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[–] [email protected] 98 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The American upper class has spent so long being shielded from the fallout of its actions that it believes itself invincible.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That's not a class issue nearly so much as it is an 83-year-olds be stubborn problem

[–] [email protected] 80 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What a perfect microcosm story for why we're completely screwed by climate collapse. People would complain about how heavy handed the symbolism is if this was in a movie

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 8 months ago (3 children)

comrade landslide take my energy

[–] [email protected] 47 points 8 months ago

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

If it collapses and he survives, it'll be blamed on communist earthbenders. No introspection whatsoever. The commies sabotaged his perfectly safe mansion

[–] [email protected] 64 points 8 months ago

greek tragedy level hubris

[–] [email protected] 64 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Damn if I was 82 and had a giant beachside mansion I would stay in it too. Great way to go out, ride that sucker into hell.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

Probably same. I'd be too old to move to another house. Fuck that.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 8 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago

God those books fucking slap

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 8 months ago

Aquaman taketh

[–] [email protected] 48 points 8 months ago

What's the salvage rules on stuff that falls in the ocean? thinkin-lenin

[–] [email protected] 46 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Critical support for comrade coastal erosion

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Inshallah, tongzhi Gaming... though others' towns, like yours, aren't exactly invincible to such courses of nature

But hey, another richman down...

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 8 months ago

Oh no. Anyway

[–] [email protected] 45 points 8 months ago

hopefully somebody livestreams it falling into the sea

[–] [email protected] 41 points 8 months ago

Wealthy old man biding his time while a landslide undercuts his support. Very uncommitted to doing anything about it. Where have I seen this before?

[–] [email protected] 41 points 8 months ago

aging extreme sports enthusiast invents new accessibility friendly passive downhill style

[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago

We should convince all capitalists to live on easily collapsible cliffs

[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago

I've got a sneaking suspicion that they have somehow jacked up their insurance policy on the house and everything in it (or that they claim is in it) and are just going to use this as an excuse to rake it in on a property that's been doomed for some time now.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago

how-much-could-it-cost imagine paying 16 million for a compound falling down a cliff side, lol, lmao

[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Motherfuckers like this are ruining coasts across the country. Well, really its land/real estate developers but its a huge issue in the Great Lakes area too where basically every inch of land near a coastline is snapped up and clear cut for mcmansion building, which destroys the trees and vegetation that held these cliffs together.

Seen dozens of houses slide down cliffs and i would cheer if not for the environmental destruction they caused in the first place sicko-wistful

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

When I am in charge all bodies of water will be surrounded by an appropriate amount of park space before anyone can build anything that isn't a shipping port or yknow, stuff to do with boats. You shouldn't be able to effectively privatize a lake or because now the only way to access it is by trespassing.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Isn’t there a parable about a house built on sand? I wonder if that would be relevant.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

is it one of the 3 little pigs?

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago

inshallah the mcmansion gets swallowed by the sea and takes the ghoul with him

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago (2 children)

California solidarity Florida

Otherwise being really good states that are unfortunately wasted on the wealthy.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

California has incredible climate and geography, but Florida? It's a flat swamp with hellacious heat and humidity.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

But Everglades and Manatees, and you could make a case Miami is Caribbean-adjacent.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago

Here's hoping

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Lewis Bug Man is gonna die in his pod

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

just-one-small-problem

"Sell it to who, ben?"

This guy i guess

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago

I take comfort in the fact that quite many of these holders of capital seem to be pretty simple.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago

Wait. Stop. Don't.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago

Damn, thinking of camping out near the beach below the house so I can loot the wreck after it falls

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago

i wanna watch it'd be funny

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago

Tune-in next week to find out!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He's 82. No one can touch him

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He’s probably right. We should convince him to stay considering this is the case!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Maybe he should call some of his rich friends over for a party!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

This kind of thing makes me feel like maybe sometimes not having single payer health care is ok

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If I was in my 80s and someone said "move house or you might die", I'd seriously consider just rolling the dice on death.

Moving sucks so God damn much.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Let him die thatd be funny

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

He's 82, Darvin is about 30 years late either way.

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