Mantzy81@aussie.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoHaving a building named after you is an honour. Naming a building after yourself is cringe.message-squaremessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1791arrow-down16
arrow-up1785arrow-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 day agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squarebearboiblake@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·10 hours agoMost buildings named after people are done because they donated money for it. In most cases it’s still kinda cringe.
minus-squareBoiglenoight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours 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-up2·2 hours 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-up2·2 hours agoIt’s similar to Kickstarter, where a certain level will get your name in the credits.
minus-squarebearboiblake@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agooh yeah rich people do that with movies, too! “executive producer” sometimes means “i donated to put my name here”
Most buildings named after people are done because they donated money for it. In most cases it’s still kinda cringe.
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”