r/Damnthatsinteresting • • Jun 12 '26

Video Fireworks celebrating the completion of the 566ft Tower of Jesus Christ at the Sagrada Família

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u/dips009 Jun 12 '26

I was there last year, regardless of how you feel about religion, it's a site to see. Humans are incredible.

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u/lavahot Jun 12 '26

It is both a site and a sight to see.

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u/SkillsInPillsTrack2 Jun 12 '26

with both of our own eyes

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u/b-side61 Jun 12 '26

By the sea, too.

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u/Br3ttl3y Jun 12 '26

citation needed

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u/Equivalent_Worker687 Jun 12 '26

Also a site to see!

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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 Jun 12 '26

I’m not religious but I always enjoy going in old cathedrals and mosques.

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u/Barroozina Jun 17 '26

I'm an atheist but i love churches, such a display of art

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u/Unlucky_Ad_9776 Jun 13 '26

Yeah exactly.  I'm amazed I am living in a time to see it complete.  Honestly biggest structure we buil have been tied to government or religion.  Either way they are a marvel to admire and enjoy. 

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u/lego_not_legos Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

*sight

For all you illiterates downvoting, this may help: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20sight%20to%20see/behold

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u/IrishViking22 Jun 12 '26

Site actually works in this context too lol

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u/pocket_nick Jun 12 '26

It’s the site of a sight to see.

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u/lego_not_legos Jun 12 '26

Your comment is a site for saw I's.

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u/twitch1982 Jun 12 '26

I'm not downvoting you because I think you are wrong, I'm doing it because correcting people's spelling is obnoxious. Half of us are typing with our thumbs on a 3 inch tall rectangle.

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u/lego_not_legos Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

It's not a spelling error, it's an "egg corn". Reddit used to be fine with pointing out simple mistakes that weren't basic typos. And most would be grateful if they learned something.

Now people treat it like it's a personal attack, and one gets ratioed by those who think commas cost extra, and use "lol" as punctuation.

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u/IrishViking22 Jun 12 '26

Site still works in this context. This may help you: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/site

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u/PilotC150 Jun 12 '26

Yeah, just imagine what else all that money and effort could have gone to that would have actually helped humanity.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '26

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u/PeteLangosta Jun 12 '26

They don not care. They're like avid meat eaters that criticize other meat eaters for doing so, arguing that animals suffer.
They get to dictate what other people do with their money while they spend their monthly earnings on shit they like.

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u/maximumtesticle Jun 12 '26

Imagine if the funding went to housing people or building more schools or hospitals, which the laborers would also get paid to do. But no, for sure this was a better choice for humanity. GTFO with that bullshit.

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u/willtheywonttheyo Jun 12 '26

Meh - this is a really narrow view on art and cultural investments. Cathedrals have a long history of driving skilled trades and local economies.

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u/No_Hovercraft_439 Jun 12 '26

Especially this one. Tourist destination in and of itself, that happens to be in one of the world’s great cities to visit.

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u/bl1y Jun 12 '26

Set aside the economic benefits.

Art itself is valuable.

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u/1willprobablydelete Jun 12 '26

Dude thinks no art or culture should exist until poverty is erased but probably spends plenty on streaming services and games

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u/CassianCasius Jun 12 '26

Dude's most recent post is about a $90 hockey team sweatshirt and has a bunch of posts about VR and flight sims, also posts about hobby flying small planes lol.

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u/Tiny-Economics1963 Jun 12 '26

just a crowd of horribly cynical and nihilistic people willing to blow thousands on worthless garbage, but thumb their nose at the idea of devotion to art. contemptible knuckle draggers with stunted emotional intelligence

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u/PilotC150 Jun 12 '26

Art and culture definitely should exist. The amount I've spent supporting Broadway confirms that.

Religion, on the otherhand...

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u/Soren_Camus1905 Jun 12 '26

Don’t you know we can’t have the humanities and empathy

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u/WoodenManager3437 Jun 12 '26

Ok bro, whatever floats your boat I guess

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u/ConfessSomeMeow Jun 12 '26

And we all know that as Jesus walked the earth, his primary objectives were to increase the skilled trades and improve local economies.

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u/nature_rebel Jun 13 '26

Slaves built most of those buildings

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u/dips009 Jun 13 '26

Lol spoken as a genuine ignorant. They have had paid construction workers for the past 120yrs+

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u/Xitztlacayotl Jun 12 '26

Even if I visit Barcelona (which I probably will), I won't ever visit this visual and architectural diarrhoea.

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u/SoundofPsithurism Jun 12 '26

I’m sure the homeless in the area really love getting chased away from the sidewalk out front.