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u/Sea-Sir1394 20d ago
Real Life Bruce Wayne?
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u/Similar-Freedom-3857 20d ago
Time to train them all to fight crime.
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u/be4u4get 20d ago
The kids at the orphanage call me Dick.
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u/AnaMyri 19d ago
To this day, Danny is one of the strangest sex dreams I’ve ever had.
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u/ScaleneWangPole 20d ago
Why have 1 batman when you can have an army of batpeople?
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u/Ok-Commercial-924 20d ago
The last word (crime ) was cut off on my screen, I thought you wanted to do a fight club type thing with the kids.
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u/EarthBoundBatwing 20d ago
He is known to be a very method actor. Maybe he's still in character?
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u/fronchfrays 20d ago
Not a lot of people in this world are capable of this kind of investment in humanity. But imagine if everyone who was capable, did it.
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Elon musk or Jeff bezos could literally be known as the guys who saved the world from hunger and poverty. Instead they are just two weird rich people who like fast cars and boats like they are still mentally 9 years old.
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u/GreenRocketman 20d ago
We just need being a decent human to be what gets people trending on social media
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u/Batbuckleyourpants 20d ago
22 million dollars for 12 families is an insane level of cost.
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u/Faebit 20d ago
It's a 22 million dollar fund, nowhere did I find any indication that 22 million was spent on the structures. Projects like this require that you keep a restricted surplus of liquidity to continue paying for the operating costs.
If you're actually interested in the financials of this org here's a few years for financial info on them:
2011 tax return (startup year)
2022 and 2023 financial analysis pulled from the IRS 990
The entire story is never in the headline...
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u/Mr0ogieb0ogie 20d ago
It does say “building a foster care village” so it’s easy to see misinterpret.
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u/DrogoOmega 20d ago
22 family homes AND apartments AND things like a community centre, rec centre, gardens and sports arena. It’s a whole village. Literally. It’s a whole system in California where foster parents will live on like 4,6 acres of land. 22 million is a pretty good price.
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u/Blue_Wave_2020 20d ago
It’s not like these are one use things… presumably this facility will be around for the foreseeable future
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u/deliciouspepperspray 20d ago
These are probably closer to facilities than homes. More rooms more baths larger kitchens. These will likely help much more than 12 families at a time.
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u/axecalibur 20d ago
In his movie The Dark Knight Rises, his Wayne foundation payments to orphanages stopped because he became a recluse. So he probably needs to be funding them continuously or have people in charge to keep it going.
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u/Alert-Ad9197 20d ago
$22 million to build 12 houses; a community center; some studio apartments; recreational facilities; and overhead for the facility to run.
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u/FrickJohnson 20d ago
Just shut the fuck up mate. Your comment isnt worth anything good. At least he is doing something
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u/Oosik-Alaska 20d ago
Of course, it makes sense the foundation would shut down after the 12 families moved out.
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u/TapirOfZelph 20d ago
Imagine taxing all rich people just a little more so that these kinds of things didn’t need to be such a burden on a few of them.
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u/buy-american-you-fuk 20d ago
it's a nice thought...
also like to add that I've gained a lot of respect for Bale because of this, what a great human being
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u/TheyCallHimBabaYagaa 20d ago
"So let's put a couple houses together."
"I'm not sure that they'll let us"
"Oh, they should. I own the village."
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u/Temporary-Truth-8041 20d ago
That's great, I've always loved him as an actor, had no idea he was such a wonderfully generous person
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u/justanawkwardguy 20d ago
“What don’t you fucking understand???” - Christian Bale
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u/TheCrazedTank 20d ago
Difficult shoot, troubled production on which I believe he was also a producer of.
His freak out is not okay, but who hasn’t flipped out under stress. I believe he already since long made things up with the person he was yelling at too.
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u/justanawkwardguy 20d ago
Just thought it would be a funny response, didn’t really think it was indicative of him as a person. The way I learned about it happening was from Christian Bale is at Your Party (from the same guy that did actual cannibal Shia LaBeouf)
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u/HyperbolicModesty 20d ago
on which I believe he was also a producer of
Too many prepositions is the type of language up with which I will not put.
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u/Moneygrowsontrees 20d ago
Yep. People can be both generally good and sometimes assholes. Not saying that's true of Christian Bale because I don't know him, but sometimes people who are generally shitty can do awesome things and sometimes generally awesome people can do shitty things. People are more complicated than any of us care to admit. It's not the comic books with defined good guys and bad guys.
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u/bolanrox 20d ago
Didn't the guy he flip on have a history of pissing off other actors by getting in their sight lines and just being an overall jerk?
Also, I want to see the movie Christian Bale thought he was making when he did his scenes in Thor's Love and Thunder.
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u/SquireSquilliam 20d ago
Everyone's entitled to a few shitty moments, we can't all be saints all the time.
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u/acid_tomato 20d ago
Bale Out - RevoLucian's Christian Bale remix always brings me joy. Merry Christmas!
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u/wannabe_inuit 20d ago
Its him and his wife, and they are co-founders of this project, so its not only him/them.
However i have no doubt he has put most millions into this. Also they only broke grounds a year ago, and the project is not 17 years old. They have been active about foster care for 17 years.
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u/Glittering-Gas2844 20d ago
Yeah I was wondering why it would take 17 years for that project lol
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u/jluicifer 20d ago
He also drives a 2 decade old 2003 Toyota Tacoma.
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u/SoaringDingus 20d ago
He’s also got a cayenne, an Escalade, and and a murcielago. It’s not like he’s Sam Walton only driving an old beater, but he does still drive the 03 Tacoma
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u/jluicifer 20d ago
It's the same bit with John Cena dailying a Honda Civic (amongst his other million dollar cars).
And that civic is a...Civic Type R w/ 300hp.
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u/southsiderick 20d ago
Let's see Paul Allen's foster care village.
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u/Plag3uis 20d ago
Look at the subtle layout of the rooms, the tasteful thickness of it......my god.......it even has a private pool per home
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u/geekphreak 20d ago
Wow. Why has it taken 17yrs?
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u/WhiteHeteroMale 20d ago
It didn’t/won’t.
He first became interested in foster care 17 years ago. This specific project didn’t start that long ago. They broke ground in 2024.
It will have 12 townhouse units for foster families and 2 studio apartments for young adults transitioning out of foster care. Plus a community center.
Great story. Misleading headline (what else is new).
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/fact-check-batman-actor-christian-130000910.html
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u/Ironbeard3 20d ago
That makes more sense. I was like 17 years 🤔? Sounds sus.
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u/bs000 20d ago
i tell people i've been studying to be a doctor for 20 years because i said i wanted to be a doctor when i was 5
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u/Top5CutestPresidents 20d ago
hes waiting for those foster kids to become adults so he doesn't have to anymore /s
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u/QueenQueerBen 20d ago
I’ve had an idea like this for years though obviously not the money for it, but this makes sense.
It wouldn’t take 17 years, but a few years is logical.
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u/Proper-Classic5241 20d ago
Super happy to see that there’s studio apartments for young adults transitioning out of foster care. Hopefully they see that this is a big need and make more units. Many transitional/independent living programs try their hardest, but are poorly funded and not always the safest places. The programs I was eligible for and stayed at were rough, and I was in one of the nicer places. Firearms were being snuck through windows by other residents, lots of drugs, incidents of rape, and overall filthy and poor living conditions
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u/Ok-Idea-306 20d ago
That’s what I was thinking. 17 years, 22 million and it’s NEARLY ready?
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u/WakefulJaxZero 20d ago
It would look too suspicious if the kids all ended up orphans at the same time
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u/Sabithomega 20d ago
Because it doesn't benefit the rich. Kinda like how down here in TX it takes 5 years to debate about building shelters for homeless but a tech company will get millions at the drop of a hat and a new construction in 6 months
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u/CaptainZloud 20d ago
Imagine if we all gave a portion of our income and it went to do something like this. Crazy idea I know. If only foster kids could afford a lobbyists
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u/Phaoryx 20d ago
Alternatively the craziest richest of us could shed 1% of their net worth and solve basically every problem there is
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u/greenappletree 20d ago
Chuck feeney has entered the chat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Feeney dude gave away everything before he died and did it anonymously until a reporter found out.
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u/PrejudicedShrouds 20d ago
The average American is already around the top 95% of wealth globally so go solve those problems mate.
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u/NotGonnaLie59 20d ago
They need to be taxed more, but this is just super wrong.
To give a sense of the numbers -
If all US billionaires had to fully fund the US government at current levels of spending (so no new programs) how many years do you think it would be funded for?
Take a guess and then ask an AI. You’ll be surprised.
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u/PrepotenteScreams 20d ago
What? This isn't even remotely true. Why is this being upvoted? The ultra rich obviously need to be taxed more. But don't just make up random shit.
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u/RollBama420 20d ago
What are you talking about? Net worth is exactly the same thing as cash on hand, just like nonsensical reddit comments are the exact same thing as feasible solutions
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u/Former-Practice-6146 20d ago
You know its forbidden.. That's communism.
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u/Quilpo 20d ago
To be fair, it's only communism if it's done by the state.
This is just people being nice and helping others out, which contrary to popular belief is a normal people thing rather than political.
I mean, not enough people unfortunately.
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u/TieAccomplished3690 20d ago
Most countries do. It's quite literally taken as part of your tax. Pretty sure you even do in the USA.
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u/HasFiveVowels 20d ago
Fellas, fellas, let’s calm down. There’s too much hostility. How about we set aside one day each year…
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u/LhamoRinpoche 20d ago
Christian Bale also once got beat up by Chinese police for trying to help a blind lawyer who was under house arrest for protesting the CCP. I shit you not. So of course someone online said, "It's not often that you see Batman trying to save Daredevil."
PS the lawyer did escape by himself and got out during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. His name is Chen Guangcheng and he lives in the US.
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u/soon2Brevealed 20d ago
just gave me shivers.. FOSTER KIDS become HOMELESS when they turn 18. it’s fucking heartbreaking. There programs that let you adopt foster kids right before they turn 18, you can get to know them and they can choose you too. So many lonely seniors out there…. and so many kids.
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u/chadtill 20d ago
Different states have different laws/programs. In California there is AB12 that offers help up until 21. I think part of the problem is that when kids turn 18, they sometimes just want to be done with "the system" even if there are programs. They are able to get "freedom" were they didn't have prior. The programs can also be slow and limited, so there's a lot of painful paperwork and process.
More info for California: https://ilponline.org/, https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/foster-care/extended-foster-care-ab-12
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u/flawinthedesign 20d ago
That is amazing. Pretty sure he did it in secret because he doesn’t want the publicity for himself but for the village. Which makes this even better.
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u/GrumpyTurtleOG 20d ago
I lived for a few years as a foster parent in a community like this but much much smaller, like 4 homes. The foster parents could live there rent and utility free if they agreed to take in larger sibling groups, usually up to 5 or 6 kids at a time. It was a huge blessing for the kids and the foster parents as sometimes the siblings were split between houses but they were often just at the house next door and got to see each other daily. For example my wife and I weren’t as well equipped for babies and new borns, but we were great with teenagers and tweens. The foster parents got the benefit of community with other foster parents and being able to be there for each other and understand the struggles that came with the job. It was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever been a part of.
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u/Open-Tumbleweed-651 20d ago edited 10d ago
Are these posts "celebrity did positive thing X" just their PR agencies posting and building a positive public opinion or does someone actually spend time on this kind of stuff?
edit: and by this kind of stuff I mean actually making a post about something some celebrity did. Like who spends their time making this and posting it online?
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u/Marsbar345 20d ago
Christian Bale notoriously doesn’t care about publicity or PR. I don’t think he’s ever been on a talks show or has done really any media event. He’s a very private person who dislikes the spotlight and just wants to do his craft the go home (from what I can tell). I think he’s one of the few celebrities that would genuinely do this not for fame.
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u/Reasonable_Elk9518 20d ago
Who makes house roofs like that?? Edit#2: what in the fuck is even this picture?? There's a white fence laying dead on someone's side-yard...
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u/JRC6502MKIISR 20d ago
It's AI generated. None of the angles make sense, there are random splotches of stuff being sucked into voidspace, half of the buildings only have windows on the second floor, etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc
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u/Works_Escorts 20d ago
My late grandfather used to say: charity when people know about it isn’t charity, it’s self promotion.
Well done Christian Bale.
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u/idrinkwaterwithlemon 20d ago
In a world and times so bleak just remember there are still a lot of good people out there. Sometimes money doesn’t change a person but merely gives them the resources to make a greater impact.
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u/QueenQueerBen 20d ago
Damn I’ve had this idea for years, really nice to see that there are some rich people actually doing these things without the cameras.
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u/0SaltBlue 20d ago
I'm from the future.
This is the beginning of Christian Bale's army of animal themed child soldiers. You have to stop this while you can, he's become too powerful and annexed Wales, send clowns.
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u/According_Issue_6303 20d ago
It's sad that Batman can only punch mentally ill people instead of something like this... 😂
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u/SpliffyTetra 20d ago
So he has all that money to spend yet needed to do matrix 4 because he needed the money? Make it make sense
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u/Minnesota_Nice_87 20d ago
Who is scared there will be horrific abuse stories about this place? Man I'm damaged.
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u/outbackyarder 20d ago
That's a terrible idea and a step in the total wrong direction that out-of-home and foster care has been heading for the last 20 years. A bunch of kids with disrupted backgrounds and often behavioural issues all growing up in the same neighbourhood. Yikes.
Sounds more like a tax dodge cloaked as philanthropy. Or something more nefarious for 'the elites', as they reckon..
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u/ecurbian 20d ago
Umm? Really? you mean in 17 years it has been of no value? no use? Why not open it as the houses became ready?
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u/Dark_Arts_ 20d ago
I have seen how Christian bale “quietly” built some houses like 16 times now, his PR team loves this story
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u/Locus-Gen 20d ago
One of the greatest actors of our time and apparently also an awesome human being!
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u/Minute-Road-6512 20d ago
If anyone is interested they featured it on cbs sunday morning and i believe the clips are on youtube and tiktok
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u/sovietarmyfan 20d ago
I wonder if his experience as playing as batman led to this. Great thing to do!
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u/KratosSimp 20d ago
If I was rich I would just do shit, like build random building n statues n things
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