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Post by runaround555 »

efilife wrote: post #337
redbell wrote: post #53

This reminds me of this guy [1] My neighbor is smoking on the balcony, and smoke goes to my home with little kids. I talked with him several times, didn't help. It's his territory, so not much I can do, besides closing the doors. But at least i can use this fake smoke detector with VERY ANNOYING random buzzer. It starts buzzing when i connect to it my iPhone via BLE. Makes it not as relaxing to smoke on the balcony a…

I will go insane if I read more reddit. > Have you thought about moving into a house with no neighbors? Otherwise, have some respect for others IMO What about the smoker having respect to the person he forces to smoke? (you can't be quick enough to close your window, the smoke has already invaded your home once you smelled it). Your rights end where my rights start. You have no right to invade my personal space with…

Typically it's written in the lease or apartment policies if you can/can't smoke on your balcony/porch/apartment parking lot etc. People who smoke usually look for smoke friendly places because having to get dressed, go outside, off the property, and then across the street every time you want a cigarette is miserable especially at night or in bad weather.

If the guy has to go to these passive aggressive lengths instead of going straight to the apartment management with a complaint more likely than not the smoker is allowed to smoke on his balcony.

Causing a noise disturbance and potentially impacting several neighbors at once because he doesn't like one particular neighbor doing something he signed a legal document agreeing to when he moved there is kind of silly. It's like becoming a member at a cigar lounge and then complaining when the guy in the chair next to you lights one up.

Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down

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Post by efilife »

runaround555 wrote: post #431
efilife wrote: post #337

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I will go insane if I read more reddit. > Have you thought about moving into a house with no neighbors? Otherwise, have some respect for others IMO What about the smoker having respect to the person he forces to smoke? (you can't be quick enough to close your window, the smoke has already invaded your home once you smelled it). Your rights end where my rights start. You have no right to invade my personal space with…

Typically it's written in the lease or apartment policies if you can/can't smoke on your balcony/porch/apartment parking lot etc. People who smoke usually look for smoke friendly places because having to get dressed, go outside, off the property, and then across the street every time you want a cigarette is miserable especially at night or in bad weather. If the guy has to go to these passive aggressive lengths inste…

Being protected by law doesn't mean you are not harmful to others. I was just responding to that one reddit comment, he might have the right to do so, nonetheless it's very self centered

Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down

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Post by rcbdev »

QuiEgo wrote: post #292

Having the privilege to live in a house without common walls to a neighbor is the biggest quality of life improvement I've ever had the good fortune to experience. I'd take a hell of a long commute to the burbs' before I'd go back to dealing with b.s. like this. Loud music, slashed tires if you called the cops, people smoking weed and cigars and stinking up the whole building, parking space shortages, drunks throwing…

It reads like you lived in some third world country. In all my years living in various capitols, I've never had issues close to what you've described here.

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Post by defrost »

rcbdev wrote: post #433
QuiEgo wrote: post #292

Having the privilege to live in a house without common walls to a neighbor is the biggest quality of life improvement I've ever had the good fortune to experience. I'd take a hell of a long commute to the burbs' before I'd go back to dealing with b.s. like this. Loud music, slashed tires if you called the cops, people smoking weed and cigars and stinking up the whole building, parking space shortages, drunks throwing…

It reads like you lived in some third world country. In all my years living in various capitols, I've never had issues close to what you've described here.

The GP grew up poor in the US (by their own earlier statement) .. which tracks with your "some third world country" observation. The US is famously harshly tiered by wealth and privilege.

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Post by tpoacher »

SpaceNoodled wrote: post #428
tpoacher wrote: post #425

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Reminds me of that Terry Pratchett quote: "You know how dumb the average person is? Well, statistically, 50% of people are even dumber than that."

I thought that was George Carlin.

Well, one might have stolen it from the other. Or they may have both come up with it independently.

It was definitely a quote in Discworld Noir though.

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Post by sporkland »

tensor wrote: post #288
unsupp0rted wrote: post #98

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Usually people who are that inconsiderate don’t change. Or they quickly change and then quickly change back.

Morning people are often inconsiderate to night people and let alone change they simply judge night people for not getting up at fuck you o’clock. Usually morning people don’t change and are inconsiderate their whole lives.

As a collector of off kilter bigotry, I love finding new forms of it. Gave me a smile thinking about how much you must have nursed this grudge against morning people (they are a judgey holier than thou group on average). The particular group I harbor bigotry towards is car drivers with tinted front windows, which I find to display anti social behaviors as a group.

Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down

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Post by namibj »

modo_mario wrote: post #423
namibj wrote: post #420

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No one is forcing you to get/build one that doesn't far exceed the current regulations to the point where it is expected to exceed them until the end of its useful lifespan.

What do you mean? A fireplace can last far far longer than that timespan and it's efficiency is not tied to it's age.

If you don't want to replace it after 15 years, buy one that will pass emissions for the next 30 years.

Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down

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Post by modo_mario »

namibj wrote: post #437
modo_mario wrote: post #423

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you mean? A fireplace can last far far longer than that timespan and it's efficiency is not tied to it's age.

If you don't want to replace it after 15 years, buy one that will pass emissions for the next 30 years.

And the certification will cost almost nothing and take into account everything i presume? Or will it center around the ones you can buy in a shop of the shelf like most regulation and be ridiculously prohibitive for everyone that goes off the beaten path?
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