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[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 74 points 2 years ago (1 children)

slaps castle

You can fit so many cats in this baby

[–] moonmeow@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Do you realize how much 6000 cats would cost?

[–] azdood85@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] moonmeow@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

That's true if you make them very horny and bar them access to condoms you'll do fine buying 20 cats

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.one 45 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

This is exactly how I'm tryna be (I live alone in my house with my dog and my $0.003M fortune)

[–] MxM111@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago

You filthy millionaire. Even your millions are filth.

[–] TooMuchDog@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Look at Mr big man over here with triple digits in the bank

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago

That's why they call me Dollar Bill. Because I have one.

[–] jawsua@lemmy.one 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

People make fun of Enya's music but it's really well produced and exactly what she likes to make. What a great life, making art you love, really well, never touring, and living with your cats in a castle

[–] lesnout27@feddit.de 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Never heard someone make fun of her, i wouldn t even know why, her music is fire!

[–] 432hz@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I find her music extremely boring. But I do know people that are gaga over her music. You can't choose what you like!

[–] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Exactly - what I'm trying to say is that if I was dying and I decided that even though I'd never particularly been into, say, Enya before but that now I really, really was into Enya and that in fact, I thought Enya was great and that Enya died for our sins and I wanted an Enya themed funeral with pictures of Enya and lots and lots of mentions of Enya, then I think it would be a bit bloody rich for my sister to ban all mention of Enya from my funeral. Yeah?

[–] papabobolious@feddit.nu 1 points 2 years ago

This was my first thought, haha.

[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

*and however many servants it takes to clean and stock a castle. No way she does that on her own, or she'd never stop

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How much of a mess do you make as one person? It's not a hotel or catering to anyone it's just a home.

[–] deus@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

One person? Not much. One person and many many cats? Probably a lot.

[–] the_itsb@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

The dusting alone would be a full-time job.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

One person in under 1k space is very different than one person in a friggin castel.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

The cats piss and shit everywhere, even inside the suit of arms

[–] t_var_s@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago
[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

make it a VR game and you're equipped with a laser pointer and catnip bombs.

[–] KraeuterRoy@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

Catmophobia VR is gonna be a viral sensation.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Swap the castle for a desert commune and the money for orchards and you got a deal.

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why would you want to live in a desert?

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I suppose it's just where I currently live and I love it here. Shout out to Albuquerque lemmings!

Edit: Besides lots of sun for the orchard!

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

There might be some Rust lemmings in town in September for RustCont.

[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Whenever I think of Enya I think of this scene from LA Story - https://youtu.be/fHnZcx9k4Yg

[–] sol@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Can you really be happy living alone in a castle knowing people out there can't afford to pay rent?

[–] TooMuchDog@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Get over yourself man, just let people be happy. It's okay to have nice things, you don't have to feel guilty about it unless you did something wrong to get it.

[–] sockenklaus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well some would argue that accumulating this much wealth is the wrongdoing in this story.

With her wealth she easily belongs to the top 0.1 % wealthiest people in the us. I think this amount of wealth surpassed the "It's okay to have nice things" phase and quickly got to the "You should take some responsibility with your inexplicable wealth!"

[–] TooMuchDog@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

She can afford to live in a castle, and she wants to live in a castle. There's no need to say she has to feel guilty because other people can't live in a castle. Unless you're the unluckiest person alive, there's always going to be people who aren't as fortunate than you. In her case it's easy to point a finger because it's a castle, but honestly where's the cutoff? Should she feel guilty if she had instead chosen to live in a less expensive but still large and nice house? What about if she lived in a modest one? She still has a house and those other people still don't. Should she feel guilty because she can afford fine dining while many people can't afford to eat? What if she chose to eat only fast food? There's still other people that can't afford to eat regardless of the quality of food she chooses.

I'm not going to pretend I know anything about how she uses her money outside of what's presented in this meme. She absolutely has the kind of wealth where it would be morally responsible of her to use some of it to help others less fortunate. Maybe she does that already, maybe not. I don't know.

If she doesn't then yeah, maybe there would be a reason for her to feel guilty; but even then I wouldn't say she for sure should. But for the sake of argument let's say she does regularly contribute to charities. Should she still feel guilty about living in a castle? She's already contributing, but she could contribute more if she didn't live in a castle. But that begs the question, how much should she have to contribute? If she still has enough money left over to live in luxury should she feel guilty? I'd argue not.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

As an aside, yes, she has contributed frequently to charities. She just doesn't particularly flaunt her contributions.

[–] sockenklaus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Hey thanks for engaging in this discussion!

I think you have a point asking "Where to draw the line?" Obviously I don't have a simple answer to this question because it would just be an arbitrary line to draw. Also this matter can't be discussed with Enyas wealth in mind alone but with wealth in general.

I think to answer this question it would be necessary to know who (as in "the richest 0.x % ) would have to abandon how much of their wealth to reach a certain goal for the poorest x % and as long as we can agree that the benefit outweighs the cost (maybe even in a significant manner to "allow" a certain amount of inequality) it is save to draw the line there.

I'm speculating now, but maybe we would come to the conclusion that it would only take a little amount of wealth of the richest few people to lift the poorest of the poorest out of severe hunger. I think we could agree that this would be very reasonable because the benefit would greatly outweigh the cost. Maybe even providing basic housing to all people who need it would cost only a neglectable number of people some of their huge wealth. This could also be a possible line then.

So as you see I'd try to draw a line using some utilitarianistic criteria.

[–] cryptosporidium140@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I definitely could, and you know damn well the people who can't afford rent would do the same if they could

[–] sol@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's plenty of artists who care about their art more than money and that they don't sell their art to majors or turn into businessmen

[–] cryptosporidium140@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you considered that her living in a castle is part of the art? I couldn't appreciate her music nearly as much without knowing that.

[–] sol@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The art of being a peasant and embracing your majesty living in a castle. Sorry dude i didn't realize we haven't move past the middle ages

[–] cryptosporidium140@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Who are we to say what is and isn't art?

[–] sol@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Human beings who understand that if someone lives in a castle and another in a tent, that's not art it's a scam

[–] cryptosporidium140@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Life is a scam, my child. Art imitates life

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Right, that place could probably host a double digit number of families.

[–] Pixlbabble@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why is it not a foster castle?

[–] Pixlbabble@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

...for cats

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