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It needs more gold.
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-10-06T23:55:42.398Z

Midnight Writer
(24,836 posts)Blue Owl
(57,514 posts)Johnny2X2X
(23,468 posts)Its tacky and classless.
Buns_of_Fire
(18,794 posts)I've seen (pictures of) c.1899 French brothels that had more tasteful decor.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,357 posts)Guess he's never heard the famous Mies van der Rohe maxim: "Less is more".
debm55
(51,467 posts)
0rganism
(25,345 posts)This phenomenon requires study. Much as I hate it, there is an aspect of humanity which admires and respects the holders of such opulence and carelessness, and it must be recognized and understood for what it is. Dark Triad leadership of a powerful nation constitutes an existential threat to the entire biosphere. Humanity must learn to spot it from a safe distance if life is to continue. Turn that defiled space into a public museum, a monument to degrading travesties, so people from all walks of life can forever learn the consequences of letting such predators run loose in society, without having to make the same mistakes again themselves.
Or not. We can all just instead. Wouldn't be the first time evolution had to start over from scratch.
mr715
(2,057 posts)It does require study. I don't know about living elsewhere, but I like the idea of a future president saying, "Oh God I don't want to live in a bordello."
Raine
(30,966 posts)anyway whoever is the next resident of the Whitehouse can have every trace of it removed.
lame54
(38,547 posts)There'll be nothing but holes in the walls
Xolodno
(7,189 posts)...dude, dial it back a bit!
Paladin
(31,717 posts)global1
(26,239 posts)the drawings of the new Ballroom - the flashback I get is Saddam Hussein's Palace.