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What do you mean by saying that it is hilarious? My come from a family that has multiple homes, mostly for vacationing purposes, and it's a nice thing. Sure you

What do you mean by saying that it is hilarious? My come from a family that has multiple homes, mostly for vacationing purposes, and it's a nice thing. Sure you have to have some amount of privilege to afford it but I'm not sure what's funny about it.

hxegon 10y ago
Uh, don't you know that money is evil and being rich is (like, uh, basically) a crime? REPENT CAPITALIST SCUM /s
cmdrfred 10y ago
You don't consider yourself privileged?
- ferbivore 10y ago
  Did you even read the comment you're replying to?
- eonw 10y ago
  many people with lots of privileges to not see themselves as privileged, simply because they know nothing else.
  - 67726e 10y ago
    > simply because they know nothing else. So lemme get this straight, if my ancestors worked hard to provide for their families and I, down the line, inherit some land or money I should feel bad about this? Why?
    - umanwizard 10y ago
      That's a false dichotomy; you can recognize that you're privileged without simultaneously feeling bad about it.
      - 67726e 10y ago
        Except all rhetoric I see involving privilege is ultimately about me having to keep my mouth shut about real issues or concede benefit to another, all because I'm a white guy. In fact I didn't inherit wealth or any "privilege", but I'm meant to feel as though I did something wrong by virtue of my skin color. You may not say "feel bad" but the type to use that word sure are.
    - visakanv 10y ago
      > if my ancestors worked hard to provide for their families and I, down the line, inherit some land or money I should feel bad about this? Why? You don't have to feel BAD about it; just recognize it. People inherit vastly different conditions by sheer accident of birth.
      - 67726e 10y ago
        So what is the point? I have "privilege", now what?
        throwanem 10y ago
        Now you're supposed to feel bad about it, because the word connotes injustice by virtue of denoting a concept of "private law" - one rule for me, another for thee. But people who want you to feel bad about it don't want to be seen to be saying they want that, so they ignore the denotation and the connotation in their rhetoric, whose every deployment demonstrates further that it is enormously unhelpful toward its stated purpose, but which persists nonetheless. One wonders why.
        eonw 10y ago
        why so defensive about being privileged? it almost illustrates the concept for us... you claim to be privileged but also claim to not understand how it might make you different.
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  - dopamean 10y ago
    I am not one of those people. I said nothing to suggest that I might be either.
- kakarot 10y ago
  > "Sure you have to have some amount of privilege to afford it"
dsacco 10y ago
The parent commenter finds it hilarious because, in their words, "land shouldn't be owned by anyone." Your family owning multiple plots of land is diametrically opposed to that world view. I foresee a very unproductive ideological argument about capitalism and property rights ensuing.
- caminante 10y ago
  Definitions matter too. "Privilege" has lost much of its meaning [0] if "living in multiple places" is acceptable criteria. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privilege_(social_inequality) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privilege_(social_inequality)
  - tabeth 10y ago
    Why link to the Wikipedia page and not to an actual definition? https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/privilege https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/privilege
    - caminante 10y ago
      Why link to the Wikipedia page and not to an actual definition? Your claim is provably false. The Wikipedia entry offers "an actual definition." Also, the Wikipedia entry is based on numerous references and published literature supporting the definition.
  - throwanem 10y ago
    That's not the definition of the word. It's a description of the word's use as a term of art in a very specific sociological and political theory which its adherents would like very much for everyone to assume is the only one which correctly describes reality.
icantdrive55 10y ago
Because owning multiple homes is something most of us will never experience. It seems so extravagant; to some of us it seems funny. My thoughts are usually, "It would be nice, but what do these privledeged people do with all that house/houses/mansions/land?" I do know they never fill up all the rooms. As a teen, I worked as a Gardener in Tiburon, Ca. I saw my fair share of huge houses, and empty rooms. Usually, a misserable stay at home wife in the main living room. Their kids were happy until dad informed them it wasen't necessarily their homes, and cabins. "What daddy?"
DontTrustOver25 10y ago
It's opposing points of view on life priorities. For example in Europe there are a lot of small towns that house most of their residents in apartments, even if they have the land to build large houses. The idea is why take up all that space when you don't need it. While capitalism is in a sense good for consumers it also leads to people living their lives with the goal of making as much money as they can to buy as much stuff as they can. This life view as opposed to living for community involvement and life experiences can be seen as odd and thus hilarious.

hxegon 10y ago

Uh, don't you know that money is evil and being rich is (like, uh, basically) a crime? REPENT CAPITALIST SCUM /s

cmdrfred 10y ago

You don't consider yourself privileged?

ferbivore 10y ago
Did you even read the comment you're replying to?
eonw 10y ago
many people with lots of privileges to not see themselves as privileged, simply because they know nothing else.
- 67726e 10y ago
  > simply because they know nothing else. So lemme get this straight, if my ancestors worked hard to provide for their families and I, down the line, inherit some land or money I should feel bad about this? Why?
  - umanwizard 10y ago
    That's a false dichotomy; you can recognize that you're privileged without simultaneously feeling bad about it.
    - 67726e 10y ago
      Except all rhetoric I see involving privilege is ultimately about me having to keep my mouth shut about real issues or concede benefit to another, all because I'm a white guy. In fact I didn't inherit wealth or any "privilege", but I'm meant to feel as though I did something wrong by virtue of my skin color. You may not say "feel bad" but the type to use that word sure are.
  - visakanv 10y ago
    > if my ancestors worked hard to provide for their families and I, down the line, inherit some land or money I should feel bad about this? Why? You don't have to feel BAD about it; just recognize it. People inherit vastly different conditions by sheer accident of birth.
    - 67726e 10y ago
      So what is the point? I have "privilege", now what?
      - throwanem 10y ago
        Now you're supposed to feel bad about it, because the word connotes injustice by virtue of denoting a concept of "private law" - one rule for me, another for thee. But people who want you to feel bad about it don't want to be seen to be saying they want that, so they ignore the denotation and the connotation in their rhetoric, whose every deployment demonstrates further that it is enormously unhelpful toward its stated purpose, but which persists nonetheless. One wonders why.
      - eonw 10y ago
        why so defensive about being privileged? it almost illustrates the concept for us... you claim to be privileged but also claim to not understand how it might make you different.
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- dopamean 10y ago
  I am not one of those people. I said nothing to suggest that I might be either.
kakarot 10y ago
> "Sure you have to have some amount of privilege to afford it"

dsacco 10y ago

The parent commenter finds it hilarious because, in their words, "land shouldn't be owned by anyone." Your family owning multiple plots of land is diametrically opposed to that world view. I foresee a very unproductive ideological argument about capitalism and property rights ensuing.

caminante 10y ago
Definitions matter too. "Privilege" has lost much of its meaning [0] if "living in multiple places" is acceptable criteria. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privilege_(social_inequality) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privilege_(social_inequality)
- tabeth 10y ago
  Why link to the Wikipedia page and not to an actual definition? https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/privilege https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/privilege
  - caminante 10y ago
    Why link to the Wikipedia page and not to an actual definition? Your claim is provably false. The Wikipedia entry offers "an actual definition." Also, the Wikipedia entry is based on numerous references and published literature supporting the definition.
- throwanem 10y ago
  That's not the definition of the word. It's a description of the word's use as a term of art in a very specific sociological and political theory which its adherents would like very much for everyone to assume is the only one which correctly describes reality.

icantdrive55 10y ago

Because owning multiple homes is something most of us will never experience. It seems so extravagant; to some of us it seems funny. My thoughts are usually, "It would be nice, but what do these privledeged people do with all that house/houses/mansions/land?" I do know they never fill up all the rooms. As a teen, I worked as a Gardener in Tiburon, Ca. I saw my fair share of huge houses, and empty rooms. Usually, a misserable stay at home wife in the main living room. Their kids were happy until dad informed them it wasen't necessarily their homes, and cabins. "What daddy?"

DontTrustOver25 10y ago

It's opposing points of view on life priorities. For example in Europe there are a lot of small towns that house most of their residents in apartments, even if they have the land to build large houses. The idea is why take up all that space when you don't need it. While capitalism is in a sense good for consumers it also leads to people living their lives with the goal of making as much money as they can to buy as much stuff as they can. This life view as opposed to living for community involvement and life experiences can be seen as odd and thus hilarious.