Is this an advert for a housemate or a recruitment drive for a cult?
Finding housemates you get on with can be the difference between a dream life and a living nightmare, and one of the best ways to do this is by being upfront about what you want. Whoever wrote the advert spotted by Mollie Goodfellow had some very specific – and unusual – ideas about the ideal person to share their space; it’s a long read but well worth it.
I’m part of this housing co-op group on FB and occasionally rooms come up on my feed and this one intrigued me and my god I am screeching pic.twitter.com/mFPBTTBOo2
— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) July 21, 2019
Heaven forbid they should buy sandwiches or coffee every day.
There must be loads of people with experience of living “in a community in a countryside where money did not change hands”, right?
Nudity and body smells – a marriage made in Heaven, obviously.
You will mingle, or else!
Think for yourself – apart from when you’re doing all these things we’re telling you to do.
No science fans allowed.
That has to be a prank, right? RIGHT?
The good people of Twitter have been reacting to Mollie’s post, including Mollie herself.
“I think I have most things but I haven’t lived in the countryside where no money has changed hands as I have lived my entire life in the 21st century.”
“We’ll let that slide but you have to take more time on the cleaning rota.”
“Deal.”— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) July 21, 2019
Mollie has uncovered my literal idea of hell. https://t.co/kfWN4U6U84
— Jess Brammar (@jessbrammar) July 21, 2019
Let’s play Would You Rather…?
Would you rather: lick piss off a nettle, or live with these people? https://t.co/32OWS0yfhp
— Erica Buist (@ericabuist) July 21, 2019
“You will be a female ok with nudity and with no interests or external friends or a social life” 🚩🚩🚩 https://t.co/PIYANpd0T8
— Jules Theodore Scheele 🏳️🌈 (@julesscheele) July 21, 2019
“So basically what we’re saying is that we’re looking for someone to live with no privacy, in silence, in a house that stinks of armpits, while we constantly judge you.”
— Red Sky At Night (@redskyatnight) July 21, 2019
“Taking care of the household as and when needed.” It was really hard to hear that alarm bell over all the other alarm bells, but I did.
— Kaite Welsh (@kaitewelsh) July 21, 2019
Back to Mollie for the last word.
Imagine coming home late, it’s been a tough day. You have to hide you work for a corporation. You walk into the kitchen. The lights are off, you flick them on to get a garden grown tomato snack from the fridge. He’s sat there. You jump. “We know you got a meal deal today.”
— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) July 21, 2019
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