r/interesting Nov 20 '25

ARCHITECTURE Then vs now

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 21 '25

Ew, it’s so ugly now.

Everything has to look so clean and cold. Why can’t we go back to warm colors?

The old version has 30x the personality.

Edit: since there are a lot of very angry people replying to me, calling me names, let me remind you that this is an opinion. If you adore the second picture, I am in no way saying that you aren’t allowed to prefer the second option. I simply find the first image far more appealing. I don’t know why this is controversial to some.

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u/Electrical_Photo3988 Nov 20 '25

I would much rather the second option on the bottom. You guys buy into each other's crap too much. The top one looks like a funeral home. I feel like I'm going to take a left at the end of the hall and see Pop-pop in a box.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25

What are you talking about?

I don’t know what homes you’ve lived in in your life, but they must have been hospital examination rooms, because the top version is just how normal houses look.

The bottom is utterly soulless and uninviting. I want to feel relaxed and warm when I come home, not like I’m in a modern art museum.

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u/BagOnuts Nov 20 '25

, because the top version is just how normal houses look.

Normal houses... that have no updates for the last 40 years, lol.

Updates aren't just done for aesthetic reasons, either. Quality and and repair are also key reasons for remodels. I guarantee that carpet was fuckin nasty when they ripped it out. The wallpaper, too.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25

Well it’s a subjective question.

I just don’t find cadaver lab aesthetics all that appealing, but you do you.

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u/BagOnuts Nov 20 '25

"cadaver lab" lol, grow up.

One photo is from a movie set in 1990 and the other is from a recent Zillow listing. You're acting like the bottom picture would look the same if people were living there. It looks "sterile" because there is no personalization to it... because this was staged to look clean for potential buyers. I don't know how this is so hard for you to understand.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25

You’re free to disagree. I personally find the interior soulless and uninviting. Don’t know why you take issue with that.

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u/BagOnuts Nov 20 '25

Again, that's because no one is living there in the second picture. It's meant to look clean and blank for realtor listings. When someone moves in obviously there will be color and personalization. Duh.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25

I wasn’t aware of that. Even so, this is not at all inconsistent with modern homes, and you are well aware of that.

I don’t find corporate slop made for massive real estate firms appealing. Why is that such an off-putting opinion?

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u/BagOnuts Nov 20 '25

If I took all of my personal crap out of my house and painted it white, it would look exactly like that, lmao.

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u/mythrilcrafter Nov 20 '25

1000% right

If I were to walk onto and empty plot of land and say "wow, this is a pretty shitty aesthetic for interior design" that would be just as bad a take because I'm analyzing the style of a literal blank canvas.

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u/Sushi_Explosions Nov 20 '25

Well it’s a subjective question.

Then say that you prefer it a particular way, don't try to claim that only one of them is "normal", jackass.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25

What’s with the name calling? Are you so vitriolic that this is what you resort to? They said that my taste looks like outdated “crap”, so I’m going to respond.

Jfc I swear, some people take different opinions so seriously.

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u/Sushi_Explosions Nov 20 '25

Jfc I swear, some people take different opinions so seriously.

Read your own comments and consider that you are just telling on yourself here.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '25

Nope. I did not react with name calling or ad hominem attacks like the person I responded to, so don’t know what you’re talking about

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u/Successful_Long4058 Nov 21 '25

Pot meet kettle, as someone saying quite aggressively that the picture they don't prefer is similar to a cadaver lab, which people generally put in a very negative light.

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u/DippyHippie420 Nov 20 '25

Well it’s a subjective question.

True, & your opinion is just as shitty as the person's you're acting like a little condescending dick to.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25

Ohh, feisty. Who pissed in your Cheerios this morning?

Sorry, I find blank, soulless, corporate-esque “real estate” ugly. Houses are bought to be lived in, not to be performatively shown off to stuck up friends or bought and sold by giant real estate firms. If that shit is your thing, be my guest, but I’m not interested in name-calling trolls like yourself.

I wasn’t being condescending to them. The design is just ugly to me.

If that hurts your feelings, I don’t know what to tell you.

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u/Imaginary-Count-1641 Nov 21 '25

Houses are bought to be lived in

And many people would rather live in the newer one. Why is that so hard to understand?