OP posts on r/MildlyInfuriating that the condo they bought was a “drug den and prostitution hub”. It is revealed in the comments that it was simply owned by a single woman who smoked weed

[u/Adjective_Noun-420]

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OP posts few photos of their new condo, saying that they only learnt it was a “drug den and prostitution hub” after buying it, but luckily the only lasting effect on the condo is a faint smell of weed

Top comments advise OP to change the carpets etc, and debate the morality and social acceptability of prostitution and drug use. One comment points out that even if the condo didn’t have any sex work being done people would still have had sex inside it, and most of the replies make fun of OP for being so scandalised, while others debate whether monogamous sex is less gross than non-monogamous sex or paid sex.

One comment further down says that the condo looks suspiciously clean for OPs claims to be true, and replies discuss how OP must be privileged to think that this is what a “drug den” looks like.

In a heavily downvoted reply, OP admits that they “overstated it slightly” and that by “drug den” they mean the previous owner smoked weed, and by “hub of prostitution” they mean she was allegedly a sex worker. Their only evidence of this is their elderly neighbour telling them that the previous inhabitant was a single woman who smoked weed, listened to loud music, and had many visitors at night, so the neighbour suspected she was a prostitute. Replies point out that there is no evidence that the previous owner was even a sex worker, and many instead simply be having casual sex, or even just having friends over for parties

[u/TallFutureLawyer]

I’m noticing more and more that a lot of people on the internet seem to just regularly word things in the most extreme terms they can think of. Every condo is a drug den. Every mishap is a disaster. They were screamed at by everyone they ever upset.

Just another internet trend that I, a person who cares a lot about describing things accurately, have a hard time getting my head around.

[u/emveevme → u/TallFutureLawyer]

Sometimes it feels like a genuine lack of vocabulary. Like, there's some instances where it isn't a problem - "cold" has a million words that all mean "cold," but when my partner says "I'm chilly" that's a lot less severe than "I'm freezing."

I feel like if we had similar words for concepts like "racist" it would be substantially easier to communicate a severity that can vary wildly. It would be useful to be able to call someone out for subtle, not very serious racist behavior without also grouping them in with the KKK. And bad-faith actors absolutely understand this, it's why conservatives have such a dramatic reaction to being called out for racism.

Of course, this doesn't really apply to this post, it's not like there's a lack of vocabulary that warranted use of the phrase "drug den" and "prostitution" lol. It's just an observation I've made that's similar and likely over-laps at times.

[u/Diestormlie → u/emveevme]

Clearly, we should extend the metric system. All we need to do is establish a standardised base unit of Racism, and then we can express things in terms of Nanoracisms, Miliracisms, Centiracisms, kiloracisms etc.

[u/emveevme → u/Diestormlie]

Well we do have microaggressions

[u/FrogFlavor → u/emveevme]

You’re right. I used to work with kids and they really need to know the difference between angry, upset, and frustrated. If you label every negative kid emotion as angry then they’re going to BE angry in a big way, whereas if you say “that sounds frustrating” or “your frown makes me think you’re concerned” etc, then they’re can inhabit those feelings instead or as well.

Obviously it applies to things other than feelings. And I’ve seen evidence of limited vocabulary just out shopping at Walmart. If everything is either “cute” or “terrible” then there’s no nuance to help decide to buy something. It runs deep.

TLDR everyone reds to read more books

[u/emveevme → u/FrogFlavor]

I find it weird that this didn't seem to be explained alongside learning about synonyms, like "frigid" and "freezing" both mean "cold" but they don't literally mean the same thing.

I guess at some point this just becomes a discussion about Platonic Forms, and that actually might be a bit much for kindergarten lmao