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Unethical Life Pro Tips

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[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 76 points 2 years ago (3 children)

And then you get bankrupted by the excorbitant creative cloud license costs.

[–] Pokethat@lemm.ee 48 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do what you want cause a pirate is free, you are a pirate! 🎢🎡🎢

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[–] WtfEvenIsExistence@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

!piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com (Does not work for lemmy.world users)

Also: Doesn't GIMP also do the same thing?

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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 71 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They wanted to DNA test my dog and keep his biometric data on file as part of the terms of the last lease I was looking at.

I uhh, didn't fucking sign. The neofeudalist movement is for real.

[–] Zavasay@lemmy.fmhy.net 46 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

This so they can fine you when you leave your dog’s shit on the ground for other people to step in. I’m here for it. I lived in a place that did not enforce picking up after your animals and it was absolutely disgusting.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

They won't send don't do that at all anyway, but hey at least the professional landlord class gets to inflict upon you one more indignity for some imagined benefit.

The park adjacent to those buildings has so much dog turd in it you'd think they were purposely producing low quality fertilizer over there.

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[–] kromem@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, they do that these days to identify who lets their dogs poop around the property and don't pick it up.

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[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 59 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Mandatory "use GIMP: is free and open source" comment

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The only problem with GIMP is that is comes with every sensible keyboard shortcut mapped to some random function you use once in a lifetime.

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[–] CodingSquirrel@kbin.social 51 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You don't even need photoshop. Just use the inspect function in your browser and edit the values directly in the HTML. Free and much easier to not fuck up the formatting.

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[–] q47tx@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You wanna live alone? Get gimp.

[–] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Nonono, you have to get adobe. You want a home, you have to build it yourself! With your bare hands!

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But if I had a gimp, I wouldn't be alone. πŸ€”

[–] jkjustjoshing@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago (6 children)
[–] mayo@lemmy.today 14 points 2 years ago

For whatever reason the nested comments aren't loading but I'd think twice about uploading my bank statements or anything personal to an online photo editor.

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

GIMP is a good free offline alternative

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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

They don't check your credit? They checked my credit the last time I rented.

Also you don't need to photoshop when it's easier to edit the html.

[–] ManosTheHandsOfFate@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You can have good credit and a low salary.

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[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Credit doesn't show income. It is just a score with income not factored in.

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[–] set_secret@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago

correction, and steal Adobe.

[–] Mcballs1234@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Get pirated adobe or use gimp

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Updoot for FOSS (and high seas)

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[–] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Ok I woke up the gimp, now what?

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[–] icedcoffee@lemm.ee 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Renting is fucked. Some people probably know about this site but just fyi https://ratethelandlord.org/

[–] mayo@lemmy.today 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lol that place is something else

"Written Review WORST FUCKER AND PROPERTY MANAGER IN NW CALGARY. SHE IS A WHORE AND ASSHOLE LADY WHO FUCKS TANANT'S SOUL"

[–] runeko@programming.dev 19 points 2 years ago

... 4 stars.

[–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago

Nah that’s just your average landlord

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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Meanwhile Adobe: "Hello, I like money!"

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Step 1: File articles of incorporation for an LLC. Step 2: Open bank account for your new business. Step 3: Write checks to yourself from said business. Step 4: Tell future landlord that you're "self employed." Step 5: File dissolution of LLC -or- make sure to pay any annual franchise taxes, depending on your state, if you decide to keep it active.

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[–] kicksystem@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Gimp or photopea will do the trick also

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[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

fraud is pretty rad 😎

[–] SeducingCamel@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

The uber rich are frauding our entire nation so it evens out

[–] Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

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X/Twitter post by user maggie lalley @magslals reading: "I photoshopped my bank statements and paystubs to get my one bedroom apartment in nyc. You wanna live alone? Get adobe."

[I am a human, if I’ve made a mistake please let me know. Please consider providing alt-text for ease of use. Thank you. πŸ’œ]

[–] DigitalFrank@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I work in property management and see fake pay stubs/ fake bank statements 4 or 5 times a week. You might be surprised how easy they are to spot.

[–] Trae@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The bad ones sure. You have no idea how many get by you because they're done professionally.

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[–] ox0r@jlai.lu 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)
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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can use the same trick in job applications.

If they didn't check themselves, they didn't really care in the first place.

[–] nameisnotimportant@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

I'm all in to say that the situation to get an appartement is out of control but isn't that fraud / counterfeit?

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