busybee fluffy rambles

I watch a lot of Living Big in a Tiny House, and I have very mixed feelings about it. But there’s definitely a bunch of trends I’ve noticed with it (and also with other tiny house channels on YouTube).

• “We aren’t actually living in it yet”
• “My things were controlling me”
• Moved in just one month ago, “loving it forever”
• “We just got married”
• Outdoor bathroom
• “We found a great parking space”
• “Our family had this land available”
• “It’s a lot bigger than you’d think!”
• Slide-out bed
• Closet bed (especially for children)
• Ultra-dense bunking for their five children
• Kids saying: “We used to have our own separate rooms but now we get to play together a lot more”
• Have to completely reconfigure your room every time you want to do something different
• No kitchen space
• “My smoke detector keeps going off” (or, alternately, no smoke detectors at all)
• Super narrow, steep, tall stairs
• Lack of accessibility in general
• “It’s a bit tricky to do [thing that will become harder as they get older] but it’s not a problem”
• “I don’t even miss having stuff”
• Composting toilet (or no toilet)
• Instruction sign on the wall for visitors to use the toilet
• “Do you like this [composting/incinerating] toilet?” Heavy sigh followed by, “Yeah it’s pretty great once you get used to it”
• “You totally get used to the smell”
• Have to climb a ladder to get into bed
• Changing bed sheets is also… interesting
• “Close yourself off, retreat from the world”
• Owner makes their living as an influencer
• Owner got the inspiration from whatever YouTuber is interviewing them
• Owner intends to start their own tiny house channel for an income source
• “Everything I could possibly need I have right here”
• Added storage by putting things on some sort of complicated hoisting system that totally would never fail
• Owner lifestyle that’s one step removed from tradwifery
• Peak Instagram decor (fake ivy vines everywhere, “Live Laugh Love”-type signs, no actual artwork anywhere)
• General Wiccan vibes
• Weird religious overtones to the story (got inspiration from God, prayed for a spouse, “all my prayers were answered”)
• And of course the kids are homeschooled
• Spare chairs as wall decor
• Random appropriation of native culture
• “I don’t need a TV with this amazing view!”
• Is this actually being filmed in an Ikea model home showroom?
• “This is really private” (usually in respect to the, again, outdoor bathroom)
• Super water- and energy-efficient tiny house next to a gigantic swimming pool
• Tiny house in the back yard of a gigantic house that the owners actually live in
• Tiny house situated on a 5-acre lot otherwise used only for a fucking lawn
• “I’m saving [tiny amount of money] on rent!”
• Ignoring long-term maintenance costs especially for off-grid systems (batteries, septic, etc.)