I don't disagree with you
I just mean that in this day and age, with so much poverty and struggle going on all around us, it really is disgusting that we have got to a point where property (and I'm not kidding, it was a pretty boring one-bedroom nothing-special type of flat) could be worth that amount of money.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:19, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Such is life

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:20, Reply)

I know. it's all a matter of supply and demand.
And people are willing to pay that much for the privilege of living in a nice part of London.

But when a premium like this is put on property in London, it makes property everywhere else more expensive.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:22, Reply)

not to sound like a bastard
but the argument that other people don't have stuff doesn't really cut much ice with most people. I mean some people in Africa don't have food, does that make it a sin for me to have a gourmet meal?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:21, Reply)

if you were to think like that you'd be an idiot
rejecting privilege because others don't have it is fucking stupid and backwards.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:22, Reply)

^this
Having stuff isn't wrong. Capitalism and buying things isn't wrong.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:23, Reply)

No, I know that
and I think laissez-faire is a pretty workable way of doing things.

But there again, I have absolute faith in the general goodness of human nature, but I find cruelty equally abhorrent.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:27, Reply)

Do you?
Have you been observing human nature? I've not noticed it being essentially good.
( Kroney, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:28, Reply)

nor intelligent

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:29, Reply)

Particularly and especially
this^
( Kroney, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:32, Reply)

alright
the capacity for goodness. Will that do?


Or shall I just cock off?
*flounces*
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:31, Reply)

it has the capacity for almost everything
my mouth has the capacity for cock, doesn't mean any is going in there.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:32, Reply)

Why would it
when your arse is about three feet away
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:33, Reply)

I considered that
but I wouldn't say it has the capacity
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:37, Reply)

Stay, with your lovely soul.
I'm picturing you with plaits now.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:32, Reply)

my lovely soul is quite tearful by now
and it occurs to me that my lovely soul hasn't had any happy pills for over a week. This is not good. I must go to Boots later and see if I can find some.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:35, Reply)

you've just reminded me to take my anti-child medicines
I had to get some 'tesco value' ones because the local pharmacies have none of the branded stuff.
This is fine, but then my doctors kept forgetting to call back authorising the pharmacist to issue me with the identically-made Smart Price one. This morning, the pharmacist gave me some anyway because I need to take it TODAY and she said she'll face the consequences and get me some more later. WTF? Pill shortages now??
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:38, Reply)

I'd like to think that
and that humanity is noble and intelligent. Unfortunately it just keeps proving that it isn't.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:31, Reply)

A human being's default setting is a vicious, selfish, small-minded bigot.
They have to be trained out of it, not into it. Look at any child for proof. Social conditioning is all that seperates us from animals.
( Kroney, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:38, Reply)

which is why I don't feel too bad about mainly looking out for myself and those I care about

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:40, Reply)

People have to prove to me that they're not a cunt before I'll give them a second thought.
Which is a pretty fucking sad state of affairs.
( Kroney, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:44, Reply)

it is
I know a lot of great people at least, and the majority on here restore my faith a little bit.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:45, Reply)

It smells strongly of hemp clothing
and I'll have no truck with it.
( Kroney, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:24, Reply)

On here this afternoon, you'll generally hear that as far as the poor go, it's all their own fault. Smelly little oiks.
They obviously got cut out of somebody's will a generation or so back.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 13:22, Reply)