Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/10/28/people-are-treating-this-3d-real-estate-home-tour-like-a-videogame.html
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Ah, nice. I hadn’t been able to find the bathtub, so it was nice to see the video. Honestly, it’s the most normal thing about the place. The house looks like the kind of place where they keep immigration-slaves, holding their passports until they work off some kind of never-ending debt.
People have a lot of time on their hands.
Somehow, repeating this story makes it even creepier, as if the previous story was just a foreboding dream.
That “Tub” looks like a step down baptismal font from a Baptist church.
They’ve currently got stuff for sale on ebay… looks pretty normal.
It is.
I got lost in the basement for most of my lunch today. That place just goes on forever.
In the same way that Facebook allows me to feel like I’ve been to a high school reunion without actually having to attend one, this tour allows me to feel like I’ve visited my extended family without actually having to go see them.
This checks out as suitably 21st-Century.
It’s bigger on the inside.
As someone else noted, the “bathtub” is actual a baptistry where Christians get baptized. It is a bit sacreligious to turn it into a normal “Head and Shoulders Shower and Tub.” Plus the porn DVDs don’t fit the “it was previously a church” motif very well…
Spare toilet, you know? One get plugged up, you’ve got another one right next to it. That’s the sign of true luxury and wealth, right there - spare toilets.
I used to know a tweaker like this. He had a side gig buying & selling at car boot sales (his main gig being, y’know, selling speed). Didn’t matter what it was, he had at least two of it, usually in the box.
Well, it looks the cat is being looked after.
He says while reading BB…