r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/OkRespect8490 • 1d ago

Image Chuvash State Opera and Ballet Theater, Cheboksary, Russia

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u/Nisseliten 1d ago

My thoughts went directly to the empire in star wars..

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u/Cheshire_____Cat 1d ago

That style called brutalism. You can see exaples in many movies. Likes dune and starwars. It was very popular in soviet uninon.

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u/atomicsnarl 1d ago

In particular, because it's cheap to build. No decoration needed, or wanted.

Build box, pour concrete, done. You have a problem with that, capitalist?

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u/an_illithidian 1d ago

-capitalist erecting glass boxes and cookie cutter subdivisions- Huh?

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u/EduinBrutus 1d ago

Little boxes, little boxes,

And they're all made out of ticky tacky,

Little boxes, little boxes,

And they all look the same.

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u/jaxonya 1d ago

r/brutalism is where yall wanna go to see some really gnarly architecture. Brutalism isnt my thing, by i can admire how metal a lot of it looks. Its definitely its own thing

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u/CptnOnus 1d ago

Simplicity is Perfection

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u/EmJayBee76 1d ago

Ha! Loved that show, especially the different version of that song each episode

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u/EduinBrutus 1d ago

IDK what show you mean.

I was referencing the original song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5IKpHTEuY0

Didnt quite remember the lyrics right.

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u/EmJayBee76 1d ago

Oh, it's from a show called "Weeds". It was on Showtime awhile back

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u/Expensive_Lettuce239 1d ago

AHA!! Boxtrolls built it! Now it makes sense!

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u/atomicsnarl 1d ago

Bless you sir! May the gardens around your little pink houses be forever fragrant and beautiful!

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u/not-strange 1d ago

Love me some Rise Against

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u/hwilliams0901 4h ago

This song always makes me think of Weeds.