the awesome/terrifying freedom

do you know about these freaky ass people on craigslist?

i'm looking at apartment listings and on more than one occasion i've come across listings that are more or less applications for people to become sex slaves. like this one:

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/roo/21965918.html

"I would prefer someone who is submissive and/or an exhibitionist because all common areas will be shared"

what?

"i'm sorry sir, i'm going to either need you handcuffed to the chair, or standing on the chair with a whip if we're going to share this common area together."

then he (or i suppose she, but somehow i doubt that this is a female posting, though if it is a woman, i suppose it would be an empowerment, in which case i applaud her, but male or female: creepy) asks you to send a picture.

is this the amount of power one has in new york city when one owns an apartment?

i suppse it's better than the creepazoid posting a totally normal ad, meeting the guy, moving in, and then slowly discovering what you've gotten yourself into.