The Large Hadron Collider and the International Space Stations are amazing wonders. It used to be that humanity's most expensive projects were religious temples. Now it's machines for scientific research. Some people apparently have a problem with this, and they're generally not the sort of people I like to be around.
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First glance I thought someone there was crazy enough to build a home like this. Then I found out it really is a fishy workplace
I love the Fish building!! We pass it every time on the way from the airport.
"This meme was brought to you through a single piece of glass several thousand miles long, at the bottom of the ocean"
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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?
Yes we should. Our buildings and public places should be covered in art
Bigger but at what cost? So many buildings are boring, flat and lifeless e.g.

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.
Unironically yes, please build spires and arches and gargoyles on everything. I want Gothic architecture everywhere please.
Marvels like the Saturn V or JWST should be mentioned here, too.
The duomo took 600 years to be mostly complete and still has work being done though mostly restoration and maintenance. It has a marble quarry dedicated solely to it. Absolutely magnificent building, I did all the tours a few months ago, loved it.
That is why we don’t build buildings like it anymore, insanely expensive and time consuming. Plus our current rich people would rather rape kids on their massive yachts and private island than commission beauty to be admired by wider society like the wealthy of old.
When did humans stop building mega-churches?
You’re not going to believe this, but…

Every giant stadium is about the same.
A monument to the arrogance of some developer (et al), who then bilk the state/city for the cost.
There's also the Longaberger Basket building.

The Vegas orb thing probably qualifies as a wonder.
Do you mean The Ball or The Globe?
According to google I mean the Sphere, apparently?
RIch people used to comission great works, but today it seems like they have abandoned that one duty they have.
I mean, Sagrada Família im Barcelona is still under construction
If anything it's become so commonplace that nobody really cares that much anymore. "Oh look, a cool building. Anyway..."
In late game, Wonders are for culture and not science victories. We need to put more into one and get the other, as Canada just stole Einstein from me.
More proof. It's called the "Bullring", but i always thought it looked like a sperm whale.

Idk if this is truly a wonder, but when I heard about it earlier this year I was stunned by how magnificent it looked. NJ opened the largest Hindu temple outside of Asia last fall. It looks crazy.

There's also this.
If I was a rich person, I'd build a pyramid out of concrete in a more modern style, with the peak being made out of glass for maximum view, as a home.
I realize it's a joke but answering to the first tweet - one could simply post a picture of the Sagrada Familia which is super impressive if you've seen it live and it's still under construction today.
The simple truth is that you have to justify the cost. Art is expensive and generates no quantifiable income. Capitalism is poison.
You take your date to your apartment and they go "wait you live in a giant fish?"
It's either a massive win or catastrophic loss
I heard there's a mall in Iceland that from above looks like a man's wiggly jiggly bit. Forgot what it's called but it's still kinda funny.
Forgot what it's called
Penis. It's called a penis



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