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Reject Cathedrals, Embrace Orb (hexbear.net)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

L take. every sinofuturism video features the big skyscrapers acting as screens. as has been pointed out here before if this thing were built in China we'd all be praising the shit out of it.

edit: vegas in general is shit though. although the desert & surrounding mountains have a nice austere natural beauty to them.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No. I wouldn't be. I think those giant skyscraper screens are cringe as shit. Simply make prettier buildings that don't cause massive light pollution. I think a neat old stone church is extremely a lot cooler than any fancy skyscraper covered in screens

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Simply make prettier buildings

Modern engineering and building safety standard make this prohibitively expensive if not borderline impossible.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

what about engineering and safety could possibly demand new buildings be flashy glass skyscrapers?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Modern HVAC prefers low ceilings

Fire codes require putting way more staircases in everything and making hallways wider

Masonry is increasingly expensive and fewer and fewer people can do high skill masonry work

Also Cathedrals took generations to build, society doesn't have the patience for that crap anymore

There's other reasons I can't think of off the top of my head

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

i doubt they were expecting cathedral-level but more masonry and stylish facades are definitely possible in conventionally proportioned & constructed buildings without breaking those rules (except acquiring masons, but no reason we shouldn't have people employed in beautification trades)

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think skyscrapers are overrated, but at least they have functional interiors. What is inside of the orb?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

https://youtu.be/776yP6B2lH0?si=7Z3pjQevVP7XPRCE

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I really don't get how U2 got so famous. They sound like such bland dogshit

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

I think you've answered your own question

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: