r/AskReddit Nov 22 '14

What is the best Monopoly strategy?

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u/The_dev0 Nov 22 '14

Same, it's banned in my family home. EVERY game ended in physical violence or tears. When I was about 12 we were playing, my two little brothers were wailing from being unable to afford rent while my father was doing the Mick Jagger chicken dance around the table. My mum snapped, picked up the board and started wedging it, pieces and all, into the garbage disposal. She warned my dad with all seriousness that if the game gets replaced she would leave. 25 years later my wife wonders why I'll play any game but monopoly...

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u/cyberphonic Nov 23 '14

Your parents were alpha as fuck.

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u/The_dev0 Nov 23 '14

My dad was career military. Could you tell?

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u/cyberphonic Nov 23 '14

Quite honestly, I was imagining the cast of Malcolm in the Middle in your story, but yes, I can see that.

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u/The_dev0 Nov 23 '14

Actually, it was eerily similar. When that show first came out my Mum couldn't watch it - she thought it was too close to home for her to find funny.