Microblog Memes

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.

Fun fact, the grand prize for the largest privately owned house in the US [still] goes to George Washington Vanderbilt II, who commissioned construction of the Biltmore Estate in 1889.

At 178,926 sqft. (16,622.8 m^2^), it is only slightly smaller than the average Walmart Supercenter.

"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 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:

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.

The tumblr user thinks the rich people live in McMansions

This is what differentiates old money from nouveau-riche. They’re both evil, but the first have a sense of dignity about it.

This would be the issue if I were rich, I'd want to spend so much money supporting people that I'd probably no longer be rich.

Keuhkopussirotta is a great username

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

If I was rich I'd I'd try my hardest so nobody goes hungry ever