# Reason #412 to yell at the program "House Hunters"

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 31, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-412-to-yell-at-the-program-house-hunters/834825 "2019-05-31T12:03:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![txjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-412-to-yell-at-the-program-house-hunters/834825/81 "2019-07-11T14:45:06Z")

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> [@markn\_1](#):
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> Hypoculina alba.

I googled “Hypoculina” and the only result was this thread. I think I put a hole in the universe.

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-412-to-yell-at-the-program-house-hunters/834825/82 "2019-07-11T16:29:16Z")

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> [@PatrickLondon](#):
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> Possibly:
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> 1. The family aren’t keen on visiting them, but might be tempted by an exotic foreign location?
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> 2. There are some family they want to get away from who they know won’t travel abroad, and other family they do want to be with, who will?
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> There’s a whole soap opera hidden in there somewhere

Usually it’s the primary nuclear family, not the extended, visiting family. “Hubby and I and the kids have dinner together every night now that we live in \<foreign country\>.”

😕

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**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-412-to-yell-at-the-program-house-hunters/834825/83 "2019-07-11T23:22:34Z")

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I only see these shows a few times a year when I’m at the doctor or dentist.

I still see this almost every time when it’s a couple shopping for a house:

“He wants a small home that he can afford, she wants a large house in the trendy district where the bars are” or  
“She wants a cozy, easy to maintain home so she has time to take care of their triplets; he wants a showplace to bring his clients to”

I know it’s scripted, but could they make it sound a little less like “These people haven’t spoken to each other since their wedding”?

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