• Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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    459 months ago

    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.

    • 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

      • @cmbabul@lemmy.world
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        149 months ago

        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.

      • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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        69 months ago

        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.

    • jungle
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      29 months 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.

    • @lars@lemmy.world
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      19 months 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.