Knife Angel just wants a hug :(
― jmm, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 14:33 (five years ago) link
why don't they just legalize guns, that'll stop all the knife crime
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
My first thought actually was Well, I'd rather hug a gun statue than that one.
Which led me to
https://i.imgur.com/8XZQwAk.jpg
― pplains, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
the first thing i notice about that elephant? no knife wounds
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 16:54 (five years ago) link
That statue is amazing; it totally made me think of Clive Barker story 'In the Hills, the Cities'.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51SCXH3PMNL.jpg
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
love that story, didn't know there was a comic version!
and mr. gun elephant is terrifying
― blood, loud screaming and nudity (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 29 November 2018 10:03 (five years ago) link
You should hear him sneeze!
― pplains, Thursday, 29 November 2018 14:33 (five years ago) link
I know we already discussed this guy, but this is a cool pic
https://smedia2.intoday.in/btmt/images/stories/statueofunity_505_010319044854.jpg
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 31 January 2019 05:52 (five years ago) link
https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3775034.1548785056!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_620_330/image.jpg
look at the fucking head on that
― david waster phallus (darraghmac), Thursday, 31 January 2019 08:02 (five years ago) link
gil scott heron memorial?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 31 January 2019 15:32 (five years ago) link
More like the end of my driveway once I've conquered the Eagles.
― pplains, Thursday, 31 January 2019 15:49 (five years ago) link
lukey kelly
the greatest singer of all time
and i mean its a good likeness but cmon
― david waster phallus (darraghmac), Thursday, 31 January 2019 16:26 (five years ago) link
Actual statue in China. 生生不息carved on the platform is a Taoist saying meaning endless change but literally means continuous breeding without break I think this is a 🐷 breeding center #ChineseNewYear #YearOfThePig pic.twitter.com/TC1ES9zjJT— Carl Zha (@CarlZha) February 7, 2019
― Fizzles, Thursday, 7 February 2019 06:39 (five years ago) link
lol
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 February 2019 06:43 (five years ago) link
that is wonderful
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 7 February 2019 06:48 (five years ago) link
Winner
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 7 February 2019 06:54 (five years ago) link
wow
生生不息 is actually my family motto
― ogmor, Thursday, 7 February 2019 08:20 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBEiHP1k2AU
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 8 February 2019 15:41 (five years ago) link
Moderately terrifying
THE VIDEO IS EVEN BETTER LMAO. GOD EMPEROR TRUMP pic.twitter.com/5rOIgRRFOo— Armani (@armani_salado) February 10, 2019
― Stevie T, Monday, 11 February 2019 13:28 (five years ago) link
warhammer 40k movie fx looking impressive
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 11 February 2019 17:22 (five years ago) link
another vu of guan yu (good photos upthread) for max imperiousness:
Guan Yu statue in Yuncheng City, China pic.twitter.com/xbLDEWF1up— Carl Zha (@CarlZha) February 15, 2019
― Fizzles, Friday, 15 February 2019 08:02 (five years ago) link
https://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.4321514.1551720683!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_225/image.jpg
World’s tallest gnome needs a new home
― nickn, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 06:15 (five years ago) link
ATTN NYC...
https://i.imgur.com/BzCrtjV.jpg
I DON'T GET IT.
― pplains, Monday, 18 March 2019 01:18 (five years ago) link
So it's a bunch of stairs that go interlock with each other to form a basket?
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/03/thomas-heatherwick/
I mean, other places have those too, except there's usually a food court on the ground level.
― pplains, Monday, 18 March 2019 01:19 (five years ago) link
Generally acknowledged as garbage by New Yorkers
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Monday, 18 March 2019 01:28 (five years ago) link
ya know, maybe I do ♥ NY.
― pplains, Monday, 18 March 2019 01:32 (five years ago) link
Great and somewhat less than respectful piece about it and it's designer Thomas Heatherwick, which manages to use the sentence "Heatherwick is forty-eight, employs nearly two hundred people, and has two children" as a punchline:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/26/thomas-heatherwick-architectures-showman
― what if bod was one of us (ledge), Monday, 18 March 2019 10:09 (five years ago) link
"it's" smdh
Meanwhile in Plymouth https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/mar/18/huge-bronze-statue-messenger-crouching-female-actor-arrives-plymouth
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 18 March 2019 10:34 (five years ago) link
http://gothamist.com/2019/03/18/psa_the_vessel_claims_it_owns_all_your_photos.php
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 15:00 (five years ago) link
wtf
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 15:45 (five years ago) link
anyway this jibes w M. Kimmelman's piece last week characterizing Hudson Yards as the world's largest gated community
i am getting increasingly chip-on-my-shoulder about that whole development; really need to see something at the shed shortly so i can form an informed opinion above and beyond EAT THE RICH
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 17:22 (five years ago) link
Me and some buddies hit it last night. Definitely has to be seen to be believed!
https://i.imgur.com/nH9IjzC.jpg
― pplains, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 00:52 (five years ago) link
haha
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 01:17 (five years ago) link
all your photos are belong to vessel
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 03:13 (five years ago) link
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/03/grasshoppers-dream-cafe/
https://main-designyoutrust.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/8-48.jpg
― koogs, Thursday, 28 March 2019 18:39 (five years ago) link
come and dine inside the giant fornicating grasshoppers...
― koogs, Thursday, 28 March 2019 18:40 (five years ago) link
write up weirdly fails to mention they are humping
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 28 March 2019 18:43 (five years ago) link
Big Yuri has been spruced up.
c днем космонавтики! pic.twitter.com/ySXkZsyqNu— Owen Hatherley (@owenhatherley) April 12, 2019
― ShariVari, Friday, 12 April 2019 14:10 (five years ago) link
Damn! Looking good Yuri <3
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 12 April 2019 16:40 (five years ago) link
*yuri grimly nods*
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Friday, 12 April 2019 16:47 (five years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/oZv8k7p.jpguncanny
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 12 April 2019 17:43 (five years ago) link
https://scontent-lax3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/57416458_10219260335805283_378635915859329024_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_oc=AQnj9Eb5vZjZp4UTYAt2u_RNxZvjgnn5MwpbDvo4PVlWRmqUZSElv8eE8H6XDvRrLyroM28aO3FNgB-irDLj07UG&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-2.xx&oh=a7775fb8fbb9447e084b6d8d04d6ac1a&oe=5D36812F
― nickn, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 02:33 (five years ago) link
^lol
have we had the enormo eagle on it's back?
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/04/jatayu-earth-center/
(apparently not. had a scroll back. lots of broken links...)
― koogs, Thursday, 25 April 2019 08:44 (four years ago) link
I think we did have that one, maybe it's one of the broken links.
― nickn, Thursday, 25 April 2019 17:44 (four years ago) link
not exactly a statue but still
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5Yk7pfX4AAutle.jpg:large
― Neil S, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 07:25 (four years ago) link
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DO NOT BE AFRAID! I AM A SOVIET LIKE YOU! I HAVE JUST DESCENDED FROM SPACE AND I MUST FIND A TELEPHONE TO CALL MOSCOW!
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 08:06 (four years ago) link
The Washington Monument during the fireworks is pretty fuckin terrifying pic.twitter.com/FtyMW9rpLO— Matthew Gaydos (@MatthewGaydos) July 5, 2019
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Friday, 5 July 2019 03:47 (four years ago) link
O_O
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 July 2019 15:05 (four years ago) link