[HN Gopher] Dubai Is a Parody of the 21st Century
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Dubai Is a Parody of the 21st Century
Author : tartoran
Score : 96 points
Date : 2021-08-18 15:42 UTC (7 hours ago)
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| Barrin92 wrote:
| the gulf states are a weird place to be. For the most part it
| really does have a complete fakeness to it. Being there feels
| exactly like what it is, a bunch of autocratic new money building
| itself status symbols. However I would call it more 20th century
| than 21st century, because all the aesthetics are like someone
| watched to many Western sci-fi movies of the 60s, 70s and 80s
| like Blade Runner and then decided to build exactly that because
| it looked cool, weirdly retro-futuristic.
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| It's also often weird in a way that it tries to blend local and
| traditional culture with its material excess, but in a way you
| would expect from someone at the other end of the world who
| doesn't actually know anything about it.
| okareaman wrote:
| It seems like the time start was unintentionally shared with the
| link. It is much better to watch all 12 minutes, not just the
| end.
| tartoran wrote:
| Yes, I accidentally do that and can't edit the link.
|
| @dang Is it possible that you remove the time (t) tag in this
| link? Thanks
| freemint wrote:
| I watcher this video a few days before. For everyone interested
| in the overarching why and if you can stand a lot of rambling
| there is this [1] episode of problem of "Well There is your
| problem".
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| [1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=PW6lg-7L7yk
| stefantalpalaru wrote:
| Then there's the "Dubai Porta Potty" phenomenon:
| https://travellingjezebel.com/dubai-porta-potty/
| nix23 wrote:
| And Qatar is not better in that regard.
|
| >Revealed: 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since World
| Cup awarded
|
| https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/23/r...
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| Thank you FIFA for knowing it beforehand and give a shi* about
| it...once more.
| tartoran wrote:
| I the thing that I was surprised the most to hear was that those
| skyscrapers sewage is carried by trucks outside Dubai and dumped
| who knows where. I've heard of slavery stories before and am
| surprised they still get any new workers recruited, the stories
| I've heard are horrific. This is a place I will never visit, even
| if the trip is all paid for by someone else.
| zepearl wrote:
| > _I the thing that I was surprised the most to hear was that
| those skyscrapers sewage is carried by trucks outside Dubai and
| dumped who knows where._
|
| Mmmhh, does not seem to be 100% correct? At least not in
| relation to the Burj Khalifa as mentioned by the video... .
|
| https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/52204/is-the-se...
| =>
| https://web.archive.org/web/20140110091115/http://repository...
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| _A complete soil, waste and vent system from plumbing
| fixtures, floor drains and mechanical equipment arranged for
| gravity flow and, ejector discharge to a point of connection
| with the city municipal sewer is provided. A complete storm
| drainage system from roofs, decks, terraces and plazas arranged
| for gravity flow to a point of connection with the city
| municipal sewer system is provided.*_
| hasmanean wrote:
| > dumped who knows where
|
| Lol, maybe there's a spot in the desert. A brown spot. Probably
| visible from space.
| bin_bash wrote:
| I found that incredibly hard to believe and it appears to be
| false: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/52204/is-
| the-se...
| cblconfederate wrote:
| Worth noting that this guy's channel is overly dismissive of
| everyone, sometimes strawmanning, and a bit nihilist. That said,
| Dubai turned to an unmitigated disaster of a real estate excess
| which will disintegrate in the sand from which it came unless its
| owners do something completely drastic. Covid-19 put the
| tombstone in the plans to build the Las Vegas of middle east
| jhbadger wrote:
| There are things and people he is for -- he isn't dismissive of
| everyone and everything. For example, he is a fan of
| traditional rail and subway systems and thinks we should build
| more of them. What he is dismissive of (and I think with
| reason) are things like the hyperloop, which he suspects not
| only are unworkable, but are promoted precisely to avoid
| investing in proven infrastructure like trains and subways and
| instead waiting for this miracle technology that will be ready
| "any day now".
| Tarsul wrote:
| whats his opinion on maglev (Transrapid) trains?
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