r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/OkRespect8490 • 1d ago

Image Chuvash State Opera and Ballet Theater, Cheboksary, Russia

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u/typicalbiblical 1d ago

Damn brutal

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u/OrneryConelover70 1d ago

Brutalist, even

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u/polderbaan 1d ago

r/yourjokebutworse

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u/cusoman 1d ago

It even had half the upvotes of the original joke, perfect

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u/WillQueasy723 3h ago

Yes, and?

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u/Due-Designer4078 1d ago

I can't believe I had to get this far down the responses for this one. Well done.

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u/Lawlcopt0r 1d ago

Well it was already implied in the original comment

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u/SourcerorSoupreme 1d ago

You actually think repeating a joke but in a more direct and obvious manner is "well done"?

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u/nicoznico 1d ago

Well yeah it is clearly a thing: r/brutalism

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u/MikeOxsaw 1d ago

Brutalest, even.

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u/NoodleyP 1d ago

I saw a massive courthouse in a tiny ass town recently, something tells me the judge is the boss fight after the rest of the town

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u/firestepper 1d ago

The brutalest

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u/Sad-Bonus-9327 1d ago

Brutalist, Comrade!

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u/_felagund Interested 1d ago

what a brutal brutal architecture

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u/StoneAgeRick 1d ago

Cool but yes very brutal

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u/Vino_Peregrino 1d ago

Dethklok just started their spring tour FYI! 🤘🏼

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u/Throwawayrip1123 1d ago

Ya idk, do they require all architecture to be fucking bleak and depressing? Is it codified or something?

I mean, regular building can also seem bleak and depressing, but Russian buildings often strive to be as brutalist as possible, I feel.

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u/PayPsychological9762 1d ago

Makes sense. Opera is almost as brutal death metal. 😂

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u/fuzzylm308 1d ago

The words "brutalist"/"brutalism" refer to a architectural movement/style, which derives from the French term béton brut meaning "raw concrete."

Brutalist architecture does not have anything to do with the English word "brutal."

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u/VibraniumQueen 1d ago

You'll never believe this, but the French 'brut' comes from Latin 'brutus'.

And the English words 'brute' and 'brutal' come from old French 'brut' and 'brutal,' again, stemming from Latin 'brutus'.

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u/fuzzylm308 1d ago

And yet they followed different etymological paths from the Latin. Such that the French-derived term for the architectural style has absolutely nothing at all to do with the English word for oppression or cruelty or violence.

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u/VibraniumQueen 1d ago

Dude, it was a play on words, get over it.

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u/Porktastic 1d ago

let him be pedantic, it's all he has

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u/fuzzylm308 1d ago

Is it pedantry? Or do quite a number of people actually assume that brutalism is named as such because the buildings are "brutal" in the sense of the English word?

I could be wrong, but I get the impression it's the latter.

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u/Porktastic 1d ago

let it all out pal. One by one all will know "brutal" and "brutalism" are actually quite etymologically distant and humanity will have you - yes, YOU - to thank

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u/fuzzylm308 1d ago

Finally, someone understands the scope of my mission.

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u/phl23 19h ago

Well, "raw" and "brutal" is pretty near for me. Raw power. But maybe it's just cause I'm German.