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We need HOAs or some idiots will paint their house purple or put tractor tires in their front yard.  If you want tractor tires, don’t move to a HOA neighborhood.

I couldn’t even fathom how horrifying it must be to live somewhere there are...purple houses and and yucky stuff in people’s yards. Thank God I don’t have any real problems like that.

listen my Nonna and Nonno live right by a purple house (it’s a nice lilac) and as a kid I was fucking obsessed with it because purple is my favorite color. I’d go nuts whenever we passed by it. Also it had a purple mailbox to match and it blew my mind.

No more HOAs. More purple houses.

imagine trying to control what someone else can do with or on their own property just because you don't agree with their taste in decor

NO MORE HOAs MORE PURPLE HOUSES

Related, becuase I just had to move:  “just don’t move into an HOA” Do you know what a PAIN IN THE ASS it is to find NON-HOA Housing? Very nearly everything in the CO front range that isn’t a rental has an HOA these days!

Short list of the Shit the HOA at my pervious house tried to pull:

HOAs are invasive, bigoted, corrupt and cruel institutions that should never have been allowed to be created.  If you live in and HOA area, showing up at the meetings to tell people what the fuck is wrong with them, Joining your HOA board to protect your neighbors and possibly organize the dissolution of the HOA is one of the best things you can do to protect the marginalized members of your community.

FUCK HOAs AND LONG LIVE THE PURPLE HOUSES AND TRACTOR-TIRE GARDENS OF THE WORLD.

Are y'all telling me this shit is actually LEGAL?

Here’s how to get an HOA to leave you and your purple house tf alone

cant stop thinking about this post. 😔

direct action

HOAs, IN THEORY, could be such a force for public good, and that’s what’s maddening. Imagine if an HOA was like “well we’ve got all these houses and this one empty lot, pay your HOA dues and we can install a community food garden!” or “leave your contact information on the HOA residents-only webpage if you’re willing to be an after-school dropoff for children in our community who may not have a parent at home” or “hi, Sally, we’ve noticed your yard’s gone rather hogwild and things weren’t like that before your husband passed last year, do you need some help? We have some folks in the HOA who can help you with maintenance, no charge.”

Instead they choose isolation over community in the name of a unity that’s in image only, and that’s really, really sad.

Friend of mine bought a small house, an old one in an old neighborhood. She had no idea it was an HOA neighborhood until the day she moved in. They arrived with paperwork she "had" to sign or things would get "complicated", aka do this or we're gonna make life hell for you. She immediately told them no, she has no desire to be part of the HOA, and they about blew a gasket. Went from civil to wtf real quick. They tried sending her violation reports, demanded she pay fines, threatened her, etc. What they didn't know is she's petty and gives zero fucks. She also lives keeping paperwork nice and tidy.

Shit hit the fan when she installed a wall around her property. A 3 feet tall 2 foot wide wall around her yard. Topped with gorgeous iron work with sharp points that make climbing dangeous. Think Addams Family Lite. They tried to stop the construction because she was using the /wrong/ company (a mutual aid group she worked with). Send her fines and fees, and made the mistake of sending a copy of the HOA contract with a forged signature.

Ooooo...it got so ugly! She remembered the HOA post here about that happening to others and, well, the HOA broke up because of other fuckery on top of this. But it was mostly due to her dragging them in court for fraud, harassment, disturbing the peace, trespassing, stalking, and a few other things. She was petty about it too, looked into every fucking thing she could to destroy them.

I was informed that you not, in fact, obligated to sign the HOA contract. It's not a legal requirement. When you look for a home, make sure to ask about the possible HOAs, and look at the details of your homeowner's contract. Sometimes HOAs have that shit written into the purchase. If you see it, change the contract, put your initials and date in the changed sections, and see how the real estate agent handles in. This is legal, btw.

Don't sign the HOA contract, learn the laws regarding yard stuff (did you know you can apply to have your yard declared a wildlife reserve?), and be petty af when the nosy neighbors won't mind their business.

an HOA in denton recently strong-armed a developer into removing balconies and a sidewalk from a plan for new apartments because 🥺🥺🥺🥺 what if the yucky apartment people can see us 🥺🥺🥺🥺 least reactionary HOA behavior tbh

Wait a minute, I can just change stuff in a contract before signing it? How does that work?

You can change anything you like in a contract so long as nobody's signed it yet. Once somebody's signed it then, obviously, any revisions have to be sent back to them for approval (since they didn't see and approve them when they signed it). Your landlord/real estate agent won't sign the contract until after you, so before you sign it you can make whatever changes you want. If they don't agree to the alterations, they won't sign the altered contract. A contract is a two-way agreement.

Detective Conan Tamagotchi Nano Colorful

The very first ever color screen Tamagotchi Nano has just been announced! The Detective Conan Tamagotchi Nano is the first tamagotchi in the Tamagotchi Nano Colorful series. This is the second collaboration Bandai has had with Detective Conan, a Japanese manga series.

The Detective Conan Tamagotchi Nano Colorful will come in two shells, red and blue, the red is called “Conano Edogawa” and the blue is called “Kid The Phantom Thief”. These two Tamagotchi’s feature the first ever color screen on a Tamagotchi Nano, a rechargeable battery, and connectivity to recharge! There is no further information on battery life or the connectivity it will feature. It could very well be USB-C as all of the modern releases are using this standard (thankfully).

You can care for your character by feeding them a meal or snack, and you’ll even get to see further details thanks to the color screen including facial expressions! A total of 22 characters can be raised, including Amuro, Shuichi Kai, Kaito Kid, and Conan himself.

Preorders start on Wednesday, April 24th, 2024 on Premium Bandai Japan. They’re listed for ¥5,500 including tax and are set to ship September 2024.

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theres a popular brand in canada called no name brand and it manufactures everything you can imagine in a grocery store and it kind of makes me feel like im in a world no one bothered to do much world building for

things that sure are.

things that are.

This is peak design

Can't believe no one posted chair (for sitting)

Shit man, this wizard war is fucked. I just saw a guy clap his hands together and say "the ten hells" or some similar shit, and every one around him turned inside out, had their tibia explode and then disappeared. The camera didn't even go onto him, that's how common shit like this is. My ass is casting frostbite and level 2 poison. I think I just heard "power word:scrunch" two groups over. I gotta get the fuck outta here.

Hey everyone, please consider buying the 2024 itch.io Palestinian Relief Bundle- it's 373 games, game-making assets, tabletop roleplaying games, zines, and comics for a minimum of just 8 USD! They have a goal of 100,000 USD, and as of the time I'm writing this post, they have 8 more days to reach it.

Link will be in the reblog!

Link to the bundle

Amazing news!! They reached their goal of 100,000 USD! There is now a second goal of 250,000 USD! Remember, this is 373 games, assets, and comics for a minimum of 8 USD- a bundle of items which would normally be ~1,667 USD! Let's reach that second goal as quickly as we reached the first goal!

Fantastic news!!! The 250,000 USD goal has been met, and there is now a third goal of 500,000 USD! The deadline has also been extended, and as of the time I'm writing this update, there is 13 more days to reach their newest goal!

The money raised so far has already been incredible. Let's maintain this energy and continue to provide support for the PCRF!

Now I finally understand when writers talk about going on deep dives for very tiny details for their stories because I've been reading articles and looking at pictures of Japanese phone booths (payphones) just to accurately portray how one would look like in the mid 2000s (circa 2007). Additionally, I'm trying to find a cheap flip phone that would be reasonable for that time period that would somehow still be compatible with today's internet browsing. Why you may ask? It's for the askblog! For context: this character went through a time jump from 2007 to 2023 so he still has technology from that year, or rather even older so 2005-2007 is the range.

Pictured below: the character I'm doing this research for sending me down a rabbit hole

If you have experience on this very specific topic, please let me know! I'm open to suggestions and references to look at thank you XD

While I could not find a Kyocera phone for those years specifically that worked with what I have in mind, your suggestion has been incredibly helpful! Thanks to this tip I found a website for mobile phone collectors that has a very impressive archive of models and brands! Thank you again because I probably wouldn't have found it without your suggestion :D

Sharing a couple scans I've done recently from the Arina Tanemura 20th Anniversary book.

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I was drawing Conan and thinking "man idk this looks too much like Shinichi" and then it hit me