The Cookout

[Jay]

Techies are paying $700 a month to rent tiny bed 'pods' in downtown SF

Brownstone is renting out 'pods' for $700 a month in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood, and techies are taking them.

www.sfgate.com

The pods, made of steel and wood with a blackout curtain at one end, are arranged in a two-high, 14-long grid; residents share five bathrooms and a few common spaces, but don’t have a full kitchen or any laundry machines.

California is the future they want for us all. I can’t front, they look cozy but the disease and germs would be crazy.

 

[Rollie Forbes]

That sounds similar to the capsule hotels in Japan:

Capsule Hotels | Guide | Travel Japan - Japan National Tourism Organization (Official Site)

These minimalist, bed-sized spaces are cheap, clean and convenient, and a must-try when you visit Japan. What to expect and how to enjoy your stay.

www.japan.travel

Tbh, I'm surprised it has taken this long for the concept to come to America.

Remember the episode of Seinfeld when Kramer turned his dresser into a sleeping pods?

 

[Kanu]

You probably can't even fart without people complaining...

 

[Troy]

You probably can't even fart without people complaining...

it’s going to be a lot of musty foreigners in there on visas so the fart might be the best smell in there.

 

[Jay]

That sounds similar to the capsule hotels in Japan:

Capsule Hotels | Guide | Travel Japan - Japan National Tourism Organization (Official Site)

These minimalist, bed-sized spaces are cheap, clean and convenient, and a must-try when you visit Japan. What to expect and how to enjoy your stay.

www.japan.travel

Tbh, I'm surprised it has taken this long for the concept to come to America.

Remember the episode of Seinfeld when Kramer turned his dresser into a sleeping pods?

It’s a slow ride down to the dystopian future.

 

[Sapphire]

The WEF said they want 15 minute cities where we are all crammed in tiny ass apartments. You see Chernobyl? Think of those apartments where all the people were stacked only make the apartment space way smaller. Your room will be a shower, toilet, sink, and pod to sleep in. That is it.

 

[Nesut]

The WEF said they want 15 minute cities where we are all crammed in tiny ass apartments. You see Chernobyl? Think of those apartments where all the people were stacked only make the apartment space way smaller. Your room will be a shower, toilet, sink, and pod to sleep in. That is it.

You'll get up, go to work, and then go back to your pod. IF we allow them to put this into play we deserve it. a

 

[Deleted member 1946]

Techies are paying $700 a month to rent tiny bed 'pods' in downtown SF

Brownstone is renting out 'pods' for $700 a month in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood, and techies are taking them.

www.sfgate.com

The pods, made of steel and wood with a blackout curtain at one end, are arranged in a two-high, 14-long grid; residents share five bathrooms and a few common spaces, but don’t have a full kitchen or any laundry machines.

California is the future they want for us all. I can’t front, they look cozy but the disease and germs would be crazy.

This would be attractive for those people who can't afford $2k or $3k a month.

 

[Deleted member 1946]

That sounds similar to the capsule hotels in Japan:

Capsule Hotels | Guide | Travel Japan - Japan National Tourism Organization (Official Site)

These minimalist, bed-sized spaces are cheap, clean and convenient, and a must-try when you visit Japan. What to expect and how to enjoy your stay.

www.japan.travel

Tbh, I'm surprised it has taken this long for the concept to come to America.

Remember the episode of Seinfeld when Kramer turned his dresser into a sleeping pods?

Looks cozy but I need my individual space.

 

[Deleted member 1946]

You probably can't even fart without people complaining...

You definitely wouldn't. Yuck!

 

[Deleted member 1946]

it’s going to be a lot of musty foreigners in there on visas so the fart might be the best smell in there.

Yep. Stanky punani, funky penises and feces in rear ends. Completely unsanitary.

 

[Deleted member 1946]

You'll get up, go to work, and then go back to your pod. IF we allow them to put this into play we deserve it. a

These are the fema camps. They will probably have barbed wire around the edge so nobody can leave.

 

[Deleted member 1946]

It’s a slow ride down to the dystopian future.

Yep. That ride is speeding up quickly now. Every day things are going into the wrong direction.

 

[Deleted member 1946]

The WEF said they want 15 minute cities where we are all crammed in tiny ass apartments. You see Chernobyl? Think of those apartments where all the people were stacked only make the apartment space way smaller. Your room will be a shower, toilet, sink, and pod to sleep in. That is it.

Yep. People's mental health will suffer as well. People do not need to be crammed in anywhere.

 

[Bahni.Klyde.Reacts]

Japan has infrastructure similar.

 

[HeffDawg]

Japan has infrastructure similar.

The Japanese are so ahead of there world in many things it’s cray.

 

[RCNAL]

Japan has infrastructure similar.

I was about to say the same. Tokyo especially is expensive as hell. I was last there in 2016. Got a hotel room for $90 (before they added all the fees) and it was basically a closet. lol Single, kiddie bed, bathroom looked like a phone booth the space between the side of the bed and the other wall, only one person could walk past.

I know folks who are in tech who will not take jobs in the bay area. The salaries tend to higher but the cost of living eliminates pretty much any higher than average salary.

 

[Sapphire]

Yep. People's mental health will suffer as well. People do not need to be crammed in anywhere.

I think the plan is to put most people in VR. So when they are not working, they are in their pods in their own fantasy worlds to keep them happy. Like the Matrix!