With Ira Kaplan, the most terrifying guitar player of all time. (photobygeorgia)
― nickn
that's jesus shortly after burning his guitar at monterey, right?
― Un Poco Loco Moco (rushomancy), Thursday, 1 August 2019 06:31 (four years ago) link
Excavating the Easter Island statues pic.twitter.com/RW7PkaC3QJ— 41 Strange (@41Strange) August 6, 2019
― ogmor, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link
i always find it weird when you see them with the eyes in
― nxd, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 08:59 (four years ago) link
absolute unit
― Criss Angel Raw: The Mindfreak Unplugged (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 09:15 (four years ago) link
rapa nui is v interesting
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/nwESNRy.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 15 August 2019 01:08 (four years ago) link
Otm
― TS: “8:05” vs. “905” (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 15 August 2019 01:17 (four years ago) link
'Nightmare' hand statue looms over New Zealand city
― just another country (snoball), Monday, 19 August 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
Also Czech giant babies (though not terrifying).
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-41502954
― nickn, Monday, 19 August 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
A mere link is not sufficient--all must bear witness!
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/3IzwW3MSV9Kz_64z9J9aalYLIAo=/620x349/smart/filters:quality(70)/arc-anglerfish-syd-prod-nzme.s3.amazonaws.com/public/A2TJKKRUMRGOJNIEF6KO7CDOQQ.jpg
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 01:05 (four years ago) link
I have no idea what these condo developers were thinking. This dude is hideously uncalled for
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 12:53 (four years ago) link
https://ribalych.ru/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/rodina-mat-zovyot_002.jpg
― ogmor, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 13:06 (four years ago) link
pixel art getting real
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 14:58 (four years ago) link
If that's it finished I love it.
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link
heh, yeah i was going to say that more terrifying gigantic statues should leave the scaffolding up, it looks kinda cool
pretty soon every country is going to have a gigantic terrifying statue. before long they'll wheel them all into the same valley and have at it, mighty morphin power rangers style
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 17:17 (four years ago) link
Very Anthony Gormley
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-zOrAL1V5Jg/THpTlcoEzJI/AAAAAAAAHCo/yIDWk5RfiFE/s640/exposure.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfG5mjq0DxU/TdAvj1zq-8I/AAAAAAAAAeQ/QxQ2zZJB0hA/s1600/gormley_1_905.jpg
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 20:24 (four years ago) link
Saw Motherland in Kyiv up close over the weekend (posted on this thread 5 years ago and by the same guy as Motherland Calls) and damn, it's impressive.
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 20:54 (four years ago) link
not gigantic but still:
This statue depicts Saint Bartholomew, an early Christian martyr who was allegedly skinned alive. If you look closely, you’ll notice that’s not a robe that he’s holding. It's actually his dissected skin hanging around him. This statute is by Marco d’Agrate, c.1562. pic.twitter.com/wyPnQqbXTu— Lindsey Fitzharris (@DrLindseyFitz) October 5, 2019
― silverfish, Monday, 7 October 2019 15:20 (four years ago) link
https://kapang.com/rathergoodradio/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2017/08/Robbie.png
― breastcrawl, Monday, 7 October 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
yikes
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 October 2019 17:53 (four years ago) link
obi-wan voice “That’s no robe...”
That's amazing work.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 11 October 2019 17:31 (four years ago) link
Never heard of this before, more weird than terrifying
this place is legit very strange pic.twitter.com/kDL7MQfAXp— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) October 20, 2019
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 20 October 2019 22:49 (four years ago) link
I posted it a couple years ago
https://adventure.com/abandoned-presidents-heads/?utm_content=president+heads&utm_medium&utm_source=facebook
― nickn, Monday, 21 October 2019 01:38 (four years ago) link
Looks like they need to drain the swamp.
― koogs, Monday, 21 October 2019 02:05 (four years ago) link
^ I think the Natalie Prass video for 'Into The Fire' was shot there.
Meanwhile, these aren't gigantic but Yerevan otherwise just slaps at this
https://www.peopleofar.com/wp-content/uploads/lion-2-by-ji-yong-ho-cascade-yerevan-armenia.jpg
https://c1.wallpaperflare.com/preview/21/662/466/lion-head-sculpture-art.jpg
https://travelplugged.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Statues-Botero-Statues-Yerevan.jpg
― nashwan, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 11:44 (four years ago) link
Yerevan has lots of fun public art.
I saw the GWK from a distance this week. It’s so chunky it’s probably not that impressive until you’re closer. It kind of looks like a weirdly shaped tower block.
https://i.postimg.cc/T1SzpY3W/C169-E314-646-C-4-D1-A-9406-CABBEB6-B23-C8.jpg
― ShariVari, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 13:14 (four years ago) link
It looks like a building destroyed by a kaiju from a distance
― ill fuckin put a paste on those (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 15:15 (four years ago) link
totally!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
That's great but it looks like it's frowning on the simplicity of the building it's been perched on.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 22 February 2020 18:57 (four years ago) link
I don't think this fountain is gigantic but I need someone else to see it
https://i.imgur.com/TmV6xVV.jpg
― Corduroy Stridulations (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 6 March 2020 01:02 (four years ago) link
Where is that?
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 6 March 2020 03:46 (four years ago) link
i have no idea! i found it on the LiveJournal random images page
― Corduroy Stridulations (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 6 March 2020 10:27 (four years ago) link
(since LJ, probably Russia)
― Corduroy Stridulations (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 6 March 2020 10:28 (four years ago) link
It's on the roof of the Ilana Goor Museum in Tel Aviv.
https://www.ilanagoormuseum.org/collections/%d7%94%d7%9e%d7%96%d7%a8%d7%a7%d7%94-%d7%95%d7%a8%d7%93-%d7%90%d7%94%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%a0%d7%95%d7%91%d7%99%d7%a5/
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Friday, 6 March 2020 10:36 (four years ago) link
ah thanks!
― Corduroy Stridulations (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 6 March 2020 12:16 (four years ago) link
Some where between terrifying and hilarious
If you are looking for statues of famous Italian Americans to replace Columbus, consider the 5 meter tall statue of Tony Soprano in Lithuania pic.twitter.com/8xlCFZAM0D— Jᴀᴄᴋʏ☮︎Bʀᴀᴡɴ (@jckybrwn) June 10, 2020
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 22:25 (three years ago) link
<3
― nxd, Friday, 12 June 2020 19:57 (three years ago) link
Thet should put a gigantic Star-Ledger on the opposite platform
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 12 June 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
needs some ducks in a swimming pool
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 13 June 2020 06:08 (three years ago) link
"The world's largest and longest stone Buddha statue, which was started in AD 713 and completed in exactly 90 years, 'The Big Leshan Buddha'"
https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/151070036_1084387825375743_5037553714177404194_o.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=f_sBYSxCfN4AX_kMZOl&_nc_oc=AQl6z3jiJ0M_UkAdi6gDWTKxzATT7GnrWMuuxGu_DdnXcWYs0zo8bagzI_WWj04AcdA&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=36db3112a2c68fdcfdb4ec98ab32c448&oe=6052C31F
― nickn, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 18:16 (three years ago) link
would vote for that as the most chill gigantic statue of all time
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 18:29 (three years ago) link
wow, what a great view. I’ve been there, awesome statue and very cool place, but you don’t get to see it like this.
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link
I don't think of myself as having a fear of heights in general, but aerial views like that creep me out worse than looking up at it would do.
Like this one of the Statue of Liberty:
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h_jEm7Qs1RI/WOqdaLmDEmI/AAAAAAACovg/MNM5Tvw4uUAKHSsXtGSmaIZSMPZ_GTHFgCLcB/s1600/Statue-Liberty-head-from-above-1930s.png
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 18:51 (three years ago) link
looking up at the Leshan Buddha:https://www.unusualtraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/leshan-giant-buddha.jpghttps://c8.alamy.com/compde/e7wb43/leshan-giant-buddha-der-grossten-stein-buddha-der-welt-sichuan-china-e7wb43.jpg
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 18:55 (three years ago) link
xxp yeah I can't account for it but that statue of liberty image^ makes my palms sweat
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 18:58 (three years ago) link
Accidentally posted it in the wrong thread originally, but my son was watching an animated movie recently that had a pivotal scene at that statue:
https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/AbominableBuddha.jpg
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 19:17 (three years ago) link
My kids just watched that movie last night! It wasn't bad!
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 20:08 (three years ago) link
i had intense megalophobia when i was young, though it's eased a little, now. i can trace it back to playing on a common green in my hometown as a child. there was a welcome sign there, with translations of 'welcome' in about eight different languages. i'd look up at it as a child and the languages just looked... wrong, or threatening. i feel the dread in my stomach just thinking about it. the first time i went to london and came out of a tube station underneath big ben i pissed myself. i wonder what the psychology is behind this. i also grew up in a town about fifty miles south of the angel of the north, but i've never been. i'm trembling thinking about being anywhere near or under it. i think it's the facelessness of it as much as the scale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usYC_Z36rHw
videos like this really get me.
― maelin, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:58 (three years ago) link
If you have a tea phobia...
https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/149170431_280564570111805_222251176191392489_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=I9kiShtpEEwAX8Ppffe&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=cfde336c026a1ff7daf43400b16cb527&oe=6058E21E
"Located in a lovely* and friendly* province of Guizhou, this is the No.1 Pot of Tea Culture Park 天下第一壶中国茶文化博览园.Apparently it is the largest physical teapot in the world. Also, my friend told me that this building has been rated as one of the ugliest buildings in China 🤣"
― nickn, Monday, 22 February 2021 18:12 (three years ago) link