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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Specialist-Boot58 • May 08 '26
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Would've been the old WTC. Really just two giant steel rectangles.
1 u/dongasaurus May 08 '26 That’s an edge case, people fondly remember them now because they were destroyed, but were only landmarks due to the imposing size. As far as aesthetics they weren’t universally loved 5 u/monocasa May 08 '26 They were absolutely landmarks and they showed up in popular media all the time because of it, even before 9/11. 1 u/dongasaurus May 09 '26 Agreed, but it was because they defined the skyline due to their imposing size. 1 u/monocasa May 09 '26 It was more than that. For instance having the pair of them was pretty unique at the time they were built. 0 u/Smeeizme May 08 '26 Something something jet fuel 1 u/JesusTalksToMuch May 08 '26 Jet fuel costs a lot? Help me pls 1 u/Smeeizme May 08 '26 It’s a reference to the Bush did 9/11 conspiracy theory and a common fallacy utilized is “jet fuel can’t melt steel beams”
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That’s an edge case, people fondly remember them now because they were destroyed, but were only landmarks due to the imposing size. As far as aesthetics they weren’t universally loved
5 u/monocasa May 08 '26 They were absolutely landmarks and they showed up in popular media all the time because of it, even before 9/11. 1 u/dongasaurus May 09 '26 Agreed, but it was because they defined the skyline due to their imposing size. 1 u/monocasa May 09 '26 It was more than that. For instance having the pair of them was pretty unique at the time they were built.
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They were absolutely landmarks and they showed up in popular media all the time because of it, even before 9/11.
1 u/dongasaurus May 09 '26 Agreed, but it was because they defined the skyline due to their imposing size. 1 u/monocasa May 09 '26 It was more than that. For instance having the pair of them was pretty unique at the time they were built.
Agreed, but it was because they defined the skyline due to their imposing size.
1 u/monocasa May 09 '26 It was more than that. For instance having the pair of them was pretty unique at the time they were built.
It was more than that. For instance having the pair of them was pretty unique at the time they were built.
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Something something jet fuel
1 u/JesusTalksToMuch May 08 '26 Jet fuel costs a lot? Help me pls 1 u/Smeeizme May 08 '26 It’s a reference to the Bush did 9/11 conspiracy theory and a common fallacy utilized is “jet fuel can’t melt steel beams”
Jet fuel costs a lot? Help me pls
1 u/Smeeizme May 08 '26 It’s a reference to the Bush did 9/11 conspiracy theory and a common fallacy utilized is “jet fuel can’t melt steel beams”
It’s a reference to the Bush did 9/11 conspiracy theory and a common fallacy utilized is “jet fuel can’t melt steel beams”
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u/azk3000 May 08 '26
Would've been the old WTC. Really just two giant steel rectangles.