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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 139 points 1 day ago (2 children)

All so that none of their tenants can afford any of those four things without constantly struggling!

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's because they haven't seen that tweet from a money genius who invented the cheat code on life. You just need more money streams for more money. Who knew? Here I was, just sitting with a gazillian dollars stuffed under my mattress nor knowing what to do with them.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

My engineering brain is trying to figure out how it would actually be possible... Some kind of reverse scaffolding system that ratchets down instead of up.

Start with a tall platform, build the cap of the pyramid, then build an additional layer under, while also bringing the platform down by one layer. Repeat for each layer.

Cunk is hilarious though..

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

probably involves multiple properties

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

To be fair, they're exaggerating in order to scam people. Not that many people paying actual double mortgage, especially if you count any kind of upkeep.

But that's just another way of leeching.