Assuming we haven't destroyed ourselves, our ANCESTORS will have no nice buildings/landmarks to look at in 500 years.

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Stonehenge, pyramids, castles, the great wall of china, the leaning tower of pisa, the colloseum. What do these have in common? They've lasted. What buildings/land marks are we building today that will last for hundreds of years? The statue of liberty might make it (although, unlike those other ones mentioned it will require constant attention to keep going). But you go to any of our cities now or houses and everything is temporary. Structures are so disposable now, and it makes me sad.

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Mr. Rushmore & Chief Crazy Horse monuments should last awhile... but building-wise there aren't many that will make it.

 

[dmcowen674]

What did you expect from a "disposable" Society???

 

[Queasy]

I'd think most of the monuments in D.C. would survive....barring a nuclear explosion.

 

[J0hnny]

Actually, you don't have to worry. Catholic churches will still be around for centuries.

 

[Doboji]

You're wrong we have plenty of buildings that will stand the test of time....

The Pentagon
The Statue of Liberty
The Seattle Space Needle
The Hoover Dam
The Stardust

Need I go on?

Cheer up Skoorb!!!

-Max

 

[PingSpike]

I find the fact that our plethora of strip malls and McDonalds will have collapsed within 500 years refreshing myself.

 

[hevnsnt]

How about:

"Stonehenge, pyramids, castles, the great wall of china, the leaning tower of pisa, the colloseum"

 

[Bryophyte]

Ancestors? You think there will be time travel in 500 years?

 

[globalcitizen]

Dont worry. I will build a massive monument when I am ruler of the world. Oh btw, title should say "descendents" not "ancestors".

 

[FoBoT]

http://www.ravanica.com/archit.htm

The building started in 1965, and is built structurally to last 1,000 years. The pews seating capacity is 622. The choir loft holds 150 people. The church is fireproofed and air-conditioned.

It contains 160 tons of steel, 1,100 tons of stone, 2,240 tons of concrete and 1,000 tons of plaster, lath, roofing, etc.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Doboji
You're wrong we have plenty of buildings that will stand the test of time....

The Pentagon
The Statue of Liberty
The Seattle Space Needle
The Hoover Dam
The Stardust

Need I go on?

Cheer up Skoorb!!!

-Max

Most of those are only because we _need_ them, not because they'll last simply sitting there. They need constant maintenance.

How about:

"Stonehenge, pyramids, castles, the great wall of china, the leaning tower of pisa, the colloseum"

Nothing from our time. Now stop being naughty.

Ancestors? You think there will be time travel in 500 years?

Damn, nobody else caught it!

 

[freebee]

People back then were stupid. Wasted a tremendous amount of resources, overbuilt, over engineered, and over designed architecture that outlived their useful purpose.

 

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Originally posted by: freebee
People back then were stupid. Wasted a tremendous amount of resources, overbuilt, over engineered, and over designed architecture that outlived their useful purpose.

True, but the buildings were still cool.

 

[J0hnny]

Originally posted by: freebee
People back then were stupid. Wasted a tremendous amount of resources, overbuilt, over engineered, and over designed architecture that outlived their useful purpose.

Yup, think about the countless lives that it took to build the pyramids and the great wall. If only we could still have slave labor today to build such grand monuments!

 

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I have decided to raise enough money for Skoorbhenge. It will be erected at the tip of the world and be similar in proportions to stone henge, but on a scale 70 times larger. It will be placed on a massive iceberg and will as such be able to tour the world every two years, so that everybody can behold it.

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I have decided to raise enough money for Skoorbhenge. It will be erected at the tip of the world and be similar in proportions to stone henge, but on a scale 70 times larger. It will be placed on a massive iceberg and will as such be able to tour the world every two years, so that everybody can behold it.

I'm in... put the 500 ft Statue of Dob in the middle holding a mighty sword with OMGWTFBBQ inscribed on the blade.

:thumbsup:

-Max

 

[globalcitizen]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I have decided to raise enough money for Skoorbhenge. It will be erected at the tip of the world and be similar in proportions to stone henge, but on a scale 70 times larger. It will be placed on a massive iceberg and will as such be able to tour the world every two years, so that everybody can behold it.

But be careful of global warming. Skoorbhenge might sink.:laugh:

 

[feralkid]

Assuming we haven't destroyed ourselves, our ancestors will have no nice buildings/landmarks to look at in 500 years.



Uh...

Ancestors are those who came BEFORE us.


I think that's why Bryophyte asked about a time machine






edit. I guess it's been noted.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: globalcitizen

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I have decided to raise enough money for Skoorbhenge. It will be erected at the tip of the world and be similar in proportions to stone henge, but on a scale 70 times larger. It will be placed on a massive iceberg and will as such be able to tour the world every two years, so that everybody can behold it.

But be careful of global warming. Skoorbhenge might sink.:laugh:

Then I shall raise its mammoth stone blocks from the ocean and erect it elsewhere!

 

[rahvin]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Stonehenge, pyramids, castles, the great wall of china, the leaning tower of pisa, the colloseum. What do these have in common? They've lasted. What buildings/land marks are we building today that will last for hundreds of years? The statue of liberty might make it (although, unlike those other ones mentioned it will require constant attention to keep going). But you go to any of our cities now or houses and everything is temporary. Structures are so disposable now, and it makes me sad.

Hoover dam will last tens of thousands of years. Most of the interstates will remain in place for probably a thousand years and our largest open pit mines will be permanent geographic features. Instead of looking at things made of wood and steel you should be looking around your world for things made of dirt, stone and concrete. Items constructed of those materials will probably outlast humanity.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: feralkid
Assuming we haven't destroyed ourselves, our ancestors will have no nice buildings/landmarks to look at in 500 years.



Uh...

Ancestors are those who came BEFORE us.


I think that's why Bryophyte asked about a time machine

Yes, I got that bit

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: globalcitizen

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I have decided to raise enough money for Skoorbhenge. It will be erected at the tip of the world and be similar in proportions to stone henge, but on a scale 70 times larger. It will be placed on a massive iceberg and will as such be able to tour the world every two years, so that everybody can behold it.

But be careful of global warming. Skoorbhenge might sink.:laugh:

 

[Mo0o]

How about the huge ass mine in utah? I forgot the name of it but taht thing is massive

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: feralkid
Assuming we haven't destroyed ourselves, our ancestors will have no nice buildings/landmarks to look at in 500 years.



Uh...

Ancestors are those who came BEFORE us.


I think that's why Bryophyte asked about a time machine

Yes, I got that bit

yet you refuse to correct it