{"id":220,"date":"2025-09-10T20:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T20:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/09\/10\/annoyed-texan-reads-his-hoa-fine-notice-like-it-was-a-faulkner-novel-witty-and-elegant\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T20:14:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T20:14:00","slug":"annoyed-texan-reads-his-hoa-fine-notice-like-it-was-a-faulkner-novel-witty-and-elegant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/10\/annoyed-texan-reads-his-hoa-fine-notice-like-it-was-a-faulkner-novel-witty-and-elegant\/","title":{"rendered":"Annoyed Texas comedian reads his HOA fine notice like it was written by William Faulkner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>America has a complicated relationship with HOAs, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.good.is\/hoa-demands-and-her-fight\" target=\"_blank\">homeowners\u2019 associations<\/a>. Eighteen percent of <a data-linked-post=\"2672559464\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/non-americans-revealed-the-15-things-that-americans-never-knew-were-an-american-thing-ex1\" target=\"_blank\">Americans,<\/a> including 27% of homeowners, live in a community with an HOA; however, most of them don\u2019t like it. <a href=\"https:\/\/today.yougov.com\/economy\/articles\/48039-how-americans-view-hoas-and-their-influence\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Sixty-one percent<\/u><\/a> of Americans say they\u2019d rather live in a community without an HOA, and only 14% would prefer to live in one.<\/p><p>HOAs help people in planned <a data-linked-post=\"2669626301\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/stanford-communications-expert-says-this-is-the-best-way-to-start-a-conversation\" target=\"_blank\">communities<\/a> maintain shared spaces, keep noise levels down, manage amenities such as <a data-linked-post=\"2637351345\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/9-gorgeous-chemical-free-swimming-pools-to-dive-into-this-summer\" target=\"_blank\">swimming pools<\/a>, and try to keep home values up by ensuring everyone maintains their <a data-linked-post=\"2654929903\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/apple-replaces-homeless-camp\" target=\"_blank\">property<\/a>. But, to some, this feels like an extra layer of authority on top of the existing levels of government, which feels a bit overbearing.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jerrywaynelive\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Jerry Wayne Longmire<\/a>, a former contractor turned stand-up comedian who lives in East Texas, received a letter from his HOA and pushed back against their authority in the most elegant and uniquely southern way possible. He responded with a social media post, written in the style of southern Gothic writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/William-Faulkner\" target=\"_blank\">William Faulkner<\/a>. Longmire is best known for his series of videos on Truck Astrology and his podcast<em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-reckon-yard-podcast\/id1752578523\" target=\"_blank\">The Reckon Yard<\/a><\/em>. He&#8217;s also an avid reader who has been a lifelong fan of Faulkner&#8217;s.<\/p><p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">        \t\t<div class=\"embed-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-has-aspect-ratio \"> \n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/8DlFumOr1EY\/hqdefault.jpg)\" class=\"rkv-video-placeholder \" data-provider=\"youtube\" data-video-id=\"8DlFumOr1EY\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Play video\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"17\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 17 20\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M16.5 9.75047C16.5006 10.0051 16.4353 10.2556 16.3105 10.4775C16.1856 10.6995 16.0055 10.8853 15.7875 11.017L2.28 19.2802C2.05227 19.4196 1.79144 19.4957 1.52445 19.5007C1.25746 19.5056 0.993989 19.4392 0.76125 19.3083C0.530728 19.1794 0.338696 18.9914 0.204904 18.7637C0.0711107 18.536 0.000385179 18.2768 0 18.0127V1.48828C0.000385179 1.22417 0.0711107 0.964934 0.204904 0.737222C0.338696 0.509511 0.530728 0.321545 0.76125 0.192655C0.993989 0.0617322 1.25746 -0.00468706 1.52445 0.0002572C1.79144 0.00520146 2.05227 0.0813301 2.28 0.220781L15.7875 8.4839C16.0055 8.6156 16.1856 8.80145 16.3105 9.0234C16.4353 9.24534 16.5006 9.49582 16.5 9.75047Z\" fill=\"white\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                        <\/p><p>Longmire\u2019s eloquent letter is also hilarious with great lines such as:<\/p><p>\u201cThey say my trash can lingers too long at the curb, lording like a broke cousin who don&#8217;t know when to go home. They call it unsightly, but I reckon a plastic bin scarred by sun and wind is no uglier than the souls who wrote this letter with clipboards for hearts.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cThey say my shutters are the wrong color, turquoise. Though to me, they are a hymn to the gulf where the water once baptized my boyhood. They demand beige, the color of cowardice.\u201d<\/p><p>Longmire also had the Internet in stitches with a video where he responds to a nearly $700 electric bill like Faulkner. This time, unlike the HOA video, he puts the blame squarely on himself for tempting the gods to sleep in comfort in August.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jerrywaynelongmire\/video\/7515546154285780267\" data-video-id=\"7515546154285780267\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@jerrywaynelongmire\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jerrywaynelongmire?refer=embed\">@jerrywaynelongmire<\/a> <p>Electric bill in the south <a title=\"comedy\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/comedy?refer=embed\">#comedy<\/a>  <a title=\"faulkner\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/faulkner?refer=embed\">#faulkner<\/a> <a title=\"electricbill\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/electricbill?refer=embed\">#electricbill<\/a> <a title=\"heat\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/heat?refer=embed\">#heat<\/a> <a title=\"airconditioning\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/airconditioning?refer=embed\">#airconditioning<\/a> <a title=\"texas\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/texas?refer=embed\">#texas<\/a> <a title=\"electricitybill\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/electricitybill?refer=embed\">#electricitybill<\/a> <a title=\"electricity\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/electricity?refer=embed\">#electricity<\/a> <\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Jerry Wayne Longmire\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7515546298154519342?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Jerry\u2002Wayne\u2002Longmire<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNow I recall a time not too long ago, when a man could just sleep with just a fan on. Box fan in the window, sheets damp with his own resolve. But then came August. August, that devil and cargo shorts. She comes with air so thick you can taste the mosquitoes before they bite you. And I, a weak and weary creature, I touched the thermostat, dropped her down to 71. The sin of comfort,\u201d Langmire says with dead seriousness. \u201cNow I&#8217;m shackled, betrayed, and bound by wattage and poor choices. And yet I will do it again, for I have known the chill and I will not go back.\u201d<\/p><p>Longmire does a great job at pointing out the rubs of modern life in America. We want quiet streets and some modicum of order, but really resent it when the judging eye of the HOA lands on property. We also want to sleep in comfort, but have to deal with the fact that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/08\/16\/nx-s1-5502671\/electricity-bill-high-inflation-ai\" target=\"_blank\"> electricity bills<\/a> are only going up. You can\u2019t beat the electric company or the HOA, but as long as guys like Longmire are around, at least we can have a good laugh about them.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;They say my trash can lingers too long at the curb, lording like a broke cousin who don&#8217;t know when to go home.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":187963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"alternative_headline":"","alternative_description":"","alternative_featured_image":0,"rkv_announcement":{"visible":true},"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"partner_boost":false,"hide_partner_badge":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,177,146],"tags":[135,2173,2174,681,2175,2176,2177,2178,2179,2180,2181,2182,2183,2184,1145,2185,2186,2187],"sponsor":[],"rkv-people-shadow":[215],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-humor","category-joy","category-popular","tag-popular_source-pageview","tag-amenities","tag-american-life","tag-comedy","tag-east-texas","tag-electricity-bill","tag-eloquent-letter","tag-hoa-complaints","tag-homeowners-associations","tag-jerry-wayne-lomngmire","tag-judging-eye","tag-noise-levels","tag-standup-comedian","tag-swimming-pools","tag-texas","tag-texas-comedia","tag-the-reckon-yard","tag-william-faulkner"],"edit_link":null,"apple_news_notices":[],"rkv_author":{"id":215,"name":"Tazreena Sajjad","display_name":"Tazreena Sajjad","first_name":"","last_name":"","nickname":"","url":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/author\/tazreena-sajjad\/","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/author\/tazreena-sajjad\/","description":"","slug":"tazreena-sajjad","avatar_urls":[],"email":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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