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Malicious Compliance

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

For Christ sake, I'd go nuts if I had to see a discreetly parked boat everyday when I drive by on my way to work.
Good thing the ~~homeowner association~~ town had some common sense here. /S

all boats are discretely parked otherwise.

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

... if I had to see a discretely parked boat...

fyi: discreetly parked.

all boats are discretely parked otherwise.

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I dunno, you "park" with enough velocity and you could definitely describe the location of the boat as a distribution.

EDIT: When I wrote this comment I tried to imagine how one would do this. Perhaps against a rocky shore, or falling off a trailer on the highway? But then these guys came into my recommendation feed and said, "nah, like this": https://youtu.be/zlFH3aC7Z_c?t=741

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interestingly this one was actually a town ordinance, not an HOA rule!

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Corrected, and that makes it even more crazy IMO.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Etienne Constable, from Seaside, California, was told in July last year by local government officials that he had to build a 6-foot fence to hide the boat from view of his neighbors.

Good thing the ~~homeowner association~~ local government had some common sense here. /S

FTFY

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 2 points 1 year ago

A town called "Seaside" wants boats out of sight, amazing.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That is a fantastic painting! The artist nailed it.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I would have liked to find out why this ordinance exists. It makes no sense to me.

[–] Boinkage@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Retired neighbors with nothing better to do.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The neighbors complained because they have nothing better to do, but why was the ordinance created in the first place?

[–] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Because the neighbours with nothing better to do vote in every single election and are therefore more important to not piss off. Fuck NIMBYs.

[–] Revonult@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So the neighborhood doesn't look like a getto full of people too poor to keep their boats in the marina like decent fokes.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Theres a newish neighbourhood near me with a high percentage of reasonably cashed up retired people... nice houses with 2 car garages on small blocks. Every other house has a caravan or a boat and they almost all park them on the street.

Some of the streets have been effectively reduced to one lane in both directions, sure its legal but its a giant pain in the balls to get around.

[–] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, Ill just tell the whole suburb that they dont get any services from the city anymore. Not a problem champ.

[–] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Oh. Hehe. You have to go there. Understood.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Probably local storage company owner lobbying. Ick.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago
[–] puppy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Land of the free!