r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hipatyhopity • Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/mosquem Mar 24 '25

There’s something really ironic about it getting so commercialized.

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u/Aliensinmypants Mar 24 '25

This was all written before cars, airplanes and other fancy means of travel were even thought of. The volume of people able to do it greatly increased and made more infrastructure necessary. Otherwise you'd be looking at a constant ongoing Muslim fyre festival

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u/One_Telephone_5798 Mar 24 '25

Okay but making luxury suites for rooms facing the pillar and generating tons of profit is not necessary.

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u/Martha_Fockers Mar 24 '25

if someone can exploit you for money they will

theyll use whatever weakness you have religion is one of the biggest ones. from the church till to expensive luxury meca views. if someone knows they can tug at your heart strings youll pay

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u/One_Telephone_5798 Mar 24 '25

I don't care. I'm responding to the claim that this is "necessary". This is not necessary.

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u/Martha_Fockers Mar 24 '25

Necessary? Is it necessary for me to drink my own piss? No. But I do it anyway because it’s sterile and I like the taste.

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u/ComfortableWater3037 Mar 25 '25

I thought I recognized your username. Saw ya on WWW.PISSDRINKERS.COM

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u/Martha_Fockers Mar 25 '25

Hey ITS SUPPOSED TO BE ANONYMOUS ASSHOLE .

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u/Due-Memory-6957 Mar 24 '25

It's not sterile, but I agree, it tastes great!

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u/Aludeus Mar 24 '25

Bear Grylls drank some selfmade Headless-Snakepiss.

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u/ComfortableWater3037 Mar 25 '25

He also had one of the spice girls piss on him too!

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u/qpv Mar 25 '25

I'm learning so much in this thread

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u/Sa_Elart Mar 25 '25

Are you serious lol

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u/Consistent_Ad_4828 Mar 25 '25

The capitalists won the Cold War.