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TUGrad t1_iscqdky wrote

Honestly, perpetual naming is pretty standard for gifts of this size.

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Lamacorn t1_isdjtxy wrote

If I had $100m to donate somewhere, I would definitely make them name it something funny and not my name for sure.

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minus_minus t1_isdkhft wrote

The “Lamacorn Pavilion” would be pretty funny.

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Lamacorn t1_isdkuma wrote

Are you trying to say I am a joke?

I am clearly a majestic creature that demands significant respect.

My fluffy white coat.

My rainbow main and tail.

My golden horn.

My slightly flares nostrils and buck teeth.

Your eyes will never feast on something as glorious as me.

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FireyFrost34 t1_isdmmdo wrote

Objection!

Princess Celestia shows up.

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Lamacorn t1_isdmu4j wrote

I will allow a close second

What she lacks in fluffiness, she makes up. For in wings.

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wildfire2501 t1_isedh2u wrote

I'll allow it but only with your current profile pic displayed in full colour, at least 10 by 10 feet

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minus_minus t1_isdqh03 wrote

Are you sure? Your avatar looks like Putin getting made up for a drag show.

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raytaylor t1_isekd9a wrote

"The Derek Zoolander Center for Children Who Can't Read Good"
But its a velodrome

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CO_PC_Parts t1_isdmf53 wrote

It’s like Ralph engelstad and the university of North Dakota. Guy was a whack job nazi sympathizer who donated millions to the school and built them all new sports facilities. All under a $1 lease while he was alive and they couldn’t change the mascot name from the Sioux.

He put so many Sioux logos in the hickey arena it cost the school some stupid amount after he died to remove them all. He also gifted $100M to build the hockey arena with the original total to be $50m to build and then the school would get 50m. Well his construction company built it and ran costs up to basically 100M so the school got nothing extra.

It’s a nice arena though. And so is the Betty (named after his wife) and he built a nice complex in thief river falls for the local high school.

Still a trash human being.

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spucci t1_iseua6t wrote

Yeah I dunno. Poor and shitty taste yes but I reserve that term for those that actually helped their war movement. Dude was like 12 when the Nazis were defeated.

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CO_PC_Parts t1_isgbbs7 wrote

"However, his casino had an unusual private suite, a “war room” stocked with Nazi posters and other memorabilia, as well as a collection of cars used by Hitler, Mussolini, Göring, and Himmler. On at least two occasions, he used the suite to celebrate Hitler’s birthday, complete with German food and a cake decorated with a swastika. "

Source

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spucci t1_isgg0ks wrote

Yup I'm with ya. He sold all of that and apologized to the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas. He also made these donations through his foundation. It doesn't excuse his behavior but your leaving out relevant parts of his story.

$8.2 million to the College of Southern Nevada Foundation in Las Vegas to improve school's health sciences program (2008)[20]

An initial $5 million to the Boys and Girls Club to build a new facility, this includes a long-term donation plan that has money allotted for scholarship endowment (2008)[21]

$10 million to Bishop Gorman High School to fund a new campus (2003)[21]

North DakotaEdit

$250,000 to Farm Rescue to help farm and ranch families struck by unexpected crises in North Dakota (2018)[22]   

$3 million to Grand Forks' Community Violence Intervention Center benefitting its Safer Tomorrow Road Maps program (2018)

$100 million to the University of North Dakota to build Ralph Engelstad Arena (1998)[23]

$20 million endowment to the University of North Dakota (2007)[17]

Items donatedEdit

Donated General George S. Patton Papers (1918-1944, 1997-1998)[24] and portraits of the U.S. Supreme Court Justices to University of North Dakota valued at nearly $127.5 million[25]

UtahEdit

$6 million to build the Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre in Cedar City, Utah (2016)[26] 

As of 2019, the Engelstad Foundation is run by trustees Betty Engelstad, Kris Engelstad McGarry and Jeffrey M. Cooper.[27

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Engelstad

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HPmoni t1_ishtbu6 wrote

Celebrating Hitler birthday is more of a problem than collecting historical artifacts.

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TruthIsFalsemusic t1_isdr83h wrote

Why did they wanna change the mascot?

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TacoCommand t1_ise0yy6 wrote

I'm going to let that be a journey of personal discovery rather than explain.

Good luck.

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damnstillawake t1_ise3dlw wrote

This marks the first time I’ve ever bookmarked a phrase for future use. Bloody brilliant.

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TruthIsFalsemusic t1_isft1lc wrote

I’m assuming some kinda racism? Idk shit about the school or this dude

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RapedByPlushies t1_isdtef2 wrote

It’s a Theseus boat problem though. Let’s say one separates the building into two parts. Which one is still the Geffen Center? Even if it’s the bigger of the two, just separate it again. Pretty soon, the Geffen Center is just one brick.

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AspireAgain OP t1_isdvn8x wrote

The Fishers were surprised it wasn’t in their case.

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winklesnad31 t1_isd72hf wrote

Yup. Narcissism is quite common.

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Hyper440 t1_isdb3z8 wrote

> he wants this to be a part of his legacy

Yes, that’s narcissistic.

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