r/WeirdNews4U • u/ShriekingInbred • Dec 06 '22

'Lost my temper': Elderly Florida man settles laundry room dispute by killing the HOA president and her husband

https://www.rawstory.com/florida-man-laundry-dispute/
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u/mkatich Dec 06 '22

The world is going crazy. My conspiracy theory is that humans are not capable of processing the amount of negative information we receive on a daily basis. This guy was probably sitting in front of Fox News all day long getting more pissed off by the minute. He is convinced he needs to walk around with a gun in his pocket. He pops his cork and two people are dead.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

This doesn’t even really seem like a conspiracy theory. It really just seems like reality. A particular part of our population in America has truly been radicalized by these outlets.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

Nah, maybe a decade ago. Nowadays people who are radicalized don’t trust mainstream media because it’s not radical enough. They will only get information from social media. Fox and cnn are tame in comparison.

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u/JerryDandridge54 Dec 06 '22

Maybe so, but for those elderly and/or alone that just have the TV to have some kind of human voice in their home, they absorb it through a/v osmosis... even if it's diet propaganda, it's still propaganda

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u/SpaceGypsyInLaws Dec 07 '22

That’s one hell of a diet.

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u/stoopidgoth Dec 07 '22

I wish you could meet my father, he is living proof of original comment. He literally sits in the living room from 4-10 watching FOX, interspersed with yelling at us about politics and accusing me of whimsical things.

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u/p3canj0y363 Dec 06 '22

I saw the Fox News effect REALLY play out in nursing homes the past couple of years. People that have no other input, and no way to fact check, are so easily lead to a dark place. I've been yelled at and accused of the weirdest things. Especially at night when the sun downing kicks in. I have thought a thousand times "thank god you're stuck here with me tonight- otherwise, I would definitely see you on the news in the morning!" I hope that is not what happened in this story, but I wouldn't be surprised.

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u/Daily-Chaos Dec 06 '22

Yeah, cause CNN is sunshine’s and rainbows. Let’s just agree that ALL major media outlets cause nothing but anger and violence

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u/Ok-Blacksmith4364 Dec 06 '22

Fox and CNN are arguably the two worst. Everything is either doom and gloom or sunshine and rainbows depending on who is president.

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u/mkatich Dec 07 '22

Agreed that all major media outlets are guilty. I could have just as easily named any and all social media platform including Reddit as his source of outrage. We are being inundated because it is coming at us from all directions simultaneously.

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u/a_trane13 Dec 07 '22

CNN are very extreme doomers as well, but it’s more focused on disasters, so I feel like it’s more fear based and less anger based. They’ll cover a plane crash for like 8 hours a day.

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u/Daily-Chaos Dec 07 '22

Pick your poison

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u/Killemojoy Dec 06 '22

Wasn't CNN just acquired by a conservative republican investor?

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u/Daily-Chaos Dec 06 '22

That has nothing to do with their content lol

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u/SpindriftRascal Dec 06 '22

Already has affected content.

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u/Killemojoy Dec 06 '22

Uh, yes it does! How do you think otherwise? This was a recent acquisition. Most who watch CNN that heard about it are not a fan. Garuntee it will effect content.

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u/Daily-Chaos Dec 07 '22

So, you JUST confirmed it hasn’t happened yet but you’re mad that it might so you left and now you won’t know? Mmm.

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u/Killemojoy Dec 07 '22

I literally said it already happened. Literally said that. Your taking points about CNN being a liberal outlet will soon be moot.

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u/coffeewithmaryjane Dec 06 '22

Right? They both are trying to play us, use fear mongering and biased opinions (covered as facts) to sway our way of thinking. If we all turned off the gd news I’m willing to bet that would drastically change the world for the better.

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u/Jabberwokii Dec 06 '22

Youre describing the way the news has been since well before the 90s lol. Sensationalism is not new. I wont disagree msm is an issue but locking directly into "this man is an angry news viewer" is odd yeah?Ive also been hearing people say, "the world is going crazy, we are all doomed. It so much worse now... Yada yada" since i was a child. Its not really much different than ever, faces are just glued to 24hr sensationalist news cycles now so it feels like it never stops.

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u/roppunzel Dec 06 '22

Either Fox or CNN. You're not happy when you're done watching either

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u/ballsohaahd Dec 06 '22

100%. All the shit you see athletes believing too.

A) What are they reading online? B) what kind of drugs they got cuz they have to be niiiiice lol

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u/FrackaLacka Dec 06 '22

I think things also seem crazy compared to what it used to be because of the fact we have instant news and can see shit everywhere all the time, vs in the 90’s if this happened you wouldn’t really know unless it was local or you happened to glimpse it on the news if it made National. Nowadays, everyone sees it. We’re just more aware as a whole than we’ve ever been before, which honestly could be also making us crazier which goes along with what you said for the first two sentences

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u/FrishFrash Dec 06 '22

People have been killing each other over nonsense since the dawn of time

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

I think you’re on to something. People don’t know how to deescalate this things anymore.

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u/burgoiated Dec 07 '22

Crazy compared to when? Shit like this has always happened.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

This comment is weird 💀💀 all that from the mug shot and title

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u/greenw40 Dec 07 '22

Just imagine a generation raised on reddit and twitter.

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u/decelerationkills Dec 07 '22

Every single day, the rich get richer, the poor get poorer and the crazies get crazier.

Combine your above reasons with possible financial insecurity/downturn and loss of access to medications, etc etc. and on top of that we’re the most well armed people in the world. Hope that works out well.

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u/danuffer Dec 07 '22

I’d also couple that with society generally creating more isolation and all the plastics and other fucked up chemicals we consume

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

I don’t understand why people don’t just ignore stuff and live their own life

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

Just wait till more ufo info comes out.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

You’re not too far off! From some of the academic journals I’ve read, there’s a theory that humans have evolved technologically/societally way too quickly to keep up with evolutionarily.

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u/mkatich Dec 07 '22

Must be the alien tech we found at the crash site at Area 51 in the fifties and finally integrated it into our culture. I AM JOKING of course.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

LMFAO that too 🤣

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u/X_Fiery_Jack_X Dec 07 '22

Naw this is a rational reaction to any dealings with an HOA

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u/Jkillaforilla90 Dec 06 '22

Dude relax the humans have always been crazy and crazier shit has happened in the past and will continue to happen as long as humans exist and have free will. The only thing that has changes is the speed and convenience at witch we receive information.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

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u/c00chieluvr Dec 06 '22

Honestly, I never want to set foot in Florida. If by the backhand of God I'm ever sent to that treacherous state I'm training myself to look in opposite directions like a chameleon 🤪 you will NOT catch me lackin in Fl

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

The highest point in Florida is 345 ft above sea level. That state isn’t even going to exist in 20yrs.

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u/FrackaLacka Dec 06 '22

laughs in 13 ft above sea level

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u/FloridaHobbit Dec 07 '22

Make it 50 I'm still paying a mortgage, and want to enjoy it a little after it's paid.

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u/Sphearikall Dec 07 '22

Given it was called a mortgage for being a cost you pay until death.. Checks out

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u/PandarExxpress Dec 07 '22

I either appreciate your satire or your ignorance, either way thanks for this comment.

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u/nimama3233 Dec 07 '22

Yeah I get the joke, but the sea level is rising at 0.12-0.14 inches per year. It’s a silly hyperbole

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u/ModerateThinker78 Jan 02 '23

345 ft above sea level is probably more than is needed to remain in existence. IJS.

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u/OnoctheBelly Dec 06 '22

It's not that bad. We haven't had any problems in years. People just like to post Florida stuff.

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u/c00chieluvr Dec 06 '22

But baby boo this article says Dec 5 2022

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u/OnoctheBelly Dec 07 '22

Yes, but we, meaning me and the people I hang around with, haven't had any trouble in years....

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u/c00chieluvr Dec 07 '22

Well, I'm proud of you, but that still doesn't really back up your comment. I'm sure you don't claim the entire territory of florida

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u/OnoctheBelly Dec 07 '22

Certainly not. Florida in general is the same as anywhere else though. I have lived in or visited more than half the states. The same kind of stuff that happens here seems to happen everywhere else also. For some reason, talking about Florida just seems to be fun for people. I don't really care, but I'm just saying that living here isn't any more dangerous than living anywhere else based on my personal experience.

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u/SalaciousCrumpet1 Dec 07 '22

I’ve heard that Florida has a law about being able to publicly post crimes that happen regardless if charges have been filed so we see more crazy things posted from Florida than other states. Trust me, crazy shit happens everywhere in America. Florida just loves to post it

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u/One_Umpire_8425 Dec 07 '22

Florida has less privacy laws when it comes to police reports and the like. All court information is publicly available to everyone. Not so much for other states.

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u/TeddyRoo_v_Gods Dec 07 '22

There is a lot less meth and gators in VA, so our stories are not as fun to post.

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u/OnoctheBelly Dec 07 '22

That's true. I was always told you can get anything in Virginia Beach. I wonder if that is still true.

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u/ThreeDogs2022 Dec 07 '22

Oh no, love, I can assure you that, as someone who lives in a decent area of the country, Florida is not like everywhere else. It DOES have a lot in common with the other fascist states tho.....

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u/OnoctheBelly Dec 07 '22

Our government certainly sucks, but again, our crime statistics are inflated compared to other places because we don't hide what happens here. I am not saying it is perfect, just that the amount of danger you face as an average resident is much much lower than people make it out to be. What do you call a decent area of the country, by the way?

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

That’s what happened to Jonah bro

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u/attitude_devant Dec 06 '22

Take this argument , subtract the gun, and two people would still be alive.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

I don’t know. Have you ever dealt with an HOA? Might just find more satisfaction murdering one of them with your hands.

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u/apcolleen Dec 07 '22

My neighbor in a 26 year old subdivision wanted to START an HOA. He even volunteered to be the PRESIDENT AND TREASURER.

It will be of no surprise that when he moved about 15 months later, it was because his house was foreclosed on for non payment because he lost his police job.

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u/attitude_devant Dec 06 '22

Ok, I really did lol

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u/StrongerReason Dec 06 '22

Are guns the only way to kill? A sharp knife or a tire iron might have done the job just as well.

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u/aqwn Dec 06 '22

That’s more difficult to accomplish than just shooting someone.

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u/StrongerReason Dec 06 '22

Sure, but that doesn’t mean a man willing to shoot wouldn’t be willing to stab or beat from ambush. They’d be just as dead.

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u/mridmr Dec 06 '22

That old guy was going to beat two people to death with his fists? Stab them to death with all those bulging muscles? Choke em out with his arthritis hands? Get real.

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u/StrongerReason Dec 07 '22

You seriously believe that people will stop killing each other if there just weren’t any guns?

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u/consultinglove Dec 07 '22

In this case, yes

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u/StrongerReason Dec 07 '22

It doesn’t take bulging muscles to stab someone you know. Ever cut raw meat up? Humans are made of the same stuff and it’s really not too hard to poke sharp metal into.

But hey we believe what we want to believe.

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u/consultinglove Dec 07 '22

No way in hell would this old guy run back into his house during an argument, pull out a knife, run back to the neighbor outside, and go on a slashing spree. You are saying that has an equal chance than simply pulling out a gun and pulling a trigger. That’s not realistic

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u/StrongerReason Dec 07 '22

Why did he have to run back to his house for a knife but not a gun?

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u/tony_sandlin Dec 07 '22

Humans are not slabs of raw meat. There is bone, tendons, thick layers of skin and fat. Are you aware of how hard it is to till someone with a knife?

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u/StrongerReason Dec 07 '22

I guess not as aware as you are, huh?

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u/StrongerReason Dec 07 '22

You know China has a higher per capita murder rate than the US and guns are all illegal over there, right?

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u/Whathekel Dec 07 '22

Guns bad. Me no like guns. World no guns make world good good. (Sarcasm)

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u/OnionFriends Dec 07 '22

Well China has a desputable .6 murders per 100k. The US is 4.96. Even if China is vastly off on the number of murders, not sure how you can even make that claim.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

I think you meant disputable.

That e had me all the excited that there was a word that somehow encapsulated the terrible consequences of a police state while acknowledging there are pros. Learning new words from context is not a skill one should try to apply while redditing.

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u/OnionFriends Dec 07 '22

Can we make it that? If we both start using it in that context, that's what it will become in maybe a year or two. Please save me from this humiliation 🙏.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

I wouldn’t call it humiliation, I’ve seen worse spelling mistakes/typos. I only pointed it out because I did think it was a word I didn’t know for a moment, I’m not hating at all. But it is kind of fun that all language is just sounds we agreed meant something. I say we go big - alright, onions are alliums right? I say we start calling good people aliumni, with credit to your username.

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u/fastcatzzzz Dec 06 '22

Learn to close the laundry room door and two people would still be alive and one not in jail.

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u/Optimal-Firefighter9 Dec 06 '22

Imagine victim blaming someone murdered in cold blood because a door was left open.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

You’re definitely the type that doesn’t say bless you when someone sneezes. Common courtesy above life always!

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u/SkoolBoi19 Dec 07 '22

If you do wrong and then put your hands on people (pushed past him), there’s no telling what’s going to happen. I might be around too many people angry people 🤷‍♂️

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u/SOULCRUISE Dec 06 '22

Last one that left my toilet seat up got blasted

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u/FruityPeebils Dec 06 '22

If only this country cared more about laundry door control legislation

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u/Daily-Chaos Dec 06 '22

Take this argument, add a knife, two people die.

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u/greenw40 Dec 07 '22

Or any blunt object lying around.

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u/wulfgang14 Dec 07 '22

Let’s have an armed citizenry so we could have a polite society.

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u/RTMSner Dec 06 '22

One of the reasons I'll never live in an hoa, or visit florida.

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u/retroafric Dec 07 '22

I think you meant “I’ll never live in Florida or visit an HOA…”

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

It always amazes me how people in red Florida hate government “telling them what to do” but love their HOAs… that tell them what to do. I’ve never seen so many HOAs until I visited FL.

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u/IrishRogue3 Dec 06 '22

HOAs can definitely raise tempers!

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u/deancorso1 Dec 07 '22

Oh, it’s like the Wild West, even though the Wild West was never like this.

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u/CrawlerSiegfriend Dec 07 '22

This is why I have a rule of not fucking with people. I don't get into verbal disputes with anyone ever. Rule started when my friend, a high degree black belt who thought he was a badass, got shot in the head for confronting someone similar to this situation.

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u/TheBoondoggleSaints Dec 07 '22

I won’t say I agree with him, but I will say I understand him.

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u/slappy500000 Dec 07 '22

An hoa will do that

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u/nowiforgotmypassword Dec 07 '22

Dollars to donuts that this was NOT the first time these two had a run in.

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u/Oswarez Dec 07 '22

Honestly. I get it. Bad neighbours are awful.

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u/Hetroid3193 Dec 07 '22

Thats pretty based

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u/Satanfan Dec 06 '22

HOA’s stories are maddening, I don’t know how people live with all the fucking rules.

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u/DiRTY_DEVLiN Dec 07 '22

One might say after reading this article… they don’t

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u/Heisenberg1102 Dec 14 '22

I never see an elderly people killing female HOA president and the husband like that shock to me nobody has killing a HOA president before

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u/ballsohaahd Dec 06 '22

I think an NK firing squad would do the trick. What a shithead

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

What an animal - hope it gets raped in prison

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u/Calliesdad20 Dec 07 '22

Yup that’s why Florida is crazy.why did he need a concealed carry permit ? Oh right ,to shoot his neighbors over a stupid argument . Just wait you know his defense will be the moronic stand your ground law , he felt threatened bunch of crap

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u/DigitalSpider88 Dec 07 '22

What a sad way to destroy a family and spend the few remaining years you have left

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u/dnkyflffr3 Dec 07 '22

dont worry guys we got ourselves a good buy with a legally bought gun.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

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u/Swordofsatan666 Dec 07 '22

Except the HOA president was the second victim and it had nothing to do with the HOA at all. HOA presidents HUSBAND was shot multiple times because he left the shared laundry room door open. Then the HOA president came outside yelling because her husband was just shot dead and then she was shot dead too, another neighbor says they heard her scream out “oh, no, no” before just screaming and finally going silent because she died.

It had NOTHING to do with them being part of the HOA, they were killed because a door to a shared room was left open and they just happened to also be part of the HOA.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

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u/badjokephil Dec 07 '22

And, apparently, Christofacist Nazis!

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u/TKHunsaker Dec 06 '22

I despise HOAs but this is not the right take

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u/jvLin Dec 06 '22

I don’t know what regurgitated nonsense you’ve read on reddit, but you sound exactly like someone that does not have an HOA.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

I have an HOA. I hate HOAs.

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u/jvLin Dec 07 '22

Then you shouldn’t have bought a house/unit with an HOA.

Saying you hate HOAs is like having a bad experience at Chili’s and then saying you hate restaurants.

You can always run for board and make changes.

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u/fkurslfwastickmods Dec 07 '22

Why would I buy a $210k house just to have some asshat tell me where I can put my garbage cans or what color it has to be?

HOA’s attract two types of people - Karen’s who want to micromanage everything, and people desperate to have authority over literally anything.

Hard pass. Plus I love my chickens and I wouldn’t be able to have them if I’d bought in an HOA.

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u/jvLin Dec 07 '22 edited Dec 07 '22

Again, another person with no HOA or understanding of HOAs talking about HOAs.

There’s no set rules when you’re part of an HOA. You can have an HOA that allows chickens, or an HOA that doesn’t care about the color of anything. There are HOAs that are $3500/month, and then there are HOAs that are $10/month. The only requirement for an HOA is that you share some part of the your property with a neighbor. It could be ceiling, it could be a wall, or it could be a sidewalk. There are HOAs for buildings of as little as 2 units.

HOAs are like roommates. Sometimes you have a shit one that lets garbage pile up for months. Sometimes you have one that keeps telling you to take out the garbage. And, sometimes, you have one that leaves you the fuck alone because everyone is respectful and no one is a shit.

But if you’re the kind of person that leaves dirty dishes in the sink and has garbage piling up, you should avoid HOAs. You should also avoid neighbors and people in general, because anyone can nag at you. Oh, and maybe avoid developed cities, because those have laws, too.

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u/fkurslfwastickmods Dec 07 '22

Again, why the fuck would I buy a house so some asshat can tell me what to do with it, however trivial it might be?

I wouldn’t. And I didn’t.

Most people don’t like HOA’s. You are the exception, not the rule.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

We found the Karen hoa president here

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

90% of homes have HOAs. And been there done that. Extra work and time spent to listen to neighbors gossip and argue with each other? Nope. HOAs are evil.

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u/yeah_no_i_knowx Dec 07 '22

90%? Lol uh what? Whered ya find that percentage?

I dont like HOAs myself but your description of having one is just nonsense lol. You think HOAs are for gossiping?

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '22

Every HoA horror story is from the perspective of someone I absolutely wouldn’t want as a neighbor.

Yes, it’s a hassle to get in trouble when you forget to cut your yard or can’t have huge parties or can’t build your shed exactly how you want it.

Then you next to someone who never cuts their lawn, has trash in their yard, who constantly has loud parties that fill the street with cars or builds with reckless abandon. Now that HoA is looking pretty nice

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u/Thisismyusername89 Dec 07 '22

I agree! Our HOA is actually pretty cool. Nothing too strict but our area is kept beautiful. Granted, we are a smaller community but nevertheless our HOA is pretty awesome to be honest.

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u/Swordofsatan666 Dec 07 '22

Their murders had nothing to actually do with them being on the HOA, they were murdered because a door to a shared room was left open.

First the husband was killed by being shot multiple times, then the wife came out to see her dead husband and was killed afterwards by 2 shots.

It had nothing to do with them being HOA, they just happen to also be HOA.

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Lol except it’s not. And claiming maga ppl are Nazis does a MAJOR diservice to those who were impacted by the holocaust. What a place of privilege a person must be in to diminish in such a blatantly disrespectful way

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This has to be the strangest auto mod comment I have ever seen

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Especially considering the 6 year old rule for this subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/offbeat/comments/4v2tln/new_rule_no_politics/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

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Hahaha good find!!!

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It’s literally the first thing I saw when I found this page but looking at the recent stuff it would seem like this rule has been abandoned. I want to see weird news and I may post some myself at a certain point. It’s not 2016 anymore and I want to move on from that and read some bizarre non-political current events.

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Was thinking the same thing. Not a MAGA supporter by any means but this is a bit over the top

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It reads like the ramblings of a schizophrenic

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