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Why Can't We Build Homes Like We Used To? (www.youtube.com)
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[-] huf@hexbear.net 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

why the hell would you want to go back to building these god-awful houses? they dont have a shape! they look like a cancerous blob growing on a cancerous blob.

if you cant describe the shape of your house in a very few words, or need multiple sentences to describe the shape of your roof, i'm sorry but you've got a dogshit design.

houses should be square, or long, or L-shaped, or maybe T or cross-shaped. that's about it.

this is a normal-shaped house:

incidentally, what do chinese people and russians call L-shaped things?

[-] miz@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

Russians probably use г

The Russian letter "г" is pronounced "ge" and sounds like the "g" in "go". It is the fourth letter in the Cyrillic alphabet and is derived from the Greek letter gamma.

[-] Chronicon@hexbear.net 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Okay obvious point here: NORMAL PEOPLE WEREN'T LIVING IN 3000+ sqft VICTORIAN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES

This video made me want to scream lol

[-] DefinitelyNotAPhone@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago

This video is basically just an RETVRN meme played completely straight, minus the overt racism.

Also potential hot take: there's nothing wrong with boring drywall box houses. It's cheap to build, reliable, easy to repair and make adjustments to for taste, and does its job.

[-] Chronicon@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

just an RETVRN meme played completely straight, minus the overt racism.

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edit: yeah I mean done right they're kinda fine but they are done super cheap and shitty at least as often as they are done well. My biggest issue is that they're single family detached houses and that's just inherently inefficient

[-] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

Yeah, very silly omission.

Have you seen rich people's new homes? They can definitely pay for custom, artistic shit.

Let's see some normal people's homes from 1880 for a fair comparison. I mean how many are even still standing?

[-] miz@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago

[-] crime@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago

(the dad from my big fat greek wedding voice) "Give me a problem, any problem, and I show you how the root of that problem is capitalism."

[-] miz@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

"and if problem existed before capitalism, I show you how capitalism prevent humanity from addressing it"

[-] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

Wait, Tyler Perry got this mansion from those Madea movies?!

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

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