• Nolvamia@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Fourthed! We visited Stockholm last month and the Vasa museum was one of the highlights. We booked a tour, and our guide pointed out all the hidden meanings and slurs in the decorations. The Swedish king was a huge fan of scope creep, and it was his constant, late changes which resulted in the second gun deck being installed. Apparently it failed a stability test (men running from side to side on deck), but they went ahead with the launch anyway so as not to embarrass the king. A wonderful memorial to failure and hubris.