HereWeGoAgain
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Yeah, I kid you not.
As if we needed more evidence that SJWs were total wack jobs anyway.
SJW Turns Against Tiny House Movement as 'Poverty Appropriation'
This background, this essential part of who I am, makes it particularly difficult to stomach the latest trend in “simple” living -- people moving into tiny homes and trailers. How many folks, I wonder, who have engaged in the Tiny House Movement have ever actually lived in a tiny, mobile place? Because what those who can afford homes call “living light,” poor folks call “gratitude for what we’ve got.”
And it’s not just the Tiny House Movement that incites my discontent. From dumpster diving to trailer-themed bars to haute cuisine in the form of poor-household staples, it’s become trendy for those with money to appropriate the poverty lifestyle -- and it troubles me for one simple reason. Choice.
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It’s likely, from where I sit, that this back-to-nature and boxed-up simplicity is not being marketed to people like me, who come from simplicity and heightened knowledge of poverty, but to people who have not wanted for creature comforts. For them to try on, glamorize, identify with.
Such appropriation isn’t limited to the Tiny House trend, or even to the idea of simplicity. In major cities, people who come from high-income backgrounds flock to bars and restaurants that both appropriate, and mock, low-income communities. Perhaps the most egregious example is San Francisco’s Butter Bar, a trendy outpost that prides itself on being a true-blue, trailer park-themed bar, serving up the best in “trashy” cuisine and cocktails.
I've seen the tiny houses show on HGTV! I'm still trying to figure out what the author is upset about. I wouldn't want to live in one of those tiny houses, but if someone else does, then why would that bother anyone? Damn, people are so screwy.
Oh I could definitely live in one with the right climate.
Of course i'd have a 4000 square foot Lanai with outdoor kitchen and living area.
And then I'd still need a four car shop/garage.
So your garage would be bigger than your tiny house! "Yeah, here's my house, but HERE is my garage!"
Every Man needs his Man Cave.
Sure, to keep all of your ugly things.
Hold up now!
My tools and toys are Beautiful!!!
I like to hang out with what I like to do,you get inspiration when you do.
You have your four wheeler in the garage sitting next to you as well as your truck so they provide inspiration through osmosis.
.......I guess it's no different than how chicks like to hang out in the kitchen and laundry room....