Man-made wonders

The Picard Maneuver

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AItoothbrush

Ignoring the fucking 600m tall monoliths that we can build now...

The Picard Maneuver

And yet they don't measure up to Squidward Community College.

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I've graduated from the Squidward school of hard knocks but Im trying to model myself as more of a Squilliam these days.

Any idea where the Squilliam School of Applied Fuckery is located?

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Squidward Community College

The official website of the prestigious Squidward Community College. Apply today!

(squidwardcc.org)

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Sometimes I bitterly wonder if it was humanity’s acceptance of slavery that enabled those large constructions. Things like safe working conditions didn’t exist back then.

Of course, we basically have prison slavery, but I’m sure they’d prefer the products of that labor not be so publicly visible.

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Mayonnaise 101 is really something.

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The pyramids were built by skilled labour. One of the options for paying taxes was to work on public works. It was also seen as a religious event, akin to modern missionaries.

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Tf is this lmao

AItoothbrush

That is true tho

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Man, someone put a lot of effort into this shitpost of a site.

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And non of them will stand as long as the Pyramids.

AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet

The pyramids were architected and overseen by skilled labor. There was a whole lot of unskilled labor involved to move those blocks across the desert and into place.

OpenStars

Those were built to last.

Current buildings are built to be maintained and thereby turn even moar profits after construction.

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And those workers were even afforded healthcare - a rarity at the time? (I would be significantly less enthused if I found out that it only covered work-related accidents rather than all things, but even so, still not the norm for slavery.)

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I mean, I wouldn't want tons of labor to be spent on building a huge tomb for a single rich and powerful guy...

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The rich are certainly expending a lot of effort into making one giant tomb for all of us.

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Gelderloos argues in Worshiping Power that early states had to convince people of their superiority. Now that states are the norm and it's barely possible to live in a stateless society, this isn't necessary anymore.

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I resent European imperialism for killing interesting architecture.

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Don't you worry, I'm sure the rich will be just fine.