posted this in the Amazon thread before I saw this. Jesus christ that last line :(
― rob, Thursday, 3 February 2022 21:07 (two years ago) link
yeah I wasn't sure which thread was best for this depressing example of modern capitalism, lots of options!
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 February 2022 21:08 (two years ago) link
what gets me is it is both a depressing example of modern capitalism and of almost comically feudalistic insanity
― rob, Thursday, 3 February 2022 21:14 (two years ago) link
lords of the manor: the original job creators
― rob, Thursday, 3 February 2022 21:15 (two years ago) link
yeah this sort of thing was par for the course for early modern royalty. like if the princess was travelling with her 250-person retinue it would simply be understood that if he had to a truly gracious host would dismantle an exterior wall in order to carry her bed into the best room of the house
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 3 February 2022 22:45 (two years ago) link
It's really the fault of Rotterdam's founders for not anticipating that a future billionaire's mega-yacht might need to get through, sheesh
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 3 February 2022 23:22 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGhcSupkNs8
― organ doner (ledge), Friday, 17 November 2023 13:57 (five months ago) link