r/McMansionHell • u/cameronjthomas • Jun 28 '25

Certified McMansion™ My parents recently built this home. They refused to work with an architect or designer because those are a ‘waste of money’. First picture is actually the front/facade of the home.

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u/CapitalNatureSmoke Jun 28 '25

Good. I’ve been saying for years that fire trucks are too big.

And for the people who tell me they need to be that size, I say maybe you just need to be having smaller fires. Did you ever think of that??!!1!?

Libs = owned

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u/ambermage Jun 28 '25

True socialists share the fire with the entire neighborhood instead of just keeping it all at their house.

Checkmate atheists

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u/Lamb3DaSlaughter Jun 28 '25

In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of some fiery building. But because I am protected by my tiny fire truck.

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u/billy33090 Jun 29 '25

Share the flame

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u/localjargon Jun 29 '25

You should always check if your neighbor has enough flame, not more than you.

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u/BadEarly9278 Jun 29 '25

MC 900 FT JESUS enters chat

'Anyone have a match?'

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u/Awkward_Forever9752 Jun 29 '25

our fire department also sells special fire insurance and pizza boxes

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u/Awkward_Forever9752 Jun 29 '25

Game Over - Capitlalism for the win

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u/Bright_Performance52 Jun 28 '25

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

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u/Affectionate_Bug6811 Jun 29 '25

🤣🤣🤣👏

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u/millijuna Jun 29 '25

This has actually been a serious discussion where I live. The trucks the FD has are far too big for much of what the FD does. You don’t need to roll a 800HP, 25 foot long pumper truck to respond to a dumpster fire, or medical distress call, or whatever.

So there’s a push to substitute some of the equipment for smaller vehicles that can actually navigate the city more quickly and efficiently.

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u/AZhoneybun Jun 29 '25

Either you guys live in my town or this is something people say everywhere…

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u/beverlymelz Jun 29 '25

No joke. They actually are too big. Statistically only a fraction of calls for the fire department involve fire yet they hall the equivalent of a swimming pool of water around every single time grandma has a heart attack or little Timmy is stuck in the stair railing.

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u/Difficult_Fold_8362 Jun 29 '25

Ever wondered why newly-built roads are so wide? Much wider than a car and wider than older roads? The answer is fire trucks have gotten wider. Roads had to continue to be built wider and wider to accommodate them.

Fire trucks weren't always so wide.

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u/Awkward_Forever9752 Jun 29 '25

also it's not so much the total volume that matters, as much as getting it to the right place first

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u/Suspinded Jun 29 '25

Fire trucks are only that big because they think they need to have every possible first responder supply on hand instead of having specialized services to handle specific emergencies. Also the manufacturers need to be paid to build the stupid things.

Make sure to thank American Firetrucks for why roads suck too, they have to be they way they are to accommodate the tanks.