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Well thankfully that listing includes the actual address and an aerial view of the property. Will facilitate the drone strikes when the revolution comes.

uhm, i think the original post is quite obviously satire. i've never met anyone that would qualify in my entire life.

Possibly. The author does himself/herself a disservice knocking down some really low-hanging fruits and almost cult-like points. I stumbled across the original posting actually and thought it deserved a mild chuckle at best.

To me, it's Disneyland meets Aleksey Vayner's "Impossible Is Nothing" video CV meets "her knees are too sharp" (the ridiculous laundry list of requirements).

I think that it's real.

That said, the part about "explicit lyrics" made me laugh. Programmers like for things (at least, code and documentation) to be explicit (in the original, non-euphemistic, correct meaning of the word) and generally have no use for the implicit use of "explicit" to mean "vulgar".

It has to be. Case in point, look at the list of current residents and what they do. A lot of those jobs require business formal wear (read: a suit) at least part of the time. You can get great suits under $500, sure, but as someone who recently went new suit shopping, $500 doesn't get you much.

Garage sale in rich-people areas. Scored a like-new Brioni for $75, I think it looks fantastic.

It appears to be legitimate: http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/14/technology/startup-castle/

Sounds like a slightly stupider version of Hitler's youth.

I wouldn't go that far. More like a party house for posers who refuse to admit that they're a party crowd because they outgrew drugs (should we applaud them?) and bike. In 5 years they'll be golfing and hiring social tutors to help them with the hard questions, like whether it's "trying too hard" in 2015 to use "summer" as a verb.

Oddly enough, I love biking, work out every day, avoid car commutes, and don't use drugs. I can't stand self-righteous assholes who think their choices make them superior, though, so that might be a problem.

I understand wanting to be around others who are trying to live well. But attempting to enforce this at some social level has always been and always will be, a recipe for disaster (see... every cult ever).

Maybe the "Hitler's youth" thing is a little off (although the values portrayed sound pretty close the ideas of clean living etc. the "youth" was all about). That being said, I wonder what percentage of the referenced twerpwads hold racist beliefs? My guess? 100.

(edit) From the sounds of it, in 35 years most of this bunch will probably be on association boards of gated communities and spend much of their time policing the neighbourhood for hedges that are too high and fences that are painted a slightly wrong color.

I don't see how this can't be a satire.

It appears to be sincere: http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/14/technology/startup-castle/

Indeed, and here is the original ad for renting a room: http://supost.com/post/index/129734920

This does not gratify my intellectual curiosity.

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