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(Oddity Central)   Today in 'why we can't have nice things' news: French homeless man who built his own awesome fairytale castle now forced to tear it down because it poses a danger   (odditycentral.com) divider line
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Pocket Ninja [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-30 12:29:17 PM  
You know, I'm always careful to avoid calling a blog the dumbest/most poorly written I've ever seen, and to instead just say a blog is simply dumb or poorly written. The reason is simple -- as soon as you use the superlative as a description for one blog, it's inevitable that you'll encounter another blog that's even worse and makes the previous description look poorly planned or too reactionary.

But I'll go ahead and use the superlative here. I think it's safe.

Oh, and this from the blogger in question on his "about" page?

I know my grammar and spelling aren't always perfect, but most times I post on the run, without proof reading my articles. I'm really sorry about that, it's not that I'm retarded (yeah, I've been called that), but this is just a hobby and I have to focus the largest part of my time on important stuff like my job, my friends and...what's the other one again?

A joke about being retarded. So edgy. So cool. Hey, maybe if you don't have time to proof read your articles, you don't have time to run a stupid blog.
 
ukexpat
2022-12-30 5:06:13 PM  

Pocket Ninja: You know, I'm always careful to avoid calling a blog the dumbest/most poorly written I've ever seen, and to instead just say a blog is simply dumb or poorly written. The reason is simple -- as soon as you use the superlative as a description for one blog, it's inevitable that you'll encounter another blog that's even worse and makes the previous description look poorly planned or too reactionary.

But I'll go ahead and use the superlative here. I think it's safe.

Oh, and this from the blogger in question on his "about" page?

I know my grammar and spelling aren't always perfect, but most times I post on the run, without proof reading my articles. I'm really sorry about that, it's not that I'm retarded (yeah, I've been called that), but this is just a hobby and I have to focus the largest part of my time on important stuff like my job, my friends and...what's the other one again?

A joke about being retarded. So edgy. So cool. Hey, maybe if you don't have time to proof read your articles, you don't have time to run a stupid blog.


Sounds like a bit of a favorited!er TBH.
 
Subtonic
2022-12-30 5:07:45 PM  
This guy's blog sucks.
 
LarryDan43
2022-12-30 5:08:37 PM  
Couldn't find the nice thing
 
ImpendingCynic
2022-12-30 5:13:16 PM  
A danger to whom? Dragons?
 
MythDragon
2022-12-30 5:14:09 PM  
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The inspector was forced to flee, lest he be taunted a second time.
 
stevejovi
2022-12-30 5:14:19 PM  
I know there's a good reason why this got greenlit, but I'm farked if I can figure out what it is.

/I'll get over it.
 
FarkaDark
2022-12-30 5:16:55 PM  
At least they didn't call him 'unhoused'

And what the hell does 'after reportedly losing his apartment to squatting' mean? Was he the squatter, because the way the blogger vomited words on the page it seems in France all it takes is a little home invasion to evict people and gain title.

Feeling a little like Abe Simpson
 
Another Government Employee
2022-12-30 5:17:01 PM  
Can you say fire hazard, Boys and Girls?

/ I knew you could
 
TheDogDidIt [recently expired TotalFark]
2022-12-30 5:17:24 PM  
The homeless man's home............
Wait a minute!
 
adamatari
2022-12-30 5:17:46 PM  
If the problem is him using it as a home, well, they can just give him a different home, right? And then it can be an "art installation" with no problem. Easy!
 
khatores
2022-12-30 5:18:40 PM  

Pocket Ninja: You know, I'm always careful to avoid calling a blog the dumbest/most poorly written I've ever seen, and to instead just say a blog is simply dumb or poorly written. The reason is simple -- as soon as you use the superlative as a description for one blog, it's inevitable that you'll encounter another blog that's even worse and makes the previous description look poorly planned or too reactionary.

But I'll go ahead and use the superlative here. I think it's safe.

Oh, and this from the blogger in question on his "about" page?

I know my grammar and spelling aren't always perfect, but most times I post on the run, without proof reading my articles. I'm really sorry about that, it's not that I'm retarded (yeah, I've been called that), but this is just a hobby and I have to focus the largest part of my time on important stuff like my job, my friends and...what's the other one again?

A joke about being retarded. So edgy. So cool. Hey, maybe if you don't have time to proof read your articles, you don't have time to run a stupid blog.


It's nice to belong to a forum so sophisticated and full of learned individuals that we can criticize the works of others that aren't worthy of excellence.  I for one welcome this pretentiousness, and am looking for other people whose mediocre works we can haul up in front of a jury of their superiors.
 
LarrySouth
2022-12-30 5:18:51 PM  

stevejovi: I know there's a good reason why this got greenlit, but I'm farked if I can figure out what it is.

/I'll get over it.


How about blogger/subby/mod are all the same person?...
 
One Size Fits Some
2022-12-30 5:20:33 PM  

Pocket Ninja: You know, I'm always careful to avoid calling a blog the dumbest/most poorly written I've ever seen, and to instead just say a blog is simply dumb or poorly written. The reason is simple -- as soon as you use the superlative as a description for one blog, it's inevitable that you'll encounter another blog that's even worse and makes the previous description look poorly planned or too reactionary.

But I'll go ahead and use the superlative here. I think it's safe.

Oh, and this from the blogger in question on his "about" page?

I know my grammar and spelling aren't always perfect, but most times I post on the run, without proof reading my articles. I'm really sorry about that, it's not that I'm retarded (yeah, I've been called that), but this is just a hobby and I have to focus the largest part of my time on important stuff like my job, my friends and...what's the other one again?

A joke about being retarded. So edgy. So cool. Hey, maybe if you don't have time to proof read your articles, you don't have time to run a stupid blog.


You sound mad. Failed blog, perhaps?
 
moku9
2022-12-30 5:21:28 PM  
so, he should have used the 'murican' method of cardboard boxes?
 
JRoo
2022-12-30 5:23:07 PM  
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gameshowhost [OhFark]
2022-12-30 5:24:26 PM  
Oh no! Not "enforcing fire hazard regulations"... the inhumanity of it all!
 
Ketchuponsteak
2022-12-30 5:26:44 PM  

ImpendingCynic: A danger to whom? Dragons?


A match, and the dude inside might die, seeing as its foam.

I don't know if tents are exactly fire proof either, but they're apparently acceptable.
 
starsrift
2022-12-30 5:44:32 PM  
So, he doesn't own the land and he's just put up a structure that's not up to code?

Yeaaah, kind of seeing their point.
 
Professor Horatio Hufnagel
2022-12-30 5:55:25 PM  

khatores: Pocket Ninja: You know, I'm always careful to avoid calling a blog the dumbest/most poorly written I've ever seen, and to instead just say a blog is simply dumb or poorly written. The reason is simple -- as soon as you use the superlative as a description for one blog, it's inevitable that you'll encounter another blog that's even worse and makes the previous description look poorly planned or too reactionary.

But I'll go ahead and use the superlative here. I think it's safe.

Oh, and this from the blogger in question on his "about" page?

I know my grammar and spelling aren't always perfect, but most times I post on the run, without proof reading my articles. I'm really sorry about that, it's not that I'm retarded (yeah, I've been called that), but this is just a hobby and I have to focus the largest part of my time on important stuff like my job, my friends and...what's the other one again?

A joke about being retarded. So edgy. So cool. Hey, maybe if you don't have time to proof read your articles, you don't have time to run a stupid blog.

It's nice to belong to a forum so sophisticated and full of learned individuals that we can criticize the works of others that aren't worthy of excellence.  I for one welcome this pretentiousness, and am looking for other people whose mediocre works we can haul up in front of a jury of their superiors.


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Wine Sipping Elitist [TotalFark]
2022-12-30 6:01:13 PM  

khatores: Pocket Ninja: You know, I'm always careful to avoid calling a blog the dumbest/most poorly written I've ever seen, and to instead just say a blog is simply dumb or poorly written. The reason is simple -- as soon as you use the superlative as a description for one blog, it's inevitable that you'll encounter another blog that's even worse and makes the previous description look poorly planned or too reactionary.

But I'll go ahead and use the superlative here. I think it's safe.

Oh, and this from the blogger in question on his "about" page?

I know my grammar and spelling aren't always perfect, but most times I post on the run, without proof reading my articles. I'm really sorry about that, it's not that I'm retarded (yeah, I've been called that), but this is just a hobby and I have to focus the largest part of my time on important stuff like my job, my friends and...what's the other one again?

A joke about being retarded. So edgy. So cool. Hey, maybe if you don't have time to proof read your articles, you don't have time to run a stupid blog.

It's nice to belong to a forum so sophisticated and full of learned individuals that we can criticize the works of others that aren't worthy of excellence.  I for one welcome this pretentiousness, and am looking for other people whose mediocre works we can haul up in front of a jury of their superiors.


FINALLY
 
Pestifer [TotalFark]
2022-12-30 6:06:19 PM  
French animator? I think the story needs to be optioned for a large sum and he gets paid to elaborate it into a fantasy series on Netflix or Apple+.
 
The Coquettish Haberdasher [OhFark]
2022-12-30 6:18:08 PM  
So, the French government doesn't give two shiats about his safety and wellbeing when he was truly homeless... but he goes and builds himself a whimsical home out of the castoffs of others and NOW they're concerned that he could die. Riiiiiight.
 
Stands With A Tiny Fist [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-30 6:19:30 PM  

stevejovi: I know there's a good reason why this got greenlit, but I'm farked if I can figure out what it is.

/I'll get over it.


I'm not sure if the modmins are too drunk or too sober.
 
Stargazer86
2022-12-30 6:25:12 PM  
How about finding the guy a place to live?
 
Fissile
2022-12-30 6:25:27 PM  
Homeless dude builds castle out of junk?  Meh, been done before.

The Fantastic Castle: Vineland's Palace of Depression
Youtube pxY1AlmF2QE
 
ctighe2353
2022-12-30 6:30:42 PM  

adamatari: If the problem is him using it as a home, well, they can just give him a different home, right? And then it can be an "art installation" with no problem. Easy!


So I throw trash on public land, arrange to to look nice and then it becomes an art installation?
That's not how things work.  It's garbage and paint, as stated a fire hazard and not on his land.
Positive point someone may see this and offer him a job as a designer or something then he can buy some land and build whatever he wants with garbage
 
Mikey1969 [OhFark]
2022-12-30 7:27:26 PM  

Pocket Ninja: You know, I'm always careful to avoid calling a blog the dumbest/most poorly written I've ever seen, and to instead just say a blog is simply dumb or poorly written. The reason is simple -- as soon as you use the superlative as a description for one blog, it's inevitable that you'll encounter another blog that's even worse and makes the previous description look poorly planned or too reactionary.

But I'll go ahead and use the superlative here. I think it's safe.

Oh, and this from the blogger in question on his "about" page?

I know my grammar and spelling aren't always perfect, but most times I post on the run, without proof reading my articles. I'm really sorry about that, it's not that I'm retarded (yeah, I've been called that), but this is just a hobby and I have to focus the largest part of my time on important stuff like my job, my friends and...what's the other one again?

A joke about being retarded. So edgy. So cool. Hey, maybe if you don't have time to proof read your articles, you don't have time to run a stupid blog.


Someone needs to show this to the people in charge of the website and explain that that is EXACTLY what farking editors are for. These asshole bloggers call themselves "journalists". It's as bad as teh "journalists" on here who do nothing journalistic but post screenshots of tweets.
 
Gordon Bennett [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-30 7:29:33 PM  

ukexpat: Sounds like a bit of a favorited!er TBH.


I don't remember how to de-filter that one. Is it a word for cheap wine of poor quality?
 
Mikey1969 [OhFark]
2022-12-30 7:30:06 PM  

stevejovi: I know there's a good reason why this got greenlit, but I'm farked if I can figure out what it is.

/I'll get over it.


Because it's fark, and the story is about the government trying to keep someone from burning to death. But that someone is homeless, so we are supposed to burn down the US.
No, this isn't where it happened, but around here, it's the only country where bad things happen, it seems.
 
Gordon Bennett [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-30 7:30:15 PM  
Let me try.

'Rodney, you favorited!er!'
 
0z79
2022-12-30 7:45:57 PM  

Pocket Ninja: You know, I'm always careful to avoid calling a blog the dumbest/most poorly written I've ever seen, and to instead just say a blog is simply dumb or poorly written. The reason is simple -- as soon as you use the superlative as a description for one blog, it's inevitable that you'll encounter another blog that's even worse and makes the previous description look poorly planned or too reactionary.

But I'll go ahead and use the superlative here. I think it's safe.

Oh, and this from the blogger in question on his "about" page?

I know my grammar and spelling aren't always perfect, but most times I post on the run, without proof reading my articles. I'm really sorry about that, it's not that I'm retarded (yeah, I've been called that), but this is just a hobby and I have to focus the largest part of my time on important stuff like my job, my friends and...what's the other one again?

A joke about being retarded. So edgy. So cool. Hey, maybe if you don't have time to proof read your articles, you don't have time to run a stupid blog.


Didn't see that... you know, not everyone on a short bus is mentally challenged. Some of us just had extremely poor social skills, but were much more capable of handling normies. Such a person grows to very strongly dislike anyone who uses the R word, especially if they have a deep-seated big sister instinct.
 
TheYeti
2022-12-30 8:49:02 PM  
You know, it seems pretty cool. Other people think it's cool.  Perhaps they could offer him money to buy this work and put it on display somewhere, like a museum space. He might even make more of these kinds of things...a series of works of art.  It could become a job of some kind, like some kind of "artman" or something.  I don't know, I'm terrible at naming careers.
 
TheYeti
2022-12-30 8:50:32 PM  

TheYeti: You know, it seems pretty cool. Other people think it's cool.  Perhaps they could offer him money to buy this work and put it on display somewhere, like a museum space. He might even make more of these kinds of things...a series of works of art.  It could become a job of some kind, like some kind of "artman" or something.  I don't know, I'm terrible at naming careers.


Oh, I see this has been addressed already.  I made the mistake of actually reading the article but not reading the comments.
 
chitownmike
2022-12-30 10:02:00 PM  

khatores: Pocket Ninja: You know, I'm always careful to avoid calling a blog the dumbest/most poorly written I've ever seen, and to instead just say a blog is simply dumb or poorly written. The reason is simple -- as soon as you use the superlative as a description for one blog, it's inevitable that you'll encounter another blog that's even worse and makes the previous description look poorly planned or too reactionary.

But I'll go ahead and use the superlative here. I think it's safe.

Oh, and this from the blogger in question on his "about" page?

I know my grammar and spelling aren't always perfect, but most times I post on the run, without proof reading my articles. I'm really sorry about that, it's not that I'm retarded (yeah, I've been called that), but this is just a hobby and I have to focus the largest part of my time on important stuff like my job, my friends and...what's the other one again?

A joke about being retarded. So edgy. So cool. Hey, maybe if you don't have time to proof read your articles, you don't have time to run a stupid blog.

It's nice to belong to a forum so sophisticated and full of learned individuals that we can criticize the works of others that aren't worthy of excellence.  I for one welcome this pretentiousness, and am looking for other people whose mediocre works we can haul up in front of a jury of their superiors.


It's cool, we can get someone who is an established artist to "discover" this "outsider artist" then his art will be recognized and he will be lauded for his genius. But he can't sell his art because he doesn't own it and after any windfall he will be back to being ignored
 
Lsherm [TotalFark]
2022-12-30 10:06:54 PM  

Ketchuponsteak: I don't know if tents are exactly fire proof either, but they're apparently acceptable.


Tents are usually treated with a fire-retardent chemical. And tents, even if they do catch fire, don't have a lot of mass to burn.

Foam, on the other hand, can be extremely flammable. Like the shiat can go up like gasoline depending on what kind of foam you're using. It sucks for the homeless guy, but I'd also bet since he's homeless there might be some candle or sterno usage near his campsite. It's an accident waiting to happen.
 
Stud Gerbil
2022-12-30 10:46:27 PM  
The real problem was that he built it to open a portal to the demon dimension by bleeding out the Slayer's sister  from the top and then Buffy would have to sacrifice herself to close it, breaking Spike's heart in the process.
 
Bruscar
2022-12-31 12:06:09 AM  
Compassion is essential and we need a LOT more of it. Yet, there is a difference between genuine compassion and acting like you've lost your damned mind.

1. The "Fairy Castle" looks like a haunted nightmare. It veritably shrieks "I have psychosis. Please help me!"

2. Most foam is a petroleum byproduct. Some types of foam can flash over in less than 45 seconds. Many foams will flash over in less than four minutes. The man may as well make his fairy castle out of full cans of gasoline and sleep in it.

3. Parents are allowing their children to take art lessons from a likely psychotic man who lives in an inferno waiting to happen. This is as reasonable as sending a child to spend the night with Michael Jackson.

4. Yes, the French government should house this man, provide him treatment, and assist him with again finding gainful employment. All of that is a given and everyone who noted that in the thread is correct on that point.
 
Foxxinnia
2022-12-31 2:07:34 AM  
With the Watts Towers they came and figured out that they were maybe the most stable structures in the state so maybe that'll be the circumstance here.
 
ModernLuddite
2022-12-31 4:55:00 AM  
Why you should take fire regs seriously, an essay in one photo:

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