how many sq.ft of home a human can own. If not, tax the hell out of the additional sq.ft. A Family of 4 doesn't need more than 1200sq.ft of carpet area (approx 3 bedrooms, 1 kitchen and 1 living room house) and that can be done in 2 floors.

[–] Brosplosion@lemmy.zip 17 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

Did you mean 2200? I had a 1200sqft apartment before and that definitely couldn't fit a family

[–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 18 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

We don't need to fight over little figures like this. Let's just multiply op's figures by 5. And then we can tax a lot after that, multiply that by 10 and tax more than what it's worth after that.

Problem isn't someone living in 2 bedroom per person, it's when they have multiple mansions. Or multiple "investment properties", and some of them are just empty because it's still profitable

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Let them go as big as they want, but they're heavily taxed on any residence they control (it can't be "owned" because there are ways around that word) but don't live in for at least six months plus one day out of the year. Make this true for everyone. We're not telling anyone they can't have a second "vacation" house, just that it won't be cheap and certainly not profitable. Doesn't apply to multifamily rental properties of four or more units. Single family home rentals are destroyed, suddenly the market is flooded with cheap homes.

Also, we need to make it international, in that they'll be taxed at home for any residences controlled overseas. Of course, they'll hide them behind shell businesses owned through Nevis, but that's a different problem that should also be addressed.

[–] xartle@reddthat.com 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Oh no, someone is being reasonable on the internet!? ;) that's a good idea though. Also, rent seeking properties should be taxed higher.

[–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

They'll probably just forward that down to the renters. We need the renters to have an option to buy instead of rent if they want. So that some people can't buy up all properties and then jack up prices of both renting and buying houses.

Again, I think it's ok if you have 1 more house or maybe 2 houses you rent out, but anything more than that taxed heavily. Or a non-personal entity owning multiple properties should be taxed so high they can't keep it up. But it is worrying that even the slightly well-off people with 1 property start increasing rent. But having enough available and not having someone hord all of them means they can't keep some empty and still make profits, so many of those houses will be available for rent for cheaper.

Like, if we have 100 people with 100 properties they rent out, means all of them want their property occupied. But 5 people with 20 property each can double the rent and have 40% property unoccupied and still make profits.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world -2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

What fuck talking about? My home is 1100sf and we fit a family of four just fine. You were lied to on that square footage you apparently had.

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

My 1200 square foot home has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, laundry, pantries, and an open kitchen, dining, and living room area. The bedrooms aren't large, but they're adequate for a family of four.

[–] DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world -2 points 1 hour ago

I think they meant 12000 sq ft. Roomy but still cozy.

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 14 points 7 hours ago
[–] Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 9 points 8 hours ago

Read it as "grifted", I think my subconscious is trying to say something... Anyway, trying to solve with money a problem you do not understand nor care about seems on brand.

[–] RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world 56 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

This is clearly just a big "fuck you" to his neighbors since they are probably filthy rich too if they are living next to him and would not have a problem buying noise cancelling headphones.

[–] Hazmatastic@lemmy.world 15 points 9 hours ago

I don't think it is. I've rubbed shoulders with the 1% on a few occasions and they tend to give shit like this the way we give out candy. I've heard of little gift baggies worth over 1k distributed in large numbers, and me being impressed by that was surprising to the person talking about it. He acted like it was $30-$60 when he was talking. It's spending on a completely different scale. Headphones are not a statement. They're an afterthought.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

The best idea is to get some Japanese knotweed. Have every neighbor plant it and then put their properties up for sale. People have committed suicide over that being so destructive to property. Once discovered, no insurance company will touch him. By the the time he figures it out, that hell of a nightmare plant will have begun to grow up his soul. Honestly, people could do that with all investor properties, or those of other bad citizens. War is upon us.

Also, arsenic, lead, radioactive material, poison ivy, poison sumac, ragweed, poison oak, hornet, bees, bajillions of mice. There are an infinite amount of things that can be done to fight the bigger pest.

They could also use ultrasonic pulses through compression drivers pointed at his house constantly and see if he goes nuts. I'd have more fun from the headphone threat than if he just left me alone personally. Hell, I'd trade houses with one of these folks just for that entertainment.

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

He'll just move. It won't be a big deal for him.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

To another neighborhood with 11 homes? Didn't those take 14 years? That weed is a slow growing catastrophe. He'll put lots of work in before it's discovered as a problem. And then when he finally leaves, fuck him. Who cares? He as a whole neighborhood that's fucking worthless.

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

All those neighbors will be fucked over too.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Is it worse than running bamboo?

Wow just looked up knotweed and its edible and actually contains a shit load of reservatrol.

[–] davepleasebehave@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

so why is the world not over run with this one plant?

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

Its japanese and they were stopped in WW2

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 40 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I'm so hungry for billionaires.

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[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 51 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

Zuckerberg has spent more than $110 million purchasing at least 11 homes on Edgewood Drive and Hamilton Avenue over the past 14 years,

Disgusting.

Underneath the compound, Zuckerberg added 7,000 square feet of space described as “basements,” which to area residents are more akin to “bunkers” or a “billionaire’s bat cave.” Zuckerberg similarly added a 5,000-square-foot underground structure to his compound in Hawaii, which he insists is not a “doomsday bunker.”

Extraordinarily Wasteful. Selfish. Parasitic.

In 2016, Palo Alto officials rejected a proposal to demolish four homes and replace them with smaller houses and large basements as part of a wider compound. While the city denied the specific application, Zuckerberg ultimately proceeded gradually, undertaking similar work in a piecemeal fashion to avoid further regulatory hurdles. The Palo Alto City Council and some residents have since criticized what they describe as the exploitation of zoning loopholes and the city’s regulatory inaction.

Move fast, break things. Do whatever the fuck you want. No one can stop your money.

Some of these properties that were recently purchased sit unoccupied, despite being in a region known for its acute housing shortage

Outright evil.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 15 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

☝️

This is important to understand. They don't care about the fall of society or the planet, as long as the financial system stays intact and their lines go up. They have long prepared themselves for the end they themselves are pushing.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

If I had that money, I would have a doomsday bunker too, probably not 11 of them though.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Be Mr. House and set up a missile defense system, not bunkers.

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 74 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Complete lack of empathy displayed when trying to perform "empathy".

[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Yea it is like a litmus paper for psychopathy. "Here have some donuts to excuse the fact that I have been fucking up your peace for the last decade or so". Guy probably saw some parents handing candies in an airplane because their kid cried a lot and thought it applied to his case.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 194 points 20 hours ago (11 children)

The headphones are the least insane thing about this construction project. Homie is buying up a residential neighborhood to turn it into a compound with its own private school inside of it.

But who hasn’t done that.

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