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I honestly could not finish that video. She is as pretentious as the home owners she criticizes.

by curiousgal 9y ago

KaiserPro 9y ago
I don't see any pretence, I really don't.
- lgas 9y ago
  You don't see any pretentiousness in driving around judging a bunch of people on their houses and just ragging on how terrible they are? Really? You might want to look harder.
  - encoderer 9y ago
    Was she judging the houses or the people?
  - omikun 9y ago
    pre·ten·tious - adjective - attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed. The irony here is that her blog rags on the pretentiousness of houses designed to look like better built/designed houses. McMansions are by definition pretentious.
  - wpietri 9y ago
    What do you believe she's pretending to be?
  - chiph 9y ago
    It'd be pretentious to just arbitrarily say "Those houses are ugly". But she says "Those houses are ugly, and this is why". While I don't agree with her opinion on all the houses she features, but the vast majority -- yeah, they're pretty bad, and for the reasons she states. * Odd proportions and asymmetry. * Strange roof lines (the "nub" - it's like a Mansard that didn't know when to stop). * Bizarre bump-outs, because the exterior was wrapped around an interior designed to have crazily large rooms. * Columns that hold up nothing. * And my personal favorite - shutters that don't have a prayer of covering the window when closed. Except they can't close, because they're glued and/or screwed to the wall and have no hinges.
    - mrep 9y ago
      But that still comes down to personal subjective taste and she thinks hers is better than the people who bought/designed the home.
      - ericd 9y ago
        Are you saying that people shouldn't be allowed to criticize anything because it's all subjective and down to personal taste?
        mrep 9y ago
        No, but I don't like it when people do in a very public manner as a way to pressure people to conform. How would you feel about a blog that openly criticizes workplace clothing (I bring this up as lots of people in my office wear things like toe shoes and some males even where quilts)? I try and be accepting of other people's personal tastes and don't want to enforce through rules/laws/social pressure some common clothing standard that people have to conform to. Same goes for houses in that I don't like publicly mocking them for how they look in order to socially pressure people to build their houses so that they conform to some standard. *edit: obviously this shouldn't be taken to the extreme as houses do emit externalities on those that surround them which can decrease the value of the surrounding houses. Thus, I think some conformity in a town by town basis is good. However, I find blogs like this and some home owners associations (HOA) to be ridiculous with how far they try and enforce their rules and opinions on how homes/town should look.
        ericd 9y ago
        I don't think it's meant to pressure the owners to confirm. The owners have a relatively small likelihood of ever realizing that their home is on the blog. I think it's to try to diminish the trend, and get builders to focus more on making smaller, higher quality houses that consider the climate in which they're built. Just my guess, though.
      - nasalgoat 9y ago
  - Fricken 9y ago
    You gotta look up the word pretentious. Critiquing bad design isn't pretentious if you know what you're talking about. Living in a poorly made house designed to look more expensive than it is the embodiment of pretentiousness.
  - Applejinx 9y ago
    That's a critic. Those who find her criticism speaks to them, are allowed to run with it and hoover up her pronouncements with delight, especially as they're snarky and funny pronouncements. There's very little point in being a critic and then saying 'but you know, your mileage may vary'. Remembering that is YOUR responsibility, and if a bunch of people seem to prefer the critic's point of view and it clashes with yours… perhaps you have things to learn, even from the arrogant. :)
  - aibara 9y ago
    She explicitly pointed out in multiple posts that she is judging the houses themselves, not the people who own them. How is it not ok to criticize an object? I mean, she even designed a shirt that says: "Judge Houses Not People." https://www.zazzle.com/judge_houses_not_people_shirt-235105481265975856 https://www.zazzle.com/judge_houses_not_people_shirt-2351054...
Shivetya 9y ago
she stretches a bit into hyperbole at times and her tone of voice isn't the best which may convey the wrong impression. throw in that a few of the homes which flashed by are actual real standards and mcmansions. Size isn't the real determinant factor even when compared with lot size. I have run into some row home remodels that will make you flinch. I think the bulk of the problem stems from some just being too gaudy, instead of adopting what is in the region they try to bring another region in or a tv show impression home. if by size alone then my neighborhood would qualify but the homes here are very basic and large to support big families; 4/5/6 bedroom and square footage starting in the 3k range to 5.5k. Go a few miles and you can find some 2.5k-4k homes that fit her styling fail bill just fine and they are that too inside as well. So I tend to lump this in gaudy on the outside and just as bad inside. the idea good architects are not involved is just an industry trying their best to redirect
sergiotapia 9y ago
>All of these things combine together to form this thing that's really easy to dislike because, it's like, pretentious. Yeah screw these people living in their hard earned home! Their windows are wrong!
- careersuicide 9y ago
  A home being hard earned does not preclude the possibility of it being ugly and worthy of ridicule (from an aesthetic point of view).
untog 9y ago
I watched it all the way through. I'm baffled as to why anyone would think she's pretentious (is it because she has a zany hairstyle?) She's knowledgeable. She knows architecture, and she's communicating her knowledge. I don't think that makes her pretentious. It's just that we don't know as much as she does. Let's face it, a blog critiquing the shitty web design/UI choices clients make would be an absolute hit on HN.

I honestly could not finish that video. She is as pretentious as the home owners she criticizes.

KaiserPro 9y ago

I don't see any pretence, I really don't.

lgas 9y ago
You don't see any pretentiousness in driving around judging a bunch of people on their houses and just ragging on how terrible they are? Really? You might want to look harder.
- encoderer 9y ago
  Was she judging the houses or the people?
- omikun 9y ago
  pre·ten·tious - adjective - attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed. The irony here is that her blog rags on the pretentiousness of houses designed to look like better built/designed houses. McMansions are by definition pretentious.
- wpietri 9y ago
  What do you believe she's pretending to be?
- chiph 9y ago
  It'd be pretentious to just arbitrarily say "Those houses are ugly". But she says "Those houses are ugly, and this is why". While I don't agree with her opinion on all the houses she features, but the vast majority -- yeah, they're pretty bad, and for the reasons she states. * Odd proportions and asymmetry. * Strange roof lines (the "nub" - it's like a Mansard that didn't know when to stop). * Bizarre bump-outs, because the exterior was wrapped around an interior designed to have crazily large rooms. * Columns that hold up nothing. * And my personal favorite - shutters that don't have a prayer of covering the window when closed. Except they can't close, because they're glued and/or screwed to the wall and have no hinges.
  - mrep 9y ago
    But that still comes down to personal subjective taste and she thinks hers is better than the people who bought/designed the home.
    - ericd 9y ago
      Are you saying that people shouldn't be allowed to criticize anything because it's all subjective and down to personal taste?
      - mrep 9y ago
        No, but I don't like it when people do in a very public manner as a way to pressure people to conform. How would you feel about a blog that openly criticizes workplace clothing (I bring this up as lots of people in my office wear things like toe shoes and some males even where quilts)? I try and be accepting of other people's personal tastes and don't want to enforce through rules/laws/social pressure some common clothing standard that people have to conform to. Same goes for houses in that I don't like publicly mocking them for how they look in order to socially pressure people to build their houses so that they conform to some standard. *edit: obviously this shouldn't be taken to the extreme as houses do emit externalities on those that surround them which can decrease the value of the surrounding houses. Thus, I think some conformity in a town by town basis is good. However, I find blogs like this and some home owners associations (HOA) to be ridiculous with how far they try and enforce their rules and opinions on how homes/town should look.
        ericd 9y ago
        I don't think it's meant to pressure the owners to confirm. The owners have a relatively small likelihood of ever realizing that their home is on the blog. I think it's to try to diminish the trend, and get builders to focus more on making smaller, higher quality houses that consider the climate in which they're built. Just my guess, though.
    - nasalgoat 9y ago
- Fricken 9y ago
  You gotta look up the word pretentious. Critiquing bad design isn't pretentious if you know what you're talking about. Living in a poorly made house designed to look more expensive than it is the embodiment of pretentiousness.
- Applejinx 9y ago
  That's a critic. Those who find her criticism speaks to them, are allowed to run with it and hoover up her pronouncements with delight, especially as they're snarky and funny pronouncements. There's very little point in being a critic and then saying 'but you know, your mileage may vary'. Remembering that is YOUR responsibility, and if a bunch of people seem to prefer the critic's point of view and it clashes with yours… perhaps you have things to learn, even from the arrogant. :)
- aibara 9y ago
  She explicitly pointed out in multiple posts that she is judging the houses themselves, not the people who own them. How is it not ok to criticize an object? I mean, she even designed a shirt that says: "Judge Houses Not People." https://www.zazzle.com/judge_houses_not_people_shirt-235105481265975856 https://www.zazzle.com/judge_houses_not_people_shirt-2351054...

Shivetya 9y ago

she stretches a bit into hyperbole at times and her tone of voice isn't the best which may convey the wrong impression. throw in that a few of the homes which flashed by are actual real standards and mcmansions. Size isn't the real determinant factor even when compared with lot size. I have run into some row home remodels that will make you flinch. I think the bulk of the problem stems from some just being too gaudy, instead of adopting what is in the region they try to bring another region in or a tv show impression home. if by size alone then my neighborhood would qualify but the homes here are very basic and large to support big families; 4/5/6 bedroom and square footage starting in the 3k range to 5.5k. Go a few miles and you can find some 2.5k-4k homes that fit her styling fail bill just fine and they are that too inside as well. So I tend to lump this in gaudy on the outside and just as bad inside. the idea good architects are not involved is just an industry trying their best to redirect

sergiotapia 9y ago

>All of these things combine together to form this thing that's really easy to dislike because, it's like, pretentious. Yeah screw these people living in their hard earned home! Their windows are wrong!

careersuicide 9y ago
A home being hard earned does not preclude the possibility of it being ugly and worthy of ridicule (from an aesthetic point of view).

untog 9y ago

I watched it all the way through. I'm baffled as to why anyone would think she's pretentious (is it because she has a zany hairstyle?) She's knowledgeable. She knows architecture, and she's communicating her knowledge. I don't think that makes her pretentious. It's just that we don't know as much as she does. Let's face it, a blog critiquing the shitty web design/UI choices clients make would be an absolute hit on HN.