Smith said:Gay shit...
Aazealh said:
Deci said:Don't you see a penis?
Okin said:My country feels inadequate now.
Rhombaad said:Just remember, it's in the middle of a desert.
I don't think it's that absurd to make quips about the tallest building in the world. It's such a crude goal to have in this modern age. It takes more than being _really big_ to impress people today.グリフィス said:Yeah, I'm enjoying the negative articles calling it the Tower of Babel, saying the monetary investment in it is literally and figuratively built on a foundation of sand, and how ironically passé and futile constructing the tallest building in the world as a status symbol is today.
Walter said:I don't think it's that absurd to make quips about the tallest building in the world. It's such a crude goal to have in this modern age. It takes more than being _really big_ to impress people today.
Walter said:PS: I wonder how long the elevator ride is, and if there's like, refreshments offered if you go from floor 1 to floor 10,000 or whatever.
Walter said:I don't think it's that absurd to make quips about the tallest building in the world. It's such a crude goal to have in this modern age. It takes more than being _really big_ to impress people today.
PS: I wonder how long the elevator ride is, and if there's like, refreshments offered if you go from floor 1 to floor 10,000 or whatever.
グリフィス said:Oh, I agree, I wasn't being sarcastic, I really am enjoying those harsh critiques.
Heh, I bet it's certainly impressive in person, but for something so massive and supposedly symbolic, it does seems kind of hollow and even petty in this day and age. I'm much more impressed with what they're doing in China with their architecture and city building.
Some of the more conservative construction projects completed before Dubai's financial meltdown.
Dubai opened the world's tallest skyscraper Monday, and in a surprise move renamed the gleaming glass-and-metal tower Burj Khalifa in a nod to the leader of neighboring Abu Dhabi— the oil-rich sheikdom that came to its rescue during the financial meltdown.
In October, an estimated 825 of the tower’s 900 luxury apartments remained unoccupied as landlords slashed rents in a bid to attract tenants.