Internet Roasts This Old Baby Boomer for Her Ridiculous House Rules

No matter who you are or where you've lived—whether it be with your parents, housemates, or even on your own with a landlord—there have always been rules, both big and small, associated with that living arrangement.

Some house rules are so reasonable that you don't complain or question them, while others can be a struggle as you get settled into a new living space.

The following rules are unreasonable at best and bizarre at worst, and with the internet being what it is, you know people let the landlord know their feelings about her house listing in the funniest ways.

This all began when a Facebook user posted a listing for a room in her house in a local group. It seems pretty reasonable—until you review her rules for living in her house. Some of her rules are reasonable (like her rule of no smoking), some are strange but not a horrible ask (like the rule to only do laundry on weekends), and then there are her rules on guests and drinking that truly are a head-scratcher for everyone who reads her listing. The further you look into the listing, the more concerning it gets.

What a shame! It actually looks like a nice house.

Buy a tent!

The rules on drinking didn't make sense to many Facebook users reading the listing, so an initial inquiry was made to clarify the poster's rule on drinking. The user who posted the listing confirmed that not a single bit of alcohol was to be consumed in the room they would be paying to rent. This is where the comments section took a turn for the weird, as the poster stated that if people didn't like her rules, they could "buy a tent."

We know what you really mean, Jade ;).

At this point, other users weighed in to give their opinions on the listing, the rules, and the poster's unusual remarks. This even included someone who lived in the same neighborhood as the house that was being listed.

If you had to choose between this house or prison, which would you choose?

More people weighed in on the listing. One user remarked that her rules made it seem like a prison. This is when the poster made remarks that were unintentional comedy gold. From the woman who brought you "buy a tent" comes remarks like "prison is free, and they wear the same pajamas" and "crayon activities are fun." After the clarifications the poster provided, I agree with one of the commenters: prison does, in fact, sound better and ironically more freeing.

The poster finally fully explained her reasoning for not wanting people to drink in her house. You'd think that after being given a full explanation, the users on Facebook would let the poster go in peace despite disagreeing. No, in fact, this was the moment the internet hazing and trolling really ramped up. One user commented on how dumb the explanation sounded, as it suffered from massive jumps in logic. The user took this remark well, as she reiterated her catchphrase about crayons.

Following the full explanation, further questions were raised about whether the tenant would be able to drink outside the house and then come home. The poster then confirmed that not only would the tenant not be able to drink in the room, but they also would not be allowed to drink outside and then come into the room. She then reinforced her foolproof suggestion that anyone who wanted to drink could buy a tent (while also jumping to the conclusion that one drink would make someone a drunk).

The many flaws in the poster's remarks were then further dissected. One user (after being told yet again to buy a tent) jokingly remarked that they were too drunk to put up said tent. Another user pointed out that this was sounding less and less like a listing and more like an invitation to a dictatorship, as the poster was dictating that their tenant would not be able to drink at all during the time they were living in that house.

Not even one beer?

Further comments were made expressing skepticism about the rules, and in reply to the skepticism, other users made further jokes about the absurdity of the rules. The commenters jokingly stated that if another commenter had one beer, she would fall over, lose her job, and die.

Definitely doing this when I can.

A plan was put together by a group of commenters that whenever something was said that one of them disagreed with, they would reply with "get a tent." A suggestion was even made to add mumbling about crayons afterward. This sounds like a great idea and a legacy the original poster should be truly proud of.

The trolling then truly reached its apex, as one user stated they would rent the place and indeed put up a tent... in the place they would be renting.

The internet is a wonderful place where you can find anything you are looking for, but it is also a place where various acts of trolling look like an art form. I salute the commenters on this listing for turning it into a work of trolling art—a truly beautiful piece of trolling art.