Worst Roommate Ever

Post by watwut » Fri, Feb 23, 2018, 9:40 AM UTC

Johnny555 wrote: post #47

kstrauser wrote: post #34

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Sadly, that's all some people seem capable of reacting to. Those who say that violence never solves problems have never had to live around a sociopath.

But unless you actually kill them, by beating them up, don't you just run the risk of the other person escalating the violence and ambushing you later? You've already established that he's a psychopath and doesn't live by the rules of most normal people, so if you push him down, maybe tomorrow he'll stab you with a knife, run you down with his car, or just shoot you.

Post by Double_a_92 » Fri, Feb 23, 2018, 10:06 AM UTC

fizwhiz wrote: post #70

zxcmx wrote: post #61

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Its a bit more complicated than that. If you are both leasing from the landlord you have equal rights and actually only the landlord can evict. If you are the master leaseholder and your roommate is subleasing then you have many of the obligations of a landlord.. which means you actually have a lot of regulations to comply with that will probably trip you up if your lessee is both malicious and litigous. Especially i…

Jian Yaaaaaaang

Post by executesorder66 » Fri, Feb 23, 2018, 10:13 AM UTC

mc32 wrote: post #20

mtgex wrote: post #6

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I completely disagree. I think our "gut" is infinitely biased. No one is immune. If you believe you do not have racial, ethnic, and gender biases you are wrong. And, if you read the article, everyone's gut reaction was that this man was an unassuming, down to earth, great guy, and they got along with him very well at first. The article makes clear that their gut reaction failed them.

I'm not sure what you mean by gender bias, but I am pretty sure, all things being equal, I'd likely let to a woman than a man, even if I were a different sex. All things being equal --income, social traits, etc. I think guys in these cases would be at a disadvantage.

Post by dannylandau » Fri, Feb 23, 2018, 10:19 AM UTC

subroutine wrote: post #74

Did anyone else read this paragraph wonder wtf really happened... "Bachman enrolled at Tulane University in the fall of 1975, but his time there was rocky and brief, ruptured by a horrific incident in January at the Sigma Chi house, just off campus. Although Bachman was not a member of the frat, he told Friedman he’d been hanging around the house with a friend from Elkins Park, a boy a year older named Ken Gutzeit. S…

Post by subroutine » Fri, Feb 23, 2018, 10:31 AM UTC

dannylandau wrote: post #87

subroutine wrote: post #74

Did anyone else read this paragraph wonder wtf really happened... "Bachman enrolled at Tulane University in the fall of 1975, but his time there was rocky and brief, ruptured by a horrific incident in January at the Sigma Chi house, just off campus. Although Bachman was not a member of the frat, he told Friedman he’d been hanging around the house with a friend from Elkins Park, a boy a year older named Ken Gutzeit. S…

Great find! So, not exactly consistent with the NYT piece.