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The Frothy Saga of the Jacuzzi Family

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> But these days, the allure of the Jacuzzi is increasingly clouded. Like stretch limousines, refrigerators with ice dispensers, it has come to represent the aspirational lifestyle of a recent past. The hot tub is no longer as desired as, say, a Tesla, the latest pair of statement boots or a host of less tangible digital innovations. Its ubiquity seemed to make it less of a luxury

I have no idea what the author is on about. I get that they are obligated to add a section about millennial angst in every profile, but even in 2023 there ain't no one who doesn't love a hot tub.

youngsters love NFT, she read it in the NYT

On top of that, it's pretty affordable luxury. A decent jacuzzi is like 2-3k, unless you go in-ground.

I'm not sure refrigerators with ice dispensers are that much of a luxury item too. What's next, hating on toasters?

Clean water supply isn't guaranteed via public infra, so ice dispensers that hook up to those are not a good option, less a lux one. I think home-wide filtration systems and heat pumps are new "lux" items for homeowners. I am not sure Teslas are considered lux items tbh, I think space and time to indulge in expensive hobbies is the more flex/lux aspect, currently.

Oh yeah for sure. I think having high-end photo equipment, an expensive drone or having a pilot licence is a much bigger luxury than a fridge with an ice maker.

Teslas, not really I think. But a weekend sports car, that's luxury.

Love them enough to actually aspire to own one? I sure wouldn't.

Mind you I've never actually been in one, and I suppose there's some people saying there's health benefits, so in theory I suppose it makes sense why someone would want one... But laziness is kind of the ultimate luxury in modern culture, and I hot tubs need cleaning, plus they take up space, and cost money that one has to earn.

Wait, you've never been in a hot tub?

One of the greatest luxuries of life my friend.

I've sat in hot springs on the side of the Colorado River and watched rainbow trout jump out of the river as the sun set.

I've sat in man made springs that channelled natural springs and watched snow fall against a firelit canyon wall.

I've experienced traditional Korean Spas, Japanese Onsens, on and on.

All these people, with variations on the same theme, can't be wrong.

One of our life goals is to have a hot tub, on a deck, somewhere remote and beautiful. It'd be nice of there was a cabin attached, but not necessary.

There are lots of people of think this is the pinnacle of existence on earth, give it a try, you might like it.

Next time I'm at a hotel or something maybe I will! Generally I'm never around them except when I go to conventions.

There's a hot springs nearby though, perhaps I should make it a priority to go one day.

If you plan to live somewhere remote then owning one seems a bit more exciting that it does if you plan to stay in cities where you'd be seeing someone else's house and planes overhead instead of trout or canyon walls.

We don't really plan on ever living anywhere remote. We just like vacationing there. It would be nice to have a cabin in the woods with a hot tub is all I'm saying.

They're enjoyable. It's a relaxing place to hang out and drink with friends, which makes them especially fun to have on vacation. I will definitely pay a little extra to stay at the hotel with a hot tub.

That said, I think they'd lose their magic if I had one available to me every day and had to take care of it, so I'm with you on having no desire to own one.

I thought the same thing so when we needed to rent a house we picked one with a hot tub, used it at least once or twice a week the whole year, and for years after. It became a great place to have family conversations and just relax at night. Also fixes some back issues almost instantly.

I live in the mountains and certainly enjoy a hot tub on a crisp, cloudless, snow-covered night.

However, they’re a pain in the ass to own and maintain. Our previous rental home had one — I spent more time maintaining it than using it.

When we bought our current home 8 years ago, it had an unmaintained broken-down hot tub. I don’t regret ripping it out instead of fixing it.

I can always use a hot tub on ski vacations, where someone else can maintain it.

I dislike hot tubs. Don’t want one, don’t even want to sit in one.

Anyone visiting wine country north of SF can visit a vineyard and tasting room that is/was tied to their family. It is almost a little museum with various artifacts from the family.

The wine is also decent, and many bottles are quite affordable. They make a lot of Italian grape varietals that are a little hard to find elsewhere.

https://archive.is/c8Y09

Any way to get the 123 comments? I'd be curious to run some sentiment analysis on them, as the article mention it's a 1970s iconic item that's become less popular

I know this is off topic but i just upgraded to the latest ios on my iphone and i cannot get past captcha on archive.(is|ph)

Anyone else having this problem?

Same on Android. Even on desktop mode after completing a bunch of traffic light CAPTCHAs it would not continue. Nevermind, then.

I haven’t been to get to it on FF desktop for a while.

Yes. I switched away from Cloudflare DNS and the reCaptcha issue went away.

Thanks!

I removed cloudflare dns and it is, indeed, working now.

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