I found a building that looks really thin when seen from an angle (xpost from r/mildlyinteresting) [PIC]

LOLKH · 2012-10-06T18:34:41+00:00

The fact that this was xposted from r/mildlyinteresting to r/woahdude is hilarious.

Sfugius · 2012-10-06T18:22:47+00:00

Can we get a picture of the building from a different angle? WE NEED CLOSURE

kirky1148 · 2012-10-06T17:39:24+00:00

upvote for really fucking my brains ability to comprehend reality!

Geinfest · 2012-10-06T20:04:15+00:00

My friend took a photo of a similar thing! Pic

Phlexonance · 2012-10-06T19:35:51+00:00

You know what they say: One man's /r/mildlyinteresting is another man's r/whoadude

pulga1094 · 2012-10-06T18:21:25+00:00

I just spent 5 minutes thinking of possible shapes for this building

nalien647 · 2012-10-06T16:44:35+00:00

explain please!

RottingRyno · 2012-10-06T18:38:17+00:00

Seems similar to the NBC Universal building

LaJollaJim · 2012-10-06T18:25:13+00:00

The John Hancock building in Boston does the same thing:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwin70/566035470/

datums · 2012-10-06T20:26:56+00:00

"Yeah, we told him he was getting a corner office."

christianmm · 2012-10-06T19:27:13+00:00

I have one of those buildings in downtown. It's always reminded me of a cake slice.

white2lite · 2012-10-06T23:42:15+00:00

I think Chicago

foursecondpin · 2012-10-06T19:38:26+00:00

Droid Razr headquarters

derp_johnson · 2012-10-06T18:39:41+00:00

Chi Town!

gfish93 · 2012-10-06T18:44:23+00:00

I don't understand! Someone explain this to me please.

Walcot · 2012-10-06T18:59:58+00:00

Wat...

keenanpepper · 2012-10-06T19:49:42+00:00

What happens is, you're very used to buildings having right angles and not acute angles. So, if you're looking at one side of a building and you ought to be able to see another side if it were a right angle, but you can't actually see it, your brain freaks out and thinks "that wall is missing! the building must be as thin as paper!" when really it's just like a 45 degree angle or something.

Call_Me_Joris · 2012-10-06T19:56:31+00:00

It's GTA San Andreas all over again.

Throwawaycush · 2012-10-06T20:07:09+00:00

I'm kinda astonished on how this came to progress from r/mildlyinteresting to r/woahdude...

blastfemur · 2012-10-06T20:47:59+00:00

Like Edward Steichen's famous photograph

thefreq · 2012-10-06T20:53:14+00:00

So, just from an angle? Not any specific one?

gasholer · 2012-10-06T21:05:51+00:00

is this in chicago?

BiggieB36 · 2012-10-06T21:18:07+00:00

Well you see, you can do this with any building by hiding its other sides behind itself. The triangle shape obviously helps though.

Apathetic_Superhero · 2012-10-06T21:26:19+00:00

I don't know if this is the same building but there is one just like that in Singapore. Was really interesting to look at.

ponyswag13 · 2012-10-06T21:27:55+00:00

How is this happening?

I69_Marsupials · 2012-10-06T21:36:04+00:00

Is that the DEVON building in OKC?

LittleBlarg · 2012-10-06T21:38:54+00:00

On a related note (architectural illusions) there's a highrise by the inner harbor in Baltimore that has all sorts of scaffolding on top that forms a pentagram when you look at it from a certain angle. The original drafter of plans for it was into the occult.

sicilian504 · 2012-10-06T21:43:45+00:00

Its the new Apple iBuilding 5. Now 97% thinner and lighter.

nickyjames · 2012-10-06T21:48:30+00:00

This is the [FIXED] Version where someone made it look literally like a slab.

jim888lu · 2012-10-06T21:56:11+00:00

KPMG building in downtown LA is the same way. I work there, and the break rooms are called "The Point".

joedude · 2012-10-06T22:02:01+00:00

one time doing mushrooms i was coming down from my peak and we went downtown. Man skyscrapers are trippy.

the_ingame_browser · 2012-10-06T22:37:19+00:00

I think there's a building in san antonio that looks like that. you can see it when you take that little boat tour.

ddrmaxgt37 · 2012-10-06T22:51:37+00:00

Same technique that makes macbook airs and ultrabooks seem really thin.

blizzy461 · 2012-10-06T22:57:44+00:00

looks like one of the new World Trade Center buildings.

natranr · 2012-10-06T23:19:59+00:00

this reminds me of one of the buildings in Charlotte, NC.

CobraStallone · 2012-10-06T23:21:46+00:00

Another midly interesting building

Calibansdaydream · 2012-10-06T23:53:11+00:00

There's been a glitch in the matrix.

obiwankimobi · 2012-10-07T00:07:29+00:00

Is that in Downtown LA?

aMassiveShit · 2012-10-07T01:21:06+00:00

This is the craziest thing i have ever seen, and i saw my moms vagina once.

chean · 2012-10-07T01:41:15+00:00

Whoah dude... far out.

fortfun · 2012-10-07T02:03:09+00:00

OMG I CANT BELIEVE YOU FOUND IT!

ethanlan · 2012-10-07T02:58:13+00:00

in chicago, eh?

AeroplaneKelso9 · 2012-10-07T04:26:13+00:00

I am having trouble figuring this picture out.....? woah dude

atheistic-ace · 2012-10-07T04:27:16+00:00

Was this taken in Singapore? I thought I saw this building there.

Travis_T_OJustice · 2012-10-07T05:08:00+00:00

The iphone 5 building - Longer and thinner than before

ThatJuanMexican · 2012-10-07T05:19:29+00:00

i think the matrix is glitching...

Ridesabike · 2012-10-07T05:36:39+00:00

What do you mean you found it? It's not like we lost it.

metahipster1984 · 2012-10-07T05:49:23+00:00

So is this thinspo architecture porn?

dgaf_about_usernames · 2012-10-07T05:53:42+00:00

It looks like a giant blue Lego leaning against the brown building.

bhig3 · 2012-10-07T06:08:16+00:00

Is that Houston?

unsatisfyingpleasure · 2012-10-07T06:29:55+00:00

airplane hazzard

nnniiaa · 2012-10-06T18:19:27+00:00

Photo obtained from Apple maps?

weepingmeadow · 2012-10-06T18:24:49+00:00

jonasspira · 2012-10-06T18:05:52+00:00

I'm pretty sure this is in Houston

obscurat0r · 2012-10-07T05:47:19+00:00

Mildly interesting anecdata: That's the American Medical Association building, at 515 N State Street in Chicago. It's the first city address I've ever known, and worked at as an envelope-stuffing-and-labeling adolescent. My parents worked together in that building for fifteen years or so, occasionally taking me there on a day off from school to do their busywork. ::shakes fist at parents:: Re: the shape - I've honestly never seen it from that perspective, flipping amazing photo! I did, however, always dream of piloting a helicopter through that little triangular wedge near the top. Unfortunately, the only fun I had there (between shifts of stuffing and labeling envelopes) was racing swivel chairs through the corridors and watching people fifteen floors below through the floor-to-ceiling plate glass windows.

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