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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 60 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (7 children)

Edit: (not directed at OP)

Bro have you seen the size of the bridges, stadiums and skyscrapers we build? Fuck it, have you seen the LHC?

Should we start adding spires and arches to hospitals and train stations to get support from the RETVRN crowd?

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 50 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes we should. Our buildings and public places should be covered in art

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

We could build more, better, more beautiful infrastructure, or we could buy more bombs and let the free market deal with that.

[–] burgersc12@mander.xyz 19 points 10 months ago

Bigger but at what cost? So many buildings are boring, flat and lifeless e.g.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Seriously, we started building things so massive that you literally can't see all of it at the same time unless you're in the air, riding in a magical skychair.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

"Started"?

hmmm...

and...

and...

and...

(I learned a new word! "geoglyph".)

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

That's cool and all, but not sure if that counts as a thing we built as much as a thing we drew.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Exactly, yes! The LHC is so much more (larger isn't the right word, maybe massive?). If it was on the surface instead of being buried, and the earth was perfectly spherical, you wouldn't be able to see it standing in the middle of it, because the ring would be on the other side of the horizon all around you.

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Unironically yes, please build spires and arches and gargoyles on everything. I want Gothic architecture everywhere please.

[–] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Marvels like the Saturn V or JWST should be mentioned here, too.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

JWST is insane. Not quite as insane as Apollo or Voyager relative to current mainstream tech, but still, holy shit.

[–] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

...I mean...I wouldn't mind it if we did.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

train stations

Have you seen the metro stations in Moscow?

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Every day in my dreams.