The commodification of housing and it's consequences have been a disaster for the human race
On the other hand, I've been thinking if I trash my neighborhood, it might make housing affordable.
When you get thrown onto the street homeless because you wore a tuxedo on a week night and the dress code was specifically White Tie.
Better yet, enforce the dress code on them only, and the dress code is just a giant dunce cap with denim overalls and nothing underneath.
I've refused to live anywhere with an HOA, and I'm glad, but damn. I've got this whole bit I can never use where I contractually demand my share of the property value I'm supposed to generate up front & call it capital investment in making myself able to not be a sloppy belligerent, and thus uphold the bargain.
If you want me to mow my yard, you're gonna have to put me through therapy.
British comedian Stewart Lee has a funny bit about how insane it is that people have turned housing, a basic necessity of life, into an investment opportunity.
"basically what's happened is that somewhere along the line as a society we've confused the notion of home with the possibility of an investment opportunity. What kind of creature wants to live in an investment opportunity? Only man. The fox has his den. [Lee lists several more animals living in their spaces, eliciting polite laughter from his crowd]. But only man, ladies and gentlemen, the worst animal of all, chooses to make his nest in an investment opportunity. mm snuggle down in the lovely credit, oh all warm in the mortgage payment." Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle series 1 episode 4 "Global Financial Crisis"
The bit goes on like this. He imagines what it would be like if realtors were dogs selling bones. He compares realtors to cockroaches and some vague eldritch monstrosity that drives people to suicide.
You know, it's more of a spoken act, really. Probably doesn't work quite as well in this textual format.
That's the thing with Stewart Lee, probably the best comedian going but it's so difficult to explain why any particular bit is funny because its all timing and playing with exceptions and absurdity.
Y'all know any neighbourhood weird enough to think this would be good also has someone who will suggest "klan robes" completely unironically. These may often be the same person.
"I'll never live in a communist country, there's no individuality! Everyone lives in the same shoddily built house, wears the same drab clothes, and drives the same bland cars..."
Not sure how they'd actually be able to enforce this lol.
home owners associations are literally the devil. dont tempt fate like this please im begging here
I read this and caught myself instinctively wanting to downvote the post out of disgust
