Comment on Housing prices

• KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You attacked me for not knowing the price for construction materials, implying that my statement of the cost of homes being close to the $138K in the OP was way off. Then I showed i knew what I was talking about, and your argument became land price and hidden costs of construction. Thats exactly what a straw man does. You move the goalposts and create a new argument instead of addressing how you got called out on your bullshit.

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A quote is never what you end up paying, there’s always changes, delays, “unexpected problems”, etc. I built a house 2 years ago, if you don’t budget for at least 20% above the quote you will have serious problems.

    Then you compared the cost of materials with a finished house on a plot of land, I guess the mistake there is quite obvious, no?

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  • explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s just moving the goalposts. A straw man is when one misrepresents their opponent’s argument as something weaker.

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    • KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Its all gaslighting at the end of the day. I dont draw much distinction between the flavors.

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      • Tja@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You cannot gaslight someone on the internet.

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• explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why don’t you run back to your motte and bailey, you ad hominem?

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not a true Scotsman, I can’t do that!

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