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A lot of the things we do on a daily or weekly basis have ways of doing them that can either be private or communal, some of these which we do not think to consider as having that characteristic.

For example, bathing in the Roman Empire used to be communal, but then Rome fell and citizens in the splinter countries began taking baths privately.

Receiving mail is another example. There are countries which don’t have mailboxes and everyone gets their mail at the post office in the PO boxes. It was the United States which pioneered the idea of the modern mail system, which is why we associate it as a private act.

There are activities as well which don’t have any history as jumping between one or the other that might benefit from it, for example I think towns might benefit if internet was free and freely accessible but only at the local library.

What’s a non-communal aspect of life you think should be communal?

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 hours ago (6 children)

Generally think private homes are a giant waste, both in terms of wasted physical space and energy lost due to poor insulation.

Living should be communal. No residential construction should hold less than eight housing units.

After you do this, you can consolidate a bunch of an amenities - washing machines, parking, central heating/AC, pools, gardens, outdoor grills, wet and dry bars, basements, rumpace rooms, home theaters.

It all gets so much nicer when it's a communal living space.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

This is a wild take. There is value in privacy. There is value in quiet! There is value in space. Electricity efficiency isn't the only important thing!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

washing machines, parking, central heating/AC, pools, gardens, outdoor grills, wet and dry bars, basements, rumpace rooms, home theaters.

Aw hell naw. Tell me you've never been poor enough to have to use a shared washing machine or even a laundromat without telling me you never had to. Those things are absolutely disgusting.

I used to believe in dense housing in cities until I had two sets of psycho upstairs neighbours and no thanks, I want to be as far away from another human being as reasonably feasible at all times, nevermind not share a fucking pool with one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Greetings from Sweden, here shared washing machines are really common and generally not disguisting at all.

There are also solutions to people behaving badly in apartment buildings. Unfortunate if nothing was done at yours, but it’s definitely not an impossible problem to solve.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 hours ago

I'd rather put a bullet through my brain pan

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago

Some people like living in communal spaces and some, like me, loathe it. Seriously, fuck that. Maybe more and affordable complexes do need to be built, but it should never be the only option.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

Poor introverts in this scenario.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

That's a nice idea, but how do we decide on who gets to live in the communal space?