[ SECRET POST #4399 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4399 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Cassandra Clare & her books: TMI/TID/TDA]


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[Doctor Who]


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[Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir]


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[Charmed]


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[Criminal Minds - season 4, episode 8 "Masterpiece"]


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[Tidying Up with Marie Kondo]











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Comments

[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

This is the only House Hunters I like because it's so neat seeing what homes are like around the world.

To be fair, the aspirational stuff is a big problem with the entirely US version, too. Everyone wants an open layout for entertaining, and a big, fenced-in yard for the kids and dog (who may not exist yet), and a guest room, and a man cave, and a view of water and so on.

[(Anonymous)]

Am I the only one who hates open layouts? Give me walls to put my furniture against, give me doors so I can go to my room and destress. I don't want to live in a space where I have to 'make rooms' by strategically placing couches and rugs and shit.

[(Anonymous)]

DA
I especially hate open kitchens. I generally hate food smell in textiles and with open kitchens, it's even more likely to get everywhere that has any fabric.

[(Anonymous)]

You're not alone. I'd absolutely hate it if my house was one giant open space that isn't divided into different areas. It's too damn noisy, there's no privacy, etc.

[bcboomerangs]

Oh gosh open layouts. "So we can see the kids."

Meanwhile many humans were successfully raised and survived closed layout houses.

[sparklywalls]

I watch shows like this sometimes. Don't go out of my way for it but if I'm sick and not wanting to move very far from my sofa even with a million channels there's not a lot of choice in terms of day time TV. And property shows don't really require much thinking.

Anyway, pretty houses are good but it does make me laugh how often they have a strict budget they absolutely cannot go over and then suddenly find an extra like £100K somewhere, somehow.

[(Anonymous)]

I love watching this show because I love when they start in on how 'small' everything is. Or 'why is there a washer/dryer in the kitchen?!'. SO I CAN MULTITASK, KAREN. THAT'S WHY!

Though the funniest thing I ever heard on one of these shows was someone (I don't remember if it was the husband or wife), asking if the carpet came with the house. Bitch, it is installed wall-to-wall carpets, not a fucking area rug. Do you think they're going to rip it up and hope the new house has identical dimensions?

[(Anonymous)]

Not just multitasking, but the rooms most likely to have the fitting plumbing for washers is the bathroom or the kitchen. It's not rocket science!

[(Anonymous)]

To be fair, she might be asking because that is not a given in all European countries. There are countries where it's not unheard of to remove stuff like the stove and oven when you're moving out.

[akacat]

For the carpet one, I wonder if the buyers were deliberately poking fun at the producers? As I understand it, the “buyers” have already bought one house, and if even they love it to death, they’re still required to come up with X number of complaints about each house they look at. I could see a creative person thinking up a few absurd concerns/complaints to try to slip into the show.

[(Anonymous)]

It's the only one I watch, too. Seeing different cities and architecture is fascinating, and it's extra hilarious when Americans move overseas and still want like, a giant American house in the suburbs.

[(Anonymous)]

it's not really an american only phenomenon... but ok

[(Anonymous)]

Where does the secret say it's an American only phenomenon, hmmm?

[(Anonymous)]

'American' isn't even mentioned???

[(Anonymous)]

OP never said it was...but ok.

[tabaqui]

I've watched these shows from time to tome (when i had cable) and yeah, i was always so put off by idiot Americans (usually), who were flabbergasted that they coudln't get granite counters and 4500 square foot homes for a minimal cost.

Of course, those same type of people actually think they need a 4500 square foot home, wherever they are, and think a 3000 dollar monthly mortgage is fine, which....wtf.

[(Anonymous)]

Ha, yes. And they're usually the same people who want a huge kitchen with professional quality stoves/oven for "entertaining" even if they don't actually cook.

[(Anonymous)]

Professional mermaids are a thing though... like they mostly do party entertainment I think? And there's at least one who does talks to kids about protecting the environment.

[(Anonymous)]

"Professional mermaids will often swim in live, filmed, or photographed productions or shows and can be hired for special events."

[(Anonymous)]

Was that in Napier?

Imagine the expenses on her tax return

[greghousesgf]

"one"?

[analise]

I enjoy the show for something I don't really have to think hard about. It's entertaining to try to guess which house they'll pick (though a lot of the time I'm always like, "hubby, you're not going to get your way. The wife is going to win this argument. Just give in, that's how it always ends...haven't you seen this show?") and like everybody else, I like seeing different houses in other countries.

But the, "oh we need three bedrooms and three bathrooms near the city center and it has to have outdoor space and a view and be updated but have character..." stuff gets a little silly, yeah.

Just watched one today where a family with seven kids was moving to Mexico and they got a three bedroom house. Parents in one room five boys in another, and the two girls in the third...with part of it being used as the dad's office. The boys had to put out cots to sleep at night and I just...

...what?

I mean, I guess they weren't planning on living there forever but still, yeesh.

[(Anonymous)]

... I'm just staring at this and going "but why would you even have SEVEN KIDS?" WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO YOURSELF?

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, it cracks me up the most when people say they need so much space for entertaining when it's for a vacation home. Are they paying for the plane tickets for all of their guests? Because not everyone can afford to drop money on plane tickets just to visit someone in a completely different country. They make it sound like they're going to have grand parties all of the time.