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[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

It’s kind of sad the lengths the working class needs to go to just to limit every last penny porky raises the rent by.

If my good tastes raise the rent so much, why am I not getting a paycheck from porky, and any other homeowner for my “services” of my fancy tastes raising their property values so much?

[-] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 3 points 2 hours ago

i call it "existential labour"

you being there, being being a good neighbour, will raise the real estate value, rent will go up, and they'll generate profit from you existing and a good human being.

[-] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 68 points 14 hours ago

This is art, it's provocative. It's satirical from the perspective of using these super high tech gadgets and infrastructure to perform a pointless and unpleasant task. It's asking why such a task might be considered desirable, especially by someone who had access to such tools and knowledge.

It's creative and interesting. Not everyone who uses computers is some Randian nightmare goblin.

[-] regul@hexbear.net 58 points 14 hours ago

Just because it uses a raspberry pi doesn't mean it's not art.

[-] Alisu@hexbear.net 12 points 11 hours ago

Honestly, you can do some cool instalations with microcontrollers and small computers. It can be art for sure, just like an art installation. It can be simply a beautiful sensory experience, or something with deeper meaning

[-] Carcharodonna@hexbear.net 54 points 15 hours ago

Or you could just go spray paint “MS-13” on a few walls and call it a day.

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 30 points 15 hours ago

I would invent a scarier, browner gang

¡Los Hombres Peligroso!

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 21 points 13 hours ago

That's ridiculous and obviously fake.

In Spanish you have to pluralize the adjectives too - it should be "Los Hombres Peligrosos"

There, now I'm scared.

[-] Carcharodonna@hexbear.net 21 points 15 hours ago

What about Los Locos? They seemed pretty scary in Short Circuit 2.

[-] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 13 points 12 hours ago

They're some bad hombres. They'll kick your ass, your face, and then your balls -- into outer space, I'm told.

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 12 points 14 hours ago

I mean, any Spanish would work

¡Los Zanahorias Malodoroso! would cause untold levels of panic across the Great Plains

[-] Rom@hexbear.net 19 points 14 hours ago
[-] Carl@hexbear.net 30 points 15 hours ago

This is very funny though.

[-] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 38 points 15 hours ago

That's pretty damn interesting. I imagine it'd take a couple days for it to be tracked down and a few more to be traced back to the maker.

[-] some_dude@lemm.ee 11 points 11 hours ago

If I'm reading the original post correctly the person posting is the creator. Mystery solved.

[-] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 28 points 15 hours ago

Probably even less if folks are posting about it

[-] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 19 points 15 hours ago

Can't trace it back to the maker if it is experiencing a critical existence failure.

[-] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 15 hours ago

Are you suggesting making it explode? Cuz you've still got local witnesses to interrogate, security footage from the surrounding area, cellular telemetry data of area, depending. That'd mostly just raise the stakes for you, going from a disturbing the peace charge to a potential terrorism charge.

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 25 points 14 hours ago

Pretty sure he's saying it doesn't exist in any capacity beyond being an art project and never will.

[-] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 11 points 13 hours ago

I'm saying don't let your memes be dreams

[-] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 14 hours ago

Ah that makes sense.

[-] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 9 points 13 hours ago

Oh no... think of what that would do to property values, to have an explosion in the neighborhood!

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