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		Construction resumes on North Korea's "Hotel of Doom"; however, critics say it's not nearly as good as the one with the cup or the one that melts your face. Doomy pic included (news.yahoo.com)		128
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zoomddy		2008-07-18 02:52:55 PM

Burning_Monk		2008-07-18 02:53:41 PM

Cosmic Crab: Turn it into the world's biggest paintball and laser tag park.

I like the way you think. ;)

Manpace		2008-07-18 02:53:46 PM

FUGGIN BIZZY: Do either of you have any idea what a penis actually looks like? I happen to have one, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

MOFOMISFIT:Uhh...if that's what your phallus looks like, you might want to go to a doctor.

You guys should look up the word "symbol".

H_is_for_Heretic		2008-07-18 02:54:28 PM

ultraholland:

www.spaceandculture.org

Should be arriving at your house soon.

rob.d		2008-07-18 02:55:44 PM

Ugly...even from space...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Pyongyang&ie=UTF8&ll=39.03667,1 25.732496&spn=0.009567,0.018797&t=h&z=16

MrPedanticLawyer		2008-07-18 02:56:36 PM

ultraholland: Why do people see large dominating structures and call them phallic symbols? I never look at a pillar or building and think "Man, look at that schlong." You people have dick on the brain all day, doncha?

You obviously do not live in Washington, DC, home to "America's Lingam," the Washington Monument.

greatmoose		2008-07-18 02:59:17 PM

ultraholland:
OK, so now my goal in life is to vandalize that thing by painting two hands on either side of it, spreading it wide like that which shall not be named. Who's with me?

i25.photobucket.com

The People's Glorious Automatic Calvary For Great Justice is coming to get you!

medius		2008-07-18 02:59:33 PM

Manpace: You guys should look up the word "symbol".

This.

/penis
/\

Manfred J. Hattan		2008-07-18 03:02:21 PM

H_is_for_Heretic: Manfred J. Hattan: Manpace: Why is it that so many cities want to have giant phallic symbols dominating their skylines?

From an engineering and space-allocation standpoint, building a ginormous vagina would be a challenge.

Someone's gonna win a gold medal in a giant cooze.

Holy crap! Are they going to have the men's rowing events in there?

IStealUrSoxFromTheDryer		2008-07-18 03:04:44 PM

aw i shopped it so the building is a giant rollercoaster, but i cant upload photos at work!
/foiled

nijika		2008-07-18 03:04:47 PM

ultraholland: Hey N. Korea, I could solve all of your problems in a heartbeat. Just give me the word.

Allright! Sniper guy has a sniper mission with a 50 calibre solution! Yeah! Get out the green doo rags! That'll fix everything, right-o.

img131.imageshack.us

LukeA		2008-07-18 03:06:27 PM

rob.d: Ugly...even from space...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Pyongyang&ie=UTF8&ll=39.03667,1 25.732496&spn=0.009567,0.018797&t=h&z=16

It's next to a giant tit. Heh heh.

mofomisfit		2008-07-18 03:09:19 PM

Manpace
FUGGIN BIZZY: Do either of you have any idea what a penis actually looks like? I happen to have one, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

MOFOMISFIT:Uhh...if that's what your phallus looks like, you might want to go to a doctor.

You guys should look up the word "symbol".

Two responses: 1) That would have taken away my joke! 2) I know what a symbol is, and I struggle to see how something that is triangular with a tapered top can represent something that is straight with a mushroom top.

ultraholland		2008-07-18 03:10:26 PM

nijika: Allright! Sniper guy has a sniper mission with a 50 calibre solution! Yeah! Get out the green doo rags! That'll fix everything, right-o

Alright!! I've been Internet-Tough-Guyed!

/hug it out, biatch

Sgt Otter		2008-07-18 03:12:06 PM

Perducci: "If this is the worst building in the world, the runners up are in Vegas and Shanghai," said Giberti.

That seems unnecessarily harsh. I don't know much about Shanghai, but I don't recall many dangerous, mostly-unfinished, unusable, multi-billion dollar structures in Vegas. Sure, that city's filled with expensive eyesores, but at least they're functional and interesting eyesores.

THIS. A better analogy would be the never-finished Super Power Building in Clearwater, Florida.

Farkin' Scientologists.

Aepyceros02		2008-07-18 03:22:39 PM

Fuggin Bizzy		2008-07-18 03:29:25 PM

Manpace: You guys should look up the word "symbol".

Okay, so?

I just don't think that a skyscraper in general (and this one in particular), bears a "relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance" to a penis, or represents "something in the unconscious mind that has been repressed." They're entirely dissimilar, and I'm usually pretty aware of my penis.

I've been through college, and long since learned that dubbing something as "phallic" is typically another way of saying "I've got nothing to add. Penis."

Arkanaut		2008-07-18 03:29:53 PM

pendy16

WIN

rob.d

You're a little off:

Link (new window)

/Hint: If you leave the "Pyongyang" in the URL it'll still center on whatever they have as the center of the city.
//Don't know the technical names for all them internet thingies.

CarpeScrotum		2008-07-18 03:33:09 PM

I'd rather see "In Diana Jones - The Temple of Poon"

evareste		2008-07-18 03:35:22 PM

Kim Jong Ill is my fracking hero! I love him, if I could be anyone alive today it would be him.

He owns a country and can pretty much do what ever he wants. He even kidnapped a director to make a movie for him.

He also has a large department of hot women who please him. Plus he carries a crome gun! God damn I wish I could trade places with him!

dajek		2008-07-18 03:36:31 PM

Eh, makes sense to me.

It's a massive erection.

Harry Freakstorm		2008-07-18 03:41:53 PM

Looks kind of like the Enron Rollercoaster Ride from when the Simpsons went to Not Disneyland.

Maybe when they finish the sharp point on the top, Lil' Kim will fall from a helicopter and be impaled upon it.

boatman666		2008-07-18 03:42:34 PM

I loved blowing that building up in mercenaries

NightOwl2255		2008-07-18 03:43:12 PM

blankwhiteboard: NightOwl2255: A 3000 room hotel in a city that basically no one is allowed to visit. That's some gud thninkin.

Just because American's can't visit doesn't mean the rest of the world can't. Places like North Korea, Cuba and Lybia all receive visitors each and ever day. Just not Americans (or, at least, not Americans who fly directly to any of these places).

From Wiki: Tourism in North Korea is organized by the state owned Tourism Organisation ("Ryohaengsa"). Every group of travelers as well as individual tourist/visitors are permanently accompanied by one or two "guides" who normally speak the mother tongue of the tourist. The whole program is dictated by the guides; any contact with North Koreans is subdued, whenever possible.

There is no way in hell they could have ever filled a 3000 room hotel. Outsiders (any outsiders) are few and far between. And no one in the country can afford to travel. The building was built as a statement. Which it certainly is.

anthonix		2008-07-18 03:45:34 PM

Rapmaster2000: I prefer to stay at the Motel of Doom or the Extended Stay Suites of Despair.

he he he. Hehehe. hahaha! HAHAHAHA! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! :)

endlessoul		2008-07-18 03:47:48 PM

TehNacho: ultraholland: Why do people see large dominating structures and call them phallic symbols? I never look at a pillar or building and think "Man, look at that schlong." You people have dick on the brain all day, doncha?

PENIS.

I mean, THIS

I lol'd.

Manpace		2008-07-18 03:51:16 PM

FUGGIN BIZZY: I just don't think that a skyscraper in general (and this one in particular), bears a "relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance" to a penis, or represents "something in the unconscious mind that has been repressed." They're entirely dissimilar, and I'm usually pretty aware of my penis.

I've been through college, and long since learned that dubbing something as "phallic" is typically another way of saying "I've got nothing to add. Penis."

Hmm - I agree that seeing masculine oppression in every detail of the modern world is a popular feminist parlor game, with sometimes ridiculous results. Additionally, you and welcome to take symbolic value out of whatever you please, but ENTIRELY dissimilar?

This sort of building could be seen, or at least intended, as a symbol of strength, vigor and power. It is long (tall), massive, and dominates all its surroundings. It could also showcase the generative and life-giving powers of the benevolent leader.

I dunno, man. If you're not seeing ANY similarities, maybe there's something wrong with your penis.

/Hey, I'M not the one that brought it up...

//I keed

starleen		2008-07-18 03:58:01 PM

FlyingJellyAttackConfectionary: I know how they could get some funding to finish it...

put giant coca-cola logos on the side...massive advertizing...or perhaps a geisha woman eating a tiny snack...

/obscure?

//Someone photoshop this pelase, my PS skills are teh suck

I see what you did there.

AlwaysRightBoy		2008-07-18 04:05:41 PM

I would love to see this come down if they did an implosion on it.

asmodeus224		2008-07-18 04:07:08 PM

ultraholland: Hey N. Korea, I could solve all of your problems in a heartbeat. Just give me the word.

Meh, you are a pussy, I would totally round house kick Kim Il into a fine mist...after infiltrating his secret fortress.

/go internet tough guy!

TehNacho		2008-07-18 04:18:30 PM

endlessoul: TehNacho: ultraholland: Why do people see large dominating structures and call them phallic symbols? I never look at a pillar or building and think "Man, look at that schlong." You people have dick on the brain all day, doncha?

PENIS.

I mean, THIS

I lol'd.

Wangs!

I, I mean, thanks!

Gunslinger711		2008-07-18 04:22:13 PM

A room...WITH A MOOSE!!!

/Loves him some Zim
//TACOSSSSSSSSSSS

TSE		2008-07-18 04:22:54 PM

Burning_Monk: H_is_for_Heretic: No windows, (was) completely abandoned.

Looks like it was built from shiat.

I remember reading somewhere that the quality of the concrete used is highly suspect, possibly containing too much sand as a cost-cutting measure. Can't find it now though... It certainly looks like poor quality stuff if it is only 20 years old.

tinyarena		2008-07-18 04:24:10 PM

Why would you finish just the top floors?
Why would you put communication equipment on the top?

Let's think here: A very tall structure has excellent line of site over a wide area. The obvious reason for new construction - at the top only - is for government/military purposes.

Reading about the Ryugyong Hotel:
There was no room provided for elevator equipment above the 95th floor. Everything from the 95th floor to the 105th floor needs to be carried up or craned up.

Therefore, there was never any real plan for the "5 rotating restaurants" at the very top. It was planned to be a tall look-out point in the valley of Ryugyong.

My guess is they planned the top for military purposes and hoped to use thousands of guests as a shield against an attack. "Sure you want to hit the Ryugyong Hotel, but it's full of tourists right now, sorry." That didn't work out, so now they are going to just use the top as intended. We are in a thaw with the DPRK at the moment so they feel safe enough to proceed.

MmmBadEggs		2008-07-18 04:27:33 PM

...like something out of a nightmare...

NutWrench		2008-07-18 04:30:36 PM

This is an interesting link about a tourists visit to North Korea.
Check it out: (new window)

Ikam		2008-07-18 04:32:22 PM

It's a hideous dystopia sci-fi looking monstrosity. I hope it collapses in on itself the moment the finishing touches are complete.

Delphis		2008-07-18 04:34:02 PM

"Welcome, welcome to City 17, you have chosen or been chosen to relocate to one of our finest remaining urban centers. I thought so much of City 17 that I elected to establish my administration here, in the Citadel so thoughtfully provided by our benefactors. I have been proud to call City 17 my home. So whether you are here to stay, or passing through on your way to parts unknown, welcome to City 17. It's safer here."

KudaMuda		2008-07-18 04:35:49 PM

H_is_for_Heretic: One of the most informative, entertaining pieces (new window) I've ever read about N. Korea, from an American athlete allowed a brief visit. Creepiest thing- pictures of huge highways stretching into the distance, traveled by one car.

Just hop on Google Earth and check it out. There are very few cars in the overhead views and photos. Creepy.

Funk Brothers		2008-07-18 04:36:09 PM

How you create that piece of shiat on Sim Tower? Anyone?

pearls before swine		2008-07-18 04:36:16 PM

You know there are some poor North Korean slobs who have to live and or work in the danger zone, looking up every day wondering whether or not this is the day that thing comes apart and ends their miserable lives in a rain of shiatty concrete.

Strobeguy		2008-07-18 04:43:56 PM

AlwaysRightBoy: I would love to see this come down if they did an implosion on it.

Id love to see this come down in an F5 tornado

journeymd		2008-07-18 04:52:02 PM

Wow that place is cree-py. I love that it exists, but only if it existed as some abandoned, hideous craphole that is preferrably within driving distance so I could sneak into it.

AlwaysRightBoy		2008-07-18 04:58:44 PM

Strobeguy: AlwaysRightBoy: I would love to see this come down if they did an implosion on it.

Id love to see this come down in an F5 tornado

Is it a tornado or a cyclnado over there?
Anyway it would be good footage.

imnok1		2008-07-18 05:10:00 PM

Strobeguy: AlwaysRightBoy: I would love to see this come down if they did an implosion on it.

Id love to see this come down in an F5 tornado

i believe the only kind of tornado that has gone through N.Korea is the B45.

joe90		2008-07-18 05:15:14 PM

It would cost up to $2 billion to finish the Ryugyong Hotel and make it safe, according to estimates in South Korean media. That is equivalent to about 10 percent of the North's annual economic output.

I say fark it, and just go for it Kim, you only live once.

greenz		2008-07-18 05:25:03 PM

Why hasn't this building been the setting for some kind of badass video game yet?

nathimuspr1me		2008-07-18 05:36:05 PM

Delphis: "Welcome, welcome to City 17, you have chosen or been chosen to relocate to one of our finest remaining urban centers. I thought so much of City 17 that I elected to establish my administration here, in the Citadel so thoughtfully provided by our benefactors. I have been proud to call City 17 my home. So whether you are here to stay, or passing through on your way to parts unknown, welcome to City 17. It's safer here."

my thoughts exactly

greatmoose		2008-07-18 05:36:17 PM

greenz: Why hasn't this building been the setting for some kind of badass video game yet?

STOP POSTING IT!!!! It creeps me out...

/Hides under bed from spectacularly creepy building

DFWPhotoGuy		2008-07-18 05:37:31 PM

H_is_for_Heretic: One of the most informative, entertaining pieces (new window) I've ever read about N. Korea, from an American athlete allowed a brief visit. Creepiest thing- pictures of huge highways stretching into the distance, traveled by one car.

I had read that awhile back. Great link and great info. Thanks for bringing up!

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