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[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 86 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Does that mean the rent is reduced? I'll move in tomorrow! Bring in extra ghosts if it will save money!

[–] Pissnpink@feddit.uk 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like how you didn't even write "buy." You went straight to rent.

[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Too young to own property...

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 15 points 1 year ago

Hey but if we play our cards right and get murdered in the right house maybe we can still possess a home.

[–] Battle_Masker@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

"Mary I swear to god if you don't have your share of the rent tomorrow I'm calling the Ghostbusters!"

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Beetlejuice would understand in this economy. He'd probably help find cool extra ghosts for you.

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of course they're happy they get to actually own a home.

[–] LittleBorat2@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I would 100% take a home with ghosts and stuff. Maybe the ghosts can be reasoned with.

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

Can you imagine how low the sale price is with that many deaths? Those ghosts are probably more reasonable than buying a home these days

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I mean, since the paranormal doesn't exist unless the people in the house died due to some kind of environmental factor then the number of people who died there is completely irrelevant to the new residents, and does not in any way increase their likelihood of harm.

Really it just lowers the rent or mortgage, an objective win for the new residents.

[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's amazing how common this is. One of my old employers got a great discount on rent for office space in a central location because no one wanted to rent on the 13th floor.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I wonder if non-Christian people do not mind living in 13th floors. That superstition of number 13 being unlucky is mostly believed by Christians.

[–] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Well it spreads to those around them. It becomes part of the culture even if it means nothing to others.

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

13 being unlucky is mostly believed by Christians.

More like westerns, the superstition started out in Mesopotamia.

I wonder if non-Christian people do not mind living in 13th floors.

Yes, but then they avoid "their" unlucky numbers. Like 4 in Japan.

[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Weirdly, the boss was very Christian. I guess he valued money over his beliefs, and the superstitions of others?

[–] Buttons@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

I guess he valued money over his beliefs

Tale as old as money

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

In Vancouver the buildings don’t have 4th, 13th, 14th, or 24th floors. So it goes from 12th floor to 15th floor.

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[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree. Also, they would totally market it as a ghost house on air bnb, and never sell it.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd also wire up all kinds of paranormal special effects shit to fuck with the people staying there.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who needs special effects? Just use the classic trick of carbon monoxide pumped into the house and let them hallucinate all kinds of stuff for free.

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[–] Kedly@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I dunno, at 22 deaths of the entire families, the supernatural doesnt exist, but SOMETHING in that house is causing deaths

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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sir, I'm a millennial. It would have to be a graveyard without the house on top before I refused it.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 20 points 1 year ago

Look at you, turning your nose up at a perfectly livable Mausoleum.

You can fit a family of 8 in there if you're malnourished enough!

[–] hamburglar26@wilbo.tech 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would take the graveyard without hesitation.

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

Is it my personal graveyard, or do I just get squatters rights? I guess my question is, can I charge admission?

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

People are dying to get in!

[–] Boingboing@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I live in a house with parts built in it from 1100. The down stairs used to be a stopping off point for knights on their way to the crusades. If people haven't died in this place i would be really surprised.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My much more recent building from 1860 has certainly had a number of people die in it. It's part of the natural history of any habitat imo.

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's only recent history that has people going to the hospital to die. It used to be that "deathbeds" were in the home.

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[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

That is so so so coooooool. My place is a century old so its history is as exciting as beige bath towels.

[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

1100!! Wow. I'm in a house built like a hundred years ago and I felt like that was old.

[–] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago

Hey you'll be Lucky to afford such a place in this market

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 16 points 1 year ago

"Mommy what do these numbers above each of our heads mean? They say 23, 24, 25, and 26."

[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does that get me a discount on the house? Sign me up

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, from $900k down to $800k in this market. So you still can't afford it? Shame...

[–] linoor@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago

I live in Europe in a building that is almost 100 years old. I’m sure at least 22 people have died in it over the years.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Author of this meme never had a chance to buy a house under asking

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

According to TheMovieDB there are at least 86 movies with "Amityville" in the title. This trope gets more mileage than you expect.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends if the bodies are still in i guess.

[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I'm not paying extra for a murder house if the bodies aren't still there

[–] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 6 points 1 year ago

Gotta keep tge count odd at all times fam.

[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I couldn't get into Hellraiser for this reason. Forget the demons or whatever they were, I was scared of that dirty dirty house. They didn't even clean it before they moved in!

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Good animation. Like it 👍.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Manner of death is important.

Murder? Statistically its safer than any other house.

Asbestosis? Run.

wheres the natural light

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