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Terrible Estate Agent Photos

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Terrible photos listed by estate agents/realtors that are so bad they’re funny.

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[Image description: a dining room with teal blue walls, with a pink neon sign saying "let them eat cake" written in cursive.]

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[–] wild@lemmy.world 131 points 2 years ago (9 children)

For those who don't know, the phrase "let them eat cake" is commonly attributed to Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France in the late 18th century. However, there's no concrete evidence she actually said this. The phrase is used to portray her as out of touch with the suffering of the French people during a time of widespread poverty and famine.

Having the phrase "let them eat cake" in a super luxurious house is incredibly insensitive because it symbolizes a callous disregard for the struggles of those less fortunate. It's a reminder of the kind of detachment and insensitivity that can perpetuate social inequalities and exacerbate class divides, which is particularly tone-deaf in a setting of opulence.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What if the homeowner openly and confidently enjoys the struggles of the less fortunate?

[–] ScorpionFrog@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They might be a cake maker

[–] Cjwii@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

They probably use a TON of fondant. Ewwe

[–] lorty@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago

It's interesting to note that she was widely hated even at the time though not because she was a rich noble, but because she was austrian. So it's possible the phrase is a fabrication that stuck.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

It's not tone deaf. They know exactly what they're doing. That's the tone they want.

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[–] kimpilled 116 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is it still "tone deaf" if they know exactly what they're saying?

[–] Cruxifux@lemmy.world 63 points 2 years ago

Yeah, tone deaf isn’t the right word. Overtly evil and stupid is probably the phrase they were looking for.

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

I could easily see an out of touch rich person thinking of it only as a thing that goes along with rich people, (and not realize the actual meaning).

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[–] 0ddysseus 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean we already have a solution to this don't we?

[–] mashbooq 27 points 2 years ago

It's like they're trying to get eaten at this point

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 24 points 2 years ago (5 children)

My wife is a pastry chef and her dream is to open her own pastry shop and called it "let them eat cake".

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Your wife probably needs to have a charitable angle to her core business plan or people may get mad if it's solely catering to wealthy people. Something like weekly cupcake donations to a local shelter.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That might make it difficult to get an online presence since the name is a common phrase.

Elon is having the same problem with X because... well it's a letter that's part of the friggin language.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, Elon is really struggling to get him or his business mentioned online lol

[–] VinnieFarsheds@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I mostly see it being mentioned as the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, because X isn't specific enough lol

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wouldn't. That's just begging for a guillotine shop to open up next door.

[–] PreachHard@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

People forget that it was the bakers that got it first at the start of the French Revolution.

"Up the Bundt" would be a better name.

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Your wife must attain her dream!

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

The bourgeoisie know EXACTLY what they are, and what the joke is. They get it. They're laughing at us.

Constantly laughing at us. They know how stupid we are for doing exactly what they want like their little slaughter pigs. Generation after generation, we obey them with a smile on our faces.

So I mean, can you really blame them for laughing at the joke, when we're the ones making it funny for them? :-(

[–] Seraph@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I very badly want to know what that pattern is in the pool. The striping is tacky but what's that crest/logo?

[–] MonochromeLadybug@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks like it says "The Beverly Estate". I really like the "Cocaine toothache drop" backrest on the pool bench, stay classy 1%!

[–] Seraph@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oof that's bad. Also looks like they're about to build something big up that hill and there will be other houses looking down now.

[–] itsyourmom@artemis.camp 2 points 2 years ago

Lol… looking down right into their pool area… hehe

[–] mindbleach@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Tacky is an understatement. The striping is superglue.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It says "The Beverly Estate," in part because it's located at 1326 Beverly Estates Dr. in Beverly Hills.

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[–] thrawn21@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hah, same! Tried to zoom in, but no luck reading it.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

if you search for let them eat cake decor, you'll see it has turned into another live laugh love

[–] totallynotarobot@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I once saw a giant "Who Is John Galt" sign in an Urban Outfitters. So... Could be worse?

[–] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are John Galt signs in Brandy Melville stores.

[–] totallynotarobot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

That's so freaking weird man

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I’m out of the loop, but I’m too afraid to ask about the person being referred to in the sign.

Edit: decided to Google it. They’re from Atlas Shrugged.

[–] Clent@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Let them eat the rich

[–] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] incogtino@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 years ago

1326 Beverly Estate Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA

[–] Cruxifux@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If this doesn’t radicalize you, nothing will.

[–] soupspoon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I didn't realize at first that the property manager decorated it all this way to be ready for renting out lol

The over-the-topness of it all makes more and less sense that way- let them eat cake and monopoly man, naked newspaper reader and swimmer ladies, cocaine ad bench cushion by the pool

[–] BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Who gets dressed to read a newspaper?

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[–] KhazadRistur@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That circular couch with the walkway upstairs looks like the house from Incredibles 2.

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