TIL, thanks!
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Right? Me too. I socialize here mych more than IRL. I think it still counts to some degree. I know I should get out and jabber with others in some sort of situation, but I dunno, something always stalls me…
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isn’t that what is referred to here as a “mother-in-law cottage”?
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Ditto to 5 decimal points.
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Funny enough i do consider myself a fairly social person, i chat with people a lot at work and i enjoy it. But once i’m on my personal time being on here is as social as i get 
But yeah i do want to get better about spending time with people outside of work but i don’t know, it’s just easy to make excuses not to 
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There are also “Garden Suites”, which are the same thing, but don’t back onto a lane or alley, but rather onto the neighbour’s back yard.
The problem is that they tend to be very large (not tiny cottages), too close to the neighbour’s houses, causing a lack of privacy among other things, they cut down on soft landscaping, rip up mature and young trees, and don’t take into account aging infrastructure like sewers. On paper, they look great, but the reality is that they are not charming little structures that enhance the neighbourhood, but rather large, unsightly blights on the landscape.
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Yes, although “cottage” downplays how big these things are. There was one proposed across the (narrow) road from me, and it was a 5 bedroom two storey house, twice the size of my one bedroom bungalow. Basically, they are putting two full-sized houses on one lot.
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Pretty much what is happening here in Austin and they call them “Accessory Dwelling Units” in the TX legalese. They’re hideous and really make a property look cramped as hell and make an overall neighborhood worse, but with property prices and rent being so high here people are trying to cram as much as they can anywhere. I particularly hate when they not also tear down old trees but also cool old homes to put up cheaply made 3 story high monstrosities.
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Yeah, they lump them in under “ADUs” here too. We have the same issues with rents, but these are not affordable housing units; the owners will charge top dollar for them, or rent them out as AirBnBs. Ironically, people are finding that they actually bring the value of the property down, I think because people don’t want to sacrifice their yards and privacy to tenants.
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Maybe? The closest we’ve got is coach houses.
And you can’t build them here, you can only keep and renovate one if it already exists.
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What… is going on with this pic?
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At least one of them is kindly filtering their farts.
TIL – JUST LOOK AT IT.
The Carbonana is a totally new and innovative product, designed with air travel in mind and offering you completely discreet flatulence filtration. Airport security scanners are unable to see through Shreddies carbon cloth and so wearing our garments when checking in is likely to cause you some hassle.
The Carbonana is the perfect flatulence filtering accessory which helps to avoid potential embarrassment; it can be placed in the plastic scanner trays and checked easily by airport security. Once seated on the aircraft, simply pop it into your underwear and enjoy the rest of your journey.
The banana shape of the product is designed to sit between the buttocks and absorb flatulence before they escape your underwear. Available in Black or Beige.
(From the site @Grey_Devil linked to.)
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Gives new meaning to the term “banana hammock”
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OMG 
i barely looked at the site because i’m at work, too funny
My driveby linking really is giving dividends. This is… wild 
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Well yes, a rotten banana isn’t likely to smell all that much better than unfiltered human methane, is it. 
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“No, darling, the dugong is in the order
Sirenia, like the manatee.”
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Is it 1 April?
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