Mantzy81@aussie.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoHaving a building named after you is an honour. Naming a building after yourself is cringe.message-squaremessage-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up1841arrow-down17
arrow-up1834arrow-down1message-squareHaving a building named after you is an honour. Naming a building after yourself is cringe.Mantzy81@aussie.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square89linkfedilink
minus-squareBoiglenoight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoFunding for buildings is sometimes driven by recurring donations in exchange for someone’s name on the building. These funds pay for deferred maintenance and renovations.
minus-squarebearboiblake@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoyeah it’s cool that buildings are maintained and so on, but it’s cringe to pay a bunch of money for clout. rich people basically view botting IRL
minus-squareBoiglenoight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIt’s similar to Kickstarter, where a certain level will get your name in the credits.
minus-squarebearboiblake@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agooh yeah rich people do that with movies, too! “executive producer” sometimes means “i donated to put my name here”
Funding for buildings is sometimes driven by recurring donations in exchange for someone’s name on the building. These funds pay for deferred maintenance and renovations.
yeah it’s cool that buildings are maintained and so on, but it’s cringe to pay a bunch of money for clout. rich people basically view botting IRL
It’s similar to Kickstarter, where a certain level will get your name in the credits.
oh yeah rich people do that with movies, too! “executive producer” sometimes means “i donated to put my name here”