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Miles Archer

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3. It's nice to know that every one of the other reasons he gave for building it were lies.

Reply to Joinfortmill (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 10:52 PM

Dec 21

Especially the one about how there's been a demand for it a hundred years before he was born.

I think it's been pretty clear all along that the sole reason was "to build a monument to himself."

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Make it a homeless shelter. The Wizard Dec 21 #1

Jeezus. He's one for the books. Joinfortmill Dec 21 #2

It's nice to know that every one of the other reasons he gave for building it were lies. Miles Archer Dec 21 #3

So deep down, he has some awareness buzzycrumbhunger Dec 21 #4

it's pretty much what drives him Skittles Dec 21 #5

It's more passive-aggressive behavior. Miles Archer Dec 21 #7

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