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[–] logflume@hexbear.net 47 points 2 years ago (1 children)

iirc it's just an accounting trick to dodge taxes and the CFO quitting is unrelated

[–] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

i'm not surprised but i still think the image is funny

[–] principalkohoutek@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's bourgeois decadence, but i like the "larger than life" design/construction projects. A light up sphere is neat by it's own merits

[–] CrushKillDestroySwag@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago

I agree. The people of Las Vegas should take ownership of the Sphere, and use it for... i dunno, proletarian things.

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

I like these megaprojects from the technical problem solving side of things. It's fun to learn that they had to develop new ways of doing things to meet unique constraints, which might be useful later. A bit like the space program

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

ok this is better

[–] booty@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

im glad somebody did it. i was really trying to get my brain to come up with a good one

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

No, they're just gonna fill it up with wigs now

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

Pondering my orb (it cost me hundreds of millions of dollars and I am financially ruined) bateman-ontological 🪩

[–] Kestrel@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

Reminds me of the Bass Pro Shop pyramid in Memphis

[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] MiguelParenti@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

yeah and it should have been an escape room instead with traps and you only go in with people you've never met

[–] CascadeOfLight@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

The orb is no morb

[–] Dingus_Khan@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

Now what will the giant wizard ponder?