• chuckleslord@lemmy.world
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    We figured out how to install gas lines appropriately. Many “ghosts” were gas inhalation induced hallucinations.

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    I wonder if older houses seem more “hauntable” simply because they were built to facilitate air flow within them. Before air conditioning, homes had to be built to allow air to naturally circulate. Thought was placed into room, door, and window layouts to encourage air flow throughout the home, windows were designed to fully open, and transom windows allowed air flow even when doors were closed.

    The point is that old homes were built to allow air flow. This means that there’s more opportunity for doors to randomly close and other things to be disturbed by the wind. Older homes also weren’t as sealed and insulated as well. They were designed assuming that some of the structure would get wet and then dry out. Older buildings were designed to undergo constant moisture cycling, while newer buildings try to seal out moisture all together. More dramatic changes in lumber moisture content means more creaks, groans, and other ghostly noises.

    Simply because of how buildings science has evolved, it’s possible that older homes just more readily produce “haunting” sounds than modern ones.

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    I’ve tried/succeeded kinda to make this house in The Sims before lol (DaisyMarie86 - I have lots of Victorians and I’m a good builder 😋) and I can tell you why! it’s really hard and REALLY expensive!

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    I have a relative with a haunted McMansion. They’re rich, they bought a slot in a brand new subdivision, had the house built for them. We joke that it’s on an Indian burial ground. Everyone’s had some kind of experience there, voices in another room when you’re there alone, electronics turn themselves on and off, they’re spouse interacted with a demon child thing and it left marks, rooms losing electric like the power went out but other rooms on the same circuit breakers are fine, I’ve personally heard a bloodcurdling scream come from upstairs while I was housesitting for them…

    That place is the reason I’m agnostic, and not fully atheist.

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    The truth is autocad.

    Curves and pillars are hard to represent architectures in computer software. What’s easy is nice boxy boxes.

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      Huh? There are zero problems with any curve you can imagine. The issue is that each one is unique instead of mass produced. Most do not spend the $$$ on top.

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      That house is a nightmare for any craftsman working on it too. You can pretty much forget about most external DIY stuff. Straight lines make for easy projects. Even crooked lines that are supposed to be straight are better than the curves and twists on this thing.