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by Red Roja » Wed Feb 12, 2020 7:32 am
Ankuran wrote:Never been in a basement, at least in a residential building. Weren't any places with basements in the small town in Utah where I'm from, and I've never known anyone down here in southeast New Mexico with a basement. A lot of public buildings here actually still have cold war bunkers underneath them, but not a lot of basements. Not sure if it's because of historical reasons, or because the ground can be hard to dig in here if you're not prepared to use heavy duty mining, drilling, boring, or fracking equipment. Which is too bad, because I've always dreamed of living in a house that was partially subterranean or, at the very least, had a huge finished basement.
by Red Roja » Wed Feb 12, 2020 7:33 am
Ethel mermania wrote:I grew up in a old Victorian house. The basement was huge, dark dirty, had a coal shute and storage, and was a great place to play or hide out.
by New Bremerton » Wed Feb 12, 2020 9:29 am
by Red Roja » Wed Feb 12, 2020 9:36 am
New Bremerton wrote:None of the places I've ever lived in or stayed at have a basement (UK: cellar). Not in the UK, Malaysia, New Zealand, and definitely not Hong Kong, Singapore or Japan. I can't recall ever having visited a basement in my entire life. I'm assuming underground levels in high-rise buildings aren't included?
When I think of a basement, it's one of several things:
The dark and creepy type from supernatural horror movies.
"Mom's basement" where a lazy, pretzel-eating, fat, middle-aged slob with an exposed stomach, almost always a white male, with no aim or purpose in life, sits behind a desktop computer, which is pretty much the only light source, trolling forums just like this one. He has poor social skills and is perpetually single, sexually frustrated, and unemployed. At worst, he may also be a creep, a pedophile, an incel and a possible mass shooter. This second type of basement is derived from the worst dregs of American pop culture as received by someone who's never been to the United States, and may be regarded by some as an anti-white, misandrist stereotype that feminists love to joke about. Eminem is where I first encountered the term "mom's basement".
Alternatively, the basement is identical, but instead of a fat slob, picture a teenage, amateur hacker who's been "redpilled" and seeks to escape the Matrix and make his way to Zion by outrunning agents and throwing himself off the rooftop of his high school. Or he's slightly older and he's The One. This is obviously derived from The Matrix (first movie) and The Animatrix.
Then we have the basement of serial rapists, killers and all-out psychopaths. This one is derived from a combination of sensational news reports originating in the United States and Europe (mainly the United States) as well as psychological horror films such as The Silence of the Lambs.
Finally, tavern basements filled with kegs conjuring up imagery of the southern European or Californian countryside with nothing but fields, gently rolling hills and the occasional trees in every direction, or possibly a seaside riviera, with its warm, sunny Mediterranean climate. Or World of Warcraft, particularly Lakeshire in Redridge Mountains. Never been to any of these places in person. I can only imagine.
All in all, slightly more negatives than positives for the lowly basement.
by Unstoppable Empire of Doom » Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:32 am
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by Red Roja » Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:45 am
Saiwania wrote:There are no basements to be had in Florida. The water table is too shallow.
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by Heloin » Wed Feb 12, 2020 11:48 am
by Saiwania » Wed Feb 12, 2020 11:56 am
Heloin wrote:You where somewhere in the Panhandle which doesn't count as Florida really or along the stateline. You can get a basement if you really want to waste the money on pumps or the water table isn't that high in a certain area but the idea of basements in Florida is odd at the best of times.
by Heloin » Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:01 pm
Saiwania wrote:Heloin wrote:You where somewhere in the Panhandle which doesn't count as Florida really or along the stateline. You can get a basement if you really want to waste the money on pumps or the water table isn't that high in a certain area but the idea of basements in Florida is odd at the best of times.
The panhandle counts more as Florida than South Florida in my opinion. Given that the state leans Republican ever so slightly. But yes, more often than not a basement is impractical in Florida. Miami and lots of south Florida is fixing to go below sea level and will get flooded because of climate change. The same might be true where I live. The moral is to not be too close to the coast or to get out when you can.
by Farnhamia » Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:05 pm
Heloin wrote:Saiwania wrote:
The panhandle counts more as Florida than South Florida in my opinion. Given that the state leans Republican ever so slightly. But yes, more often than not a basement is impractical in Florida. Miami and lots of south Florida is fixing to go below sea level and will get flooded because of climate change. The same might be true where I live. The moral is to not be too close to the coast or to get out when you can.
The Panhandle is South Alabama.
by The Huskar Social Union » Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:08 pm
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by Farnhamia » Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:12 pm
Major-Tom wrote:There are hardly any basements in residential homes in Arizona. It's just nonsensical, it's far too hot most of the year in 4/5 of the state, and up in the mountains the only threat is Pacific Snowstorms, not tornadoes.
I remember living back East, our basement was absolutely massive. The house itself was fairly modest and middle-class, but for whatever reason the basement was nearly half the square footage of the home.
by Ethel mermania » Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:56 pm
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