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  • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    That’s what the rich used to do.

    Look at stuff like Chippendale furniture, or those pineapple newel posts. Once upon a time those were hand carved. Not only would they be made from exotic wood, but you had to pay a craftsman to waste his entire life doing that shit.

  • glimse@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The person who wrote this clearly isn’t familiar with rich people. Billionaires and multimillionaires do this stuff. McMansions are for the poor millionaires.

    The ultra rich use imported marble for their bathrooms. They fly in the best plaster artist in the country to make a mural in the foyer. The butler’s pantry is lined with $100/sqft wallpaper. The desks are made of rare Italian old growth hardwood.

    Some of it is gaudy, some of it is tasteful. But it’s hard to comprehend just how expensive everything in their houses are. They spend a million or two dollars on AV alone.

    Source: I was a pro AV commissioner/programmer for a long time. Fun fact: AV was deemed “essential work” during lockdown. Another fun fact: rich people stopped tipping entirely during lockdown.

  • andros_rex@lemmy.world
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    My billionaire ex’s family loved truffle oil on shit at restaurants. Rich does not equal taste at all.

  • NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world
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    I saw an exhibit at a museum about wealth throughout history. Italian “chopines” were popular during the renaissance to show power and wealth. The higher the shoe, the more elite you were. Look at this goofy shit:

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      I think there was a small bit of practicality to these, even if they were primarily wealth and status symbols. Most of the streets were covered in excrement at the time, as there wasn’t any sewage or plumbing. If you could afford a pair of these “chopines,” you could keep up out of the muck while walking about. I guess just don’t get them too tall, or ya might trip and tip lol

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        If you could afford a pair of these “chopines,” you could keep up out of the muck while walking about.

        Reminds me of Monty Python.

        “I could tell he’s a king!” “Really, how?” “Well, he ain’t all covered in shit now is he?”

  • Null User Object@lemmy.world
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    “Maybe rich people should build weird fountains, again.”

    https://youtu.be/cz231Zi8Z7g

    “The Wasserspiele of Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe are 300 years old, powered entirely by gravity, and entertaining tourists. As legacies for rich people go, there are far worse ones.”

    • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      Forget fountains and statues; I wish we’d go back to rich people one-upping each other by creating public parks and forests named after themselves.

  • Lexam@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    They still do shit like this. They make the crafts people sign NDAs so they can’t talk about their work.

  • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I’m equally pissed off that we get billionaire tech mogul taking over the government but he doesn’t even have a volcano island populated with goons or a giant skull base.