SO: Is this weird?

[emjacobs]

It was brought up in the paint colors thread.  What do you think is weird? Weird is such a subjective thing, I don't think there is any solid definition of what is or is not weird. 

So what do you think is weird? H&G or not. 

[IIOY]

It's all about flow. If the colors of your house flow from one room to the next, then whatever you have done - one color, thirty colors, rainbow-farting unicorn wall stencils - has worked.

OK, I would side-eye a rainbow-farting unicorn wall stencil.

[emjacobs]

I'm not talking about what is weird in regards to paint, just what is weird in general. About anything.

I get both sides of the paint conversation, and I even think that a rainbow farting unicorn could be bad ass if executed properly.

Things I think are weird:
--A standard size house (under 4000 sqft) having multiple laundry rooms. Brought to you by the house that was just built and sold next door which has two full size laundry rooms.

--Building a house but not putting a sidewalk / walkway to it. AKA my house...

--Dealerships not letting you test drive a vehicle that you are interested in purchasing without running your credit and having you sign papers first. Ran into this this past weekend.

[thewop]

People who are obsessed with the internet/twitter/fb/etc. Do people really think the whole world cares what they are doing every second of every day? I don't get it.

[pitterwoo]

May 28, 2013 13:38:12 GMT -5 thewop said:

People who are obsessed with the internet/twitter/fb/etc. Do people really think the whole world cares what they are doing every second of every day? I don't get it.

Twitter is just weird. It always feels like a huge waste of time.

Something I think is weird is having a yard and mowing the lawn, but doing NOTHING else. No landscaping, no lawn furniture, no toys. Why have a house if you aren't going to use the yard? There are a couple on my street like this.

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Amen to the Twitter! That and people who get so wrapped up in blogs. Who cares? Love it or leave it already.

People's distaste for clotheslines? WTH is so trashy about people a) saving energy b) clothes on a line?

People who get worked up about casual clothes/yoga pants in places like Target/Lowe's/grocery store/the park. WTH do you have to impress there? This is one thing I just can't get over in internet land.

My bump board is obsessed with overpriced toddler shoes, like it automatically makes their kids walk earlier, better, give them great feet. Whatever. It's more about the arch and support than the brand.

That people will spend a hundred dollars trying out "natural" "organic" "non chemical" cleaners then pile them under their sink because none work right. Is all that money, time and wasted product really better than 1/4 cup of Clorox or Pinesol and you know it works, done, over problem solved? It's more about the waste factor sometimes than the "natural" to me sometimes.

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May 28, 2013 13:56:51 GMT -5 pitterwoo said:

May 28, 2013 13:38:12 GMT -5 thewop said:

People who are obsessed with the internet/twitter/fb/etc. Do people really think the whole world cares what they are doing every second of every day? I don't get it.

Twitter is just weird. It always feels like a huge waste of time.

Something I think is weird is having a yard and mowing the lawn, but doing NOTHING else. No landscaping, no lawn furniture, no toys. Why have a house if you aren't going to use the yard? There are a couple on my street like this.

Probably because the neighbors on the other side are b*tching, "OMG. Did you see those people. They left their kid's trike and ball in the yard overnight! How tacky! And did you see **GASP!** they sidewalk chalked the front steps? The neighborhood is going downhill now!"



I don't have much out in my yard. Not that I don't want to, but I have so much to mow I don't want a lot of extra landscaping slowing me down and I'm out of time due to sheer amount of lawn I need to get through. The wind also blows away any little thing I leave out here. That said, I do have nice landscaping, there's just not tons of it.

[emjacobs]

May 28, 2013 14:33:48 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

May 28, 2013 12:57:56 GMT -5 emjacobs said:

--Dealerships not letting you test drive a vehicle that you are interested in purchasing without running your credit and having you sign papers first. Ran into this this past weekend.

Um, what? What if you are prepared to pay cash or want to finance through the bank? Even if you decide to buy the freaking car, there's still no reason they MUST run your credit. This is the weirdest.

Yep, and while we aren't looking to buy right this second, we would be a cash buyer. Now it was a performance car so I do understand not letting the average Joe test drive, but when I tell you that I will bring you 1-2 trade in's with low mileage and the remainder will be in cash for a vehicle that you will probably have to order you damn well better let me test drive.  It's ok, that dealership lost any chance of me buying a car through them in the future. I did call a few other dealerships and they said that they were a little cautious on test drives for this particular vehicle (fine by me) but had they had someone tell them what I told them they would allow the test drive, and under no circumstances would I have to make any agreements regarding money. 

The guy wouldn't even drive me down the street in the car. 

[panicked]

May 28, 2013 13:18:16 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

I think it's weird that the house we are buying has 5 different kinds of interior doors.  And I don't mean sizes.  I mean distinct styles.  I don't understand why you wouldn't want to match the existing doors.

I think it's weird when people cut up American Cheese into little square and put it on a plate so that people can eat it with crackers like an hors d'ouevre.  The only thing American Cheese is good for is grilled cheese sandwiches and even then, there are like 15 different cheeses that are better.

People do that? Grody.

I think it's weird when the front of a house is beautifully landscaped, but nothing else is. I get curb appeal and the like, but why not carry it around the house? It looks unbalanced and odd to me when so much time is spent on one part of the house and not the rest of it.

[emjacobs]

May 28, 2013 15:11:50 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

May 28, 2013 14:51:37 GMT -5 emjacobs said:

Yep, and while we aren't looking to buy right this second, we would be a cash buyer. Now it was a performance car so I do understand not letting the average Joe test drive, but when I tell you that I will bring you 1-2 trade in's with low mileage and the remainder will be in cash for a vehicle that you will probably have to order you damn well better let me test drive.  It's ok, that dealership lost any chance of me buying a car through them in the future. I did call a few other dealerships and they said that they were a little cautious on test drives for this particular vehicle (fine by me) but had they had someone tell them what I told them they would allow the test drive, and under no circumstances would I have to make any agreements regarding money. 

The guy wouldn't even drive me down the street in the car. 

I've walked away from cars I was planning to purchase solely because the sales staff were skeevy jerks. I hate car salesmen.

What kind of car is it, may I ask?

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo MR, I'll probably go with a used 2012 or 2013 with under 20k miles on it. 

[emjacobs]

May 29, 2013 10:35:31 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

Cool! That would be fun to drive! Is it a manual or semi-automatic?

The MR's are a 6-speed twin clutch automatic.  You have the ability to shift at your own points if you wish (paddle shifters or slap shift on the actual shifter) or the computer is programmed with really great shift points automatically.  I would have gone with the GSR (manual) but I have a lot of hip and back problems and don't want the worry of my hip going out and not being able to drive. 

It's actually really funny, T is a subaru guy through and through and has a highly modified STi.  Evo's and STi's have been enemies forever, we keep joking that we will need to build a wall in our garage to keep everything civil. 

I really love the car, it's roomy and 4 door so I won't have any problems with child seats when that happens, has ample trunk space, and is AWD so I can still get out in the snow.  The gas mileage is equal to what I'm currently driving, and the options are a lot nicer.  I'm sure it will still be a year or so before I go for it. Long story short, my current vehicle was a graduation present from my grandfather who is currently not doing well, he wouldn't understand if I traded it in, and I don't have the heart to tell him I just don't love the car anymore.  He was given 3-6 months, 9 months ago.  We know what is coming, and that it is in the near future, but he's a stubborn ass and doesn't go down without fighting. I'll also be getting at least one of his cars (an old Lincoln Continental that isn't worth much other than memories) and most likely his truck that is in pristine condition.  Essentially I'm holding on to my car to keep him happy that he was able to give me something that I kept forever. 

[mrs.jacinthe]

Our neighborhood HOA rules say that any new landscaping should be low-water if at all possible (although the HOA has no teeth to enforce, it's just an idea). So ... the people down the street put in rocks for their front yard. And artificial turf. But not the semi-realistic variety of artificial turf. Like, indoor-outdoor carpet. LOLOLOL

The irony here and what makes them weird, is that they have this zero-water front yard and approximately 6 trillion potted plants in their side and back yard. Like ... they could be running a nursery back there. I'm pretty sure they missed the spirit of the request for low-water landscaping by a country mile.

[emjacobs]

Thanks, we've all accepted that it's his time to go, he accepted it a long time ago. He's lived the last 15 years without my grandmother, and I think he's ready to go see her.

[starlily]

When we were househunting, we saw one house that had a huge tub in the master bath that was surrounded by teddy bears. Big bears, small bears, character bears, beanie bears ..... there had to have been at least 75-100 teddy bears of all shapes and sizes perched on the ledges of the tub and arranged in rows in front of the tub.

That was weird.

There were also a gazillion boudoir-type pictures of the wife in the bedroom and family room.

That was also weird.