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Cake day: June 13th, 2025

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  • Why don’t we, in honor of Trump and his buddies, call June “pedophile month”. Or “you should hit your wife month”. Or “white people are superior month”. Or “support your billionaires month”. Or maybe something more close to US identity and history in general, including current events, now that the US is 250 years of disappointment: “war month”. “Crimes against humanity month”? Oh I know! “Bring your guns to school month”!

    “homes led by a father and mother provide children with the structure and discipline necessary to succeed throughout life use firearms properly when having a dispute at school.”







  • Can I sue this guy for the disgust I feel inside me when I read about him suing for seeing a flag he doesn’t like? Does this mean I can also sue every church forcing me to see a cross and forcing me to hear these fucking annoying bells every fucking hour?

    Funny story, I filed a complaint about the church bells near me. I found out it’s not the church ringing them, which would fall under the constitutional law freedom of religion of my country, but it is done by a foundation consisting of volunteers which does not fall under the freedom of religion law as it’s not a religious organization so it is considered noise pollution.

    I didn’t get a reply, which is also against the law.




  • The cheap ones, mostly in France and Belgium, often are ruins or close to that state. They come with mold, wood worms and rot.

    Here in the Netherlands you could live in a castle for free* (not own it). The * was that you were responsible for renovating it. The responsibilities also included the renovating costs. So you would be the staff who had to pay and work to renovate someone else’s house. Again, looks like a nice deal, living in a castle for free, until you find out what the costs actually are. It’s cheaper to rent in New York and then you won’t have to work next to your actual job.


  • Don’t be fooled. Castles are so much more expensive than you think. They are heritage sites, you are obligated to keep it well maintained. This can cost between 100k to 1m per year, or even much more depending on the state and size. Next to that you’re not allowed to insulate it or replace the windows with double glass, so you will spend thousands per year just not to freeze to death.

    The reason these castles are so cheap is because the state is in poor condition and the current owner doesn’t have the funds to fix it to regulatory standards. So you can assume you will spend 5 to 10m (if not more) into it after buying it, then to have the previous mentioned yearly maintenance costs on top of that.

    I know because my French branch of the family used to live in a castle.

    If you fail to keep the castle in shape you can get serious fines and even lose ownership. And depending on the country, prison time.

    Then there are the taxes that are not fun at all.

    So when you buy one, make sure you have at least 20m ready to spend the first 1 to 5 years. But to be sure you won’t go bankrupt, better have 50m as a target as costs always end up much higher than expected. It happens a lot, people buying a castle then to go bankrupt due to the insanely high maintenance costs.