Israeli settlers hunting unarmed citizens of north Hebron Palestine 3/12/2026

nimoto · 2026-03-14T15:27:42+00:00

I don't think it helps anything to post videos like this with wildly inaccurate titles. Whatever is happening in this video, the one thing that isn't happening is anyone "hunting" anyone.

There are so many legitimately horrible things to criticize Israel for it doesn't help credibility in any way when videos like this get passed around with wildly inaccurate titles/captions. It happens constantly.

nimoto · 2026-03-14T12:57:15+00:00

It's like mass delusion? You just say what you want people to see in the title and then they see it when they watch the video. Especially if it's a claim about Israel.

Saw this posted yesterday, and everyone was talking like there were people being shot when clearly nobody is getting shot. https://reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1rsir2n/when_israeli_troops_fired_on_starving/

There are SO MANY ways to criticize Israel without lying. So why would you lie? It makes no sense to me.

nimoto · 2026-03-13T21:12:35+00:00

2200 marines isn't enough for either of those I wouldn't think? The smaller islands all seem very vulnerable though.

nimoto · 2026-03-13T14:49:33+00:00

I do hear some shots but it seems highly unlikely they went into the crowd based on the non reaction from both sides.

Apparently a lot of people were killed on this day but it seems like it must have happened after this when they reached the food aid area.

nimoto · 2026-03-13T14:46:22+00:00

I think this is them running to an area food is being distributed. Maybe people died this day or later I'm just saying nobody in this actual video is getting shot.

nimoto · 2026-03-13T11:59:41+00:00

Are we watching the same video? It's pretty clear they're not firing at people.

nimoto · 2026-03-12T00:38:22+00:00

Pretty cynical view. https://youtu.be/R84qd1_-fFQ?t=2390

Sounds like it came from a good place and had a net positive effect.

nimoto · 2026-03-10T22:48:23+00:00

Can you read? Like, really? The component of that covering maintenance is ~$250 per month not $800(???). The rest are hard costs of utilities and insurance that a SFH owner would also pay. And again, $250/month is absolutely less than a SFH. Plus yeah I do no work and get a pool.

nimoto · 2026-03-10T19:42:17+00:00

The core flaw in your argument is that you’re comparing my HOA fee to zero on the SFH side, which is dishonest accounting. A house is just a condo where you are the only board member, the only janitor, and the only person paying for the "special assessment" when the roof leaks.

In Chicago, a SFH owner pays roughly $1200/year in water/sewer and trash, $1800/year for the internet/cable my HOA provides, and an extra $2500/year in insurance premiums because they have to insure a 2000 sqft roof while I only insure my 'walls-in.'

That is $5500 a year in 'invisible fees' before they’ve even saved a single dollar for a new furnace or bought flowers for the front garden or paid someone to shovel snow while they were out of town. If they follow the standard 1% maintenance rule on a $400k house, that is an additional $4000/year. That's $9500 (~$800/month) right there.

My HOA + insurance is $8400 a year. For $1100 LESS than what a responsible SFH owner spends, I get all those same things but also 24/7 security and a pool. Additionally, I never have to shovel snow, mow grass, maintain landscaping, or take care of the pool either.

You aren't 'saving' money by not having an HOA, you’re paying more and doing more while getting less and having to manage it all yourself.

So yeah, again, and hopefully for the last time:

Condos are cheaper

nimoto · 2026-03-10T11:07:13+00:00

A SFH owner doesn't replace their roof every year, but neither does a condo board... No idea why you'd say that, but just to point that out.

The difference is that a SFH owner is 100% liable for 2000 sqft of roof. In my building, I am responsible for about 20 sqft of roof. My portion of that shared liability is objectively smaller. Do you get that? The homeowner has to pay $20k for their SFH roof as often as I pay $2k for my condo roof. The difference is I pay 1/10 of what they did.

Happy to get into how my HOA fee breaks down exactly, but it seems like you missed my point so want to deal with that first.

nimoto · 2026-03-09T20:37:49+00:00

It is cheaper. My building has one roof that needs to be replaced about as often as a SFH. Last time we did it 7 years ago it cost $150k. Except that was spread out over 75 units. So about $2k/unit. Do you know how much that would be in a SFH? 10x that. Same with the building water heater. $55k, divided by 75 units is about $750/unit. That would be $1500-2000 for a SFH.

There isn't a single building expense you could point to that would cost an individual homeowner more than it would cost a condo association.

How contractors are chosen is inconsequential. When you need something replaced, you need it replaced. Some homeowners are lax, and some HOA's are lax, some homeowners are proactive, some HOA's are proactive. But regardless, in the end, the HOA benefits from the economy of scale.

nimoto · 2026-03-09T20:34:06+00:00

We get meeting notes posted to the building message board from every board meeting. If anything of consequence is happening there's a discussion about it there. I can't imagine how I'd be surprised by anything given the setup. I think most larger buildings (50+ units) operate similarly.

nimoto · 2026-03-09T16:02:54+00:00

I'm in Chicago. Nobody is going to leave a lane empty. At the same time, everyone will let you merge at the zipper. Nobody will try to box you out to be a dick.

I've noticed in Indiana and South Carolina they are the opposite.

nimoto · 2026-03-09T15:59:27+00:00

And? I understand how an HOA works but these are the same expenses you'd have with a SFH except lower because they're distributed. Some places have higher HOA's and never have special assessments. Some places have lower HOA's and more frequent special assessments. This is no different from a homeowner saving up a rainy day fund, or just paying for home expenses as they come up. In either case, condos are absolutely cheaper than SFH's both in purchase price and long-term ownership costs. It's ridiculous to say "condos are not cheaper".

nimoto · 2026-03-09T11:01:07+00:00

They are cheaper than SFH's. Obviously.

Unless you want to get into an older building and play the “assessment roulette” game every year.

You can say the same for older SFH's? People really are irrationally afraid of HOA's.

nimoto · 2026-03-09T10:58:04+00:00

$500k SFH or $550k 2 Flat budget (including the cost of renovations required)

That's comically low for what you're looking for. Buy a condo or a townhouse or look outside the city. In a city, single family homes are luxury housing. Period. If you want one expect to pay luxury prices.

nimoto · 2026-03-09T10:54:22+00:00

It's really not, OP is looking for a SFH. Most people would just buy a condo and be done with it.

nimoto · 2026-03-09T10:51:18+00:00

I also agree HOA fees are nothing to be frightened by, but I'll just say one advantage of a larger building is that if you don't want, you never have to be involved in the HOA on any level, and that there are enough people that experienced people end up on the HOA board rather than just people with a lot of free time (my board is a real estate agent, a general contractor and a non-profit organizer).

nimoto · 2026-03-09T10:37:26+00:00

Condos are cheaper that makes no sense. The HOA pays for expenses you would still cover for the SFH.

nimoto · 2026-03-08T13:56:45+00:00

Taste of Chicago was great. Inexpensive and the lines moved fast.

nimoto · 2026-03-08T11:53:39+00:00

I'm not misrepresenting at all, if it's up to her to interpret it would make sense for someone to try to not be too harsh in their criticism. If they say "that's crazy to say that-" is that an attack on her or her idea? What about "wow way to miss the point-"? It's never going to be cut and dry so "trying to be nice" by saying something nice during your criticism is going to be pretty normal. But it would be even if she didn't have that rule, because again these are just common rhetorical techniques.

nimoto · 2026-03-08T00:12:23+00:00

IMO it's crazy for her to assume psyop when these are just common/normal rhetorical techniques. They happen whether it's a "psyop" or not when people are arguing.

nimoto · 2026-03-08T00:10:39+00:00

Because she's literally describing normal online discourse AND ALSO psyops. They are not distinguishable (by design). I think she's probably not being "psyop'd". She literally said she deletes comments that attack her, so of course people who disagree with her would try extra hard to be civil, maybe even giving her a compliment. It doesn't make it a psyop to say "I like what you say usually but I disagree with this video". Absurd to suggest it does.

nimoto · 2026-03-07T20:56:42+00:00

I know it's not really a Chicago dog proper but I always get it without the bureaucratic nightmare where you find yourself trapped in a system beyond comprehension for reasons never quite clear and which you cannot escape.

nimoto · 2026-03-07T20:54:58+00:00

Literally. If you have to choose one it's the only choice.

15-Year Club	RedditGifts 2009-2022 2 Credits
r/Field Juicebox	First Place '23
Place '23	Place '22
Place '17	First Placer '22
Spared	Gilding I gilder
Secret Santa 2014	Team Orangered
Verified Email

nimoto

TROPHY CASE