“It Just… Dawned On Her”: Guy Learns A Valuable Lesson After Refusing To Care For Neighbors

You have to be fantastically rich to actually control who your neighbors are, so most of us just cross our fingers and hope when we move into a new house or apartment. Naturally, some folks just lose the draw and end up with entitled and rude people near them. Depending on one’s temperament, they might grit their teeth and live with it or decide to take action.

A man got tired of his neighbor loudly and obnoxiously revving his car so he decided to take matters into his own hands and fight fire with fire. We reached out to the netizen who shared the story via private message and will update the article when they get back to us.

Loud neighbors are the bane of most folks who just want to live their lives

Fire pit burning in a yard with trees in the background, illustrating neighbor's logic in personal outdoor space use.

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But one man used his knowledge of the area to make an entitled neighbor regret being rude

Text conversation about neighbor's entitled behavior in their own yard.

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HOA’s range from useless and annoying to a good way to keep the peace

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Non-Americans might be a tad confused when they are about “home-owner associations,” since it’s not the most common practice elsewhere. Indeed, in the grand scheme of things, they aren’t even that old in the US, the first one only showing up in 1905, in Pasadena, California. Unfortunately, it was basically a cover to allow wealthy residents to keep non-white people out of their neighborhood.

While cases like the one in this story would suggest that there are some “good” reasons to have a HOA with powers, it’s just as important to remember that any power can be turned against the people who put them in place. After all, the aforementioned Pasadena HOA used its powers to keep non-white and non-Christian people out, unless they were domestic servants. That should tell you everything you need to know.

Depending on where you live in the US, home-owner association might actually be mandatory in your area. This often does come with fees, which are generally a lot lower then, say, rent, but can still be annoying if you don’t like your HOA. It’s also a common trap for people who, say, win the lottery, buy a multi-million dollar home and realize they now need to pay thousands of dollars every single month.

Entitled people often underestimate how well spite might motivate someone

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So there is some precedent for moving into a neighborhood and getting annoyed that these random strangers are now making demands about your lifestyle. Of course, anyone with a brain knows that “being loud” isn’t some right we’re all entitled to. This is particularly true when it comes to revving a car for no reason, an activity so dumb it should make a state board evaluate if you even have the mental capacity to hold a driver’s license.

This becomes relevant in this story, as the man with the loud car literally put the idea that “I can do what I want with my land” in writing without the slightest thought of how this could be used against him. It’s pretty common sense that if you are going to make enemies, you shouldn’t give them your housekeys. It’s not good to give terrible people advice, but you have to be a special kind of stupid to bother someone when you are in the wrong.

Indeed, he seems particularly dim when he doesn’t even realize that his neighbor, the man who posted the story, is doing this on purpose. He truly does not seem to understand just how much every single neighbor hates him. Remember, he is causing a ruckus every day, for no reason. It’s not like he has the misfortune of having an old and loud car, no, he is making sure everyone hears how “cool” his car sounds.

It would be truly Pavlovian if the man could sync the fire with the man revving his car, but logistically that would be all too complicated. This plan was already deliciously petty, particularly since this entitled neighbor just dug their own grave. The fact that it worked is the cherry on top, particularly since the man can always restart the fire if the annoying neighbor starts revving the car again, like a very tiny version of mutually assured destruction.

Readers thought his plan was hilarious

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