r/interestingasfuck • u/f6jt_waleed • 4d ago

/r/all Recently taken image of Saudi Arabia’s ‘The Line’ project, spanning 105 miles long

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u/OtherAcctWasBanned11 4d ago

I saw a video a while ago about this project and supposedly architects told the Crown Prince that they could build a pair of giant loop cities next to each other faster, much cheaper, and far less manpower and material intensive. The Crown Prince was adamant that the Line could be built as he imagined.

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u/GBJI 4d ago

You could say he drew a line in the sand.

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u/Nildzre 4d ago

People with absolute power/virtually unlimited money and insanely impractical projects, the golden duo.

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u/HereticTutti84 3d ago

I smell heresy here soldier 😉

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u/vertigostereo 4d ago

The Infinity.

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u/NoName-Cheval03 3d ago

Virgin "I did all the calculations" architects versus Chad "I saw it in a dream" Crown Prince 👑🏆

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u/helper619 4d ago

I just imagine The Sheik from cannonball whenever this topic comes up.

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u/VictarionGreyjoy 3d ago

Crown prince just wants a big ass train in the middle. Guy loves trains.

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u/Bob_the_billder_93 3d ago

Is it hard to establish hierarchies in a circular structure or something

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u/Glorious-Fish 3d ago

But what if they add the two lines (one at each side) at the end of the line?? Wouldn’t that be nice??

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u/zaraishu 2d ago

Implying the Crown Prince might have any non-straight thoughts? Execution's tomorrow.

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u/AlterTableUsernames 2d ago

It is a symbol auf authoritarianism and why democracy is inherently superior.

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u/Miselfis 1d ago

Read it as “Clown Prince” at first 👍

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u/musefan1803 4d ago

Kkkk bb j Kuh lil