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    Life-Size Bronze Atlas Holds the Weight of Apple Shareholders On His Shoulders

    Japan Building Another Gigantic Robot: Tetsujin

    What Lies In The Shadow Of The Statue? Dubai, Of Course!

    Regular Russian City Immortalizes Enema With $42,000 Statue Held Aloft By Angels

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    Image of DaShocKer DaShocKer
    09/02/09

    In reply to Life-Size Bronze Atlas Holds the Weight of Apple Shareholders On His Shoulders
    That looks like an IPod not an iPhone. Thought you guys would know the difference! C'mon Giz!
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    Image of ThePaul ThePaul
    09/02/09

    @DaShocKer: The sculpture in the main post looks to be Atlas, especially considering the iconic way in which he carries the iPod on his shoulders.

    I'm thinking the author may have been referencing the first image in the cache of Zeus holding an iPhone-shaped device near his head.
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    Image of Joanna Stern Joanna Stern
    09/02/09

    @ThePaul: You were correct, swapped out the picture at the last minute. That is Zeus in the first gallery picture. He is holding an iPhone (ooor he is trying to make a call on an iPod Touch). Damn, you (@DaShocKer) are right I don't know the difference!
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/29/09

    In reply to Japan Building Another Gigantic Robot: Tetsujin
    In 3000 years, archaeologists are going to excavate Japan, find these robots, and be like "what the fuck?".
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    06/29/09

    In reply to Japan Building Another Gigantic Robot: Tetsujin
    Is it being made to defend their country against the nearly constant attacks of "rubberduckzilla"?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/29/09

    @Scotland: That's amazing! Why can't other countries be like this??
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    06/29/09

    In reply to Japan Building Another Gigantic Robot: Tetsujin
    I'm waiting for Eva 01.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    06/29/09

    @SewerShark: I wouldn't mind having the MP EVAs as my personal body guard, but who the hell can trust those Karu plugged monsters.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    06/29/09

    In reply to Japan Building Another Gigantic Robot: Tetsujin
    And it appears to be wearing a bra, inspired by the design of the wraparound earmuffs with the band that goes behind your head.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/29/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: ... I think you are seeing what you want to see.
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    Image of Super Moose Super Moose
    05/10/09

    In reply to What Lies In The Shadow Of The Statue? Dubai, Of Course!
    all right I'm done. I can't take it. That country has earned being nuked.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/11/09

    @Super_Moose: Isn't it this same hatred of excess that inspires terrorists to attack the US? As distasteful as many of Dubai's developments seem, I cannot help but see parallels in American society.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    05/11/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: bingo.


    Except our excesses never involve public works...


    ...not that this statue is really helping anyone, but it is a park right?

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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    05/10/09

    In reply to What Lies In The Shadow Of The Statue? Dubai, Of Course!
    REMEMBER ME! * flames shoot out of mouth *
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    05/11/09

    @Sticks Calhoun:
    If it doesn't do that, I will be sorely disappointed.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    05/11/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: But will it have a casino and distillery in its foundation?
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    05/10/09

    In reply to What Lies In The Shadow Of The Statue? Dubai, Of Course!
    Will there be five floors just for pets?
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    Image of Erzengel Erzengel
    05/10/09

    In reply to What Lies In The Shadow Of The Statue? Dubai, Of Course!
    Dubai doesnt exist. its just a bunch of renders and plans.

    maybe, when they finish the city, it will be an awesome place. been there in december, an all i saw was a LOT of WIPs. and malls.
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    Image of laio laio
    05/10/09

    @Erzengel: dubai only exists for the foreigns and the "expahts" or whatever they call.

    do you know were the workers there live, where they came from? dubai is much more like alcatraz to them.
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    Image of madog madog
    05/10/09

    @laio: expats or ex-patriots. Dubai is horrible place built solely upon slave labor and immense debt. Someday the desert will reclaim what is rightfully earths' and will be lost to our ancestors as a testament to human excess.


    At least one can hope.

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    Image of Intersection Intersection
    05/10/09

    In reply to What Lies In The Shadow Of The Statue? Dubai, Of Course!
    I love dubai! No where else in the world is doing such a fabulous job at maximizing unsustainable consumption. The collapse should be just as exciting.


    Anyone reminded of that poem we all read in 11th grade english? This is life imitating art at it's best!


    "I met a traveller from an antique land

    Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

    Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,

    Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown

    And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command

    Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

    Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,

    The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.

    And on the pedestal these words appear:

    "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:

    Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

    Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

    Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,

    The lone and level sands stretch far away."

    - Shelley

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    Image of jonnyversusrobots jonnyversusrobots
    05/10/09

    @Intersection: The collapse has already started:


    [www.nytimes.com]

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    Image of jonnyversusrobots jonnyversusrobots
    05/10/09

    @Intersection: An even more in-depth article (I couldn't find it earlier). Great read about how Dubai's "bright side" hides a very disturbing, essentially slave-based culture underneath. Nasty stuff - I love traveling but I can't say I have any desire to go there.


    [www.independent.co.uk]

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    Image of fargi fargi
    05/10/09

    @jonnyversusrobots: Wow, just finished to read the article you linked to.

    This and Shelley's poem makes me think that the collapse might be for greater good.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/11/09

    @fargi: All of this is exactly the same as the US housing bubble, except that in Dubai, it's fewer and larger real estate projects (skyscrapers) and in the US, it's many smaller ones (houses). Basically, people keep borrowing money to build things under the assumption that real estate prices will keep rising. However, when real estate prices fall, they are left with unserviceable loans, i.e. "toxic assets".
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    Image of KevvyBear!Rawr! KevvyBear!Rawr!
    05/10/09

    In reply to What Lies In The Shadow Of The Statue? Dubai, Of Course!
    After this is built i will use it to take over the world. You guys have my word. Muahaha!
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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    05/10/09

    @KevvyBear!Rawr!: With all their money... that may already have happened.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/11/09

    @DustyButt: It's not so much money as it is an extreme disparity in wealth distribution.
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