The time to be tough was when Putin was massing on the border. If Biden and the EU wanted to man up, that was when to do it. You cross, we cross. They didn't. Instead Zel went from country to country, cap in hand, and people gave him their scraps, and he lost... Slowly.
As for America no longer being the land of opportunity, that's a global trend. Urbanization. Low wages. Low birth rate. High immigration. High cost of living. There is no land of opportunity. This is as good as it gets. Make the best of the hand you're dealt.
Being treated better than people in prison camps 100yrs ago would be a good enough start for me.
I want to clarify that i'm not expecting a mansion on the coast or even the beach...a pool, I want pure necessities, people not shitting allergenic fumes into my apartment in such extreme amounts that it hits me in the eyes physically like sand, working plumbing and electrics...and no f'kin bugs (or the poison they do the same with as the other airborne crap), you can't be very picky and come to the conclusion that a 12x6 foot RV is the absolute greatest living situation you could imagine.
I don't know if that was specifically toward me, but if it was...don't judge what you couldnt possibly understand about someones personal life, I truly think I would have been better with my tent with a stove inside of it plan...and i've been homeless in this ice cold weather before.
When I fucking complain, there is a sincerely good reason for it...my place could look like a broken down shack in the middle of the woods that was abandoned and you wouldnt hear a peep from me unless it needed a vital repair to be lived in...i'm practically the easiest and most quiet tenant any landlord could ever deal with...I don't ask for convenience repairs or upgraded anything, even broken essentials I can work around I will.
I'm talking ita so horrible I stuffed plastic bags inside my heater vents to stop the "air" (if it can be called that) from coming in during the winter--after using spray foam...I never open my faucet valves unless they're being used right then, and i've had 4 major appliances get fried from the sockets in under 2 years...on top of the 87% humidity last year for months--which can actually kill you in your sleep.
So...ya...just saying. Don't look at me like I think i'm entitled and spoiled, because brother...thats as far from reality as it could ever get.
Yes thats duckt tape, all weather...covering spray foam, caulk, and flex seal (like the second photo) that melted after being applied...and then so did the tape. All the dirt comes from god knows where STILL and I tried to seal every crevice multiple times.
This is how I live, because my cupboards cook things, the air is toxic more often than not, and everything I own has had to be replaced as far as essentials, even their microwave died they put in right before I moved here.
Add onto that never using my sinks or anything if the sort, bugs (just killed one actually) and poison from them failing to kill them constantly being forced into my unit.
A bed that ends up looking like the walls do from again--god only knows, and all my shit chipping, cracking, and melting from heat when I have NO heat in my unit at all due to blocking the heaters to prevent bugs. Even my shoes soles have melted on the floor, slippers burnt holes in them, and I wake up soaked through shirts from sweat...mid winter with a sliding door a quarter open.
My pleather chair cracked and shredded from it and my phone screen fell off from being stuck to the chair.
I feel bad for the fucking insects.
This isnt life, this is a cage with a hefty price tag. And I've tried everything under the sun I could afford to fix it.
All i'm missing is a tinfoil hat and i'm totally good to go to the next place like this
If you think thats bad, I had to empty my closets into the living room from moisture too...so that room doesn't even exist.
Home sweet home. Like my toiletries?
Fuck life.
My kitchen chemicals are on the other side covering my living room table, from detergent to cleaners.
Anybldy ok with living like this? I'm all for hearing your horror stories.
No judgement. That's why I phrased it the way I did. Everyone gets different cards. You can only play them the best you can. Some hands are much easier to play than others.
I'm not sure what the exact laws in your jurisdiction are, or what instructions the jury were given, so I can't comment on your case specifically. Generally though, you have to prove loss, and either intent or neglect. I will also say that being your own lawyer is a bad idea, unless it's arbitration, where both parties represent themselves. If simply living in substandard accommodation got you a payday, I know people that would happily do it.
No judgement. That's why I phrased it the way I did. Everyone gets different cards. You can only play them the best you can. Some hands are much easier to play than others.
I'm not sure what the exact laws in your jurisdiction are, or what instructions the jury were given, so I can't comment on your case specifically. Generally though, you have to prove loss, and either intent or neglect. I will also say that being your own lawyer is a bad idea, unless it's arbitration, where both parties represent themselves. If simply living in substandard accommodation got you a payday, I know people that would happily do it.
If I gave you a full apartment tour you'd see the real situation, i think bugs for 7 months straight along with ignoring the health departments work order, and moldy lumpy roofs in every room plus the moisture would be more than enough.
I handed the jury 7 months of dated bug photos, all while a health department issues order was STILL neglected during the case with 7 major code violations.
They said he did NOTHING wrong, its not that I didnt get a huge payday, its that its obvious I never had any chance to win.
A blind deaf mute man could've fought my case and won. I showed them video directly before they supposedly did an inspection and found nothing...entire back door covered in dead bug corpses...inside mind you.
The board of health work order is mandatory broken law...unquestionable. I can't even show you half of it now because the bugs have all been killed...right along with me. time and time again. An the rest is disgusting because I gave up...the humidity alone as I said...70 is considered unhealthy, 100% is pure water for air. 87% is guaranteed mold, and likely respiratory damage...and I had photos of that day in and day out as well.
Bribery. Nothing short of it.
I've never even been able to find a story ablut someone in 87% humidity on a constant basis because its unheard of.
One lf the 5 factors of life on earth is the humidity levels...and they werent saying it meaning those kind lf levels.
I read most of your comments about it. I had you on ignore for a while. The gist of what I understood it to be was that he made some halfassed attempts at using bug spray etc. You also refused some of his, again halfassed, attempts at fixing it. So the way he likely presented it was that he was trying to fix it, but you wouldn't let him.
Then there were the equally halfassed inspections, where they found nothing wrong, which he no doubt highlighted making it look like he had done everything he could. You also mentioned you messed up a few things, overwhelmed obviously, but that kind of unprofessionalism is what sways juries.
If you're asking what I would do in that situation, the answer is move. I realize that's easier said than done, but that would be my first choice.
I read most of your comments about it. I had you on ignore for a while. The gist of what I understood it to be was that he made some halfassed attempts at using bug spray etc. You also refused some of his, again halfassed, attempts at fixing it. So the way he likely presented it was that he was trying to fix it, but you wouldn't let him.
Then there were the equally halfassed inspections, where they found nothing wrong, which he no doubt highlighted making it look like he had done everything he could. You also mentioned you messed up a few things, overwhelmed obviously, but that kind of unprofessionalism is what sways juries.
If you're asking what I would do in that situation, the answer is move. I realize that's easier said than done, but that would be my first choice.
Its impossible in my shoes since they made me pay rent in full and gave him everything. I make less than the rent each month now, lost my side work being sick here during this.
I approached him numerous times, asked for help to move and he refused. Your right that was his story but the health department is fact unless proven to be false. That alone would have won the trial.
On top of that I had proof he failed at the inspections (hence the video), did fighting my own trial do me any favors? Nope, dont argue the fact...but the simple fact is, my life is now gone because of him.
Thats all this story really comes down to...and he is going to pay. Court didnt wanna do their job either...then he pays another way. Such is life for us all.
Sorry...just leave it alone man...I'll only get worse. trust me, this is the calm before my raging storm lol. Never been on fire like this in all my life.
I haven't moved in anger for over 10 years...now i'm a bullet train nothing can hope to stop.
That makes it impossible to save anything obviously. There are no good options here. Just less bad ones. With minimal income even getting a loan would be difficult.
I intend too, just don't think anybody is going to like it. I leave here I go there...and life can determine what happens next because I couldnt care less...just want his throat.
Read in the history books where the French Bistro came from. You will be pleasantly surprised. The Russians have managed to mess around a lot. Then they got bored and went home to drink vodka, ride bears and play balalaika.
I'm honestly just glad to see that i'm not the only sane person left on the planet...because my own country makes me want to puke these days. For more reasons than this...its not even the land of opportunity anymore, its a god damn struggle for our own people to survive here...i'd be jumping ship out instead of trying to get here.
Don't worry, little brother, just think about the fact that the USA is the 51st state of the Russian Federation and it will be easier for you. Trump is just a governor, nothing more
Don't worry, little brother, just think about the fact that the USA is the 51st state of the Russian Federation and it will be easier for you. Trump is just a governor, nothing more
Being treated better than people in prison camps 100yrs ago would be a good enough start for me.
I want to clarify that i'm not expecting a mansion on the coast or even the beach...a pool, I want pure necessities, people not shitting allergenic fumes into my apartment in such extreme amounts that it hits me in the eyes physically like sand, working plumbing and electrics...and no f'kin bugs (or the poison they do the same with as the other airborne crap), you can't be very picky and come to the conclusion that a 12x6 foot RV is the absolute greatest living situation you could imagine.
I don't know if that was specifically toward me, but if it was...don't judge what you couldnt possibly understand about someones personal life, I truly think I would have been better with my tent with a stove inside of it plan...and i've been homeless in this ice cold weather before.
When I fucking complain, there is a sincerely good reason for it...my place could look like a broken down shack in the middle of the woods that was abandoned and you wouldnt hear a peep from me unless it needed a vital repair to be lived in...i'm practically the easiest and most quiet tenant any landlord could ever deal with...I don't ask for convenience repairs or upgraded anything, even broken essentials I can work around I will.
I'm talking ita so horrible I stuffed plastic bags inside my heater vents to stop the "air" (if it can be called that) from coming in during the winter--after using spray foam...I never open my faucet valves unless they're being used right then, and i've had 4 major appliances get fried from the sockets in under 2 years...on top of the 87% humidity last year for months--which can actually kill you in your sleep.
So...ya...just saying. Don't look at me like I think i'm entitled and spoiled, because brother...thats as far from reality as it could ever get.
Yes thats duckt tape, all weather...covering spray foam, caulk, and flex seal (like the second photo) that melted after being applied...and then so did the tape. All the dirt comes from god knows where STILL and I tried to seal every crevice multiple times.
This is how I live, because my cupboards cook things, the air is toxic more often than not, and everything I own has had to be replaced as far as essentials, even their microwave died they put in right before I moved here.
Add onto that never using my sinks or anything if the sort, bugs (just killed one actually) and poison from them failing to kill them constantly being forced into my unit.
A bed that ends up looking like the walls do from again--god only knows, and all my shit chipping, cracking, and melting from heat when I have NO heat in my unit at all due to blocking the heaters to prevent bugs. Even my shoes soles have melted on the floor, slippers burnt holes in them, and I wake up soaked through shirts from sweat...mid winter with a sliding door a quarter open.
My pleather chair cracked and shredded from it and my phone screen fell off from being stuck to the chair.
It's a fucking shame, bro, I'm shocked at how low your government has fallen, that such wonderful people like you live in this kind of shit. There are no words, only emotions...
It's a fucking shame, bro, I'm shocked at how low your government has fallen, that such wonderful people like you live in this kind of shit. There are no words, only emotions...
I'm as amazed as you...I never complained about life before, basic human standards though cant be overlooked. We have no choice but to breath and we need water.
I got the opposite.
Theres not many feelings like chugging water and being unable to stop the thirst you feel because your so dehydrated...its like a movie where a guy chugs booze thinking its water. Not many things I can even compare it to...and I was a full blown vodka based alcoholic before...who drank no fluids.
It legit feels like torture just living here. No bullshit.
The board of health work order is mandatory broken law...unquestionable. I can't even show you half of it now because the bugs have all been killed...right along with me. time and time again. An the rest is disgusting because I gave up...the humidity alone as I said...70 is considered unhealthy, 100% is pure water for air. 87% is guaranteed mold, and likely respiratory damage...and I had photos of that day in and day out as well.
Bribery. Nothing short of it.
I've never even been able to find a story ablut someone in 87% humidity on a constant basis because its unheard of.
One lf the 5 factors of life on earth is the humidity levels...and they werent saying it meaning those kind lf levels.
That's fucked up... If the batteries don't heat up, if cockroaches appear, if the water doesn't meet the sanitary and epidemiological standards, if the lights are turned off or something like that, someone will definitely be taken to the forest and killed. Therefore, this happens extremely rarely with subsequent proceedings. That's why I love Russia - it's considered shameful to snitch on neighbors, friends, or strangers. Writing statements to the police is a disgrace and is done as a last resort. No one is whining or pissing in their pants, issues are being resolved here and now in an adult way. All men know that they need to be responsible for their words, or they can pull you up for those words and ask you in full. If you said A, then you have to answer B, otherwise you are a whore who needs to be fucked. It is considered shameful to pass by and not help someone who has been injured, or is being beaten or something else. Such people are then universally hated. We laugh at people who like to stare and take pictures on the phone. First, help someone who needs it, then make a hype on it. Then you're a hero, no problem. Russians live by concepts. The Western world lives like whores who tremble at every rustle that a fictional mythical pimp will come and fuck them in the ass.
That's fucked up... If the batteries don't heat up, if cockroaches appear, if the water doesn't meet the sanitary and epidemiological standards, if the lights are turned off or something like that, someone will definitely be taken to the forest and killed. Therefore, this happens extremely rarely with subsequent proceedings. That's why I love Russia - it's considered shameful to snitch on neighbors, friends, or strangers. Writing statements to the police is a disgrace and is done as a last resort. No one is whining or pissing in their pants, issues are being resolved here and now in an adult way. All men know that they need to be responsible for their words, or they can pull you up for those words and ask you in full. If you said A, then you have to answer B, otherwise you are a whore who needs to be fucked. It is considered shameful to pass by and not help someone who has been injured, or is being beaten or something else. Such people are then universally hated. We laugh at people who like to stare and take pictures on the phone. First, help someone who needs it, then make a hype on it. Then you're a hero, no problem. Russians live by concepts. The Western world lives like whores who tremble at every rustle that a fictional mythical pimp will come and fuck them in the ass.
The reality is...it used to be the same here, then for some reason people lost all respect and then they lost fear of repercussions.
I'm here to put that fear back...it'll probably cost me everything I didnt lose, but it needs to be done.
Damned if I do, damned if I dont.
If I dont it repeats, if I do i'm fucked. So fuck it. Now is worse than the consequences could be.
Prison looks like a good time and death a nice place to sleep. Survival isnt always enough.
Do I wish circumstances were different? Of course I do. I don't like it more than the people around me...but really theres no hope left if I don't do something. The world isnt changing by choice.
And that..as they say, is that. Zero tolerance.
Its not fear anymore...its the walking embodiment of karma. All debts will be paid. If not by choice then by force. Or I'll die fighting, i'm okay with either.
