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I think they're ugly as hell and in poor taste but I also think people should have the right to do what they want with their homes as long as it's not dangerous
by aezart 3y ago
I think they're ugly as hell and in poor taste but I also think people should have the right to do what they want with their homes as long as it's not dangerous.
Although since they're on a sidewalk it's a problem if they're blocking public spaces.
- karmakurtisaani 3y agoThey're also free advertisement for a franchise owned by a multibillion dollar corporation. It's almost like being a useful idiot for a megacorp.
- archerx 3y agoYea, if they were original piece of art it would be cool but I would hate to be forced to stare at soulless corporate crap trying to masquerade as "art". I too would want them removed if I was forced to look at that garbage everyday.
- hytdstd 3y agoWhat? Clearly this man receives a great deal of value(>$50k) in having these statues in front of his home. Just because in theory, he's creating value for the franchise that he isn't capturing, doesn't mean he's being exploited. He's no more an idiot than a Disney fan wearing a Mickey Mouse hat or shirt.
- karmakurtisaani 3y agoYes, he's paying more than 50k to advertise a franchise. Sounds a bit idiot-ish to me. But hey, it's his money so it's not like I'll argue too much about it. Regarding the t-shirt, at least you get actual use out of wearing branded clothes, even though to me the same logic applies to an extent.
- lisasays 3y agoSorry, but that's not how things work. When you buy property somewhere -- you agree to abide by the all of the existing codes and statues of that municipality / jurisdiction. Full stop. In the case of this guy -- he's no just being an asshole, and guilty of poor taste. He's intentionally violating the law. Because he thinks he knows better.
- anlaw 3y agoThanks for the sixth grade civics run down. Someone knowing the arbitrary law of primates is just thinking “they know better.” They know it’s illegal! It’s not a divine mandate; it’s projection of non-existent power of their own. They’ll lean on appeals to hallucinated political power! No one questions the value of the law. What a sad little police state of NIMBY narcissists.
- redeeman 3y agothats unfortunately how it is, ANYTHING can be rationalized when you rationalize theft(so called "taxes") from people. Soon after you begin to think you can decide what other people do since "i pay for it". Along the same levels of logic you also go create insane zoning laws and crap that extends into other peoples property, and is NOT just based on non-harrasment, but more like "you cant paint your house red, only green/blue pastel colors in THIS neighborhood", or "grass is maximum 1 inch long" and such insane shit
- tedunangst 3y agoIf you go 100 feet east down the same street, there's a neighbor with nearly identical planters sticking into the sidewalk as well.