Jesus Christ, the man is covered in an obscene amount of gold. How many families could that ornamentation feed?
Yeah, and I say this as someone who thinks the amount of gold in Versailles is "tastefully appropriate".
It's mostly plated (they have to give out some of those medals to the plebs occasionally and you can't have them getting ideas about not being hungry) except for the Knighthoods (the big ol chain and the stars). The Chain I think is 30oz of pure gold, most of the other shit is silver, I think.
All of it is worth way more than the cost of materials and labour because people Want to Fuck the King.
I wish I could receive a medal from the king so I can sell it on eBay for $200k
How many families could that ornamentation feed?
Given the nutritional value of gold, not as many as you'd first guess.
Shame the British Economy is so heavily predicated on six guys in a giant glass tower trading a Pokemon Card back and forth a thousand times, while the surplus currency goes towards fencing farm workers off their lands and exporting the accumulated produce abroad.
It's not the gold - the Royal riches are in the jewels. The main state crown is worth something like upwards of £3 billion because of the rocks.
Big Ben dings when the country reaches the level cap and everyone gets a fancy pair of gloves with +1 tea making, +1 crisps, and a 50/50 chance of a critical hit against a Polish brickie.
"level up opportunity" gross so on top of everything hes a g*mer too
:gamer-gulag:
They dressed the character delivering the lines in period-appropriate apparel to appeal to all the boomers who wish it was them, and not their dads, who got ptsd from the Great War
To me, the most infuriating thing here is that every time poor people need help they're using this disgusting double-speak about "opportunities" and "the right to work".
Motherfucker, people need immediate and general material help, not more shitty-ass dead-end jobs.
I regret to inform y'all that I'm pretty sure they're not talking about "leveling up" like in a video game, but "leveling" as in "to make level" and the "up" is to signify increasing standards for the poor rather than decreasing standards for the rich
It makes more sense when you think about the country's historical working class/peasant movements i.e. the Levelers
When you think about it, a Guillotine is a useful tool for leveling things out a bit.
"We must all learn to live within our means", the Queen recited, giving official backing to the policy of austerity, as she was filmed in her opulent throne room, on a golden chair, wearing a hat worth untold riches and a sceptre made of pure precious minerals.
The fact that scene didn't cause revolution immediately was insane. This is much in line.
I honestly can't believe they've kept doing this "leveling up" shit, like it sounds so fucking stupid. I think they even have a cabinet minister for leveling up.
Hoping that Sir Keir gets exposed as a pedo (which is like 50/50 with all these guys) and the Conservatives stay in power until they turn this thing back into Wessex and Mercia.
All of this shittery flows directly from Blair and New Labour in the 90's (and Clinton as well) - replacing vast swathes of government policy with soundbites, managerial doublespeak, and facile presentations. None of it means anything and is almost instantly forgotten as The Next Thing is rolled out with its own glossy promo video and booklet. Of course spin has always existed, but New Labour took it to an entirely new depth.
Not only did wealthy parts of the South East get between 2-3x the amount of places that needed it, it's also bullshit, it doesn't work.
If you level up high enough, they make you the King.
Yes, sir. King Charles is 100% fully the product of hustle-and-grind culture. And if you subscribe to his Patreon, he'll tell you how to raise your game all the way to Buckingham Palace levels.
Level up the opportunities to max level without providing XP or loot to the proles.
