Modern wonders exist

The Large Hadron Collider and the International Space Stations are amazing wonders. It used to be that humanity's most expensive projects were religious temples. Now it's machines for scientific research. Some people apparently have a problem with this, and they're generally not the sort of people I like to be around.

This is the headquarters of the fishery development board in Hyderabad.

It looks like a fish because they manage the fish there.

Simply incredible.

"This meme was brought to you through a single piece of glass several thousand miles long, at the bottom of the ocean"

Edit: (not directed at OP)

Bro have you seen the size of the bridges, stadiums and skyscrapers we build? Fuck it, have you seen the LHC?

Should we start adding spires and arches to hospitals and train stations to get support from the RETVRN crowd?

The duomo took 600 years to be mostly complete and still has work being done though mostly restoration and maintenance. It has a marble quarry dedicated solely to it. Absolutely magnificent building, I did all the tours a few months ago, loved it.

That is why we don’t build buildings like it anymore, insanely expensive and time consuming. Plus our current rich people would rather rape kids on their massive yachts and private island than commission beauty to be admired by wider society like the wealthy of old.

When did humans stop building mega-churches?

You’re not going to believe this, but…

Pff

There's also the Longaberger Basket building.

The Vegas orb thing probably qualifies as a wonder.

RIch people used to comission great works, but today it seems like they have abandoned that one duty they have.

We haven't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Família

Something seems fishy here.

I mean, Sagrada Família im Barcelona is still under construction

That is National Fisheries Development Board in Hyderabad, India.

If anything it's become so commonplace that nobody really cares that much anymore. "Oh look, a cool building. Anyway..."

Idk if this is truly a wonder, but when I heard about it earlier this year I was stunned by how magnificent it looked. NJ opened the largest Hindu temple outside of Asia last fall. It looks crazy.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/largest-hindu-temple-asia-opens-new-jersey-built-12500-volunteers-rcna119085

In late game, Wonders are for culture and not science victories. We need to put more into one and get the other, as Canada just stole Einstein from me.

More proof. It's called the "Bullring", but i always thought it looked like a sperm whale.

There's also this.

If I was a rich person, I'd build a pyramid out of concrete in a more modern style, with the peak being made out of glass for maximum view, as a home.

I realize it's a joke but answering to the first tweet - one could simply post a picture of the Sagrada Familia which is super impressive if you've seen it live and it's still under construction today.

The simple truth is that you have to justify the cost. Art is expensive and generates no quantifiable income. Capitalism is poison.

we didnt

butt actually

You take your date to your apartment and they go "wait you live in a giant fish?"

It's either a massive win or catastrophic loss

I’m seeing Eric cartman saying “I live in a hotdog.”

I heard there's a mall in Iceland that from above looks like a man's wiggly jiggly bit. Forgot what it's called but it's still kinda funny.

😍❤️

CopenHill deserves a mention, although it would be nice if it were more of a blueprint for industrial architecture going forward, rather than a wonder unique to one progressive European country.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gRr6_bORSMs

A true wonder!

Any time someone sees it they will wonder "why did someone build that thing?"

I definitely like the fish way better than that stupid church.

I can't think of a single thing built in the last century that will still be there in a thousand years. We may still build some cool stuff, but none of it is durable anymore it seems.

I wanna work in a fish shaped building lol

The whole of Benidorm is a modern Wonder

When you get home you wonder why you went, why you didn't catch any diseases and why you went to so many drag bars

I'm sure wondering why they built that.

Groups mostly stopped building nice buildings when marketing in other ways became cheaper.

Insert Mr. Crabs "Money" meme here.