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What do you love the look of despite it being impractical, uncomfortable, or high maintenance?

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    It was bright carpeted floors that inspired this post.

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    Tile or stone roof

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      I definitely am interested in it, although I'm worried about buying a car from a new company's first production run. I haven't driven an electric car before but maybe it'll be fun.

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      Yeah, I’m not even confident most new electric brands I see will ever reach prototype stage, let alone become a successful business that can sustain operations. I really like the idea in this of a very basic vehicle, though, so I hope they succeed.

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        I think it looks like shit and I LIKE that it looks like shit. I'll never have one, but maybe there is a parallel reality where we have woke Musk, and I can also afford one.

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        There are plenty of ugly cars that dont cost nearly as much and are still offensive.

        Nissan Juke seems to make people unhappy, as does a Pontiac Aztek. Older and weirder, a GM u-body van like a Chevy Lumina APV, Buick's last Riveria was shaped like a nicely tapered turd, Acura had the original ZDX that looked like a dog scrunched up to take a crap and the ugly beaky nose. People really hate the BMW 7 series that came out in 2001 for being ugly too. I'm guessing that they're all broken by now since they were horrific junk, but if you do find one, they're cheap.

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          If not friend, why friend shaped?

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            Tile or stone roof

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            Tile roof is durable as heck! https://roofsnap.com/blog/how-long-do-tile-roofs-last-what-roofers-need-to-know/

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              It was bright carpeted floors that inspired this post.

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              An antique Victorian or Queen Anne house. I love the towers, the gingerbread charm, the corbels and fascias and all the little crinkly bits. The rich old wood interiors with tin ceilings and plaster medallions, hand carved staircases and crown mouldings.

              However I am never going to be able to afford the absurd cost of retrofitting one to be energy efficient, and I know the quirks of odd room sizes, antiquated floor plans and non-standard sized things like weird door heights and window widths would drive me absolutely insane. So I'll admire them from afar

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                It was bright carpeted floors that inspired this post.

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                My orange cat

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                  It was bright carpeted floors that inspired this post.

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                  White pants. I am not qualified to wear them, not careful enough, not neat enough, I always mess them up. But I love them!

                  Agree with old cars. I had a gorgeous mustang from 1967, a three speed manual, the clutch not hydraulic, no power steering. Hard to drive (I didn't trust many people with it) , broke down All The Fucking Time, was a wildly impractical car but oh what a looker. My car now I bought new in 2014, Honda Accord Sport 6 speed manual and I hope it's my last, it's beautiful too and better made, just enough tech to be good not bad, one day it will be vintage, I don't drive much anymore.

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                  • cracks_inthewalls@sh.itjust.worksC [email protected]

                    Awwww yeaahh...that's the good shit.

                    In my very last move with my parents, I almost got to have my dream room - wood paneling, old 70s orange-brown shag with pilling like a lawn in need of mowing, the works. I was staying behind in the old city a month longer than them, but I begged them to keep it exactly as is.

                    I moved in to find it was replaced with beige, boring carpet, with almost no pill to speak of. I was devastated.

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                    They did you dirty, my friend. I'm so sorry. I will observe a moment of silence for your loss

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                    • R [email protected]

                      It was bright carpeted floors that inspired this post.

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                      Gothic architecture. So much extra work to sculpt all the spires, gables, grotesques and archways, for zero added functionality. But they look dope as fuck.

                      Incidentally I hate brutalist architecture.

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                        The Cybertruck. It's dangerous, wasteful, impractical, and sold by a Nazi, but I actually like the appearance.

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                        From the very first one I saw in person, the wildly variable steps and gaps between panels was a big "nope". The very long single wiper blade on the windshield also tickled my engineer brain as "nightmare to maintain".

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                          There are plenty of ugly cars that dont cost nearly as much and are still offensive.

                          Nissan Juke seems to make people unhappy, as does a Pontiac Aztek. Older and weirder, a GM u-body van like a Chevy Lumina APV, Buick's last Riveria was shaped like a nicely tapered turd, Acura had the original ZDX that looked like a dog scrunched up to take a crap and the ugly beaky nose. People really hate the BMW 7 series that came out in 2001 for being ugly too. I'm guessing that they're all broken by now since they were horrific junk, but if you do find one, they're cheap.

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                          None of those cars look like Playstation 1 cars. These are Playstation 2 AT WORST. I lust for a low poly SACK OF SHIT

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                            Gothic architecture. So much extra work to sculpt all the spires, gables, grotesques and archways, for zero added functionality. But they look dope as fuck.

                            Incidentally I hate brutalist architecture.

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                            That’s a good one! The level of detail in gothic architecture is insane and gorgeous. I love seeing curves and rounded shapes in architecture in general. As for brutalism, I’ve seen some creative things done with this style too, although of course its advantages are durability and affordability rather than aesthetics. The modern minimalist trend in architecture where everything is beige/white/grey is what I dislike most.

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                            • R [email protected]

                              It was bright carpeted floors that inspired this post.

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                              Steam locomotives!!! Maybe not the full intent of this thread, but they’re terrible for the environment, inefficient, complicated as hell, and SO COOL!

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                                Gothic architecture. So much extra work to sculpt all the spires, gables, grotesques and archways, for zero added functionality. But they look dope as fuck.

                                Incidentally I hate brutalist architecture.

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                                Fully agree! It’s so much work and so incredible to look at and admire. Art deco too for the same reasons.

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                                  Steam locomotives!!! Maybe not the full intent of this thread, but they’re terrible for the environment, inefficient, complicated as hell, and SO COOL!

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                                  I'm guessing that in 50 years people will feel this way about internal combustion engines as well. A lot of the time the more efficient technologies get, the more boring, as all the energy is going into their actual purpose, and not chugga-chugga sounds.

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                                    An antique Victorian or Queen Anne house. I love the towers, the gingerbread charm, the corbels and fascias and all the little crinkly bits. The rich old wood interiors with tin ceilings and plaster medallions, hand carved staircases and crown mouldings.

                                    However I am never going to be able to afford the absurd cost of retrofitting one to be energy efficient, and I know the quirks of odd room sizes, antiquated floor plans and non-standard sized things like weird door heights and window widths would drive me absolutely insane. So I'll admire them from afar

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                                    However I am never going to be able to afford the absurd cost of retrofitting one to be energy efficient,

                                    Is that even an option? In my experience they leak so much it's more like a pile of sticks than a modern envelope. You'd have to, like, add a whole other layer to the inside or outside, or take it all apart and rebuild it to actual geometric standards.

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                                      Honestly, I don't even like the look

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                                      Yeah, I'm not even sure if most women-liking people do. Blond and busty is a style that actually does have a significant but non-universal following, but when it's overdone to the point of looking unnatural I would expect it becomes niche again.

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                                        Australian cattle dogs... in NYC? People are so dumb when it comes to dog breeds. What poor dogs.

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                                        I'm guessing they must walk them constantly? Like, otherwise your apartment gets trashed.

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                                          Women 😘😁

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                                          Boomer humour achieved!

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