r/interestingasfuck • u/Endolithic • Jun 06 '25

Homes are falling into the ocean in North Carolina's Outer Banks /r/all

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u/nonamejd123 Jun 06 '25

Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp

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u/GameTheory_ Jun 06 '25

But the fourth one? The fourth one stayed up!

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u/SausageClatter Jun 06 '25

But I don't want any of that. I'd rather... 🎶

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u/thisfriend Jun 06 '25

She's got HUUUGE tracts of land...

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u/BootsToYourDome Jun 06 '25

SING !!

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u/Karl_42 Jun 06 '25

STOP!!! STOP SINGING!!!

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u/MarkIII-VR Jun 07 '25

Right! Now, you two stay here and make sure he doesn't leave!

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u/Karl_42 Jun 07 '25

We don’t need to do anything, apart from just stop him entering the room.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '25

No no, YOU stay ERE... and make sure E DOESNT LEAVE.

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u/Certain-Sherbet-9121 Jun 06 '25

To be fair, dumping a shitload of gravel down to make a solid base, then building your structure on top of that, is basically the essence of modern construction. That's effectively what you are doing by crumbling 3 castles into a swamp and building on top of them. 

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u/nonamejd123 Jun 07 '25

Well the third one burned down, fell over, and then sank into the swamp... must be why it was such a great foundation.

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u/palmerry Jun 06 '25

I think we should resurrect Jimi Hendrix and get him to write a song about this.

🎵 🎶 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎵

Down on the swamp you can hear the pillars break

As the armory spills weapons all over the place

And the King he stands outside

And all the horses drown in the murky pool

He cries "Oh Queen you must be mad.

What happened to the sweet crib you and me had?"

Against the portcullis he leans and starts a scene

And his tears fall and burn a brackish green

And so castles made of sand

Fall in the swamp eventually

🎵 🎶 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎵

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u/analogkid01 Jun 06 '25

AND NO SINGING!

...Oh, go get a glass of water!

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u/True_Pirate Jun 06 '25

I was looking for this

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u/Mallardguy5675322 Jun 07 '25

Only Shrek and the Dutch can build forts on swamps