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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] LufyCZ@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They live with 2 roommates

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

"roommates"

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 12 points 1 year ago

In some places, rents are quoted weekly...

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago

Mine is $760, but i also live in a tiny town about 2 hours away from the closest metro with over a million people. But Toledo is only 45 minutes away if you wanna wild out on a Saturday night

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

$800 for a fuckin' zip tie?

Shiiiiit. I got some red ones lying around. I could make bank.

[–] TheQuietCroc@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

You should honestly try it

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, the red ones are the cheap ones.

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Discount then, only $300

[–] flatpandisk@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] tobbue@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Whenever I get to know brands like these I wonder how many $800+ clothes I have unknowingly seen on people that I just thought of "damn, that's ugly." and went on with my day.

[–] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Made from 100% brass 😂

Hey now, those are safety pins. Which fully explains the exorbitant price.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It probably was but some idiot probably fell for it, like QAnon, and Flat Earth.

[–] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

It's just like any other scam: find gullible people, convince them that what you're selling is for some reason worth what you're asking, trade them shit for gold, repeat.

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

This is 100% money laundering.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 year ago

Is this how marketing works?

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tell me you live with your mother and have no bills without telling me you live with your mother and have no bills, there aint nowhere rent is that cheap.

[–] Soulg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

My rent is lower than that in Arkansas

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Well...here it is... It's a small city and for a flat but that converted to EUROS is more or less the rent. That said not a lot of flats to choose from and they are old.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

It being expensive makes it a scam, not fashion.

[–] mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where the fuck you gonna find rent for 800 bucks!?

[–] CPMSP@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

Psh, with three roommates; duh.

[–] candle_lighter@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

I wish rent was that cheap

[–] TotalFat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I see Neal Page has diversified from shower curtain rings

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So wait, you can't take them off again?

This is on purpose in order to increase scarcity. Supply and demand, bro. Follow my newsletter for more NFT investment tips.

[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ziptie can replace a belt.

[–] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you can get a ziptie around your waist, you're already dead.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you can't get this ziptie around your waist, you're probably going to die soon

https://www.mcmaster.com/7177K64/

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Holy shit that's awesome. I love McMaster.

[–] TheQuietCroc@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don't need to get it around your whole waist, you just need to connect two loops.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Veblen’s corpse just leaked some ejaculate.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

LOL I'm finna have one of these, just as soon as I find what I did with that pack of zip ties...

[–] deur@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Never ever wrap a ziptie around a limb or anywhere on your body.

Not for safety reasons, but because you’d be forfeiting $700 in profit by not selling it to some brain dead one-percenter.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Unless you spent $700 on it. Then you should wrap it as tight as you can, preferably around your neck

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yes. Let the officer do that for you.

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I have 37 months of your rent in my bank account.