yesman@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhite picket fence preorder bonus.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1741arrow-down124
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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoThe comparison being drawn in this image macro is exactly like an HOA.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebarlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-211 months agoExcept it isn’t. “We lost your license” is different from “you broke the rules you agreed to”
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoMore like “we decided we don’t like you so we’ll invent and enforce rules only for you,” or “we can’t be bothered to sort out our books so we’ll just keep levying fines”
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebarlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·11 months agoThat’s still different than, “we lost your license”. I’m not defending HOAs at all. They just have nothing to do with the meme.
The comparison being drawn in this image macro is exactly like an HOA.
Except it isn’t.
“We lost your license” is different from “you broke the rules you agreed to”
More like “we decided we don’t like you so we’ll invent and enforce rules only for you,” or “we can’t be bothered to sort out our books so we’ll just keep levying fines”
That’s still different than, “we lost your license”.
I’m not defending HOAs at all. They just have nothing to do with the meme.