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[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 86 points 8 months 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 8 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 39 points 8 months ago (1 children)

OP being realistic because the owner will just hike the price and put in "haunted by a sexy ghost" as an extra unique feature.

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Yeah, wouldn't want to make the movie unbelievable.

[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Too young to own property...

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 15 points 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months 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 49 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] LittleBorat2@lemmy.ml 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months ago

I guess he valued money over his beliefs

Tale as old as money

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months 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 30 points 8 months 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 21 points 8 months 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 8 months ago (1 children)

I would take the graveyard without hesitation.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months 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 8 months ago

People are dying to get in!

[–] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 23 points 8 months ago

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

[–] Boingboing@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months 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 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months ago

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

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 16 points 8 months ago

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

[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

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

[–] linoor@beehaw.org 12 points 8 months 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 8 months ago

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

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 months 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 8 months ago (1 children)

Depends if the bodies are still in i guess.

[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

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

[–] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 6 points 8 months ago

Gotta keep tge count odd at all times fam.

[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months 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 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

Good animation. Like it 👍.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Manner of death is important.

Murder? Statistically its safer than any other house.

Asbestosis? Run.

wheres the natural light

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