When a charity can't pay their rent

[@misenteiuberchuberu1581]

Just when you think Rowan has hit bedrock as far as mining the depths of flawed characters, Real Estate Bro rears his monstrous head.

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

And he's still not the worst realtor or landlord.

[@hie_hie_in_da_place]

no more cheese

[@willflynn3370]

I came to the conclusion that he is the best method actor ever or is really that despicable a person.

[@omega4000]

Rowan needs to be a HOA president next

[@oc-steve]

Him on the phone - so much more evil than techtown Rowan

[@ShyamadeepPrasad]

Someone has nailed the _soulless real estate agent_ trope perfectly 😂

[@DotepenecPL]

Just a Rowan at his natural environment.

[@rivciks5045]

Yes, a beautiful soul doesn't pay a rent

[@Sol_Badguy_GG]

What do you mean soulless? Pay you rent.

[@theultimateamazingsleepyko6687]

How tf did you get italics????

[@ShyamadeepPrasad]

@@theultimateamazingsleepyko6687 Add an underscore character before and after the part to be italicized

[@dottorekaoz8679]

"No pets!" "The rats eat from your pantry, so they are your rats!" My god, that was evil... :D

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

Yeah see now that is a bit in this where the landlord is actually wrong and it makes sense to be pissed at them but the idea that we should think Rowan is a dick for kicking renters out who can't pay rent is stupid.

[@TraceguyRune]

@@matthewtalbot-paine7977 This channel is satire. Don't take it literally.

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

@@TraceguyRune Yes satire is funny this was not, they tried to make the landlord out to be a dick for kicking renters out.

[@Kratomius]

@@matthewtalbot-paine7977 You sound like a landlord who took this scetch little too personally. Chill out.

[@gilbert8162]

@@matthewtalbot-paine7977 see, this is why you don't get invited to parties or outings.

[@billpolman9175]

That triple handshake is meme-worthy!

[@mad_borden]

Check out the closed captioning on it.

[@dennishallada890]

@@mad_borden This is why you always enable captions when watching VLDL

[@user-ud5zi5lq6v]

@@mad_bordenhaaaahaha!!!! 😂

[@muhammedibrahem9231]

They already did, checkout CC

[@endebt]

​@@dennishallada890 CC is great for everything. The fallout tv show had a good one with labeling a robot speaking as "Brain on a Roomba".

[@1972LittleC]

I love the "well, the rats eat out of your pantry" to get people kicked out on the "no pets rule".

[@sbalogh53]

On the whiteboard "OnlyFans?" as a fundraiser suggestion. 🤣

[@a.m.studios6126]

It's for charity! Any means are worthy!

[@larssjostrom6565]

In my homeland a political joutnalist wrote that when she was a politician, she was asked to show pose topless in a calendar to collect money for breast cancer research. She objected that noone asked men to strip for charity. But there are those whom have done it.

[@hound3000]

I want to see Rowan doing it.🤣🤣🤣

[@Unknown_Genius]

@@larssjostrom6565 "noone asked men to strip for charity" then she doesn't know that there's calendars with half/full naked men available of which a few probably have been asked to do it for charity I suppose?

[@oc-steve]

I want to see the whole poster, only got to read a couple of items

[@astralblast6627]

The OnlyFans suggestion on the whiteboard as a "real force of change"😭😂

[@tanks4nuthin964]

I love how you guys always manage to add some weird thing to throw me off like that fucking handshake 😂

[@3Clod]

saw that too

[@mijmijrm]

That "triple handshake" was a dead giveaway, wasn't it. This was all AI Generated.

[@AjianAja]

What was that handshake??? 😂😂😂

[@3Clod]

@@mijmijrm how do you know that?

[@mijmijrm]

@@3Clod - i know because it takes one to know one. I am an AI Comment Bot.

[@bertperson5482]

2:07 *sad GRRRR* *Hits FRAGILE box* 😂 Your writers deserve a raise.

[@justchiling22]

For real, that was so unexpected 😂

[@MorenoPalmisano]

AHAHAH "Fuck it, I'll take it" really got me 😂

[@HazelwithaZ]

Did you see the captions right after that? As they shake hands? 💀💀💀

[@islandwills2778]

Rowan must really enjoy playing the bad guy he does it so beautifully

[@jamesanthony8438]

As they say, villains are more fun to play. =)

[@Sol_Badguy_GG]

He's a neutral guy here actually. Not bad.

[@DH-xw6jp]

Is he playing a bad guy here though? Lawfully Neutral at worst.

[@kpr2]

"That's real paint!" 🤣

[@chrissewell1608]

Versus? Crappy builder grade paint that rubs off, like chalk, when you touch it!

[@CountDuckula83]

"Did you show them the paint?" "Sure did" 🤣🤣🤣 VLDL MAKES EVERY DAY A BETTER DAY!!

[@ArieysValentine]

This might sound sad or ridiculous, but the fact is that, as someone who audited Charity before, what Rowan said was actually correct... A little context, I'm not from the US/UK, but over here in my country: Some charities tend to be set-up without a proper plan. They often find some rich sponsor or board member, set up their charity and basically spend their money without a single bit of consideration of how they might get more money or make it sustainable. While that sounds like they are doing good, most of the money spent were actually spent on the rent, and human resources, and only a small portion actually helped out the needy when the charity isn't sustainable. Most charities are also often mis-managed and completely relies on government handouts and/or donations to survive. If you looked at the annual budget for most charities, they are often running in the reds, spending much more than the amount that they are guaranteed to receive/earn, and rely on donations to cover the amount they lack. Staff and management often waste money by claiming that they are "doing good" and that "doing good" is more important than saving money. Then when they receive less handouts or donations than they "planned" (which is ridiculous to assume that you will receive more donations each year than the previous), this situation in the video do sometimes occur. Worst is, rarely they get so desperate for funding that they just accept donations from anyone and end up as a front for money laundering. It has gotten so bad to the point that the Commissioner of Charities here has to actually tell charities that they are still a business and they should be aiming to be self-sustainable rather than be planning how to spend more than what they earn. Another fun fact: The charities that overspends or are often mis-managed, tends to be related to a certain religion that shall remain unnamed. During audits, when asked why do they need a $3,000 dollar laptop and $180 gaming mouse, they told us it is for video editing and streaming some of their activities and that we shouldn't be questioning them as they answer to god, and they will not mis-handle money cause their god sees all.

[@williamthatsmyname]

Thats similar to how most charities are in America. And a lot of them you can see their financial records and you will see most of the money goes to upkeep etc instead of those actually in need.

[@Tom_McMurtry]

Yup. Mismanaged charities often do more harm than good even if with noble intentions. Can be similar with beurscratic government departments.

[@ArieysValentine]

@@williamthatsmyname Sounds like a certain gamer inclusivity charity which "sets-up" empty spaces in conventions when most conventions already have something of that sort even without them. The difference here is that my country is much more strict regarding charities so they often get caught and hence why they engage us to audit the charities.

[@Whitecroc]

I've always been leery of giving to charities for a variety of reasons. This is just another on the pile. (I prefer direct donations.)

[@Unknown_Genius]

@@Whitecroc This precisely. After hearing that stuff from my parents back then and learning it myself years ago by seeing what it's often spend on (or missused on rather said) I primarily stick with donating to local charities (e.g. donating money/food to soup kitchens or our local animal shelter directly), at least you know that your donations fully comes to them and isn't split across multiple while half the cash sticks to a random "charity" that possibly even keeps 50% for themselves as a "tip" (not even for rent or anything).

[@michael_pilot]

It's true that it's a beautiful paint! Which was a little spoiled by the stuff stuck on it... but some people are so ungrateful!

[@Chaos_God_of_Fate]

0:52 I love to pause and read background stuff- some of those ideas.... OnlyF, Meat Raffle, Regular Raffle, Apply to every grand that exist, etc. lol!

[@oliviasepelak3083]

Did you see behind/next to Rowan it says "Fake illnesses" 😂 Edit: it actually says "Stocktake for Businesses" you can see it fully at 1:22 ... 😂 my bad lol

[@homesteadgamer1257]

lol "Bachelor/ette raffle"

[@terrancat]

making me feel bad for 2:30 minutes.

[@leturtle8660]

Is this ByteBarn?

[@shaka2tu]

Atlast, not a bot response. Its not blue enough, sono.

[@chickenpastel11]

That Perfect Handshake though

[@ITR]

Or as the subtitles called it: *Ideal threesome*

[@homesteadgamer1257]

"Tenants, eh?" while he's talking to a tenant lol.

[@MatCumbo]

Nah it looked more like a sale then a rent

[@NewAge374]

Makes it feel like when you're dating another gender than typical and your date calls out on their ex of said gender... They way they talk about their ex is how they'll talk about you

[@homesteadgamer1257]

@@MatCumbo No, he was going to rent it out to that man. That's why they made such an emphasis on the charity not being able to keep up with rent.

[@Geolaminar]

No, see the guy is a BUISNESS tenant. They are wonderful and pleasant rental partners who have lawyers on retainer. Tennants are grubby peons that greedily expect poor innocent landlords to 'follow the law' or 'obey reasonable eviction standards'

[@homesteadgamer1257]

@@Geolaminar Landlords Rights Matter!

[@sazuke8991]

"Give us a real manly Roar when you hit the box" "Grawr...." 😂😊😊😊

[@magnusheinesen9049]

Considering vldl started through charity donations this is hilarious.

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

I guess they paid their rent.

[@OpinionatedSkink]

They did have that massive bank from Rowan's dad who owns TechTown.

[@Soapy-chan]

but they didn't

[@logandh2]

No they didn’t?

[@magnusheinesen9049]

@@logandh2 before their current website, how did they release extra content?

[@MikConstantinou]

Omg, '...they're eating from your pantry, so they're your rats' absolutely killed! Great writing as always.

[@FlameHashiraAries]

I was expecting him to give them money then Rowan going "we did it boys!"

[@jageiko9525]

That would have been so fucking brilliant. Definitely a sketch they could pull out

[@castigo1986]

Those are becoming the most aggressive looking puff jackets on the net

[@chrissewell1608]

They should look at the woobies at Tristar Trading!

[@trytorang]

love the 2 on 1 handshake, that was super smooth!

[@thaddaeusrobinson4239]

I mean to be fair, they lost their office space, it’s not like they are going under as an organization

[@dark3031]

And if the staff expected to be paid, then perhaps they shouldn't be working in charity.

[@Runslik3Wind]

yeah I agree with the real estate. its not a charity if they're stealing money from the owners of the building.

[@voided_sun]

​@@dark3031 In the skit, they were trying to raise $5000, So its safe to say they weren't getting much in terms of salaries. Let me ask you, do you support any charities at all? Because if you don't... Then let's be honest, you just want to keep your money, and find charity annoying. I know because I was like that. That being said, there's plenty of charities with 5%-20% overhead costs. So if you actually cared, you would've supported those instead.

[@dark3031]

@@voided_sun I don't find charities annoying, I find charities that try to guilt-trip people annoying. Also obviously the ones that spend more than 50% on unnecessary stuff are super annoying too (like obviously you don't need a big office, and all the cleaners and managers to manage this office). Currently what I do is I'll donate directly to those that I feel comfortable contributing to their salaries. Like donating to a zoo, or museum, or science research organization. In my view, paying for someone to take care of the animals in zoos is fine, but paying for someone to manage a social media account is not.

[@unknownman5090]

@@dark3031 Im surprise the fact that charities need to pay for human resources. that is not charities, that is business

[@CaptainToadUK]

I once worked for an insolvency auctioneer company and one of the saddest things I ever had to do was go to a pregnancy charity, which had become insolvent, and clean out their old office. When a company goes down, it's sad for the employees but who cares about the company, right? But clearing out a charity was pretty heartbreaking

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

A charity is setup on the basis that money needs to go towards some goal and that people in general will agree that this goal needs attaining and give money towards it. If those assumptions are false then the charity will fold. I don't think I'd say it's sad if the company I work for goes under, that's said for the owner but not for me, I'll find another job doing the same thing.

[@Chraan]

No, that's just weird honestly.

[@Ironica82]

@@matthewtalbot-paine7977 True. Also, who said the charity couldn't continue in someone's garage either.

[@larssjostrom6565]

😢

[@sjent]

Charities, for most part, are scams, since only small fraction(5-10%) of donations actually gets to those it meant to. Nobody familiar with this field should feel sorry for them, as for the most part those are leeches, feeding off human sympathy, by peddling lies, false hopes and empty promises.

[@Kaito57]

0:30 She missed her chance to tell Rowan "What are you gonna do about it ? Evict us ?"

[@theultimateamazingsleepyko6687]

God,that would've made the video 10X better

[@TugaCel_]

It hurts how real this actually is...

[@PrinceAlhorian]

That's real estate for you...

[@AleksandrStrizhevskiy]

Yeah to think you can keep occupying a space without paying for it. So conceited.

[@qtpaulie]

@@AleksandrStrizhevskiy do you really have to be here on every comment defending capitalism and real estate. have you no heart?

[@AleksandrStrizhevskiy]

@@qtpaulie I actually do. As an immigrant from a former "communist" country I know full well how anti-capitalist reforms end. With mass executions and starvation. Every single time a nation attempted to "redistribute the wealth from the 1%" tens of millions died. Its not something I want to ever happen again. Something I learned when I was in the military, a major differentiator between successful nations and unsuccessful ones is strict property law. Laws that protect individual ownership encourage innovation and investment in social projects. If you disincentivise innovative and creative work, then people will just do the bare minimum, and spend their free time coming up with creative ways to do even less.

[@qtpaulie]

@@AleksandrStrizhevskiy I understand the downsides of communism and this isn't what I'm asking for. I apologize for being so upset/direct in my previous comment. I think in our current changed world it is important that we find ways to ensure everyone has food and housing. The idea of real estate directly contradicts that, since people earn money and power by depriving people of these basic human needs.

[@AdamtheKent]

"Help, help I'm a charity, I've mismanaged my funds and I need another handout" 😂

[@maxkircher4671]

“... a trader cannot comprehend a thing that is priceless.” - Sister Miriam Godwinson, The Collected Sermons

[@RachDarastrix2]

"Before thinking you can help the poor, remember first that you are one of them." ~Sun Tsu, Art Of Poor.

[@ploppyploppy]

"Before thinking you can help the poor, remember first that other people should do it instead of you." ~Lazy virtue signallers, The internet.

[@oswaldjacobs1882]

no

[@PokerJeezus]

ROWAN: See that? That's real paint ME: Say no more fam, where do I sign?

[@larssjostrom6565]

I almost expected the costumer to give the charity the money they needed or let them use the space he rented to give the whole story a happy ending.

[@60Dawn]

Well this was better showed the reality instead of a fake world

[@johndoe688]

me toooooo

[@brandonrussell3093]

I was expecting it to be a whole scam, he would have gave the charity the money but they were just acting and paid by the landlord haha.

[@sowt007]

But it was the happy ending!

[@larssjostrom6565]

@@brandonrussell3093 Hahaha, that would have been a very Rowan scam. We get good at VLDL fan fiction.

[@SuperViking9]

They kicked out a refugee charity? Damn viva la dirt leage, talking about giving depth to your characters! Such duality! At first they seem bad, but now they seem actually to be somewhat decent, kicking that 'charity' out. :O

[@Mentocthemindtaker]

Calm down, your racism is showing.

[@itsawoodchuck4330]

Based. Most “refugees” never intend on going home when the war, famine, etc and just want free handouts. Most aren’t even actual refugees and just want “a better life”, yeah don’t we all. Access to free stuff is not a human right.

[@patrickthomas2119]

I get the humor of it, but what is a landlord or tenant supposed to do if a charity can't pay their rent? The tenant's bills don't suddenly vanish. Are they supposed to just eat the cost? "Help, help, we mismanaged our money and need another handout" is actually very true.

[@FunkeyPhysicsMonkey]

I think the moral of the story is that landlords should not exist as helping people who routinely face structural violence (such as starvation and being unhoused) is far more important than profits, yet our laws make it okay for people who don't even work for a living (they just use their wealth to extract wealth from others in exploitative deals) to essentially shut down charities because we value profits and property of human life and dignity.

[@_Ekaros]

@@FunkeyPhysicsMonkey So I take your house is open for them to move their office in?

[@FunkeyPhysicsMonkey]

@@_Ekaros If I had a house and an organization that helped refugees needed it, then yeah, I would spare a room for them. But this is such a disingenuous comment anyway because no one lives in that building. If I had spare property that I was not using, I would not become an exploitative landlord. I would either sell it (either outright or in a series of payments if they could not afford it in one sum and have them gain ownership over time) or I would give it away as a charity donation. That said, I am more of a mutual aid person than a charity person, so I prefer things like the Buy Nothing project where people routinely give away their things they don't use to their community.

[@Mentocthemindtaker]

@FunkeyPhysicsMonkey What's this? Someone in the comments with an actual shred of empathy and human decency‽ I'm *shocked!*

[@kenji2787]

@Mentocthemindtaker People tend to talk better than their actions though…everyone is a world hunger savior “if” they are rich.

[@gadman85]

The ending was great. The music playing and everything. Then the guy's decision. lol.

[@MelchVagquest]

You're laughing at the end. She's crying And you're laughing

[@gshepherd6141]

lmao

[@TexMeta]

The new tenant who looks on like he's about to do something charitable and then just takes the place lol

[@auroraborealisknives4019]

The charity CEO left with his 1 million dollar bonus

[@sjent]

This is how most of them work anyway. Most of donations(90%+) is spent on "running costs", rather than passed to those they are meant to.

[@timl.b.2095]

@@sjent And your source for this is ...?

[@Kitten479]

​@@timl.b.2095 the fact that your asking for a spice is exactly the issue your supposed to be figuring out which ones actually help there causes or not and not rely on others to tell you

[@Steve-318]

@@sjent I wouldn't say most, maybe 50/50 you have to do a bit of research but good ones are out there.

[@nathanhubbard5364]

@@sjent Yeah there are unfortunately those out there. One of the best charities I've seen run is one local to me for military veterans, and every donation/grant they put it in writing to the donor how much is going to go to operating costs and how much goes to helping. Very upfront and transparent. No surprise they've been around for 20 years.

[@DarksiderJon]

It is 5 am for me rn and I have an exam in 7 hours. I should not be watching this but gotta watch the new viva video.

[@koyari4229]

I hope your exam is going well!

[@DarksiderJon]

@@koyari4229 I think it did. I don’t like how one question is worth 30% though. Thank you for the best wishes though

[@ivanward7949]

When the skit is so good, my eye twitch from my old landlord comes back 😂

[@lonurad1259]

I've since learned to keep subtitles on for VLDL videos. *Ideal Threesome* further reinforces why you should always leave subtitles on for these videos lol

[@morganalori]

I always use subtitles and VLDL does not make em an afterthought. They are totally planned and part of the video and make things soooo much more enjoyable. I am so appreciative of this

[@GeoffBlackmore]

You should do a series with Chris Luxon, Nicola Willis and David Seymour inspired characters, about the rapidly decaying state of a nation as tenants face annual rent increases of 30%, world's highest house prices, unaffordable food, and poor people are priced off new roads so rich people can drive faster.

[@itsawoodchuck4330]

Maybe the housing prices wouldn’t be so high if they didn’t keep bringing “refugees” in, making the housing market even tighter…

[@4wheal]

I mean, it might sound heartless, but if a charity can't support itself, then it might not actually be that good of one

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

Finally someone who's not like a communist 🤣

[@Jormyyy]

Not every charity has widespread reach via advertising. Stop licking the boot of capitalism.

[@4wheal]

@@Jormyyy Or maybe dont act like a charity that doesn't plan ahead and make sure to factor in its own costs is somehow the fault of others and not its own management team.

[@Jormyyy]

@@4wheal just totally disregarding thay the two realtor characters here are obviously evil people who behind the scenes likely have insane demands and continously jacked up renting costs, just like in real life. Stop normalizing this type of behavior.

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

@@Jormyyy If you can't advertise your charity to get funds then you shouldn't exist as a charity because not enough people care about your cause. What would you have done if you were the landlord?

[@KaiGaming84]

That triple handshake at the end was typically corporate-Rowan 😅

[@lescook9021]

Finally, Rowan telling it like it is. Bleeding hearts always expecting special treatment, can't even get their crap moved out in a timely manner. Guess what cupcake, you ain't special like your mommy and daddy told you, so get your act together and quit thinking others owe you anything.

[@Sol_Badguy_GG]

A bit loaded but you got the spirit.

[@Cesspit7]

I really hope you never end up in dire need of others help.

[@lescook9021]

@@Cesspit7 😀😀😀

[@Mentocthemindtaker]

Ok boomer

[@jackmehoff6767]

Guy really shouldn't feel bad for renting the space. It's not his fault they couldn't pay rent, and even if he didn't take the space, the charity would still be getting kicked out.

[@jotheunissen9274]

Did you know that Hell has different places? There's a place for the lawyers, a big one for politicians and there is one for real estate people

[@Lesca6]

...and one for people, that don't pay their fucking rent ^^

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

Which Hell?

[@Chraan]

Maybe, but this is the wrong video for your statement. It's their property and they did everything right here (apart from the handshake). The charity guys couldn't even clean up as they were told, which is a strong indicator of mismanagement. You can't help people with mismanagement. Not without hurting yourself. The realtors did the only right thing.

[@shinrailp1416]

@@Chraan Not just that, they seemingly only put up ideas on how to even get any money once they were already on the red and about to be evicted. Sure the landlords here´might have been dicks but they were in the right. Don't pay your rent and you are out. Especially as a company that clearly had no plan on how to even run this whole thing.

[@andrewpolito9244]

I like to think they get to live in very small apartments in a large skyscraper, and they constantly are trying to sell each other the identical rooms on different floors.

[@Jigsaw407]

You really nailed that The Office style, with the lingering shots and people in the background.

[@PD-Pro-Go]

I mean, if they DID mismanage their money so badly that they couldn't cover their own office rent, how were they going to house those refugees?

[@neonmammals]

John Key would be proud of that handshake.

[@TetraSky]

And that's why there are reports of charities barely giving out single digit percentage of every donations they were getting. Everything else went to management.

[@floydlooney6837]

No, many non-profits pay their executives high salaries and give away a tiny bit.

[@lucasnascimentop6479]

The fcking handshake HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAH

[@axel9937]

Actual footage of american rent system

[@hansknickerbocker9202]

They're in New Zealand, you're right but it's happening in a lot more places than just America.

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

Okay, but what is wrong here?

[@Skumgummiii]

I mean actual footage of all rent systems? If you can't pay you're out. Is that so outlandish?

[@333steveo]

​@Skumgummiii agree, the landlord etc still have fees, taxes, mortgages etc to pay, they didn't open a charity, the company renting did, so if the company can't afford its most basic need they shouldn't rely on the landlords/others feeling bad for them. Simple.

[@bufordhighwater9872]

I think the op is trying to say that landlords in America not only don't care, but that they actively take joy in evicting tenants, not that the housing market is bad.

[@KateJacksonLincoln]

I don't know why, but I didn't feel uncomfortable about anything until that double handshake at the end

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

Rowan was being a bit of a dick but in general didn't do anything wrong. I've had 1 of those handshakes in real life and yeah, pretty uncomfortable.

[@daylen577]

Feeling bad about that charity being kicked out is a logical fallacy. They're being kicked out either way, if you don't take the office someone else will

[@iambicpentakill971]

What isn't a logical fallacy is that you are considering renting from someone who tries to kick out a tenant for "pets" because of rats

[@mantisracingchannel3910]

@@iambicpentakill971Well..They were eating from their pantry… so…

[@JubeiKibagamiFez]

I'm sooo glad for the bloopers. This hit me hard. The greed of slumlords is out of control.

[@theylivewesleep.5139]

No sympathy for the charity goons.

[@qtpaulie]

please grow a fkn heart

[@theylivewesleep.5139]

@@qtpaulie my heart is there man. You shouldn’t let yours be easily lead on my guy.

[@startek119]

Remember when Viva La Dirt League was a StarCraft parody band?

[@xTerminatorAndy]

Comedy and satire should be able to take the piss out of anything and everything, so yeah good. funny!

[@fieryjack9243]

i agree but this isnt even comedy,it didnt even raise a smile

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

Agreed, I'm just waiting for the funny part in this.

[@xTerminatorAndy]

@@fieryjack9243 may not raise a smile but it is still taking the piss and still funny in some way

[@Jormyyy]

​@@matthewtalbot-paine7977the funny part is how you're slobbering on that leather boot still 👅🥾

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

@@Jormyyy What are you talking about? What have you inferred from me saying "I didn't find this funny"?

[@LeetHaxington]

Lol I worked at this startup that moved to this area in a major city that was once elite but when the pandemic came, it was vacated and became a ghost town. Old building, everything very crowded and poorly maintained feeling. Ceiling might fall on you while working. They were so proud that they "made it" and got that office. Like we're finally a real company guys. Then they forced everyone to commute in which was like 2 hours for most people. Now that we have an office, we have to use it. 3 days minimum. And then they were just like poorly managed, nobody knows what they were doing. They bought some company at some point and the only random employee who didn't quit at that company got automatically promoted to VP. He was like a junior level engineer. Toxic POS who would just talk over everyone and then mansplain it and then start squealing and find people to blame at the first sign of any trouble instead of actually just fixing the problem. BTW "Charities" aren't good. They're mostly money laundering fronts to avoid paying taxes. They also use a lot of volunteers, despite the executives on payroll making millions of dollars a year. Volunteer work is low skilled work that otherwise would have been a job that's paid minimum wage by some of the most at risk people on the planet. You're just showing up to do their job for free, which is a double whammy. Same for non-profits, which are actually for-profits. You might've also heard for-profit before, and this is actually what should be called "legally-required-to-earn-maximum-profits-under-any-circumstance". Nonprofits are the same as that, except they're not legally required to do that. But they still try to. These aren't like people waking up and buying their own one way ticket on a public jet to use their own hands to dig trenches. It's all for greedy money laundering. It's just that starving minorities are the product here instead of iphones.

[@anders-ku7lx]

I know you are supposed to be upset about evicting a charity, but I honestly hate and loathe nearly all charity organizations there are. I got your back Rowan 🤣

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

You generally don't have to look very far to find problems with them in most cases.

[@bryanstephens4800]

Well the business guys are portrayed as jerks. The reality is they have a right to get paid for their space in their building. Anyone who thinks they should give space to the charity for free. I invite to open up their place of business or their house for people to be there free. Maybe the Viva La dirt League studios that I help pay for with the kickstarter could instead be used to house homeless people. I fully agree that the lack of sensitivity is bad in these characters and funny. I've run A non-profit and I promise you we paid rent.

[@toasteee252]

Am I the only one who wonders why charities who take money from the government and donations have people at the top that become millionaires or 200k thousandaires?

[@TheGlock30owner]

Am I the only one who thinks you don't understand human greed?

[@Mentocthemindtaker]

Yes you are, because this only rarely happens and it's perfectly easy to work out if you have even a modicum of intelligence.

[@lefeal9707]

"Only fans" is on the board of "How We Save Ofrrinz" Can't say they aren't dedicated.

[@itsawoodchuck4330]

Landlords aren’t a charity but the charity expects them to act like one. Ironic situation all around.

[@LeeFluff]

At 17.00 I was super invested. And after going through that rollercoaster. I’m grinning like an idiot. So good

[@fhuber7507]

Sorry. Can't feel sorry for a charity that rents a place they can't afford. It's called mismanaging the charity.

[@mdimascio]

Take the lease but give the charity an office in it. That's what I thought he was gonna do.

[@mikkihesson3509]

this is just... no. guys, just no. love ya! but no.

[@DustinTweed]

Rowan describes the best of humanity at present moment should be an Oscar performance this man deserves an Oscar

[@LUKASAJs]

These bots are wild

[@coreyburton8]

the triple handshake is a first!

[@Galliao]

Late on their rent; late on their move out. Terrible charity.

[@GuitarsRockForever]

Rowan plays evil character so well, he should get an special award. And I think there will be people believe Rowan in real life is evil too.

[@alexbishop5004]

The origin story of Byte Barn???

[@Sebastian78120]

2:19 the subtitles :'D

[@radsjet]

I mean, i would definetly not rent from them behaving like that, but if you cant pay rent its time to go, the building was not a charity. Maby use someone basement instead even if its youe parents rather then a expensive office you cant afford.

[@Bearingz]

This hurt my soul. Rowan, your villainy knows no bounds. >_< (Genius sketch.)

[@aFLYER1980]

Life isn't free, even for charities

[@mad_borden]

The closed captioning 2:20. Diabolical.

[@Commonzenze]

Some channels are really hit-or-miss. I can always count on yours to be a hit.....until this series. Your first miss.

[@raznaak]

That like... just your opinion, man.

[@Commonzenze]

@@raznaak Oh, wow, like really. Here I thought my word was gospel.

[@Species1571]

That poor girl was still crying, even when it became clear that everyone else was just acting. Someone should check on her.

[@arokh72]

Too accurate. Once the funding dries up, the charity folds, leaving a lot of people without hope or recourse, it doesn't matter how well managed it may have been. But hey nobody cares about the little people, it’s just business, right.

[@bufordhighwater9872]

Charities that actually help people rarely fold, because they actually manage their finances, make plans, and have complete transparency and/or oversight. Oh, and because people see the charity helping and how it spends their money, they're more willing to continue donating.

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

It is literally the case that not enough people cared about any charity that went under either that or it was criminally mismanaged because in order for a charity to go under it needs to not have enough donations from the public.

[@Unknown_Genius]

@@bufordhighwater9872 This pretty much. And they're also absolutely transparent about if things don't work out potentially leading to people lending an extra dime so it doesn't go under instantly. Also most of those in general didn't start off with an office space unless they could back it up with their money.

[@larssjostrom6565]

It happens to many US churches due to secularization(I am not american).

[@Ironica82]

@@larssjostrom6565 Secularization has just caused the goats who were only there to be accepted socially to leave. What is sad, however, is how many have been manipulated by the Rick Warren model of entertainment first and a generic moral lesson second.

[@Josh-99]

The fact that this skit is so utterly believable is proof that our nation has become a dystopian hellscape.

[@Josh-99]

@foolserrand-lu7ym I was thinking about how relatable it is to my own nation of America; as in, I could completely see something like that happening here because my countrymen have lost all empathy and compassion. Sorry for the confusion.

[@eF_cz]

Yeah, not everybody does charity. But i think Rowan could nail it with more Silent Hero approach. He'd get his point across maybe even better. Just silently kicking the box with cans, ripping off the sign and feeling the paint etc.

[@Squall598]

This was such an amazing short. Please keep this as a series.

[@GamersBasement]

Hot take but these skits aren’t landing like Bored and NPC man for me. Maybe I’m broken..

[@TugaCel_]

Because they aren't funny, because what's shown in these skits is actually happening right now in the real world.

[@saltyjr42]

I think it just hits a little too real life. Not so funny if you ask me. Maybe the system is broken. Not you

[@MajesticSlowking]

Nah they're just not funny at all

[@weepmetosleep]

I agree 100% NPC and bored are much funnier.

[@JounLord1]

Nah just not funny. The joke is how heartless the renters are for kicking out the charity but well, I just don't find it funny or heartbreaking or anything. Maybe its because of the reputation of a lot of charities but didn't feel much sympathy for the charity or their money woes, didn't find any humor in a business kicking out a non-profit business that couldn't pay the rent. But then I just might be broken too.

[@PaulZukas]

I met a propety manager like this. He started by telling me that I needed to confirm a meeting time with with him the day before or he wouldn't be showing up. Understable but it came across as offputting. He then showed me the unit with a number of damages that he said "Would be fixed by move in day". I later went through multiple google reviews that mentioned him by name along with "Your deposit is a donation. It doesn't matter how well you take care of the place." I didn't take it. 🙄

[@hankthehunter]

I want to believe he took the place and let them stay🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@callias6007]

2:20 the captions man😂

[@eggshkirt4936]

VLDL for life one of the best channels on YT

[@DominequeTaylor]

The double hand handshake. Priceless 😂 I’m doing that every chance I get.

[@markmathews2143]

This happened to me as a renter after covid happened and i was homeless during covid as a result. My payments were cut off from not being allowed to work and they evicted me a day after the moratorium on evictions.

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

You were homeless because you couldn't afford a place to live that is nothing to do with the landlord.

[@OhGreatPopeye]

@@matthewtalbot-paine7977 freaking nice take

[@jorgebarriosmur]

@@matthewtalbot-paine7977 It was HIS GOVERMENT the one to making him unable to afford rent, not him. If the authorities explicitly ban me from working (any work), it`s not my fault if can`t earn money. In my country, the goverment imposed a lockdown, but funded part of the salaries of the people they forced to stay at home (my job was deemed esential, and all my neighbours were envious of me, they even asked me to walk my dogs, so they could take a 15 or 20 minute walks outside). Everybody contribuited (the workers with reduced salaries, the firms with reduced profits, and the goveremt re-directing funds to people and firms in need). Just making people homless because of circumstances out of their control is a good way to make your people give a sh*t about your country....

[@SunwardRanger83]

@@matthewtalbot-paine7977 To be fair, if this person wasn't allowed to work due to government lockdowns, it wasn't really their fault either. I don't blame the landlord since they have bills they have to pay to stay out of foreclosure, but there were a lot of people that got screwed due to government interference. Of course, in my area there were lots of places hiring and plenty of people who just didn't want to work during the whole scare, so if anyone lost their place because of that, that's solely on them for making that decision.

[@chrissewell1608]

So you didn't work and lived rent free for how long? And who is to blame here?

[@furyfodeath6084]

The guy who took it got a reality check if he ever failed

[@Michael_K_Woods]

Is supposed to make me dislike Rowan because I love him!😊 Charities are scams and rehousing refugees is the biggest scam.

[@charliebeals6]

Rowan plays a bad guy so well it just assures you that he's gotta be such a nice guy in person

[@dirk2058]

I enjoyd this, I dont support charities... having been a part of a few of them and having seen how they are run... just a bunch of people manipulating peoples emotions to get money from them...i would rather just help people myself... than to give that responsibility to someone else and hope they are honest...