Looks like the perfect homeless bed
Looks like the perfect homeless bed
Can confirm. If that was in SoCal, it would be a homeless village.
Luxembourg about 1500 homeless people. Los Angeles has 40-60 thousand.
Luxembourg only has about 583,000 people, to LA's 3,976,000. So Luxembourg is about 0.26% homeless while LA is about 1.26% homeless. Still significantly more, yes, but not as severe a difference as your numbers suggest.
Yeah but the size of the bench remains the same in LA and Luxembourg
You gotta factor in inflation and time zones and the cost of translation.
The big mac index plays a big role in this.
This goiy gets it.
The Big Mac index solves do many complex problems
God I hate it when benches aren't translated.
He's just benchmarking.
Big if true
Smaller if untrue tho
I wonder about the space in ratio of each city
Density of Luxembourg: 577.0/sq mi (222.8/km2)
vs
Density of Los Angeles: 8,483.02/sq mi (3,275.32/km2)
Luxembourg's mass:
998.6 sq mi (2,586.4 km2)
• Water (0.60%)
vs
Los Angeles' mass:
•Metropolitan City 502.76 sq mi (1,302.15 km2)
• Land 468.74 sq mi (1,214.03 km2)
• Water 34.02 sq mi (88.12 km2) 6.7%
Source?
I dunno. They use the metric system, and everyone knows meters are bigger than feet.
but not as severe a difference as your numbers suggest
still basically 5x more homeless people
Yeah, that's why I said "still significantly more". But still, 5 times more isn't as bad as 30 times more.
Density of Luxembourg: 577.0/sq mi (222.8/km2)
vs
Density of Los Angeles: 8,483.02/sq mi (3,275.32/km2)
Many of the Los Angeles homeless population are not from Los Angeles.
On top of that, the LA homeless population is incredibly dense for a majority of those on the streets.
So yes, it is as severe as the numbers suggest. You're just apathetically making it seem less alarming than it is by reducing people to "small" percentages.
To put into perspective:
Density of Luxembourg: 577.0/sq mi (222.8/km2)
vs
Density of Los Angeles: 8,483.02/sq mi (3,275.32/km2)
It's alarmingly different.
Five times the homeless rate is a very big deal. While it's cool you understand rates--it is actually the volume and not the rates that matter in this case.
As the numbers suggest? What?
If you take into account only the sheer numbers and not the cities' relative populations, it makes it seem like LA's homelessness problem is over 30 times worse than Luxembourg's, while in reality it is only about 5 times worse.
Right, but the point never was by what magnitude LA has a worse homelessness problem. The point is how likely it would be that a homeless person chooses a particular bench to sleep on. And that takes a multitude of factors, of which the homeless ratio is not terribly important.
For example, LA has only half the area of Luxembourg. So with up to 40x the homeless population, they have 80x the number of homeless people per km². Now we would also have to consider that Luxembourg's population is much more spread out while we would be much more likely to meet homeless people in city centers, but also how well the homeless are cared for by the state or charities... and that's where things get way too complicated to evaluate quickly. So in the end the most valuable single number is simply the total number of homeless people.
Good point. I had no idea Luxembourg had so much area. Yeah, this spot would be Homeless Central in LA.
Almost 5x as many homeless per capita. That is pretty severe.
Of course it is. But the sheer numbers made it seem like 30x as severe. I'm saying it's bad, but it's not quite as bad as that.
We got a numbers guy here!
The difference between 1,500 and 40-60 thousand isn't severe?? lol ok
We're not doing a per capita analysis here, we're just talking about sheer numbers.
Why do you think total population is irrelevant in this scenario?
Per capita is more meaningful in this context.
Not really. It's not like the homeless population is spread evenly throughout the city on a per capita basis. It's typically concentrated in certain areas. Often times parks and public spaces like this or where social services are located. I'd be more interested in bum density by amount of public space or something.
also.... climate. homeless people come to LA because its warm. Luxemborg. not so much so
I live in a city that is smaller than los Angeles but I often forget how many people live here. That figure blows my mind.
What always gets me the most is the historical comparison. Around the 1000 AD, 100,000 people were a real metropolis. Around 1500 AD, cities like Venice, Paris, Rome, and Constantinople were just around 200,000 - although there might have been bigger ones in Arabia, China and India.
I live in a city of over 160,000, and it's considered a rather small and calm one.
Yeah my small City has nearly 3 million people living right on the outskirts.
Portland too.
If it was portland it would be a tent city surrounded in needles and meth kitchen trailers.
Homeless can't afford to live there. Plus I'm sure the authorities wrangle them up and release them in Wallonia anyway.
They don't have to afford to live there. They're homeless.
We have to save up to be broke.
Living the dream.
I don't think they can afford to live in San Fran either. Oh wait, maybe that's why they are homeless.
I'm firmly convinced about half the homeless in sanfan are all making $50k a year as a janitor but just can't afford to live there.
Not to downplay those truly in need, but there are also plenty of rich kids playing homeless there as well. It's a whole culture.
Arguably many of those also need mental health services.
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I think the term "trustafarian" might be a good jumping off point.
Are they like crust punks or something?
I saw this in Chapel Hill NC. Tons of rich kids playing homeless.
I felt like I saw some of this for sure when I visited Portland, Oregon.
That's one category of homelessness, and it's real. Guys like that can usually afford a van. They sleep in there. It's a step up from your usual definition of "homeless"; but it might still be categorized that way. I used to work with an IT guy who slept in an RV in the parking lot of the major tech firm at which he worked. Some cops are even doing this.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/couple-lived-in-rv-in-google-parking-lot-2016-3
That's called WINNING AT LIFE. When runaway capitalism gives you lemons, you save 80% of your income and become a lemonade baron.
It's not what you make, it's how much you save and invest.
nah, those are the boondockers. fast food guys are the homeless
Am Walloon, can confirm!
Paradis island?
No, they put with the rest if their kind in the homeless village of Flanders!
My exact initial thought, how is someone not already living there.
I was thinking the same thing. It's why we can't have anything nice to sit on in down town.
"Thanks for the F shack" - Dirty Mike and the boys.
homeless love shack*
*the perfect homeless bed, for a hipster
Perfect three homeless beds.
People like you are the reason we don't have comfortable benches anywhere anymore.
Hobos will sleep in anything that'll keep them dry. It's not his fault.
It's not their fault either.
From my experience that's about 50% true. But yeah, that's a good point.
Most longterm homeless people have been victims of sexual or physical abuse, drug addict parents, etc as children. So even lots of the ones who have made bad choices that have made them homeless are not fully to blame for those bad choices.
It is rare for someone with a good education, stable family, no mental health problems, etc to be homeless. Even rarer for them to be longterm homeless. Especially in any country which has a decent welfare safety net.
Doing away with places of comfort because a tired hobo might be able to get some rest is just evil.
Ok so I get it. You think that people who see that as a hobo hotel are the reason people put spikes up under overpasses. I get that, but yhe real reason is the guys who are homeless because of mental health issues. Blame the guys who closed the asylums.
So your solution is to lock up the people that don't fit into your world? That is cold.
I'm talking about the paranoid schizophrenic with no family who was in an asylum, a warm, dry place with food and proper medical care. I'm taking about alcoholics that sleep under a bridge until they get picked up by the cops on assault charges. Maybe in whatever state you live in all the homeless are perfectly stable people, but in Florida they can be dangerous. And I'd rather they'd be in a safe place focused on rehabilitation than in the county jail.
An aslyum is not a safe place. You're just sweeping people under the rug.
The roots of the problem are deep, but founded in people's lack of compassion. We can do better.
Correction, an improperly run asylum is not a safe place. What do you want me to do when a tweaked out hobo tries to rob me? Hug him? Try actually living around this shit and then come back to me. Live in an area where you see people getting drunk and fist fighting in the place where kids play soccer, or someone taking a shit in the bushes across from an elementary school. Then you can talk about compassion. Because we can do better, but they're not saints.
This is in Luxembourg.
Oh lol it's waaaaay bigger than I thought it was.
The lens distortion really doesn't help. This picture of the whole park should clarify. The structure is grey and gold and on the middle left.
It's really a bench through a concrete stairway to nowhere with another bench on top.
Looks like some sort of industrial dracula lives on the other side of that wall there
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Ace Chemicals was also what I was thinking.
Those tube things look like the top of a BOS steel furnace.
I've done some work in a similar plant, just look like the top of the main furnace
https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/story_medium/public/thumbnails/image/2016/04/01/14/port-talbot.jpg
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It looks like a skate park.
Pretty shite skate park.
This is a former industrial area beeing converted into apartment spaces, you can see all the pretty new apartment buildings in the back and on the right, this is pretty much the style of new apartment buildings in large cities in all of central europe, that is meant for jung adults just out of or even still in college, and this is mostly the area between the buildings as it looks like, maybe used for skating, but for basically hanging out as well. Notht that this was a cloudy, rainy day, the ground would normally be much, much brighter, like in the spots where it's already dired again, and there would be sun, making this a much brighter, more inviting place.
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That is an odd little area there. Who exactly visits such a location and for what purpose?
"park"
This is a pretty sweet skatepark, though I don't think the wood will hold up over time.
We mustn't go deeper!
There is much more headspace, and the concrete wall around it is a much smaller/shorter structure than i thought.
Now imagine how your perspective affects your entire reality.
Existential crisis sets in
Angst intensifies
Changes perspective again, and no longer believes that time and space has any true hold on him. Walks across the street blissfully oblivious to traffic, ultimately becoming a paraplegic from a semi-truck failing maneuver around him. Perspective is from a little bit lower most the time now.
Googles "qualia"
Ok.
In philosophy and certain models of psychology, qualia (/ˈkwɑːliə/ or /ˈkweɪliə/; singular form: quale) are claimed to be individual instances of subjective, conscious experience. The term qualia derives from the Latin neuter plural form (qualia) of the Latin adjective quālis (Latin pronunciation: [ˈkʷaːlɪs]) meaning "of what sort" or "of what kind" in a specific instance like "what is it like to taste a specific orange, this particular orange now". Examples of qualia include the perceived sensation of pain of a headache, the taste of wine, as well as the redness of an evening sky. As qualitative characters of sensation, qualia stand in contrast to "propositional attitudes",[1] where the focus is on beliefs about experience rather than what is it directly like to be experiencing.
Ok Google.
goes on a motorcycle trip
Realize swans can be gay
Nihilism grows
Doesn't look like anything to me.
Imagine...
President Trump is actually a good President. My perspective on the entire situation is provided by the news, Reddit and people I know in real life who see the same news.
What if I step back one step and he's actually the best President of all time?
Mental overload... damn...
Cause of the fish eye lense.
Womp womp
Prolly this is a peeing place for drunk people
Wouldn't they just pee against the walls, where the number of angles they are visible from is reduced drastically?
It might just be me, but I tend not to think things through very well when im drunk
I mean, maybe they would, but it just that, whenever i go to place like this, it stinks.
Thats what she said
as she grimaced while taking it in the backside dry ^^^notice ^^^^the ^^^^^blood
Right? I was wondering how anyone can sit on the taller bench without hitting their head on the top.
It isn't, that is actually a midget skating through it.
The fisheye lens is widening it quite a bit though, the perspective is skewed.
Unless it is photoshopped. Also wide lens so that might distort it some too. Obviously it is taller than the other picture made it out to be unless of course, again, it is photoshopped. Also, this could be a different one.
I was under the impression that it was part of a huge wall, not like a freestanding "art piece."
Cool as hell either way.
Edit: I guess I was under the impression that it was part of a wall, because the OP describes it as a "bench through a concrete wall." C'mon OP: get your shit together. ☺️
/r/biggerthanyouthought
No, that guy is 12 inches tall.
(He's also a pianist, but he takes a break every so often.)
It's not that big. The photo is from the other side so he is on the tall part, and he is kind of crouching.
It's because Luxembourg is small. Relativity innit.
I know, right? Around 1000 square miles. I thought it was way smaller.
Yeah, Luxembourg looks tiny on a map, but in reality it can fit several walls and benches.
Perhaps it's the World's Littlest Skateboarder.
Coming this Winter from Disney/Pixar.
How big did you think it was?
Yeah man, Luxembourg is pretty big.
People from Luxembourg are just smaller, otherwise they wouldn't fit in the country.
thought to myself:
this isn't even the same bench, the sides aren't facing the same way...
then realized this picture was taken from the other side.
It's ok Luxembourg is way bigger than I thought it was too
That's what she said
and it looks cleaner in this picture too
I was thinking that those benches looked extremely uncomfortable to sit on because you would have to bend your neck. But I guess it's big enough.
That's what she said.
Oh lol it's waaaaay bigger than I thought it was.
...that's what she said.
Damn rascal ruining it with his wheelboard.
Why are you talking like you're from the 1930's?
Think Hitler was from the 1930s
Fun fact, Hitler was 15 when he died
Mhmm.
Fun fact: Hitlers identity was actually stolen from him postmortem; tarnishing his record, and family name in the end. This is the first actual record of identity theft in German record.
It was quite impressive for the time really. Most of the records that precede the age of 15 have been rewritten in an attempt to cover the scandal. Family friends of little Adolf, “Dolly,” are the ones who have suffered the most. Upon the date of their friends death; they watched as one by one- the family disappeared. The first hand account from a second cousin Angelika Kühn, had escaped her captors custody, and made her way to a family that took her in and raised her as one of their own. They offered to change the girls name for her own protection, but she refused.
Years later, after Angelika finished her schooling, she had got a job repairing shoes for the upper class. She contributed to the wealth of her new family, for they had ultimately saved her life. Months went by, creating a pattern in all their lives. From the day she started; Angelika would go to work, come home for family dinner, listen to their favorite radio shows, and then go to bed. Until one day when she never came home.
It is uncertain what happened to Angelika after that day, but one thing was certain, the family would never be the same again.
Her surrogate family mourned the loss of the woman they had brought up. However the case may be, the Franks had not seen a fraction of what was coming their way.
If I ever become a dictator, you are going to be my minister of propaganda.
I gotchu fam.
TIL something was in Luxembourg
There are literally dozens of us
Beautiful wood. I’m sure the skateboard adds a nice textured finish.
I'd want to punch him.
Why? Skateboarding is an amazing sport. The amount of dedication a university-league football player puts into their sport wouldn't even make a person capable of ollying if they put it into skateboarding, it takes hours and hours and HOURS of practice. I had a physics prof in uni, earned himself a phd, so more-or-less probably knew what it means to dedicate oneself to something, who told our whole class one day "if I was running a business and looking to hire, and a potential employee showed me that he could skateboard, I'd hire them, instantly, because I'd know they were dedicated. Even if they could only do an ollie".
Incidentally, that skater in that photo needed to ollie to get onto that bench, so right off the bat he's more dedicated than the vast majority of people.
I love watching people skate, I just don't like the dickheads that skate on stuff that's easy to damage even if it's just wearing the finish off at first.
Honestly those wheels are much softer than that wood and if the trucks dont hit it and the paint from the board doesn't rub against it its going to be 100% the same as before he rode across
The wheels pick up sand and other grit. That finish won't last very long.
If people skate on it all day every day maybe. Im just saying this certain guy is doing as little harm as possible and possibly for a photoshoot
It's not going to be just one person doing it one time and someone who would skate on that bench has surely damaged other things before because he doesn't care or he's like you and can't see that it's wrong.
Ok, I get that, but honestly sitting on it wears it out too, whats your point. Things wear out from use or skateboarders shouldn't be allowed to have fun? Is there a law against skating on benches, or any sort of signs saying no skating? maybe its welcomed.
Ride it on the ground, not on the bench.
Damn I live in Luxembourg and didn't even know about this, pretty cool
There are literally dozens of us. DOZENS
Right?
Ah in Belval. I recognize the red building in the background.
Der Tony Hawkenspiel!
Also, they were a part of my Jr.High school in Canada
And this is Luca Andreolli
https://youtu.be/VqwUUA3DFKE
I was hoping there would be a skateboarder in the picture and (thank you) I was not disappointed!
thought I recognized the scenery in the back . thanks
feels like the roof would be crawling with spiders
I was just thinking how cool it would be to skate through.
I'm glad it's being skated on
Who knew Eminem was a skateboarder?
They're clearly different. One faces left the other faces right.
Isn't this close to the new university campus?
And of course some scateboarded is riding on it.
Could you give me the coordinates on Gmaps, pretty please? 😊 my SO recently moved there, would love to show it to him
Where the fuck is this I am at belval nearly everyday and have never seen this.
This can't be it because everything is the opposite. Unless they have multiple around the city. Such a neat design.
I think the picture is just taken from the other side.
Or it could be mirrored
Are you sure about that? Are you an agent of their government?
------------E
You being for real?
Uh... the picture is just from the other side, right guys?
I see Eminem has been to Luxembourg.
That photo makes me sad. It's a beautiful bench and he's going to ruin it.
Great and now it's ruined by punk-ass skaters.
what an asshole skating on that nice wood
When you leech off of everyone's taxes worldwide by offering a 1% sales tax then you don't need all this fancy industrial stuff. ;)
I don't know, the difference in height of the benches suggests it's a good place to get a blowjob from a prostitute while still seated.
and then a skateboarder comes riding through
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I hope those are skateboarding words.
Yeah dong is, not sure about the others.
Ah, the old reddit dong-a-roo!
Hold my Ollie 360 helicopter dongflip, I'm shredding in!
Hello future people
Hi.
Wtf is this
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-old-reddit-switch-a-roo
Goddamnit. Have an upvote.
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In your mouth.
Yup, can confirm.
You can Pop that shove it anytime. But I would be careful to grind that. It can leave marks on the wood.
You found the hidden tape!
One-eigh..three-sixt..seven-tw...TEN EIGHTY!!
Now use it to blackmail the guy!
fuck Ollie.
I love how much we still hate Ollie even though kid's fucking dead.
fuck dead Ollie.
Well ya know what they say...
What is dead may never die.
Ollie died? Not caught up. Thanks for ruining it! THANKS! Now I can go outside again! The world seems so much brighter then it did a moment ago! Thank you GreatBlitz! Fuck Ollie!
Sorry and you're welcome :P
/r/fuckollie
Surprised this wasn't a challenge in Tony Hawk
He prefers the name Mr Robot
How about the homeless skateboarding prostitute?
That'd be a pretty rad grind tho.
That's what she said?
This did remind me of the Australia stage in THUG 2.
2meta
META!!!!!!!!!!!!!
needs some of these for sure: https://www.bcsiteservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/45-Degree-Chamfer-Anti-Skateboard-Guards-on-Wall.jpg
found the security guard
that looks awful
There are nice ways of doing it, too
http://o.b5z.net/i/u/10169682/i/Newport_Starfish_op_760x760.jpg
http://36f5924aa552f8e06d6c-09b3ee112740e23b91a3629242a898cf.r11.cf1.rackcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Szell-Kalman-plaza-skate-stopper-3.jpg
https://www.niklsonecall.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Maple-Leaf-Decorative-Anti-Skateboard-Guards.jpg
https://i1.wp.com/www.portigal.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/p1000367.jpg
Those all look awful :x
they look better than a grindned down, scuffed-up bench because some people can't treat public property with respect.
no they don't, that's your opinion not a fact.
If the edges of your ledge have a metal rail they wont be damaged at all. It's a problem with poor construction that causes chipping in concrete you fool.
Reality is, you're right that is a opinion and not a fact, I guess some people might enjoy the worn down look or a edge of concrete; in your defense.
If the edges of your ledge have a metal rail they wont be damaged at all. It's a problem with poor construction that causes chipping in concrete you fool.
This is a weak argument. Mostly because without the skateboarding the edge wouldn't be damaged at all either. If you added a metal edge then it would be designed to handle the problem. I have seen ledges designed to handle repetitive abrasion though with metal rails, but oddly I've only seen them at skateparks.
i shouldnt have to add extra material, at my expense, because some childern can't control themselves.
i shouldnt have to add extra material, at my expense, because some childern can't control themselves.
"I cant design things for real world applications"
one day, when you stop playing with toys, you will understand.
you must be dead inside.
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They aren't necessary with different construction of a ledge though for example you can build a ledge with metal coping to prevent damage to the edges and it's actually cheaper to do. But instead this solution wants to drill at the edges of the concrete, effectively making the ledge weaker structurally for the benefit of keeping skateboarders away. I am generally against the concept of hostile architecture especially when design compromises structural functionality.
i would love to see how well you controlled yourself as a child.
something tells me you were a little shit like the rest of us.
somehow i doubt some wood is gonna grind down concrete; and if it does grind down, you need to have a talk about the quality of your concrete.
You realize that it's not the wooden part of the skateboard that they worry will grind down the concrete, right?
i doubt the aluminium wheel assemblies are going to do catastrophic damage to concrete either.
they could have used the money they spent on those metal deterrents and just bought a bag of cement to make touch ups.
I would assume that the cost of deterrents vs patchwork is probably a wash. Also, skateboarders tend to wax and scuff up grind spots as well, so I think the respective cities and institutions prefer one eyesore over the other.
That's what those are for! Damn, I had no idea.
comes
Snicker
A homeless skateboarder
And all the stains on the seats and ground suggests that's the case.
or shorties to feel taller even our feet touch the lower bench
This was disconcertingly low in the thread. I thought I might be the weird one here.
That's the pharmacists' bench
But the john would have to be shorter than 5'2"...or really scrunched down
Looks like you'd need a pretty tall prostitute for that.
Who would sit on which?
Perfect if you have no arms.
Thinking outside the box.
The difference in height is for the kids.
I think the left side is to put up your feet while sittong on the right side. Look at how little leg room you would have on the left.
This is such a weird juxtaposition of modern woodwork with the concrete ~~brutalism~~, I like this a lot
Edit: Not brutalism, the architect is alles wird gut, he does some really cool modern stuff
Who knew concrete was wooden inside.
/r/KenM
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Pastor says wood core concrete is actually how the Romans built their aqua ducks
So your saying that if it weighs the same as an aqua duck it's made of wood?
No, he's saying the Romans invented aqua ducks because air ducks are for air conditioning and that wasn't invented yet.
Do you guys mean duct because I'm just picturing a whole bunch of quaking ducks.
Do you mean quacking because I'm just picturing a whole bunch of ducks in an earthquake.
It's like you can read my mind, that is how friendships start sir/ma'am (robot?)
WOOD point
I've got a woody! Any good looking broads on here want to help me out?
Drill a hole in concrete!!
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How am I able to ask a question without a question mark
Same way your mom loves her vibrator. It just feels good, bub.
SHOOD point
Dolt
Big if true
If you count the slats, that's how old the concrete is.
r/shittyaskscience
Mhm. Just gotta chip away at it a little!
This graffiti is good enough to believe that is the case
You can tell how old the concrete is, by counting the rings of benches. @shittyaskscience
I did.
Isn't it amazing that that's what we all look like on the inside?
Big if true
Perfect homeless persons night dwelling.
Sadly, this is all I could think of as well. If this is in any downtown of a major city, this will inevitably become a bum shelter/drug den.
Or you could think "it's nice that someone without a home can at least find a halfway decent shelter for the night."
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70 dollar shower curtain?
Yeah fuck that
and you'd have to buy two of them. Or steal them I guess. Everyone knows there is only 1 staff member per 500,000 square feet of retail space at bed bath and beyond.
I will just pretend that nobody's there
That. Is. Genius.
Not really. I will just be sure to punch any concrete walls that I see, which would reveal if one of them is a shower curtain.
sounds like dark souls
Calm down Shatner.
Gang
But Spidey hates the homeless!
https://i.imgur.com/VlCc4fB.jpg
That sounds great in theory but that's not how it'll work. Whoever is the most aggressive will always be the one to get the spot. Inevitably the place will fill up with trash and shit and needles.
I don't believe for a second that all homeless people are like that, but the violent aggressive ones still exist and they'll be the ones to ruin shit like this.
It's just like in elementary school, where that asshole Joey ruins movie Friday because he won't stop being a little shit, and then your teacher cancels Movie Fridays for the rest of the year.
The other 19 students didn't do shit.
Fuck you, Joey.
It'd be pretty easy to just burn them out.
Yeah, life on the streets is awful. It'd be much better if they had a place with a roof to sleep.
And yet there are people who prefer to be homeless.
Did you even read what he wrote ?
Sorry homeless people, we gotta pay our politicians.
See all these empty houses that we let just sit empty and never get used? Sorry, that's someone's Private Property™ or it belongs to a bank. Yeah, you could die if you don't have a place to sleep, but won't you think of that property value???
lol, you don't spend much time around homeless people do you?
I work right next to Franklin Square in DC -- it's a full-time encampment, and it's pretty gross. But people go there because it's what's available to them. Give them better options and maybe they'll go elsewhere.
Sure, I agree that giving the homeless connections to food, shelter, work, and mental health resources is ideal. However that doesn't mean letting the homeless overtake a public resource like the bench in the OP, let alone an entire park or something, is okay.
Sure you can run people off, but that just displaces the problem to another public or private space. Homeless people (including the drug-addicted and mentally ill) need somewhere to go.
But that has nothing to do with the bench. Letting homeless people stay in a bench is not acceptable, that will only cause more problems
I'm not advocating for a particular policy here, just a thought to the needs of the person in that situation. A homeless person would naturally want to stay there if you don't actively run him off. If you do run him off, you need to consider where he'll go instead. The core public policy problem here is that most of the people making decisions to dissuade the homeless from congregating in a particular place have a "not my problem anymore" attitude once they've been chased off.
I agree that that's an issue with the city
However that doesn't mean letting the homeless overtake a public resource like the bench in the OP, let alone an entire park or something, is okay.
It's more than okay. Instead of being mad at homeless people for trying to literally not freeze to death, you should be mad at the system which made them homeless in the first place.
Sure, but you're not opening up your home for any homeless to use freely at your risk and expense are you? Surely you can fit at least a few homeless people on the floor in your home in the winters or during a heavy storm. How many times have you done that? Have you removed the locks on your doors that might keep out innocent homeless people that just want to not freeze to death by squatting in your home? Don't be mad at them for breaking into your home, be mad at the system that made them homeless in the first place
Yeah, converting your house into a homeless shelter is totally the same as letting homeless people sleep on a bench instead of on the floor.
They have the right to use those benches as much as you do. Just because you're selfish doesn't mean they should be hiding to avoid grossing you out.
Some people are horrible.
They have a right to take a public resource for their exclusive use? Can I claim a whole park as my private land too?
I feel like American homeless are worse than European homeless. Most of the homeless people I've meet in Europe were no junkies and I virtually never have seen needles on the floor except for Frankfurt.
Especially on rainy or snowy nights.
Until someone else comes along then it's a fight for it.
There's even drains at the ends so their urine will wash right down!
That would require having empathy for homeless people. Something a lot of redditors seem to be lacking.
Fucking yes. I was about to buy you gold for that comment, but instead I will buy a homeless person a coffee on you Berxwedan!
And smell like urine
Just think about all of the piss, shit, and vomit sitting in those cracks.
Oh no, how terrible....
I agree, it is sad that some major cities treat the homeless and indigent so poorly that those people have to seek respite from the elements anywhere they can find it, sometimes even in public spaces.
I also agree that it is sad that one of the reasons for this issue is the over-eagerness on the part of society at large to categorize anyone that is forced to do so as a "bum" who turns these spaces into "drug dens."
Most cities have shelters for the homeless. The problem is they're not close enough to high traffic downtown areas where they can beg for money. What's the point of a taxpayer funded public space when it's just going to be used as a bedroom for the homeless?
Youre right. Cities shouldn't fund public spaces like this until they make certain that homelessness is such a non-issue that no one will use such a space as shelter. Just took my point to the next level using your own circular logic. Edit to add: the real problem with shelters is that they are very often extremely dangerous and overrun with drugs and crime. This makes posting up in the streets very much a safer decision.
You're not going to use it so why the FUCK do you care?
Jesus are you proud of sounding like such an uppity prick?
Any downtown of a major city
Any downtown of a major city that has a homeless problem.
Major cities don't generally coincide with large homeless populations, it's uncaring societies that coincide with large homeless populations.
Curious to what larger city doesn't have this problem. Even the welfare states of northern Europe are filled with homeless people.
Berlin is said to have between 13.000 and 16.000 homeless. Hamburg has ~3000, Denmark as a whole has about 6.000. Oslo has 2.500.
However, most of these only fulfill the slightly less gruesome definition of homelessness meaning they have no permanent residence, so they stay in shelters, temporary housing or crash with friends.
Compared to NYC, whose homeless people number about 61.000, those numbers all that much better. However, the NYC number also only covers the number of unique people who visit shelters, it doesn't count the number of people sleeping outside. So, there's quite apparently a very large number of people who aren't covered by these statistics and the nature of the state they're in doesn't exactly make them prime material for statistical evaluation.
Combine that with the generally more inclusive nature of social services in Northern Europe as compared to the USA. I'd say that the assumption that the number of uncounted homeless is bigger in NYC than in the other cities certainly isn't far-fetched.
Having visited all of these cities multiple times and having lived in some of them, I can assure you that the visibly raggard, street-living people in NYC are far, far more numerous per square mile of city center than the other cities I've mentioned. I'd say that none of the European cities I've mentioned have anything coming close to a real homelessness problem, certainly none that would flood nice architectural features in the city center with drug-abusing, violent people.
I know this is going to sound ignorant but why do some homeless people in cities with homeless shelters not sleep in them?
Not enough spots.
There are three beds there.
You'd probably like Tadao Ando. Master of concrete, and I think I remember reading about him using wood or nicer materials when you actually have to touch things.
I love this stuff. One of my favorite video game settings was the retro-futurism meets brutalism of Port Hanshan on Noveria in the original Mass Effect.
Thanks for the tip, this is awesome!
It isn't brutalist just because it's concrete
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Someone needs to compile all the facts that redditors only know from Reddit.
Thank you. It's def not brutalist.
I don't know, I know it isn't, but the angles really could fit into most images and buildings I've seen in the style. Course, if you zoom out, you can clearly see it is not.
I find pretty pretentious to be defining every single style into a category... Let that to the "connoisseurs" or the know it all critics. But If you are an Architect yourself, knowing this BS won't turn you into the next Gehry. I mean... It's important to acknowledge the form, the building, the architect and definitely the period. But to try to define what is definitely subjective is going against what beauty and art preaches.
This categories (to me) are only ment to define trends within context/periods, and (to me again) they are flawed and are doing a desservice to all architects.
Band: Weird Juxtaposition
Album: Modern Woodwork With the Concrete Brutalism
Song: I Like This a Lot
A link? Well this is unusual
Hey, it's actually a pretty good song!
All I see is homeless shelter
You sound like my tenth grade English papers
Oh sure.... yes, quite. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xsN40iv5nzg
found the art major
Freshman art major.
Not so sure. I wasn't this into using artsy terms until I was a senior when it fully overtook me. But now that I have been out of the art environment for a while it has faded. I just remembered using and talking exactly like this my senior year. Professors required it. Freshmen are too inexperienced to care to use them.
Edit: maybe I just found a huge passion for art later in the game and went full nerd.
Paul Joseph Watson would be furious
Good.
Concrete brutalism....... yeah. Ok.
Not that the bench is actually brutalism, but why are you weirded out by "concrete brutalism"?
It's absurd and means nothing.
Why doesn't it mean anything?
Concrete brutality? It's just some artsy fuck trying to get them internet points homie.
No... That's not what it means. It's an architectural style.. It's had that name for almost a century. The name comes from french beton brut, literally "raw concrete". In other words, there's no connection to the word "brutal/brutality". However, brutalism isn't necessarily only raw concrete, plenty of other materials (brick, glass, metal) were often used, in fact there doesn't have to be any concrete for it to be brutalism.
get the fuck out of here lol! i had no idea. this makes way more sense now hahaha! wow that is too funny. :)
Welcome to the world of modern art.
Juxtaposition. I'm not sure if this word is seeing a lot more usage lately or if I never noticed it's use before. Could you tell me when this word entered your lexicon? This might be one of those parallel berenstain universes I've recently entered.
You mean Berenstein?
You ever see the movie coherence? What color is your glowstick?
That is weird, it is you calling me. Hello?
It's a really common motif in architecture. I love it too.
I instantly thought Brutalism, and I'm not even into architecture. But I did go to a University famous for some of its Brutalist style buildings.
Brutalism pretty much always made heavy use of woodwork, especially in interiors. Most modernism does.
shout-out to /r/brutalism
Nathan Explosion would not think this is very brutal.
To me this is the opposite of brutal. This is the coolest bench ever. Connecting each side to the other and providing a comfortable place to do it. I hope we build this into that wall I was hearing so much about.
"You say "modern woodwork", but it feels very 70s to me (a la this)
word, I see the similarity but I don't think you see commonly abstract shapes like that back in the day
I think 70s can be considered modern.
Except that concrete structures like that are commonly 70s... so to suggest modern bench within old fashioned concrete doesn't make sense if they are both from the same period.
I'd guess you'd like a lot of the architecture at this location, then. Belval university campus is an old steelworks converted to a modern university and business center. Quite beautiful if you like that stark contrast.
Oh look at Mr. Fancy Art Examiner here.
Not much woodwork there. Just a few angled cuts and stained.
Had to scroll many scrolls to get here but yes, nicely put. The crushing brutalism almost, but not quite, overwhelms the beautiful wooden womb within.
Oh, get off it.
Looks like something out of East Germany or North Korea.
East Germany or North Korea
Excuse me?
It's in ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE, LUXEMBOURG.
Very avant garde.
Come on now.
I'm sorry, I'll gogh now.
I see this as the evolution of brutalism- the concept that we can dominate the landscape with concrete followed by the domination of said concrete with whatever mankind wants. A kind of utilitarian brutalism. Looks awesome though.
Here is a much higher resolution version of this image. Credit to the architect, AllesWirdGut
Nice to see bird poop is a universal problem.
Just goes to show, you can build a bench in a concrete cave and birds will still shit on it.
No bats though, count your blessings
Birdman is truly humanity's worst nightmare.
SQUAWK!
Great result, but as a contractor I can't help feel bad for the engineer & construction team. Architect: "so I want a concrete wall over here" Engineer: "piece of cake" Architect: "I have a feeling I will want to sit right where I put that wall...lets put a bench there" Engineer: "ok, bench only. No wall. Got it." Architect: "no, no, no, I still want my wall, too" Enginerr: "......"
Why? More likely the architect submitted a final drawing with dimensions and the engineer ran calculations to make sure it was structurally sound. And this would be really quite easy to build.
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As a concrete contractor, I can say that this would have been a bitch to pour
What makes it so difficult? The form I'm picturing is not that complicated
Not the forming, but getting a vibrator deep enough and through the rebar to not have the part of the wall under the bench honey-combed
But it's a bench. And it's a wall. And the bench is in the wall. And then it's still a wall, sort of. But because there is a hole in it it's hard for it to act like a wall. It acts more like a funnel maybe? Who knows.
I spent a few years managing Construction on a large building with a structure of mostly concrete. I don't see this as a super challenging design or build. It's a simple engineered blockout. You block out that spot and form around it. The design would kind of a challenge, but building it would be easy in my eyes.
"Great idea, but that seems hard" - the battle that will wage eternal between architect and contractor.
Thanks for finding this
Thank you. I had to go too far to find the designer!
Wow. I really love these little urban park-type follies. I wish we had more of them in the US. I feel like these are all over in Europe.
It looks... Really grimy in there.
Hobo Headquarters.
Luxembourg is like this creepy Disneyland. It's just too perfect. Everything is clean, all the cobblestones are perfect, and there is a group of perfect people in Victorian dress singing on a street corner. I feel like at any moment someone is going to start the culling of the undesirables.
I have the same feeling when I'm in subdivisions with rows of identical houses. Its like everything is creepily perfect. Like an imitation of a human environment
and now, here's human music
^boop ^^boop ^boop
Huh, human music. I like it.
Welcome to Stepford.
But was about Gas Lamps lighting the streets? Do they have those?
What got me was all of the trees and greenery. Especially walking around the lower parts of the city. Loved it
Seems like you never went there
... endowed by hobopowers.
Biweekly meeting spot of Dirty Mike and the Boys
Just another bench in the wall
It broke on through to the other side.
All alone, or in two's The ones who really love you Walk up and down outside the wall Some hand in hand And some gathered together in bands The bleeding hearts and the artists Make their stand
And when they've given you their all Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall
I get this reference. Do i get a cookie?
It's more like it would be a sin if you didn't know that. I didn't know what Pink Floyd was, but could instantly recognize the song.
What? Thats not really any better.
We don't need no seats to rest on
Betcha it smells like piss.
Yea look at all of that white stains, bird poop?
And this prevents bird shitting all over them. Who am I kidding, damn things will shit on a bench even if it's floating in space.
Every winter, birds migrate straight up into the air but reproduce and die on the way. The main objective of this is to achieve the goal of superiority by shitting on a bench in space, proving to humans that the birds are unstoppable and that all civilization truly belongs to where the shit.
I don't know about anyone else, but when I see this all I can think of is all the crud that is in between all the slats from years of people dropping stuff. Food, trash, etc. As cool as the design is, it Just looks like a catch all of disgusting.
Easy to get clean though, you just have to page the guys at /r/powerwashingporn.
I was thinking how annoying it would be to be sitting there and having someone walk through it to avoid walking around the wall
Or wasp nests.
Of course bugs! Don't forget bugs!
All I can think about is someone sitting on the ceiling. Maybe reclining, while taunting superman about how he will never get them to say their name backwards.
Where on Earth do you live that a 'wall' is 20' thick?
I would say a reservoir or powerplant... but that doesn't seem a logical place to put a bench...
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/6onp0q/bench_through_a_concrete_wall/dkiwjb8
It's a park.
Thats some prime hobo realestate, its like it was deliberately designed that way so that theyd kill each other over it like gangs over methlabs.
edit: GAME OF BENCHES!
How do you think they solved the homeless problem?
/r/hostilearchitecture
AKA turn an area into a liability and still have people shit in the corner, just out of spite.
only difference now is you have to play plinko with the fucking turd to get it out of the spiked area
Luxembourg doesn't have that many homeless people. Or meth gangs.
Bumfights: Bench edition.
You call that a concrete wall? Bench please!
You must be smoking rocks
Why would I want to sit at the right side with my neck bent forward?
Look at that tiny little man
Nope, that's just a shadow person.
I'm not for removing skateboarders from all public spaces / potential ramps and platforms, but this guy is being a dick.
Concrete okay, metal maybe, but skating on a wood bench will destroy it pretty damn quick.
He's not skateboarding, he was standing nonchalantly on a board and then got a really big fright when he noticed the shadow monster that lives on the bench approaching him.
I'm with you, I don't mind skateboards, or skateboarders. Its irritating to see them skate on surfaces that people sit or put their hands on, especially because once it becomes a popular spot BMX bikes will show up and metal pegs do a lot more damage.
it'll be alright as long as he doesn't grind on it.
if i know skateboarders, he'll grind on it.
I guess you never made ramps, eh?
Out of wood?! What are you, fucking insane!?
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Well, my point was about what happens to objects after months or years-- hundreds or thousands of rides.
(I think you can actually see some marks already)
Damn kids!!!!
That's what I tell women.
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Well look how tiny my hands are!
Maybe it's just the perspective but those benches look huge. Maybe it's not an issue.
Why would you sit on the left side with all those filthy "seats" people put their feet on?
The bench is huge. While sitting on one side you wouldn't be able to put your feet on the other
Or the left where i will be pretty much hugging my knees.
Or with your knees at your chest on the left
ART
Yeah, left side looks fine. Right side is like, what the hell were they thinking?
edit: this seems to be a controversial comment for some reason...
Left side is like sitting on side of the street if you know what I mean. You'll be sitting in a squatting form
That's a good point. It's just an all around weird setup.
Goddamn you're dumb.
that was considerably rude
Well that's fairly inconsiderate.
It wasn't. If you're too stupid to understand scale you're no use to society.
I can sing...
Yet in the UK we have spikes on benches so that homeless people can't lie down comfortably..
Seriously? Like spikes on the arm rests or on the actual seating itself?
On the seating, or anywhere else that could be comfortable. They also have benches on angles and other deterrents.
If homeless people are such a problem... perhaps turning your public seating into torture devices shouldn't be the solution...
The Brits love their torture. Haven't you seen Braveheart?
Can you find a picture of that? Can't really imagine myself.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/23/anti-homeless-spikes-inhumane-defensive-architecture
This is an example, but if you Google anti homeless spikes/benches you will see more examples.
On the other hand, in San Francisco we spend a quarter billion dollars each year to encourage homelessness. It's somewhere on the order of $30,000 per homeless person.
That means, we only have about $6,000 that we can spend per student on education. Of course, that works great in the big scheme of things to make more homeless people.
The homeless lobby is strong here and it needs a steady supply of homeless to perpetuate its existence.
When I was your age, we had wooden benches with four legs.
Perfect homeless pod
Claustrophobench
This is designed by AllesWirdGut
It is in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Photographer is Roger Wagner
I wanna be a dick and smoke it out
Dirty Bench
Looks impractical for anyone who is tall.. or has legs
https://i.imgur.com/cDppPEa.jpg
Ahh, skateboarder for scale really helps.
Seems like he'd still have to lean forward to fit on the left, and have no leg room on the right?
Must be in Europe. If this was in America, that would be a homeless camp.
We can't have things like this because it would become a homeless encampment within 5min here in SF
Guarantee a homeless person will try to sleep in there
Because homeless people try to sleep in environments that protect them from the elements? Glad you posted this comment. No one would ever have thought of it. What are you going to guarantee next? Blowjobs happen in there? People piss in there? Skateboarders?
You seem defensive. I didn't realize I said anything offensive but obviously your bleeding heart always gets so offended by the truth it seems.
He is recording a Netflix special next week you just blew up one of his bits
What are the dimensions?
Judging by the grating near the bottom of the pic, it looks fairly roomy.
833 x 647. 72dpi.
Cool. I mean, in the hot summer heat that would be place to sit that would cool you off.
Installed lamp: http://i.imgur.com/xK9WzCK.jpg
/r/mildlyinteresting
This is my bench and it was made for me
The only Ito reference here, I'm so disappointed in reddit right now, but not you omgpocketsand!
I don't know about you electron, but just seeing the thumbnail made my whole body shiver.
I was getting worried I wouldn't find this reference.
You should've posted this in r/CrappyDesign
Where are the spikes?
They didn't get the point
They seldom do, until it's too late.
Nobody couldn't handle the side walk trend lol
Saw this and my hand reached for the spinner.
Bro, do you even lift?
Are you kidding? I can Bench through a concrete wall!
Do you even sift?
Reminds me exactly of the shape of the forerunner holes in the building on the last level of Halo 3. Can't find a picture but it looks very forerunner
I literally searched for this comment.
It's bizarre how much I want to sit there and I am agoraphobic (recovering, but still!) i dont know why it draws me in so much! Where is this? Great shot OP. Looks like fun. :)
If I were homeless I would walk off one side with super glue and cardboard and on the other entrance make a badass front door with hanging blankets. This would be a badass makeshift home for at least 5 homeless folk.
10/10 would do hard drugs here
How nature do that?
Bench: "Let me be concrete."
It's like staring into the anus of a robot.
I saw this title on /all and was hoping it was on a fitness subreddit
Is this going to be a feature in the wall Mexico is paying for?
It looks cool and I get the idea, but it seems unpractical, uncomfortable, and also like it would never be cleaned.
Now if you were homeless, perfect place for a sleep especially during a storm
"One of the things with the wall is you need transparency. You have to be able to see through it. In other words, if you can't see through that wall - so it could be a steel wall with openings, but you have to have openings because you have to see what's on the other side of the wall.
And I'll give you an example: As horrible as it sounds, when they throw the large sacks of drugs over, and if you have people on the other side of the wall, you don't see them - they hit you on the head with 60 pounds of stuff? It's over.
As crazy as that sounds, you need transparency through that wall. But we have some incredible designs."
-Bigly wall builder guy
Where?
They'll regret that when the zombie apocalypse comes...
10/10 smells like pee.
Lotta people walkin on that lower one
Me and my claustrophobia say thanks but no thanks. Even this pic made me want to open some windows.
Oh I'd love to relax and enjoy absolutely no view
Doesn't this defeat the purpose of a wall?
Is it just me, or does it seem like everyone over 5'6" would be smacking their head when they sat back?
Okay is it wrong that I can envision blocking both ends, putting a huge plasma n living there
Looks like something you would find in a Tony Hawk game
I can assure you, in the cracks of that bench lives tons of spiders.
My thoughts exactly
Not very inviting, unless you're homeless. In that case...
Not a very effective wall....
I don't like or understand the choice of using wood in an application like this. Seems to greatly increase the need for maintenance but would offer very little in terms of comfort or cleanliness. The idea is cute, but I think they hired a hipster instead of an engineer.
I desperately want to power wash that concrete.
That looks absolutely useless as a functional bench. The left side has no leg room, and the right side has no head room. If this was designed better there could be two functional benches with a table between them. The area could be lit and have power outlets. But i guess it wouldn't be artistic enough if it was actually well thought out and functional.
Oh... but it is functional. I can picture exactly 3 people sleeping comfortably =). Cover from rain and a cardboard door for privacy. done and done
You can throw your 60lb. Bags of drugs straight through the wall now!
With those stairs and hand railings in the background... This seems to be a perfect skateboard line
What a great spot for homeless to homeless.
How do I know some tricksy roadrunner didn't just paint that on the wall to get me to run into it?
Interteresting architecture, nice shot, and what do we get? A circle jerk about the homeless and the relative merits of the smell of piss. Thanks Reddit!
Wow, someone benched an entire concrete wall.
Looks like the right side has like a bad idea, I tend to avoid walking around the wall nowadays.
You see a bench, I see a homeless shelter.
Homeless paradise
My back hurts looking at this. Looks very beautiful though!
So on one side the legs are going to be uncomfortable and staring at crotches, and the other side forces you to hunch over or you'll have a crooked neck.
My idea for a bench is this: https://sketchfab.com/models/e3cf0929fffa43b5ae22e8bb0b624b89
For this day and age it is perfect. No one has to awkwardly look at each other. They can just sit and text the person behind them. Plenty of room for you to manspread your legs too. This is the pinnacle of modernity.
Lotta excess bench.
It looks cool but totally impractical. The tall backed side has like 4 inches for your legs, while the short backed side has like a foot. Tall people have long legs and short people have short legs.
Only way I can see myself comfortably sitting there is sitting on the short backed side with my legs stretched over to the other side where people would sit.
it looks bigger than that to me. https://i.imgur.com/cDppPEa.jpg
That design is shit. The side with enough headroom has no legroom, and the side with enough legroom has no headroom. Do they even want anyone to use it?
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it's actually huge - you'd fit in both cases.
Sit on the left at an angle, with your legs hanging out of the hole.
Was anyone else expecting to see tornado damage?
Where is this?
I can drive through a tunnel with no problem. Yet, somehow something inside of me tenses up thinking of sitting in there
Feel like the worst place during an earthquake
concrete wall around a bench
Reminds me of the bomb shelters scattered around the combined joint military base in Djibouti
I like
Trump is not happy about this!
The amount of couples that fucked there in the night is probably inconceivable.
Sitting on it wouldn't be that comfy imo.
This is simply amazing
This is so cool
looks comfy.
Homeless estate
bet it don't smell like cedar in there
50% of the bench is not usable for its primary purpose....
So government design, then?
I believe in the business we call this a homeless shelter
My wife could Bitch through concrete.
That's some good graffiti
I'd sit there, I'd sit there so hard.
Right bench looks hella uncomfortable, even for short people.
Beautiful! Although, when it's in use and crowded, I imagine there'd be an uncomfortable eye line on the left side. :P
Soon to be a ~~luxurious~~ hobo-shack.
Lol this was a whole album and someone is picking it apart for karma. Still cool though. I imagine some people haven't seen it.
The whole thing is sticky with bodily fluids.
somebody skate this
Sorry sir, But skateboarding is a crime.
That's a nice carrot
Love it.
Bugs
Is it so the invaders can take a break from trying to break in?
This is somewhere in the Bible
Cool looking. I'm wondering what the volume would be like in there, though. Wood absorbs the sound but is this built under a bridge or something with a heavy amount of traffic?
Tall people/short people
I found some more pictures of the park that this bench is in. A lot of wood and concrete is used. It says it is on the grounds of an old steel mill. http://www.landezine.com/index.php/2012/01/city-square-developing-by-alleswirdgut-architektur/
Reminds me of that spot in Avalanche in Halo 3
"This is so fucking dumb"
-guys who built that, probably.
What, no ash trays ?
Idk why this is so satisfying
Gloryhole!
It looks like the right side would be really uncomfortable to sit on. How tall is the ceiling in there? It looks super cool though
I wonder what grade wood these 4x4 are made of? Is it just cheap pine and stained/sealed to protect it?
i'm surprised somebody hasnt tried to burn it down yet... People are jerks sometimes.
I don't see a bench, just a skate spot
r/landscapearchitecture
this is both an ineffective wall, and 2 benches with a huge waste of concrete surrounding it. inspirational!
the left side is why i never liked the 1st generation of SUV's that came out. it was a car seat directly on the floor, no leg room. you basically sat with your knees at your chest. the right side has no headroom. if the middle walking area was the same height as the ground, i think it would be much better.
not lower the thing, just carve it out all the way.
Now that's a wall I wanna throw a bag of drugs through.
A great place to curl up and read the book, "Fear of Collapse."
😉Zapotec
Probably really uncomfortable to sit on the lower bank
I bet it smells like pee.
Looks like one side will always have the high ground
This is a really rad idea. I like it when you go to a new city and see random stuff like this. It means creativity is a alive and well.
so cities are building mini homeless rest stops???
AKA, a tunnel.
Great spot for a homeless person to live!
Reminds me of that creepy manga with the holes in the side of s mountain in the shape of people.
This is very, not safe!
Do they not have something similar to ADA where this is at?
100% WILL be skateboarded upon. And that's ok. A kick flip manual through the middle is just too tempting.
Edited.
Somehow this reminds me of N++.
The harden exterior encases what was once alive interior.
This is giving me so much anxiety.
This would be a great spot to skate
I'm surprised no one has taken up residence. What city is this? They seem to have a good hand on their homelessness situation.
I don't always feel claustrophobic, but when I do, I'm sitting on this bench.
Anyone else getting a Tempest vibe?
I can smell it from here.
Homeless Shelter
i'm sure it's mostly used as a toilet.
Based on the title I was expecting a gif.
This really is cool and I couldn't help but think that sitting on the left side puts you at crotch level of people on the right. Is that weird?
Junkie house!
Things like this are great to have but in some areas, it'll be a main attraction for bums and an adventurous couple looking for a quickie.
THIS HOLE!
IT WAS MADE FOR ME!!!
I'm all about that shadow gap, so satisfying
Is this safe?
I think you mean homeless people shelter and drunk people bathroom.
As a former skateboarder this would be epic to use.
I want someone to film a scene where someone with weird ass floaty bullshit powers sits on the roof of that bench.
You know you're strong, when it's not what you pictured lol.
That looks a like a spot where a pro skater could get some good footage.
If they had made the gap between the benches like 1/4" larger then both compound angled pieces in the bottom left and right corners could be equal and my mind set at ease
That would be a nice place to drink at.
rollin blunts, check!
One side is one people who are very tall but have short legs and the other side is for people who are very short with longer legs.
Claustrophobic, for me.
My city will never build anything like this because of the homeless.
I love this <3
Where?
Looks like one of those places that smells of piss
Looks like a good spot for some Wes Anderson cinematography
I...I want to smoke a j there
Talk about a nice skate spot.
Maybe doors at each end to control hours of operation. Security cameras or perhaps a guard. An automatic sprinkler system to keep it sanitized. Used needle recepticals. Let's spend whatever it takes to make it work.
The only thing about this bench is that they put wood on the left side, so I guess they thought maybe someone would sit there, but if anyone did it would put eye level just at or slightly above the crotch of a person sitting on the other side. And if they weren't, they went overboard on the wood floor bit in order to break up some symmetry, which also seems questionable.
My thought was, adults on the right, kiddos or doggos on the left.
Solution for homeless. With walls and door ofc.
Reminds me a playground with 13yrs old hiding while they smoke their Mom's cigarettes
Oh good. This will make it easier to see the 60-pound bags of drugs.
Reminds me of LittleBigPlanet
I hearted this bench. Now fill it with prize bubbles
Awesome
And no graffiti, amazing
What a waste of wood!
You don't need all the upper parts. I'll admit it, it does look nice, but so does my ass!
If I'm a kid and I have a thing like this, this is now my spaceship and I'm shooting aliens all day in here.
Needs a sign: In case of earthquake, don't sit here
Would love to be on this bench on a rainy day. Very creative. Simple yet interesting idea.
For people with 1ft long legs
Sucks if you're tall, though
If this were Seattle there would be a homeless encampment there.
bum toilet you mean
For smoking weed and homeless orgies!!!!
and here I am yelling FUCK trying to install laminate flooring
So many spiders...
The holes in the sides of the concrete might make me anxious before I even looked at the bench. You might say I'm pre-stressed.
Or you could just not build an ugly ass concrete fucking wall.
Really, so nice.
I really like the aesthetics of it, but the left hand side doesn't look like it would be very comfortable to sit on. My knees would be too high.
Where is that
Piss smells different when it is stale and mixed with pizza crust
but when you sit there ennoying people will get trough it because there lazy to go around!
Woodworking folks... Just curious, what type of wood do you think that is?
Thats actually the border wall in California.
Reminds me of the design style of the High Line in New York
Or is a concrete wall consuming a bench¿
I wish this was the place they would have negotiated the Berlin Wall back in the day
thats some thick concrete wall for sure
Quite the artistic setting for the impending sexual assaults.
Hooray for better public places!
Reminds me of that 80s arcade game where you shot space spiders (?) as they climbed up a well.....
r/oddlysatisfying
I see Trump's border wall is going well.
I would call this art more than a bench. If you sit on the left your knees a up in the air. If you sit on the right your head is tilted down.
Ah yes, a rare Transient Sleep Pod
Does this mean we get to rest on the top? Cool!
In my city, their would be spikes through the seat to prevent sitting:)
What bench? i just see a device to train our youth on nosegrinds.
Shortcut.
This is a homeless man's dream come true
Interesting design
Okay, why? Just, why?
Drug deal spot!
1 Part Bench, 1 Part Bomb Shelter
Rape.
I thought of spiders and crawly things in between the slats. Maybe the piss will keep them away.
This is what Trump was talking about. I can see all the potential sack-throwers pretty well through this hobo-hole.
They should have made it symmetrical with the left side matching the right. The left looks extremely uncomfortable as is.
This is what those spinning tunnel things at the fairground used to look like because everyone went all health-and-safety.
Man, these random Gen Maps are glitching out again.
The design is awful. I first noticed the seat on the right, which might be okay if you're a child, or if you're under 5'6" and your body ends at your shoulders.
Surely, then, the right bench is meant for kids and the left bench for adults? Except no, the floor is literally three inches below the seat. Lieutenant Dan might find it comfortable, but you won't.
That would become a full time homeless encampment out here.
Doesn’t that completely defeat the purpose of the wall?
Coooooool
Looks like the Mexican made border wall
That's so neat!
Looks like a hobos ideal fucknest. Would not sit on.
+1 for the surprisingly accurate title, lol.
Long rails, smooth concrete, shelter from the elements, looks like someone inadvertently designed an outstanding skatepark.
While this was loading I envisioned a really buff guy bench pressing a lot of weight through as an actual concrete wall... but I see how this makes much more sense...
is there an architectural detail sub for stuff like this
/architecture is too swarmed with building design arguments, and less about cool stuff like this
Now that..is amazing.
I feel like I saw this in the big park of Ljubljiana, Slovenia.
Thumbnail looks like a Lego hand grasping a light up object
That must have been one hell of a tornado.
I was expecting some sort of gym reference haha.
Carrot
I can't have been the only person expecting a ridiculous bench press / feat of human strength when clicking on this. I mean yeah it's a pretty neat bench. Not a neat as a person somehow benching through a concrete wall though.
r/hmmm
They should install a 20mm cannon turret. (Operated by a human being to avoid mistakes, of course.) Lay fucking WASTE to anyone who tries to piss or sleep in there. Then, yes, I love it. Wish there was one near me!
Anyone know what the holes around it are for?
Left over from the ties in the form when the concrete was poured.
Commonly known as "snap ties" Building stuff like this got my college loans paid off early. I have two nuclear power plant containments in my experience set.
It reminds me of the inside of a toilet roll.
A bench for people with no legs.
In all fairness they should have moved the bench before putting a wall on top of it.
Inception bench...
I think about 3-4 homeless people can make a home there 👍👍
But what of OVERALL INTEGRITY D:
How do you sit on the top part
Would be nice if I could bench a concrete wall
Cool
Best Hobo bed ever.
Outdoor sauna
The new hoodrat's HQ looks good
The lack of graffiti, heroin needles, trash and human waste makes me believe this is a new installation, am i right ?
Anyone remember that show Framework? Miss that shit.
This should go in r/mildlyinteresting too.
Not sure that is ABAAS compliant.
Is no one else worried about for much head room there is?
Good place to hide from a sharknado perhaps. There are better spots, but in a pinch..
it's like riding a train to nowhere
If I were a bum I'd sleep there.
I thought someone threw a bench through a wall when I red the title
/r/designporn
Bench through a concrete wall. How does that even make sense?
Clicks link
Oh! Touché! Got me again internets!
ok.
When I want to sit down but all the short people are sitting on the left. Rage ensues.
Now that's architecture.
You don't get much of a view when sitting on that bench.
That is some skilled masonry to build around that bench!
Reminds me of this 80s video game: https://www.google.com/search?q=tempest+video+game&tbm=isch&imgil=yjSF2MnPFN-T_M%253A%253BjHA7nZsev7eSRM%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.arcade-museum.com%25252Fgame_detail.php%25253Fgame_id%2525253D10065&source=iu&pf=m&fir=yjSF2MnPFN-T_M%253A%252CjHA7nZsev7eSRM%252C_&usg=__Dxl1CVEGPOolMPGCS1UZ4ASE6UY%3D&biw=1600&bih=770&ved=0ahUKEwjRgKmQ65rVAhXIZj4KHZQRCP0QyjcInQE&ei=YjFyWdHHEsjN-QGUo6DoDw#imgrc=yjSF2MnPFN-T_M:
Bench? More like shortcut
How do you even sit in that thing?
How are they going to keep out the Huns?
This person is awesome
Not very ADA friendly
looks extremely uncomfortable
Solid place to just chill out
Idk why, but I love this want want one for myself
Do you want bums? Because that's how you get bums.
That's pretty neat
wow I live literally 5 minutes from there! weird to see something from my hometown on /r/pics , escpecially from Luxembourg
Dopeee
/r/woahdude material.
~~AS~~L?
wow nice
This picture is making me question my sense of reality.
That would be unnerving.
Why is the bench so low down though, wouldn't that be uncomfortable
Missing the steam
Is this the prototype that will prevent injuries from 60 pound sacks 'o drugs hitting people in the head?
we call these hobo holes here in chicago.... they smell like piss
Life will find a way.
Anyone else thought of F is for Family?
If I was homeless... I'd bang there
r/mildlyinteresting
God, that's strangely inviting
Yo concrete wall, do you EVEN BENCH BROOOO???
Looks fun to skate
Not sure why but I feel like it would smell bad in there.
You mean recipe for a lump on the head.
Sitting on the left side does not look comfortable.
"Come on in homeless"
How would this affect the structural integrity of the concrete?
Way to set the benchmark high.
Which bit do you sit on?
Rockstar games logo
I bet it smells awful
Such a original place to sit.Especially mathematicians would be happy to sit there.
a great idea with unintended consequences
That just sounds like a hole with more steps
Loving that shadow gap and chamfer between the concrete and wood. The wood grains from the formwork are also a nice touch as you see these two "wood" elements next to each other!
that's the Picasso of benches
where would you sit? wouldn't your head hit the top?
A bench without spikes or gaps or metal dividers? This place sounds like heaven.
Anyone else look at this and immediately think of halo?
This is like the opposite of r/crappydesign
Q
Nothing more beautiful than a wall of concrete. -soviet_engineer
it looks cool
Is anyone else super shocked by the lack of graffiti?
Bench the wall down!
Nice try, Road Runner.
The right side reminds me of how ungodly uncomfortable the new headrests in cars are. Why do they have them at a 45° angle TOWARDS your head?
I would assume it helps mitigate whiplash? But yeah, they suck.
God tell me about it. I hate my headrest. I'm assuming it's so you can get comfortable and fall asleep? I don't know. Dumb!
You know you can adjust them right?
I'll agree with Trump to build the wall if he promises to add these.
No point in the wall then.
It must be one of trumps walls.
That would still get stolen if that was in my neighbourhood.
The bench or the hole in the wall?
Damn
This is some minecraft shit right here.
when u shift gravity
Forced social interaction that looks great but no one uses.
THATS IMPOSSIBLE, EVEN FOR A COMPUTER!
From a design perspective isn't this fucked? Looking cool aside, it seems really impractical. Sitting on the left side your ankles are practically on the level of your butt. Sitting on the right side you can't sit back unless you are hunched over significantly (or tiny). I guess both sides work if you want to lay down...
Reminds me of a level in the old video game Tempest
Black mesa
Cool stuff
First thought, honestly, photo op skate spot. Would be sweet!
I thought it said breach. I play too much Six siege.
Someone should create a mural of this and watch people try to sit there
Extrenely cool!!! I mean next level cool! 👍
A hobbos dream
That just seems like a bad idea, I tend to avoid placing myself in the path of gravity and heavy things. Especially concrete that is not arched.
So many things about this bother me. Walking inside or through it seems like it would be uncomfortable. The bench on the left is for what? Sitting? Laying? The head space on the right looks claustrophobic.
A similar design in a public school in Portugal. https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/532088598_1280.jpg
Except that one looks like you could actually clean it
/r/shittydesigns
Needs more jpeg
Gorgeous. Very nice craftsmanship and a great idea to boot.
would love to skate it
how strong was that tornado?
r/mildlyinteresting
/r/hmmm
Something my SO will love
They could have used one of these in the Berlin Wall.
I don't get it, where's the barbell?
That's disgusting. Thats just an invitation for people to sleep, shoot up, or fuck.
Your mind is broken.
looks hard to clean
Want this in my house
that looks comfty af
This is designed by AllesWirdGut
Perfect if your legs are one inch long.
I want to shoot someone skating this so bad I'd bring my own edge metal just to keep the spot protected.
Looks like a nasty ass homeless shelter.
Or concrete wall around a bench? Even sounds nore practical rathar than to dig a bench in a concrete wall.
Wow, that's awesome!
It's a nice bench, but it seems like people might be able to exploit it to get through the wall.
Great for homeless orgies.
That is a shady little hole in the wall if I've ever seen one.
Where is this?
this bench doesn't even exist anymore, there's a library being built on this site
It looks and must be extremely dirty.
That concrete looks bland some cool portal concept graffiti would look cool IMO
Also called a urinal in America. We used to have something called phone booths for some people, but thank you for cell phones when they work.
'Eye of the Needle'
This way even if the world flips upside down, the bench is still right side up!
No it’s not
How the fuck do you cross it? Crawling?
/r/cozyplaces
Pretty cool design
Great spot for a homeless person to live i guess.
Where I live in Australia, people would graffiti the shit out of that in double time
I can bench press a concrete wall!
Oh yeah?!
Yeah!
It is a perfect place to watch heavy rainfall.
Aka Public toilet
Is that in new York!
Perfect for rapin'
Parkour parkour
Reminds me of the old video game, Tempest.
That wood was probably white when this was built.
Great earthquake shelter. With the right rebar structural reinforcement would work well.
Bench? Please!
Love the way the grate on the bottom of the photo adds to the lines running through the entire picture! Great shot.
Such a great smoke spot! Smoke and watch a storm! Listen to Pink Floyd!
Why is the wall so thick? Never seen a wall as thick as this.
Thiccc just means it's safe as fuck in case of earthquakes.
Where is this?
All the homeless people fight over it
My leg is getting a cramp looking at thisv
Idk where Im allowed to stand or sit
God damn I wanna nose grind that. Upvote for all the skateboarders that can front krook!! Just get it it's easy!!
And ruin all that great wood
Username checks out lol
where is that?
That looks filthy. Nice spot to stay dry
Imagine the amount of sex that bench has seen.
where is it? I remember seeing one somewhere but I can't remember where it was...
Awesome! :O
Where is this? Swear I have been there
You mean wall surrounding bench?
Nice little bed for the homeless.
Why the fuck has this been upvoted.....
r/diwhy
I think r/cozyplaces would like this
Awesome
Neat.
The people sitting on the left must be less than 1 foot tall.
meth heads definetely smoke there
That'll be filled with semen, cigarette butts, homeless folks, and graffiti in no time
its all beauty and games until someone trips and breaks a jaw
That'd be a gnarly skate spot.
Ohh that concrete rain sound
Most cool semi-hidden things like this turn into urinals quickly :(
First thing I thought of. I can smell it in my head. Blech.
i wonder what prompted the need for an enormous, ugly, 10ft thick concrete block wall, but with a convenient hole through it
Soon they shall call it the homeless hole
Probably some great wook hunting grounds at night
"The route is only two meters wide. It's a small bench, right below the main tower. It leads directly to the United States."
Juan Dodonna reveals the fatal design flaw in Trump's Wall.
It was made me me! Th-this is my hole!
This reminds me of a wall in the last level of halo 3... I need to go outside more.
What a perfect skate spot
Nice, looks like a place from the last scene of "Cloverfield."
could also be filed under r/mildlyinteresting
welp....see ya later!
Does anyone know what the purpose of the wall is? I mean, what on earth do yo need a 10ft+ thick wall for?
R/fitness might have a different idea. Bench through a concrete wall? Do you even lift?
This bench...! It was made for me!
Too bad the responsible party doesn't pressure wash it once in a while.
but why?
A real life photo of me opening up to a few close people.
THAT IS SHEER GENIUS! I LOVE IT!
Omg. This is heaven for hobos.
That's where dirty mike and the boys like to hangout
Does this remind anyone else of Tempest?
Where is this?
Gum...gum even on the ceilings...
Uncomfortable garbage
Don't trust it. Wile-E-Coyote is up to his shit again.
? For those who would know: do the wooden top planks provide a functional purpose?
The only people I know of that build walls this thick are Bond villains
That kuuvfuks touy would jump hour veas on l s side
Sorry for bad English still lernming
That's racist!
Plot twist: it's just a really good painting on the wall.
I look at this and immediately thought: Urine. This smells of Urine
It's like a bug light for the homeless.
in my city 6 homeless people would be living in there, with 3 tarps, 2.6 bicycles, a shopping cart, and part of another bicycle.
/r/skatespotporn
Totally tubular!
Isn't this in Luxembourg at Belval Plaza?
You're a bench.
Speaking on behalf of tall people everywhere, it's too small.
Skate spot*
Easy to get through the entire picture!
No point in the last level of people on the left bench for adults?
Do they not have something similar to the other side of s mountain in the US.
Kinda defeats the purpose is to achieve the goal of superiority by shitting on a fitness subreddit
How do you sit on the top part of the bench?
r/designporn
Would seem great but I have a feeling after a while it will just be occupied by the homeless and become a total mess, just like the new benches at the park near my house.
That thing is 100% filled with spiders.
Waste of wood.
I like this
Kinda defeats the purpose of a wall
Seems like a nice place to get stabbed
Good spot for the homeless when it rains
Why has no one asked why the wall needs to be so thick yet it's totally ok to have a massive hole thru it? Doesn't it need a door? What is the purpose of the rest of the wall? Or is it just a really impractical bench??
Or, as they call it, rapebench
good place to get stoned
I concur; that would be awesome.
Isn't this... Kinda useless as a bench? I mean, the one side you'll hit your head on or your neck will be at a weird angle, and the other side your feet rest like an inch off the ground... there is no "normal" way to sit on this..
Right? And putting a large hole through a wall, kinda makes the wall itself useless as well
Doesn't that pretty much make the whole wall useless?
my first thought as well.
Rape tunnel
If I were a teenager this is exactly where I would do my drinking and drug smoking. If I were homeless I'd live in there. If I were into PDA this is where I would fuck. Those benches are probable gross.
that is seriously beautiful. I yearned my whole life to have the spatial skills to make or create what I envisioned. But at least I can appreciate this.
I want to slide the long skinny tetris piece in the middle so bad
Funnily, this disobeys the cardinal rule of city planning: "make things as uncomfortable and uninviting to homeless people as humanly possible".
That would have been a bench to design.
Super cool, until it's filled with spiders.
My first thought was "There's gonna be a ton of spiders in there all the time"
The slats at the top seem like a perfect haven for yellow sac spiders.
Spiderfort.
No thanks.
It's so people can't steal it
homeless shelter...
Looks like a great spot for a homeless person.
Didn't anyone else immediately think of Tempest??
r/mildlyinteresting
It's actually spelled "introvert cavern"
Looks like something used by the Krell on Altair IV.
We have some awesome designers on this earth.
I cant wait to see what phobia reddit comes up with for this
Shred the half-trapezoid, Dude.
I played this level in Tempest once.
I was never as good at that game as I should have been.
Head room or leg room. Pick one.
From the title, I thought it was a strongman feat of strength.
Location?
That big hole seems to defeat the purpose of the wall. Looks nice though!
Thats awesome
Actually, it's a concrete wall around a pair of benches, because the wall has no other usages.
How thick is that wall?
More like concrete around a bench.
At first i thought that 'bench' is used in its verb capacity.
All I see is a waste of good wood. They didnt need to cover the ceiling.
Tempest FTW
Thinking of incorporating this in my future home.
What's the point of a wall if you can go through it?
Oh look, a repost on the front page.
I really just want to curl up there and stay a while.
Really benching the devide
Really neat. Seems like the left side is kinda short though?
Definitely not Finnish
On the border, it would give you a great place to shelter from the bags of drugs raining down...I hear
Hey guys! I need comment karma 😊😊 much appreciated
That... is a lot of money for not much gain.
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Is that so bad?
You must live in a unique place. Where people want to get places quicker
Nice to see there's midget seating on the right.
Very concrete. <3
Where do legs go cramped. where's head on right . what
Looks cool but a little claustrophobic...be in the middle with people on each side...no thanks
This bench reminds me of the final level of halo 3, where you have to climb the tower and hold out at the top. The shape of the gap is similar to the openings made by the center pillar on the tower.
Something about this makes me feel uneasy.
Doesn't look like a great wall.
This wood be nice where I live
This would be a cool skatespot
that looks nasty ---- lord knows what dna you would find all over the interior
I hope no one is under a lot of pressure sitting there
I thought this was a post in /r/fitness and now I'm disappointed.
That would be a great spot to watch a rainstorm. Sort of wish we had one near my house.
If you build it, they will come.
"They" meaning homeless people and junkies.
100% it smells like piss.
My daughter lives in Honolulu and she said they have to power wash the side walks daily because tourists complain about smelling piss
I wish they power washed NYC subway stations daily
What and fuck up the natural bouquet?
Eau de toilet
Sorry, we don't speak croissant
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Toilet du fromage...
This was a pretty satistfying thread.
Where did your pants go?
I guess we didn't get along, so maybe France?
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This is probably why we aren't interested. I do have google translator. It's not really an inside joke... Good luck next time Croissant!
"Connard"! I've never seen it written before... it makes so much more sense now. I'd always wondered why it was so insulting to call someone a duck.
We love judgemental Europeans. There are idiots everywhere
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Ah you called my bluff. I'm barely a Murican, I'm a New Yorker. Agreed on New English architecture as well!
Je suis d'accord 👍
In America, it's called "Freedom Fragrance(TM)"
Croy-sant
I don't speak surrender either
Ho dang
Hey, that's pretty good!
Gutter Channel No. 5
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Yes. Pour them somewhere else so we don't have to deal with our white upper middle class liberal guilt.
That's just water, not piss.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9UjeMQ3aJ4
This is an awesome comment!
We call it "aroma homeless-ina-alley"
A-No.1 by Eurean
"Aromaless"
anything but
"aroma, home: lessinanalley", pronounced homeleSS-inan-alley, with the emphasis on the SS, like a sssnake.
it looks like the shape of a brofist don't it? or am I just going crazy?
I can see it.
I see South Carolina
I used to have "subway clothes" that I'd never wash just so I could get a couple extra inches of seating to comfortably manspread.
A sour nose with a crisp ammonia finish. Stays on the palate nicely with even more aromatics pronounced over time.
well, for my short experience in NYC it kinda all smelled like piss
The key is, just keep moving. Sometimes you'll walk through a cloud of pee-smell; other times you'll get a whiff of delicious food or weird perfume. New York's smellscape is varied and complex.
Contact Fodor's and give them your review. So accurate.
Lol I'll keep it in mind for I ever visit it again :)
chinatown, like chinese cities is a kaleidoscope for your schnozz
Within just a few short steps, the lines that differentiate pee, food, and perfume become blurred
Imagine being a dog there, no wonder dogs have a love hate relationship with the big apple.
It's quite strange to be slammed with delicious and atrocious scents at the same time.
You get used to it startlingly quickly
yeah I agree, it's just that I've only been there for a day or two
I live next to a trash management facility. It's always the worst smell in the world for like, two hours after i get back from a trip out of the city. Kinda freaky.
lol i guess nyc smells like spring after two hours there
I was there for 4 days and I stopped noticing it.
That was meh, but what gets me are sticky sidewalks; and warm steamy smell from sewer.
Only the train stations really. I've lived in NYC my whole life
well, I can't tell you exactly where (somewhere in manhattan iirc), but I have a vivid memory of bad smell in the whole place, and I didn't take the metro or anything alike. I enjoyed a lot NYC though, very unique city.
Ok well idk what was going on with that area at that time, pr maybe the whole city does smell like piss compared to where you live? But yeah ive never noticed any particular bad smell that didn't have an obvious source nearby when i was in the city.
I said that I had a vivid memory of that particular place/street, but the rest also didn't smell like roses. And chill up dude, it's completely normal for such a big metropole to be this way. I still liked the city a lot as I said in another comment.
Im completely chill dude. If you're sensing any hostility its completely imaginary. I dont think you didnt like the city im just really interested in trying to figure out why it smelled so bad during your visit.
Ah, ok sorry man. I dunno, seeing other comments and the usual talks, thought mine wasn't an isolated case or impression
No prob, its all good. See you in the comments! dives back in
cheers, have a nice day!
Honestly smells more like dog piss than human. Especially in the mornings.
I came here to see a bench and I am reading for 10mins the different fragrances of pee in NYC. Stay classy reddit.
that would likely create airborne pathogens
Ever been to downtown LA? Straight pee pee errywhere, dog..
Walk around the DTLA area for a couple hours. You will see at least 19 people Pissing indiscriminately. Any time of day. Skid row is one big toilet. I would recommend Pissing your pants before using those phone booth public toilets BTW.
They don't seem to use Jeye's Fluid on the London Underground any more. I miss that smell.
They are power washed. I'm not sure how often though.
https://youtu.be/SANu05YgA3s
Just send a big fluffy train down there.
They do....
In many stations, they do... it helps, but people are constantly pissing.
Well then you introduce the problem of where does the water go... because a subway is a underground concrete construct.
Why not power wash the "homeless people and junkies" daily?
And New Orleans
Well if there were actual bathrooms people could use then maybe it would be different. Went to NYC and the only way I could pee is if I brought my kid into a restaurant and they felt bad fit him.
I was in NYC for a few days. Do the locals just get used to the piss on the subway? I merely adopted the piss, they were born in it.
When I last visited NY, there was a janitor 'washing' the floor of a station. I put quotes because she dipped the mop ONCE and did the whole floor with it... I'm like, yeah that's effective
Ditto w/ SF
when i was living there I'd always see MTA powerwashing the stations. usually saw em coming home wasted at 3-4am
I wish they power washed your mom daily.
^^check ^^mate
The fares are already too high.
I'd prefer less cleaning and a cheaper fare. I can deal with piss smell, but the new fare is kicking my ass.
you know, i never thought about it, but i bet the stations in japan smell just fine.
I've honestly lived here for too long now, my nose is numb to the smell of piss.
And the sidewalks.
And the neighborhoods were people's dogs piss all over.
I wish they cleaned the subway elevators ever.
They do, just with more piss
if only new york would do this... god when the subway train comes and it rams that piss wind up your nostrils... glorious
Is that what I smelled when I was there?
Yes. Piss smells different when it is stale and mixed with pizza crust and rat droppings. That is the official fragrance of NYC.
I move to nyc last year, my buddy told me early on "NYC has three smells, "piss, trash and weed". I think the piss and trash usually go hand in hand. But it is very accurate
When a subway car doesn't smell like piss that's usually because it smells like vomit instead
That locker room smell is very common as well.
This brings back memories! I used to live in Brooklyn. I once saw a guy just sitting and vomiting while riding the subway. He hurled for what seemed an eternity. The vomit changed color as he was puking- first yellow then green then brown then purple. I have never seen someone vomit that long and in so many different colors!
The Rainbow Puke
Apparently, it's been documented.
that's hobo jim in the corner. he's trying to sleep it off.
Shit, I'm from Detroit and I can confirm those are the only 3 smells that they have there, too. Maybe it's just a big city thing?
I work downtown, can confirm!
People are gross, and putting a lot of them together doesn't improve the situation.
pretty sure. same in vienna
I have been to lots of big cities and lived in a couple and Vienna stands out as exceptionally nice for a large city. Sure some of it is run down and rough, but that applies everywhere. Compared to the bad parts of places like London, Paris, New York, Berlin and Rome Vienna is idyllic and smells of roses.
To be honest, the smell makes me nostalgic when I go back to visit.
I grew up in a neighborhood that smelled like this to an extreme - probably more so than even NYC.
You can catch this smell in parts of any big American city.
And I get the same nostalgia for my childhood and city.
NYC and LA need to go head to head to see which one is truly more disgusting and saturated with human waste.
Just piss in your trash and inhale after a few hours
Ugh I hate it but SAME
When they legalized weed here in L.A. the whole city smelled like the bottom of a bong for about a week.
The smell of weed is almost a breath of fresh air compared to the piss. It helps to be a big smoker though. I would imagine it's not as pleasant for non-potheads
It's not pleasant at all.
Yea, I knew pleasant want the right word. It's better than smelling piss though.
i never really smelled weed in all my visits to NYC. smell it plenty in cali though.
Its definitely more prevalent at night and more likely in the non-touristy parts. Its still illegal here, fairly lenient for people who only have a joint on them though. I live in brooklyn for 9 months and would smell it at some point anytime i walked to dinner or something.
I see someone almost everyday smoking in their car on the highway on my commute home.
fuck yo traffic. cali traffic isn't better or anything, but your experience is also a special kind of suck; especially your roads. can definitely understand how people would toke in their cars.
Dude the potholes are huge, the drivers are crazy, the infrastructure is old and the tolls are $8 - $15 for most of the bridges to get from borough to borough. Nyc is a place for public transit, not cars. I'm ready to move
The churro lady in the corner always makes it okay.
Suddenly I'm no longer upset about not getting to go with my friends this year.
Mama Mia!
Eau de NYC
Such is the cost of Pizza Rat.
stale piss marinated in dirty and mold?
You have a way with words
That should be done in New Orleans. They say it smelled better after Katrina because it washed the city clean.
But if it is glorious, why ruin the essense?
If you can smell it, some of it is in your nose
Who would piss ?? Oo never mind ...
Will they power wash the sidewalks because the local residents complain about smelling piss, or do the local residents think they smell like something else?
Local residents don't go to downtown Honolulu.
The ones that have to go for work have probably long since given up on what the sidewalks smell like.
Wouldn't it be nicer to have toilet stations? Dignity wise.
They do on the beaches, but they treat it more like a house. A literal brick shit house.
Also would be nice to house the homeless... Dignity wise.
$$$$$$$$$$$$
Yeah there is no money in this country. I forgot. Other than the millions Trumps family is burning though in travel alone.. And all the other billions that the most fortunate have ... But yeah not enough to feed and shelter the needy. Might mean eating less expensive cheese plates. God forbid.
We have plenty of empty homes and enough money to feed everyone if we wanted to, we don't want to. The general reason given is if people get what they need without earning it no one would work. Poverty is seen as a punishment for being lazy. If every job paid the same why would someone take a physically strenuous one? Or a mentally stressful one? We use our resources to provide temporary help so the people receiving it have to jump through hoops and will soon feel it's not worth it. We think if we make it hard enough they will just go get jobs because it will be easier. The main problem , as I see it, is that in many cases we are right. We are also wrong in just as many cases. We don't have a nice, tidy, one size fits all answer so we stay with the system we have. We know what the outcome of this situation is, we don't know what will happen if we change so we don't. Add to this the fact that to possibly change the status quo the people at the top would have to foot the bill. They don't want everyone to be equal, they want to be better. Everyone can't have the best of everything and they really like being able to have it already. They would lose everything they worked hard for and,at best, be average. At worst the entire economy collapses from lack of labor and they get plunged into a third world country that they helped create and now can't afford to escape.
You're gonna hate robots. They'll be taking all the jobs and only those with shit will prosper.
The higher the unemployment gets the more dangerous the situation gets. The higher ups know this, they will keep automation profitable but in check. To few jobs and the people revolt, to few robots and profit margins slip. It's a delicate balancing game but they will do everything in their power to keep the plates spinning.
When I took a month off for medical reasons, I went absolutely crazy even though I had money to get by. Not everyone looks for ways to be lazy or would enjoy never having to work. A lot of us thrive on purpose and meaningful work and wouldn't know what to do with ourselves if we retired and would probably still volunteer somewhere or create a business if we suddenly struck it rich.
That's the kicker. It's a 50/50 split. There's a chance many people would do just that. Think of all the energy we waste because we hate what we do everyday. If one would be inventor could focus on what they love they may be able to solve so many problems. But then there's the cases where parents space out children so they can continue to receive government benefits and all the cases of disability fraud. No one knows what halve would win out.
Do you house the homeless? Do you donate all of your disposable income? memes?
I keep all my memes for myself because I'm a greedy fuck.
And yes I provide food and shelter for those less fortunate then myself. And I'm not even rich so wow.
I'm just goofin with ya bud. I know you're a good lad
They'll never take my memes.
Who even has disposable memes?
Ok then you pay for it
Umm yeah.. I do. Oddly enough I'm ok with my tax dollars going to help those less fortunate .. I'm ok with paying my share. And more. Because I have a heart. Try growing one.
I have one, I just don't care.
Cool. Hope that works out for you. GL.
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Right bro. People should live in filth. It's all good. Nobody got rich by exploit libg poor people or slaves. None of this wealth has it's roots in slave labor. Keep fooling yourself with your bullshit. Nobody is saying give people jetskis. Give people 3 square meals a day. A roof. Clean water. The basics. Give kids ree school lunch. Crazy. I know. I'm ignorant .. or you are a self centered asshole... And if you end up on your ass someday I hope someone has mercy on you.
I'm not a fan of socialism but there's a big difference between it and communism. . .
And treat the homeless like human beings? Please! This is America. Bootstraps bitches!
Implying homeless people respect public bathrooms and don't end up using them to sleep/do drugs in
Shhhh he's circlejerking, don't let him know that the kind of homeless that shit on the sidewalk are the kind that would shit on the walls of a public toilet
One of those things is way more understandable than the other.
One of these things is not like the other.
I hope you understand that working around a problem doesn't fix the problem..
Implying that all the homeless have boots
Homeless people don't have bootstraps.
Then it would smell like *ish only when the doors open on the bathrooms.
They tried putting toilets in Manhattan, but naturally they charged for it. They're gone now.
Yeah, Downtown Honolulu has this strip that's filled with trashy perma-tourists and the entire sidewalk has a coat of birdshit and human piss.
Tourist piss or local piss?
I think a combination of homeless locals and trashy tourist's kid's piss
Sorry for sounding ignorant. Perma tourist? Wouldn't that technically make them residents?
I mean yeah but not really. They might leave the islands if they could afford a ticket home, but they spend any money they acquire on alcohol/drugs. They never have a residence or register a vehicle so there is no way the state would be able to statistically count them as a resident.
Oooo so they are basically a bunch of squatters! Dude that's pretty insane to think that people actually do that. I was sorta thinking it was gonna be along the lines of what that South Park episode showed (if you've seen it)
you sure they're tourists and not just transients?
Pics or fud lolol
Hawaii has a lot of homeless.
Not that surprising. Given the housing costs there I imagine a majority of people, even people with good jobs, are just a paycheck or two away from eviction at all times.
It's not just there, I'm pretty sure about 60% of Americans are two paychecks away from being homeless
Sadly, this is true throughout most of America.
Yeah, a lot of people actually move to Hawaii and try to live the island life, but cant afford it and go homeless.
Indeed.
Hell. You could do much worse than Hawaii of you're homeless.
Though I doubt many came there homeless. They all became homeless in Hawaii.
Homeless in Hawaii sounds like it would be a fun rom-com.
In Vancouver anything outside gets washed 10 months out of the year.
Go visit San Francisco. The city has a crew dedicated to market street to keep the smell down.
It doesn't help lol, never not smelled of hoboshit and hobopiss there
True, it's bad. My secret now is staying in the financial district. Better hotels, fewer homeless. Uber/Lyft gets me everywhere I can't walk.
Madrid too. So many fucking dogs. The sidewalks are stained everywhere from dog piss.
They powerwash the main sidewalks during the night around 2am/3am
In big cities its nearly impossible to find a public restroom. I've had to pee in an alley as a tourist because I couldn't find a fucking toilet.
That's because people smear shit on the walls... like actual feces. A few ruin it for the many
I know, I used to be a janitor. But now they are smearing shit on the pavement and walls of buildings. I say that we have anyone over age 5 who has smeared blood, piss, or shit on a wall, toilet or stall euthanized, but I am a little too progressive for most people to agree.
It's like that in a lot of nice weather places. The homeless just congregate. I remember reading a story not too long ago about a giant light pole that that fell in San Francisco and crushed a car, after being corroded by years and years of bum piss...
At least they do it. Here in New Orleans government officials could care less.
Well they did let the levies fail and flood the town. What else do you expect?
Or maybe that was their plan to wash away the piss smell?
Actually, it was the Army Corps of Engineers who screwed up the levees. They're not local officials. They also built commercial canals, and drainage canals, that channeled the floodwaters. The loss of swamps formerly protecting the coast from hurricanes to saltwater incursion also affected it. Lack of sediment deposit from the Mississippi due to the building of levees also has hurt the city, depriving it of necessary soil buildup, but the levees are necessary to keep the river from flooding. The decrease of sediment amounts in the river has played a role. Pumps failed. The lake pushed water into the city. It wasn't just one damn thing. There wasn't just one responsible party.
I knew I smelled beignets and piss!
They should probably take a shower then.
Just hop in the ocean for a bit.
Ancient people used a cave for living. Modern people use cave for pi.
Thats probably equal tourist piss and homeless piss lol that place is like the worst part of the whole island
Live in Hawaii, can confirm
They should instead try power washing the hobos once in a while
Yeah when I was in Oahu if you go more than two blocks Inland there's nothing but crack pipes and needles all over the ground.
That's a bit much.. there are areas ofcourse but you would have to be seeking these to run into that stuff. Overall it's pretty clean
Yeah that is super accurate, really not worth the visit. The north shore of Oahu is even worse, DEFINITELY stay far away that area.
I bet that shit is expensive there. I mean, it's bad for junkies right across the border, I can't even imagine buying hard core drugs on an island in the middle of the fucking ocean.
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Sounds like a fun job tho. Besides the piss smell that is
New Orleans
Someone needs to do this in the French quarter in NOLA
Smelling other people is the high cost of living in civilization.
San Francisco used to do this a lot, but not since the water shortages.
The solution would be public bath houses and facilities..
Baking soda and white vinegar. Works well
Jokes on them they're pissing in the bushes
are tourists pissing there or does Honolulu really have that serious of a homeless problem. i've traveled very little in my life so don't have much perspective on the matter, but i'd always figured it being an island would make the homeless problem smaller than other places. just because bums can't just go there, they have to be from there right?
Some city tried to install public toilets, but they had to make them unlock after 10 minutes to prevent them from being prostitution hotels. Then the disabled people complained that wasn't enough time if you were in a wheelchair. So they canceled the whole project.
That's just chinatown... and yeah those streets needs much more then a power wash.
If you build it, they will piss.
rule 34 of construction
Rule 35 - If you piss it, they will build.
Always finding bottles full of piss on my construction sites.
That's expected. But have you ever stumbled upon a box full of shit? One of the electricians on my site recently learned that lesson the hard way.
I have not exactly stumbled upon one. I have opened a honey bucket more than once. Honey bucket is when you open a bucket expecting joint compound but instead you get a face full of week old shit smell.
Oh god. I've never ran into that. I don't know why the guys don't just use the portopotty. In most cases they aren't that far away. And what do they use for toilet paper?
seashells
He probably gets paid enough to not give a fuck.
I get paid exceptionally well. I run commercial construction sites in NYC.
I meant the electrician. 50 and hour isn't unheard of in my area.
I don't know man, he seemed pretty upset to get shit all over his hand. I don't know if you could pay me enough for that. At least not without cash in hand, and a 3 hour shower immediately afterwards.
Did he fucking open it and take the shit out? Wtf. Like, he wasn't able to tell the box contained human faces before getting to a point where he comes in contact with it? Jesus.
He opened it, but the idiot who shit in the box, put the packaging back on top of it. So he had no way to really know. I mean I guess smell, but there are so many terrible smells on a jobsite, I can see how he wouldn't be suspicious. I mean the packaging was in the exact place it was supposed to be, so it's understandable.
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Lack of a functioning welfare system is why you can't have nice things. Greetings from Denmark.
True. Also being cold as fuck outdoors helps in getting rid of the riffraff.
Oh ok. How many black people do you have in that country? Like 3?
If welfare paid more here, nobody would be working.
Yeah, that is the argument that is currently killing welfare here, too - even though it has worked for 50 years. We have around 10% immigrants in Denmark. I don't know how many blacks, and I suspect it's not really relevant.
You are so old fashioned over there. Your blatant racism is a perfect example. Right now I'm picturing you with a hood and a torch. Silly fellow.
Blacks commit 56% of all robbery, despite only 12% of the population. https://archive.is/ej5mz
Blacks commit 53% of all murder, despite being only 12% of the population. https://archive.is/ej5mz
Despite making up less than 7% of the US population, black males commit 1 in every 3 rapes. https://archive.is/ej5mz
42% of all cop killers are black. https://archive.is/D7Sdq
But let me guess, it's the whites' fault. We only send cops out for crimes if a black person is involved and all of the prison population that is black is there because they were pulled over. Show me ONE country (just one please) that is domanately black and doesn't have a major issue with crime. Look at the major cities in the US and look at the top 10 cities with crime problems and notice a trend with the demographics. I would love to hear the bullshit excuse on that. Nobody can explain it except for putting the blame on someone else.
By the way, Denmark has a population of 5.5 million, that's it and only a few percent are black there. Denmark is not Black friendly at all and 84% of the immigrants there are on welfare. Surprise surprise. Give them the option not to work and they won't. I'm sure that doesn't bother you at all but it is a different here in the US.
In USA.
Not forgetting all that arty graffiti.
Yes, BUT, 100% chance when it rains none of that will wash out!
I forget how that was supposed to be a good thing.
It even looks like it smells of piss.
And look at the left "bench" - it's so low you can't possibly sit on it with any degree of comfort. And it looks much too wide for any reasonable legs as well. It's only useful to sleep on.
10/10 would sit again.
God, when did I get so cynical.
made me splutter out loud laughing that did
Maybe a little bit of weed as well.
It is probably why they have a gutter there...
It's completely constructed from piss and pubic hair.
So true LMAO
I am already starting to smell it.
10/10 great place to piss, would recommend it.
Mind the needles!
There's a piss gutter right below it though..I'm surprised there isn't an LGBTQ-friendly sign above it like there should be..
So true
A lot of black & milds have been had here
But it was 99 cents.
Any public concrete structure smells like piss. I'd piss there.
"This bench dedicated to R. Kelly"
Hobo piss at that.
100% I still give a shit
My first thought was this would definitely be a prime piss spot😂
If you're lucky that's all you smell
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We are gonna have sex in your car! It will happen again!
-- Dirty Mike and the Boys
Naturally.
I mean when was the last time you sat on a public bench? Like really sat on it. Not just a casual gimme 5 minutes to rest. I'm talking realllllllly sat and pondered stuff.
you didn't. Cause you have a house for that.
I do it frequently, at least once a week. I live near a beach though and that's a good spot for pondering stuff.
I like benches.
I like benches people put in places where it would be nice to stop and sit, but nobody has the time to do so so you just look at the bench and ponder sitting there while the world keeps spinning and you have to keep moving along.
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I feel like you two are talking about two different drugs.
Also, when has a crackhead ever nodded out or wanted to sit still?
He was talking about crack.
I was referring to heroin cause that's the the only ones I've dealt with.
I met two crack heads in Asheville once, way too jittery and unpredictable for my tastes.
Bartards are kinda like crackheads and junkies combined
I smoke crack and IV both heroin and crack and am able to maintain a reasonable human being demeanor. I don't know what the fuck is wrong with all these crackheads and junkies who act a fool enough to appear as sub human to people. I can smoke 100-200 dollars worth of crack daily and still appear normal. Maybe it's mixing both that's the key. Or homeless crackheads and junkies are almost always mentally ill, as well.
I'll have what he's having
Jump start lmao xD
Tis funny.
He said crack not heroin.
Hearts?
They're not jumpstarted.
They're kickstarted.
(Cue the Crüe.)
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This is the deepest thread I've ever read about benches. Not even any special benches, just normal ones you find in the park. And now we're talking about how to repel bums while sitting on a bench and pondering life. I love reddit.
We are talking about pawning tasers for crack now. Get with the program! Benches are so 15 minutes ago.
Well, It seems like it would be simpler to just tase your dealer and take the crack.
That way you get to keep your nifty taser!
Junkies dont have money to replace taser cartridges. Unless you're talking about a stun gun, which just needs to get charged.
Honestly, I was just thinking of those personal defense ones.
We do have a pretty deep bench for deep bench comments.
Now we're thinkin'!
How many cracks can a tazer buy?
Junkies shoot dope, crackheads smoke crack.
Source: former junkie.
Bench junkies are cool, they don't bother anybody.
Until you get half way down the road and can't find your wallet.
Junkie = not cool
Junkies are OGs of cool.
Gj kid, you passed D.A.R.E.
I've no idea what that means. Probably because I'm 30.... gj kid
Discussion time! Why do you think a heroin user is inherently uncool?
This is some sort of downvote trap. Count me out.
Alright, I'll PM you so there's no votes involved.
Ok, I know you're kidding but seriously try talking to one of them junkies or the homeless (they're probably both btw if they're on a public bench).
They will most likely be open about sharing their stories, which is oftentimes fascinating and surprisingly impactful.
Advice from the homeless can be a lot more valuable than advice from the rich.
Oh yeah, I was definitely joking.
I've had quite a few personal experiences and addictions with various things. I've had several friends get hooked on heroin and meth. Recently got into it with one of them because of him shooting up three times in a row and nodding out so bad, I was actually kind of scared. Don't get me wrong, they are good friends and have been there for me when I had no one else. But I don't trust them, not one bit.
*cops
FTFY
Or a granola bar. One of those nasty closer to a brick than a food. Hand those bad boys out...
*Note: You may catch a nature valley bar to the head...
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And that, my dear children, is called murder. Which is frowned upon in most countries.
Be sure to sweep for needles first, that's the last thing you want to sit on.
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Come to England, the worlds most boring country where stuff like that just isn't common place
just so you know, stuff like that doesn't actually happen in the US, its all made up.
It's not "common place" in America either. Really it's more of a running joke because it was super hyped by paranoid parents several years ago.
England is still seriously dull though
Razor blades on monkey bars? Is this like all the Halloween candy with needles in it, or the children's stickers covered in LSD I was told about growing up?
A sticker covered in LCD?
I want them all
Yeah. Supposedly back in the 90's gangs were using stickers coated in LSD that they were giving out to kids to try and get them hooked into drugs? Now I'm not an LSD enthusiast, but my understanding is that's kind of expensive. Who the hell is going to be wasting that kind of money to get kids high, instead of using it for themselves? Just seems counterproductive.
Razor blades on monkey bars? That is insidious.
It's the last thing you want to poke you in the hand while you're sweeping for needles, too.
Incoming New millennial trend
It's a little hot right now we should just stay inside
Don't even look at a kid.
There's been times in my life when I've been working 70hrs a week or taking 17 credit hours of classes while working full time, and I'll drive by a park or something and wish so bad that I could just stop what I'm doing and pull over and wander around the park for a while, but I can't because I'm too damn busy all the time. Then when my work load gets lighter and I have time to do stuff like that, I don't do it.
I remember back in college being so damn busy all the time that when I had a break I would just sit and stare at the wall. People would invariable ask me what's wrong, but I was just enjoying the peace and quiet of not studying/labs/projects/lectures/papers, etc. It just felt good not to think for awhile.
Dude this hits so hard that's me right now my summer class ended yesterday and I have idea what to do with myself snymore
I spent a lot of my free time (the little I had) just laying in bed doing nothing. I'd walk home from campus to make dinner, lay down for a bit, then drive and park behind the engineering building so I didn't have to walk far. Lol
You have to take advantage of every chance you get. Take it from a career burnout; 70+ hours a week will kill you early.
I never go anywhere without my fishing pole now, and I never have to call home and say "have dinner without me again, the boss is making me work until midnight again."
Ever seen Click by Adam Sandler?
Yes, that's sort of my philosophy taken to its ridiculous Sandlerian conclusion.
That's what I like to hear.
When you are old, you will never say "Gee, I wish I'd spent more time working at my job."
Dayum, Aristotle.
Imagine if the world stopped spinning, but you are facing the direction it's spinning in, and you just launch forward from the bench at 1000 mph.
It would be better than being inside, that's for sure.
An instant, 1000mph launch would probably kill you, even if you were wearing a helmet and body armor... without impacting anything.
You wouldn't be experiencing any jerk or acceleration in the launch, because you'd actually be staying in the same amount of motion you were before.
So it would only be the colliding with things that killed you.
That brings up an interesting thought. Where is the cutoff for the deceleration? Is it the crust of the Earth itself? Does it include plants and buildings? Or will literally everything on Earth suddenly launch (continue travelling) 1000mph, in which case, everything but terrain would remain equidistant from each other.
edit: Since they specified that you would fly from the bench, it seems fixed objects would remain grounded. Is that only if they're secured? If it's literally only sentient creatures that dont stop, then yes, you will meet your end on the first available object surface.
Edit 2: Holy shit, think about people inside cars when they plow into their dash/windshield at 1000mph. What a mess...
No car can go 1000 mph. The land speed record is 763 mph, and that wasn't really in a car, it was more like a jet with wheels instead of wings.
I read about a guy who ejected from his jet while moving very fast, the wind resistance pretty much killed him instantly. Ripped him apart
Im not quite sure that's true, fighter jet pilots have ejected during supersonic flight before. In 1966 the 2 crew members of a Lockheed M21 ejected at Mach 3.25. Granted one of them, the Launch Control Officer died, but that's because he drowned after landing in the water and getting stuck in the seat. The pilot was fine.
You might be right. However this article: http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/how-dangerous-is-it-to-eject-from-a-fighter-jet-20120730-239mp.html mentions that sometimes ejecting into high winds would whip back arms and legs, breaking them. Either way, I don't want to keep moving when the earth stops.
Depends on the atmosphere. I assume the atmosphere stops too, therefore you'd first be crushed by the sudden collision with the air, and then burn up on your escape trajectory.
Hitting something on your way into space would be the merciful option. Fortunately, your angle of flight would fling you towards the horizon, so your chances of hitting something would be very good.
If the atmosphere didn't stop, it would be much the same story, except without the crushing smack into a wall of air to begin with. However, anything rooted to the ground would be smashed to bits by that same wall of air, that's coming with you. In other words, you'd be pulverised by bits of house, cars, lamp posts, you name it... unless you happened to be in the perfect position to have a much more streamlined flight than the debris.... but you're still burning up.
You're not going to be going into space anyway. Consider - the force holding you to the earth (gravity) is still there. The only changed force is centrifugal force, the non-inertial force pushing rotating objects away from the axis of rotation, which is no longer present. It's actually become slightly harder for you to reach space.
So... extreme road rash ensues.
I think the consensus is that this would be a bad idea entirely.
Isn't gravity strong enough to keep us within our atmosphere? Or does it case to exist when the planet stops spinning?
Such as air?
Yeah, if the atmosphere stops the air resistance would be deadly.
I was operating on the assumption that the only things stopped would be those solidly connected to the ground (so park bench yes, car no, house yes, sofa no) which wouldn't include the air.
An instant 1 mph launch would kill you. You gotta make room for some delta_t.
You're not actually accelerating in this case. It's the ground that did. You'll actually be okay until you meet up with something.
That said, pure acceleration can't hurt anything, even if it's infinite (no delta-t). It's the shearing force caused by uneven acceleration that does hurt. Gravity (while in free fall) is practically even unless you're close to a point source of it (spaghettification), and an accelerator that physically conforms to the accelerated object can provide relatively even acceleration (like an airbag in a crash or a sky diver falling at terminal velocity into mud).
the air is something. a human flying through the air at 1000mph with no protection would tear them apart. the speed won't kill you, but the friction with air (and particles in the air) would fuck you up very quickly. it would not be fun.
I was assuming the air would retain its momentum and stay the same speed as the person over the ground, but if it suddenly stops like the ground did, then yeah, it would not be fun.
And to think, this thread started with sitting on a bench.
In the unrealistic Physics 101 Chapter 1 situation where the acceleration is applied uniformly to every molecule in your body yes, acceleration won't kill you. Forces tend not to apply evenly and humans, being mostly squishy and made out of mostly liquid, are rather vulnerable to excessive sheer forces. Gravity is an exception as it does apply roughly uniformly to every molecule of your body, at least while you're earth-bound, but the key point of airbags and mud is that they make delta-t bigger, not that they physically conform to the object.
Though you have a point that the guy who the guy I responded to responded to was talking about a more ambiguous situation than the guy I responded to.
Yeah, this stuff only really comes up in hypotheticals like this. That said, airbags and the mud work by both delta-t increase and conforming to the object to be accelerated. Even with the delta-t increase, both cases are still examples of very high acceleration that would be lethal if the forces were not distributed evenly. It's the same balance for a helmet. The inside foam increases the delta-t, but the rigid shell distributes the force from what could be a point source outside across the entirety of the foam and then skull inside.
I was hoping to get details on how much mud the skydiver displaced in the story I was thinking of. I don't recall it being a lot, but I can't find it, just a bunch of people falling into bushes, trees, and snow, which would all contribute more to delta-t increase than the other thing.
No, no, no. You are already going 1000 miles an hour, the Earth just stops so you keep going.
Let's try it... for science!
I don't know ...many things would be happen in this scenario, being launched into the air may be the least of your concerns, you wouldn't want to survive that anyway, since everything is destroyed. Massive earthquakes, earth taking another shape (no centrifugal force playing against gravity) massive floodwaves, and then one side of the earth get's scorched by the sun while the other side freezes.
I disagree. In said scenario the world has ended, I'd rather go out in my comfy shorts.
You might be going a little faster than 1000 mph. Honestly I'm pretty sure the massive change in momentum would kill you instantly
It's actually not a change in momentum bc you are already moving that fast, except so is the earth. He was saying just the earth would stop instantly and you would, in relation to earth, go flying at incredibly high speeds without technically accelerating to them
But here's the question.... Did I ever say I was changing in momentum? No I didn't. I said the change in momentum ( the earth spinning at thousands of MPH coming to a complete stop) is however a drastic change in momentum. Technically from earth from my ant sized body's eyes I would perseeve myself instantly gaining a shit ton of momentum (which technically I already had but from my eyes it looks like I shot off like super man.) But all of this is just talk. In actuality I'm pretty sure I would instantly be spaghettified
Yes but you physically are not changing in momentum and that's the only thing that would spaghettify you. You may go straight into a wall and splatter but to just keep going the way you are already nothing would happen
I never originally stated it was the human being changing momentum
A human would not spaghettify with no change in momentum
I was using that term really loosely. You would explode into a puddle of a person. Not to mention gravity and physical objects still exsist
So your saying riding a skateboard and someone sticks a block of wood Infront of it and it stops. There would be zero change in momentum?
Yes???? You would keep going just the same. The only issues that occur is when you hit something after you keep moving and the skateboard doesn't
No change in momentum. You are travelling at the same speed you always have, just the world stops.
You are the 5th person to say this and it is a change in momentum. If you're suspended on a platform and the platform is moving and you were going the same speed as it, if that platform all of a sudden comes to a jerking stop you are going to feel a change in momentum. I never ONCE said I'm changing momentum. The earth is. In a broaden perspective you are right the earth is the change of momentum but from my eyes I wouldn't see the big picture. What I would see is me being launched out of my seat I would perseeve myself gaining momentum but yes I would of already had that.
Here's a better explanation, if im spinning a ball on my finger each time I spin it with my hand it's gaining momentum. And when someone comes and grabs it it's then no longer spinning. Indicating a change in momentum
There is no change in momentum, for you, in this scenario. The world stops, and that would probably be bad news for everything attached to it, but you wouldn't feel any force.
The bench would change momentum rather than you. Your survival would depend on whether the air around you stopped or not.
I guess you would skid along the ground badly either way.
In a broaden perspective absolutely but from my eyes if the earth stopped rotating I would perseeve myself being launched, not the earth stopping
I never stated it was me changing momentum, Just the change in general.
I like people watching. (I may or may not be homeless)
We all may or may not be homeless.
Holy shit. We are talking about benches? I thought this whole thread was talking about beaches. I'm so high right now.
There is a bench in a really grotty spot in London, opposite a bus garage, on a busy road.
That's not remarkable, but it has a memorial plaque for some deceased woman on it. Poor old Dolly.
Nah, I'm talking about the ones you see while traversing the countryside on people's private property. Overlooking lakes, under big trees and such.
In my line of work, I see these all day.
A bench was made because someone thought this place was worth looking at / relaxing in. I will fulfill that purpose, always.
Nobody has time for anything in this century, especially to really live and be in that exact moment. Truly feel. Even the fucking bench. And now here I'm, on a bench, writing to reddit and the world keeps spinning. Sometimes I want to scream, STOP THE WORLD, I want to get off!
Me irl
as someone who used to think this way, just wait. My dad used to wonder who would ever use all the benches with the names of people who donated them on a plaque. Now he does as do many older folks. And dogs who need a break.
That sounds like the plot to some children's story or cartoon about loneliness and making friends. Poor bench.
I thought you said you live near a bench and I had all sorts of questions at first
ftfy
I like pondering stuff too, on casuals, just before Friday Night Magic.
Nice. I miss ponder.
I think all of us live near a bench.
Oh. I and everyone else misread.
I live near Golden Gate Park and go there regularly to walk and think about things. When I get tired I usually find a grassy hill rather than a bench though.
That's nice. I do the same when not sitting. Walking helps clear the noise.
Some say he still is sitting on the bench today
He sat on that bench. Benches love that shit.
Until the hobo stank comes along...
Thats just urine and beer. The town drunks with homes to stumble back to should take some of the stank-blame!
You forgot the extreme body odor. You cant compare hobo stank with drunk people peeing. The stank is unmatchable
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on a bunch of a benches?
How many benches are in a bunch of benches?
More than 2. Standard herd/murder rules apply.
So, bunches of benches and eaches of lunches?
when I lived within walking distance of a lake, I would walk down to it once or twice a week, and sit on one of the benches facing the lake and just contemplate.
Then I'd walk the trail around the lake, looking for Pokemon.
I don't know. I'd rather ponder on a bench out in the open rather than a closed off room.
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Introverts can enjoy being outdoors.
Just because they enjoy be outside doesn't mean they're an extrovert. Believe it or not it's possible to go outdoors and avoid people at the same time. If you happen to live somewhere remote you're not going to see very many people anyways.
Not necessarily.
All of the people here would take their phone to the beach/bench and look at the screen for thirty minutes, leave and think, "I need to do that more often."
So? People do the same with books and the newspaper. It doesn't mean they are enjoying taking some time out to sit down outside any less than someone else.
It about clearing your mind. I did it once in 2003, it's ok, not sure I will repeat.
"TECHNOLOGY IS EATING OUR SOOOOOOOOULS!"
Sometimes I do it to smoke cause I dont like to walk and smoke at the same time. Kinda punctuates the day for me.
College, a year and a half ago. During non-winter I'd often spend the 30mins between classes just laid out in the sun on one of the benches listening to music and enjoying being outside. It was great.
You must not have gone to college in Denver. 30 minutes in the sun will turn you into a lobster.
Haha nope, about an hour south of Pittsburgh
I dunno, I'm usually going somewhere in public. Typically not just to a bench either.
I just did, pondering this question.
yesterday
Right now, but then I live in a city with benches in interesting places.
The other day my girlfriend and I just sat on a bench, cuddled, and didn't say much to each other for about 3 hours. It was really, really nice!
I wish I could do this with my boyfriend, but we'd probably get violently lynched by a mob :(
You can tell her to shut up at home ya know?
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I sit on benches at the park at the turn around point of my runs.
Benches in parks are good.
I have a toilet bowl for that.
Everyday man. This is my go to pondering bench lol
https://m.imgur.com/a/W8kRi
Seriously bro, do you even bench?
I was at la jolla cove last fri ,i sat on at least 3 benches and a cliff rock for about 4 hours just alone thinking and staring off it was actually really relaxing and helped me feel better about stuff that was cluttering my mind.
Weather permitting, I go to a park during my lunch break and read. Very relaxing
If everyone did that shit, there would be waaay too few benches. Benches are there for a few people to use like you described and for most people to be able to sit and rest for short amounts of time.
Feeling tired? That bench may be iron, but I assure you it's quite comfortable. There's no better place to collect your thoughts before heading below.
About once or twice a week I spend my lunch break sitting on the bench at the duck pond near my office.
What about just sitting on the toilet taking breaks from work? I'm pondering right now.
Sometimes it's nice to spend the night on a bench with beer and friends and talk about whatever passes through your mind.
Location bias noted.
High population, "nice weather" places extremely common. See a lot of east coast locations where that bench is not 90+ degrees. Or beaches by benches.
However, in places that are more sparsely populated or spread out, then yeah, go home. You're view is probably better OR you have AC.
thats what the shitty folding chair I have on my patio is for.
I try to do it fairly often but it is because I hope that forest gump will eventually cone sit next to me
You don't know my day
In Amsterdam there are some nice places to sit down and enjoy your Chocomel.
Yep. I'd be surprised if that's in the UK, cos the cops are a town planning consulted and would have advised against this for that reason.
Install a blue light in your recessed bench nook and you'll cut it down on junkies. Plus, if there were blue LED lights glowing through all the cracks along the top, it would look really cool.
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It makes it difficult to see veins.
Pretty sure that's what it meant in Field of Dreams too.
In my country it would have pointy rocks placed in the most uncomfortable way.
if only there were a way to ensure homeless people went home at night...
They're homeless
Thanks you. In my town that would become someones house day one.
Ah I love comment section. Specifically came here to find out why this was a terrible idea.
I was wondering how much they paid the homeless person to leave for a minute. Or did they just ask nicely.
They call it a "soup kitchen".
Rainstorms.
Ayyyy, i'm homeless and it's offensive!
Then you have all the homeless people you can rape and pillage.
Lord forbid we address the underlying problems of mental health and inequality rather than complain that they use public facilities.
I wonder how many homeless people had sex on that bench
Thanks for the F-Shack.
Love, Dirty Mike and the Boys
https://youtu.be/u1j4mK6cs_A
"Honey, Is that a hypodermic needle in my asscheek?"
First thing that popped in my head too, can't really have things like that or the dregs of humanity will take it over.
In my town, we put these bars in the middle of benches to prevent homeless from sleeping on them.
Homeless still sleep on them.
If you don't want homeless people and junkies, maybe you ought to fight for the elimination of social conditions that give rise to homelessness and drug addiction, in short, fight against capitalism. Or you can go the other way and advocate for their extermination, but that would take guts for fascists to admit, and also wouldn't solve anything if the social conditions are not addressed it would just repeat itself.
Acknowledging the existence of junkies and homeless makes me a gutless fascist? I am a director of a nonprofit that helps poor immigrants acclimate to America, I volunteer as a lawyer for indigent transgender individuals to legally change their names, my niece is a social worker who hands out clean needles to junkies (and I've given lots of money to her organization and also paid for her schooling) and my daughter volunteers in soup kitchens. Quite a superiority complex you have going there.
Oh, I didn't mean to imply that, it's just either you are for the status quo, meaning homelessness and junkies are part of current life, and helping them personally while good does not change the social conditions that create such problems in the first place (so people who are charitable but then defend the same capitalist system in the first place are more part of the problem than the solution), or if you're against status quo you have to be a fascist or a communist, since nothing else is a possibility right now.
Sorry, I misinterpreted all the "you"s. It seems to me that a society can have both necessary public services as well as a free market economy, and that countries on the left and right are converging toward that, but what do I know.
r/SF_IRL
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And junkless
This the place where all the junkies go
Or three teenagers who won't leave and take up the entire space.
Don't forget crowds of youths.
I hate this fear. Cities across the countries put spikes on the ground, remove benches and water fountains so homeless folks don't lounge. It is a waste imo.
A waste because homeless people won't lounge or because it's fine if they do?
Well, we are designing downtown areas to deter homeless people. This has the same effect on the elderly/disabled though. Not having seats trying to get through a city is tough.
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Homelessness is a problem every society faces, some are more successful than others. A lot of it is tied to how we view mental health. It is a trade off, right?
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It is an understandable frustration. You can't change people who don't want to change. The people who we see as needing to improve their lives have had the most uncertainty and are resistant to change. Guiliani was pretty aggressive in NYC, it was worse in the 80's under Reagan. We don't have solutions for the millions of people who can't participate in society because of mental health issues. So we sweep them under the bridge and look away everytime we cross. Sometimes it is dangerous. Which makes everything harder.
Sorry about the house but thanks for opening up about it.
I'm not an engineer and don't have the time/money/space needed to make one...time to get city council involved I guess.
Enjoy your new bench in 2026.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this will now be under construction until 2126
And cost 200 million dollars.
i bet a guy could build it for $550.
And now the govt's plan costs far, far less because they have faced international embarassment.
"A guy" doesn't appear to be on the list of approved city contractors. Did he submit a bid?
This is extremely relevant. I'm sitting at the DMV and on the TV they were showing how a city park had plans to have a staircase installed, it wasn't getting done and was going to cost 26,000 or something like that to do it. A local man builds a good set with his own money, $550 (insane relevance) and the city has now taped it off wondering what to do.
Wow it's almost like that's what he was referencing
Is it seriously? If it is I feel really retarded.
Yeah, pretty sure. It was on the front page a day or two ago.
yes it is/i was, but it is just natural though - not everyone is on reddit 24/7.
Aw man I live under a damn rock... I had no idea.
With WiFi
Hey I watched that movie for the first time last night. Pretty good.
What movie?
Field of Dreams
Well, what movie?
I love that movie
But..
Wayne's World, 'If you book them, they will come'
I live twenty minutes from the Field of Dreams. Good to know people still know that movie
On a park bench?! Where are you from?
The land of park benches good sir. It is a land of great mysteries and wonder, but can also be dangerous, and slippery....
Whats weird about that is just last night I had a dream of a park filled with park benches that people sleep on. I walk by park benches every day to work and a few days ago I noticed they were the ones specifically made where an adult cannot lay down on them and thought that if nobody uses them during the day to sit in, why can't they be a foot longer so homeless can sleep somewhat comfortably.
Then your comment reminded me of my dream last night..
Field of dreams....
The line in the movie is actually, "If you build it, he will come." It's part of the Mandala Effect for some. Or it's just a famous misquote depending on your stance.
You mean "he" right?
Wasn't particularly trying to quote field of dreams there heh.
If you build it, he* will come.
The rainstorms?
Eight legged freaks reference?
You mean the rainstorm?
those quickies tho..
That shitty Australian lawn bowls ad
That's what the creator of the fleshlight thought.
And they weren't wrong
See this is an example of how some people think differently. You think "I could watch a rainstorm from there". I think "Wow, what a great place to do drugs outside".
why not both
don't do school, kids
I think, what a great place to karma whore from in a few days
Yep I expect to see a dickbutt spray painted here within the hour
Or a homeless gang-bang with Dirty Mike and the boys.
Hey city hall, thanks for the f-shack
I just thought by about food and naps. I have used quite a few tunnels on long bike rides to wait out a storm though, and none looked as rad as this.
Man that's sad.
My first thought was "Damn I'd love to smoke a joint in there during a rain storm"
My first thought was, "damn I'd love to inject some heroin in there during a rain storm."
Right up until a tornado starts to form, then you're in decapitation-by-debris territory
Generally no tornadoes here in Europe, luckily (or sadly, I'd love to see a tornado in person one day).
I live right in tornado county (Missouri) and I'll be the first to tell you that the storm near a tornado is awesome. If there's a tornado warning, the whole family goes out on the porch to watch. However if you actually see the tornado or a funnel cloud forming, fun and games are over. You get in the basement immediately. It's very rare to be in real danger from the storm, but the twister itself is no joke
Right hand red.
I'll park my car nearby to catch the debris. ;)
Be careful what you wish for (Im from Seattle)
That's exactly what I was thinking, I love rain :)
I wonder how many people have fucked on that bench...
At least two.
Only one.
The bench or the rainstorm?
I'm in South Georgia, so either right now. Too freaking hot.
Or the other side of the bench
As long as there's not a flash flood.
but worst spot during a earthquake
It's definitely going in my "when I win the lottery" Pinterest folder, along with the hidden rooms and secret doors
Needs a good power wash though
TIL on VPR that we are at risk of running out of sand because of concrete....
It must be extremely hot during summer. Also a great smoke spot to people watch and smoke.
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Check the weather channel, you might.
You know what else works great for watching rainstorms? Houses.
Watch your head
Or sleep.. if you're homeless... all day.
Or get mugged
There's one of these in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Near the aquarium.
Yeah but to live with it i wouldnt think so
I one what you mean. I love just relaxing outside when it's raining
Hope it has some FREE WiFi
Unless it is in Florida where the rain comes in sideways.
Unless it's windy
Just wait. A rainstorm will appear sooner or later - unless you live in the Gobi or Antarctica, of course.
build it and i will come
Until it turns into a wind tunnel.
That place is just a hole in the wall nowadays.
This would be filled with homeless and tents and smell like death and piss where I"m at.
Oh, San Francisco.
a rainstorm or a bench?
Yes.
Probably also a great spot for homeless people to sleep, shit, and take drugs.
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Only a few times a year.
That bench looks nice but there's probably homeless piss and other bodily fluids all over it
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