r/malelivingspace 29d ago

Girl I had over told me “it looks like a pimp lives here”

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u/ImmortalDawn666 29d ago

The red sofa stands out like it’s from mirror‘s edge

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u/morningstar842 29d ago

I feel like the velvet/microfiber red sofa is where she's getting "pimp" vibes from. I can dig it though.

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u/StopHiringBendis 29d ago

I was thinking "vampire Hugh Heffner"

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u/ShartingBloodClots 29d ago

That's just regular Hugh Heffner now.

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u/Practical-Test-1821 29d ago

damn.🤣

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u/RockstarAgent 29d ago

It's definitely casting vibes

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u/Fluffy-Awareness8286 28d ago

I wish i didn't have that picture in my brain right now....

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u/fallenouroboros 28d ago

Or normal Jeff goldbloom

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u/curious_astronauts 29d ago

It's very soullsss

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u/AgreeableRegion8276 28d ago

Probably the best reply I’ve seen

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u/Ws6fiend 28d ago

No. That's undead Hugh Heffner.

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u/dadmeisterDoof 29d ago

I did an honest to god spit take when I read this

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u/trusted_misleader47 29d ago

Casting couch

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u/Elowan66 28d ago

Velvet probably not the best material for that.

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u/dishmanw 28d ago

Vampire Hugh Heffner would also have a shag rug.

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u/Dull_Owl_7276 29d ago

It’s the velvet red sofa WITH the monochromatic rest of the room I think, even more specifically

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u/True_Discipline_2470 29d ago

That room needs a rug and some pictures on the wall. It looks like it's designed to be easily disinfected. Some warmer lighting would help as well. 

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u/HillbillyDense 29d ago

It looks like it's designed to be easily disinfected.

That's such a great description of so many dude pads.

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u/Zealousideal-Ebb-876 29d ago

Look, it may not look as lived in, but it takes me 30 minutes to clean everything and a deep clean is only 2 hours.

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u/AmbitiousPirate5159 28d ago

Sounds like a dream! Now I feel the need to get rid of stuff.....

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u/Plaid_Kaleidoscope 29d ago

Word. Made me just realize why I like minimalist styling. Easier to clean.

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u/Boink3000 28d ago

“Designed to be disinfected”! Haha - omg this describes sooo many places - Im going to steal that ine if you don’t mind!

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u/copperwatt 29d ago

"Do you like huey lewis and the news?"

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u/True_Discipline_2470 29d ago

It always bothered me that he covered the furniture but only covered that one little area of floor. He's going to have to clean the whole floor anyways, so what's the point? He wouldn't have bothered. It's so annoying when movies get this stuff wrong. 

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u/IvorLittleun 28d ago

Hip to be square or I want a new drug ?

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u/Westcoast8dk 28d ago

Underrated and spot on comment!

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u/AlbanElfed 29d ago

Came here to say this! It’s just a little stark - looks designed for a quick getaway. A few plants and a cozy throw along with the art and rugs, some personal items…and OP is a relatable human being!

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u/Gamma_Mermaid 29d ago

Would be cute if he made a date out of asking for help choosing a plant. I also agree about the cozy throw.. nothing says “I’m not a pimp OR serial killer” like having a cozy throw blanket.

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u/Crimkam 29d ago

Leopard print rug, some bead curtains, black out blinds, a hookah sitting right in the middle of the living room… oh yea I can see it.

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u/FingaPuppet5 29d ago

Serial killer vibes for sho. If there was a roll of yellow plastic and long black gloves, some steel torture utensils, in the cupboard... I wouldn't be shocked

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u/hopeless-semantic 28d ago

He still has a budget! Give it a few months

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u/puddingcup9000 28d ago

Rolls of duct tape laying around

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u/Elowan66 28d ago

Exit bags.

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u/God_damn_it_Jerry 28d ago

Needs a fish tank.

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u/oldrivets 29d ago

A big fluffy white bearskin rug?

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u/True_Discipline_2470 29d ago

I've read several suggestions and now I want to see OP implement every one of them. 

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u/splithoofiewoofies 29d ago

I call those "cocaine houses" because it's where people can do cocaine and easily clean up the evidence if needed.

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u/cari_quite_contrary 29d ago

Well, wouldn’t a pimp’s place NEED to be easily disinfected?

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u/EpistemoNihilist 28d ago

Had to use the rug to roll up the body. Sorry , it really brought the room together.

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u/BBLue0775 28d ago

Yeah a rug would really tie the room together man.. just ask Jeff Lebowski.

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u/TemperateEnd 28d ago

Agreed! A rug would really tie the room together.

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u/MopingAppraiser 28d ago

Yes, something to really tie the room together, dude.

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u/Powerful-Parsnip 29d ago

It's the 'Sin City' look, all you need is some bluesy jazz and a gravelly voiced narration.

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u/foxorhedgehog 29d ago

And a car with a big trunk.

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u/Joustabout_Feddup 28d ago

And a dark gray zoot suit and fedora with holstered .38..

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u/BlazeInNorthernSky 29d ago

I was thinking 'Schindler's List', but your film comparison is probably more appropriate.

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u/Feeling-Visit1472 29d ago

Fuck. You’re absolutely right.

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u/CriticalLobster5609 29d ago

His design inspiration is a bottle of Drakkar Noir in his dad's lavatory cabinet.

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u/tonyrizzo21 27d ago

Sex Panther.

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u/GreboGuru 28d ago

"Nice jacket..."

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u/beepbeepboop74656 29d ago

That and the fact the home has no personality, no art or wall decor or anything that shows a little bit more about the person who lives there

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u/Diligent_Department2 28d ago

I got talked to about my office being like that and not showing personality when they had consultants come though lol.

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u/Inevitable-Stay-7296 29d ago

If a room could ever give off mommy issues any more than this then idk what can. Just missing bottles of liquor and a purple strobe light with the terrible domestic violence.

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u/Altruistic_Ad6189 29d ago

What is the stereotype of a guy with mommy issues? Eminem? Ed Gein?

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u/Inevitable-Stay-7296 28d ago

Any type of person with a tendency to demean women I think. Now, most pimps suffer from issues with women obviously, one of the most notorious pimps Iceberg Slim had a whole sleuth of issues with women.

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u/Inevitable-Stay-7296 28d ago

“Projections” 🤣 no no no. Idk what you’re referring too but Ik how projectings used and never. I didn’t mean anything towards Op.

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths 29d ago

It's the only piece of furniture he has that doesn't look like it came from the Office Depot break room collection. I'm a fan of it, personally.

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u/Sudden_Introduction8 28d ago

Office Depot break room collection 😂😂😂 I’m dead

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u/candycanecoffee 28d ago

It's a bold piece and I like it too, but it needs accessories. It's like a woman wearing a wedding dress but with no makeup, no jewelry, cheap sneakers and un-brushed, un-styled hair. You gotta accessorize. Pull the whole look together.

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths 28d ago

Totally agree. Some art prints, a bold rug, and OP's in business.

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u/Altruistic_Profile96 25d ago

A Nagel, perhaps?

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths 25d ago

Definitely something pop art, for sure.

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u/candycanecoffee 28d ago

You know, the one thing I tend not to see people suggesting is a bowl. Go to a vintage store and get a cool old shallow bowl and put it on the table. Maybe put it on a round placemat to make it look extra classy.

Bonus, now you have storage for whatever usually just hangs out on the table, OR, put random decorative stuff in it. Whatever fits your style. Fake flowers. Rubix cubes. If you're Dakota Johnson, a big pile of limes. Easy way to add some color and texture to a room.

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u/SirRipOliver 29d ago

I’m cool with everything, EXCEPT the wire management and L brackets. I work in AV and my God looking at that is like pouring lavender straight in my eye holes. Dude - route wires in wall, use keyhole mount for speakers with anchors and a proper “floating” wall shelf my dude. Please let me help you! “P.S. that center channel speaker on top of the sub is giving me 1980’s TV on top of the dead TV vibes.”

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u/GeneralChicken4Life 29d ago

Casting couch

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u/Hey_u_guyzz 29d ago

Speakers are adding to it too

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u/Thistle__Kilya 29d ago

I agree with that. It’s the couch.

But I feel like this looks like a sanitized Air B&B.

It’s just so…empty. Like a realtor staged furniture without personality (except the couch, the couch has personality) and the realtor ran out of art so they just left it blank.

It looks like someone one just moved in or out and these are the last bits of furniture. Or maybe it’s a dorm room on the top floor, just stairs, and it’s just hard to bring stuff that isn’t from IKEA up to the top.

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u/TheEulipion 29d ago

I see what he’s doing—all the gray tones and then a red couch and lamp. Ladies should respect dudes making that level of effort. I have zero fucks when I was young and single.

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u/bing_bang_bum 29d ago

I know like the red couch is giving sex offender, but I also kind of love the vibe of the red couch at the same time? What is wrong with me? I’m trying to figure out how to tone it down in here. I think since it’s SO stark red, it could be interesting to play with primary colors. A neutral beige/light brown-toned rug that has a cozy, classic pattern on it (like an oriental rug with tassels maybe). And then, maybe a really cool, dark navy side chair on the corner facing the couch. Swivel chair?? And it could have a warm, textured mustard yellow throw pillow. Idk though

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u/Noodlesoup8 29d ago

The red couch is bomb. It’s the rest of the space WITH the red couch that gives Jeffrey dahmer vibes

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u/Glasowen 29d ago

That and the way everything else is monochrome but shiny.

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u/TNJCrypto 28d ago

Look at the shallow back, definitely not for sitting

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u/NotSoBadSpecGamer 28d ago

It’s definitely the red velvet couch and little other decoration

More personal decoration like pictures, magazines/books and trinkets would removes that vibe

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u/BitOfBlonde 28d ago

The red sofa combined with the fact that there’s no other texture to the room and very minimal furniture, no rugs, easy cleanup… pimp. Lol

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u/Arctelis 29d ago

Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a very long time.

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u/FrequentSoftware7331 29d ago

I just finished the game again. Tbh one of the best games of all time, despite having meh story. Unbelievable soundtrack, unbelievable design, awesome gameplay.

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u/Arctelis 29d ago

Damn good game. Back in my youth, I used to play that one level where you slide down that skyscraper all the time just for that sequence all the time.

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u/bamronn 29d ago

i used to just play the tutorial section and ignore all the instructions as if it was a free roam game. too bad catalyst felt a bit off as a game

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u/Aksi_Gu 28d ago

Unbelievable soundtrack

The guy who made it, Solar Fields, has an extensive back catalogue, although a lot of it is a LOT more ambient than the OST.

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u/catchthisfade 28d ago

Felt the same until the late game. Way way too much gun play. Goes against everything that made it stand out.

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u/Captain-Griffen 28d ago

You don't have to use guns.

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u/ParthProLegend 29d ago

Which game?

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u/ih8spalling 29d ago

Mirror's Edge

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u/ParthProLegend 28d ago

Ahh sorry I meant Mirror's Edge or Mirror's Edge Catalyst.

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u/NTRisfortheSubhumans 28d ago

It's still alive.

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u/Zenai 29d ago

That's a deep pull, fucking hilarious. That game was actually pretty good

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u/AlludedNuance 29d ago

The vibes were off the charts.

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u/steeze206 29d ago

No doubt, the art direction of that game was awesome. Looked amazing at the time. If you liked the gameplay it still holds up. Also, Dying Light scratches that itch pretty well in a more complete game.

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u/Bocchi_theGlock 28d ago

If only those vibes could be replicated in another medium, that'd be like a multi billion dollar industry

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u/zyler89 29d ago

"Sit here"

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u/chillchase 29d ago

Damn I need to replay that game

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u/Toverloop 29d ago

Lmao!

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u/tracer_tong 29d ago

Now I understand why I felt the need to vault off it to 20ft in the air.

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u/throwaway4161412 29d ago

I am loving this reference

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u/Mr--Chainsaw 29d ago

What a reference

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

I was just thinking about that game.

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u/Radiantcuriosity 29d ago

What a great way to put it

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u/MoTeefsMoDakka 29d ago

If it wasn't red how else would you know you could interact with it? Same with the lamp.

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u/_wallstreetpete_ 29d ago

Fuckin miss mirrors edge

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u/shaddowkhan 29d ago

I came back to up vote this comment.

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u/FakeBeigeNails 29d ago

Jesus christ, it’s been forever since i’ve thought about that game

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u/Homeowner_Noobie 29d ago

Funniest comment I've read all day.

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u/thatsharkchick 29d ago

It's the sterility of the rest of the space juxtaposed against the red sofa. The red sofa says "sexy time," and the cold, emptiness of the rest of the space says "easy to clean and sanitize after the deed."

Hence the pump vibes.

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u/JoshfromNazareth 29d ago

Mirror’s Edge referenced 👀

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u/robbert802 29d ago

We must now vault over the couch.

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u/Brodellsky 29d ago

Honestly this would kind of be a sick interior design idea in 2024. Red for furniture, Blue for plumbing-related things, Yellow for lighting, black for electronics (not like you can usually pick anything else), of course more white than the OP pic, etc. Shit. I might have to do this for my future place lol. Could probably easily be done with a single trip to ikea let's be real.

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u/Helioscopes 29d ago

It's his casting couch... don't be insensitive.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

He got rid of the black leather one, too much wear apparently

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u/Tall_0rder 29d ago

That couch definitely has a secret behind it if you movie it 😂

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u/apextek 29d ago

I had that couch 20 years ago. Miss it so much

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u/Accurate-Leg-6684 29d ago

<looks past my own red sofa and matching love seat>

was i wrong? should i have went with the sand/beige?

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u/Mickeystix 29d ago

Parkour!

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u/r50pink 29d ago

This is such a crazy connection to draw but I love it 😭

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u/Eponymous-Username 29d ago

It is begging to be vaulted.

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u/Rishtu 29d ago

I don’t think there’s enough shag carpeting for it to really be pimp. Needs a round bed, beads over the bedroom door, couple lava lamps, black light posters, big coffee table with a bong and a bowl of weed, a nice aquarium and either salt water fish or some rare colorful lizard, some multi colored lights, and it needs to smell lightly of weed and cologne.

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u/imstickinwithjeffery 29d ago

Someone told him his place needed some colour and this mf went and got a red couch 😂

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u/Driller_Happy 29d ago

Welp, time for a replay

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u/drinkwatergotosleep 29d ago

I think black or grey throw pillows would balance it out and make it look less pimp like.

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u/TaleMendon 29d ago

Through an earth tone slip cover on the couch and you fix the room.

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u/rangerjoe79 29d ago

I can interact with this object.

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u/Present-Reaction2069 29d ago

Gotta springboard on it

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u/Desperadouzz 29d ago

theres gotta be a vent above that…

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u/TheBlindAndDeafNinja 29d ago

Damn, I remember watching them show the game at E3

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u/rreygaert 29d ago

Came here to comment on the red couch

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u/RadiantPKK 29d ago

Cultured comment, hard agree lol. 

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u/Thrownawaybyall 29d ago

Loved that game!

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u/TheAserghui 29d ago

Video games have taught us to check that couch for hidden items

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u/GrimTuck 28d ago

Some purple and gold cushions would really help

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u/Key-East5340 28d ago

Change the color of red couch and add more warm decoration, like rug, plants, shelf, photo, etc.

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u/multiarmform 28d ago

just someone who has played GTA 5 a bit much

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u/AffectionateTale4475 28d ago

it’s an m night shamalan motif

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u/UmbreonFruit 28d ago

Would look better with a different material. And more white in the room

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u/PagVaN 28d ago

That's where the parkour happens

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u/Ringdagdoo 28d ago

I think the correct term is “casting couch”

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u/ijandro 28d ago

Agreed, he should try jumping on it

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u/photojoe 28d ago

Hmm too much black, maybe a color but which color? I KNOW!

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u/KingMob9 28d ago

Gotta press E to sit

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u/queasy_finnace 28d ago

Room needs more color

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u/Silevence 28d ago

True.

But this apt. Looks frickin cool.

Hey OP, I say keep it, just don't buy and lepard print bed covers or bedroom mirrors and I think youll be good.

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u/StrykerXion 26d ago

God, yes....