• peregrin5@lemm.ee
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    Yeah that’s the House Hunters trope. It’s in the US too on HGTV.

    Lisa is a 25 year old retired yoga instructor and Drew is a 28 year old brick layer who does crack in the alley behind his apartment. They are looking to upgrade into a home in the suburbs because Lisa is expecting any day now! Their budget is 3.5 million. Can they find a home?

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      oh no, they have a bunch of requirements and accidentally spent double their budget on the house but are still just fine somehow

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        Every single episode of those shows features a couple that has already purchased a house, and they pretend to give them two other choices to “pick” between.

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          Especially noticeable when they find a fake option that’s a better fit for their wants/needs than the one they actually chose and the same price or cheaper.

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            Yeah the one episode I watched beginning to end you could see the lady dying inside while touring her actual dream home that cost significantly less than the one they “ended up going with.” I didn’t know that was how the shows were set up so her reactions puzzled me until I learned that fact.

            After that I figured that episode was the peak of the genre and never bothered again.