Wow. I've read posts over this past 4+ months in which people bitched about their sex lives, their spouses, their bosses, their jobs in general, family, pets, houses, roommates (yep, that was me!), you name it, we've all bitched about something. And many of us have asked for the collective advice. And yep, there've been times when "the truth hurt" and some of you called it as you saw it, painful or not. But geesh, this guy makes a perfectly legitimate post, stating the issue he's having with his landlord (short notice for entry which would annoy the crap out of me too), asking if he would be out of line in saying something about it, and even acknowledging, right up front, that the problem is HIS with regard to his messiness. And y'all throw out responses like, "Don't like it buy a house!"
Like THAT'S a legitimate solution to his problem? You have no idea what his circumstances are and how can you assume that buying a house is right for him while he's in school and obviously in the middle of a lease? "If you don't like it, buy a house/move" is about as constructive and useful as "not happy, get a divorce."
What the *expletive deleted* is the problem here lately? If you think what this person is complaining about/asking/sharing is just so ludicrous as to deserve an uncaring general statement that makes you sound like a pompous ass, maybe it would be best to just skip that thread.
Yeah, maybe we're all here because of our common ground/shared belief in liberty and freedom. And we're all free to say and do what we want. But we're also all here because we do NOT believe it's right to impose our opinions or our views/beliefs on anyone else and none of us appreciate having other's opinions shoved down our throats. So what if the guy's a slob. He didn't ask for your opinion about his slobishness. He asked if he was out of line to be miffed about his landlord coming into the space HE PAYS RENT TO LIVE IN on short notice. Instead of doing what we USUALLY do for each other, which is offer a sympathetic shoulder and realistic reminders (your lease says it's ok), this came across sounding an awful lot like a bandwagon of unsympathetic witch-hunters.
Well he may be a witch but he's our witch. So cut him the hell down and play nice. Or don't play.