Me: ugh, modern landmark architecture is just rich people showing off how much money they have.
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@akamran to be honest it’s basically a folly: There’s not really anything TO it other than a few simple rooms! Rather delightful all the same, though.
You can stay in it, even: https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/properties/pineapple/
@daveybot I wish I could!
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Me: ugh, modern landmark architecture is just rich people showing off how much money they have. What happened to restrained displays of class and taste?
18th Century Scotland: PINEAPPLES!!!
@daveybot well, far enough back it was about showing off how much power you had, rather than simply money.
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Me: ugh, modern landmark architecture is just rich people showing off how much money they have. What happened to restrained displays of class and taste?
18th Century Scotland: PINEAPPLES!!!
@daveybot Well, in fairness, those were a sign of wealth at one time, weren’t they? Only rich could afford them?
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@daveybot Well, in fairness, those were a sign of wealth at one time, weren’t they? Only rich could afford them?
@CStamp exactly my point, yes!
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@CStamp exactly my point, yes!
@daveybot Rich will rich.
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@daveybot Rich will rich.
@CStamp Indeed! Or, as a former child of Scotland once so wisely wrote: “same as it ever was…”
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@daveybot Rich will rich.
@CStamp @daveybot I learnt from a digression in this lovely podcast about a rental car that people used to rent pineapples.
“They cost thousands, so people would rent them and just walk around with it as a status symbol. Like: "Look at me, flexing on all you poor people, I got a pineapple and you don’t. I need you to see me walking around with this pineapple, but I can only have it so long because I got to get this thing back by 4 o’clock or they’ll charge me extra.”
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@CStamp @daveybot I learnt from a digression in this lovely podcast about a rental car that people used to rent pineapples.
“They cost thousands, so people would rent them and just walk around with it as a status symbol. Like: "Look at me, flexing on all you poor people, I got a pineapple and you don’t. I need you to see me walking around with this pineapple, but I can only have it so long because I got to get this thing back by 4 o’clock or they’ll charge me extra.”
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@WhiteCatTamer People rent car wheel rims - that's a new one to me!
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Me: ugh, modern landmark architecture is just rich people showing off how much money they have. What happened to restrained displays of class and taste?
18th Century Scotland: PINEAPPLES!!!
@daveybot "We had the choice between windows on the ground floor or the pineapple dome. Easy decision."
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Me: ugh, modern landmark architecture is just rich people showing off how much money they have. What happened to restrained displays of class and taste?
18th Century Scotland: PINEAPPLES!!!
@daveybot Rhode Islanders would love this palace
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@daveybot it's impressive but the lack of windows on the ground floor is worrying. (And weren't windows taxed? So a recurring expense, and therefore a bigger brag?)
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Me: ugh, modern landmark architecture is just rich people showing off how much money they have. What happened to restrained displays of class and taste?
18th Century Scotland: PINEAPPLES!!!
@daveybot @arclight and apparently you can rent it... that's like the world's largest swinger beacon
As of 2024, one can rent the gardeners' quarters and the pineapple summerhouse as a holiday home.
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@WhiteCatTamer People rent car wheel rims - that's a new one to me!
@CiaraNi @WhiteCatTamer @CStamp @daveybot I never knew either of them were rentable. And now I’m scared to think what else is rentable that I never knew.
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@CiaraNi @WhiteCatTamer @CStamp @daveybot I never knew either of them were rentable. And now I’m scared to think what else is rentable that I never knew.
@johncormier @CiaraNi @WhiteCatTamer @CStamp @daveybot Don't be scared, but one can rent a hot tub to have placed in one's back yard, filled, heated, self-maintained for anywhere from a few days to many weeks. We do it each winter Holiday season; it's glorious!
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@johncormier @CiaraNi @WhiteCatTamer @CStamp @daveybot Don't be scared, but one can rent a hot tub to have placed in one's back yard, filled, heated, self-maintained for anywhere from a few days to many weeks. We do it each winter Holiday season; it's glorious!
@ChristineMalec I could buy that more readily than car rims.
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@ChristineMalec I could buy that more readily than car rims.
@johncormier @CiaraNi @WhiteCatTamer @daveybot@CStamp @ChristineMalec @johncormier @CiaraNi @daveybot Yeah, that sounds like a valuable service. XD Especially since you KNOW the people with the cash to buy a full fledged hottub will use them 12 days a year. Less waste…but maybe more biohazards…
There’s also the influencers renting sets designed to look like the interiors of private planes, and of course upscale kitchens, but that’s far less fun…
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@johncormier @CiaraNi @WhiteCatTamer @CStamp @daveybot Don't be scared, but one can rent a hot tub to have placed in one's back yard, filled, heated, self-maintained for anywhere from a few days to many weeks. We do it each winter Holiday season; it's glorious!
@ChristineMalec If you don't mind saying, how much does that cost?
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@CiaraNi @WhiteCatTamer @CStamp @daveybot I never knew either of them were rentable. And now I’m scared to think what else is rentable that I never knew.
@johncormier @WhiteCatTamer @CStamp @daveybot Interesting thought, interesting topic - 'things I never dreamt you could rent'. I am both scared and curious now.
