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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

All the new houses going up around me look like that. Except for the ones that take up almost the entire lot so they can cram a 4,000sq ft house on a quarter acre.

Everything today is starting to suck because they're all min/maxing. Cars are all egg shaped SUVs or boxy trucks. Movies are all reboots, sequels, prequels, or live-action remakes. TV shows are epic fantasies or raunchy animated comedies or dark supernatural dramas. Because that's what all the metrics say will provide the best ROI.

I wish this Gilded Age were half as original as the last one.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thank you for also noticing the shitty shape of cars. I guess there’s a demand there, but I hate it too. I constantly bring this up, so I’m happy someone else agrees lol

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I figure it’s a combination of three things; the level of aerodynamic engineering the industry has achieved, lowest common denominator design to appeal to the largest possible group, and a demand for storage space.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the main problem is that anyone with enough money to buy a new car is so old they can't get in and out of something sporty.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

That or kids/car seats.

I’m not that old yet, and no kids, so give me my tiny sporty coupes that are easier to park.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I completely agree with you, and I also noticed cars gradually losing personality around the turn of the century, but the most egg shaped car of all happens to be the one I love the most: the VW bug. I had one ~20 years ago, yellow even, and I still miss it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

All. The. Cars. Look. The. Same. It. Is. Like. The. 1940s. Right. Now.

I’d love to see some sarcastic/ironic eye candy on this figurative and literal highway to hell.