Maybe this is Obama's new Mosque... err Church!

[TragicMonkey]

That building was featured in a documentary I was watching once, and my then-roommate wandered in and thought I was watching Doctor Who because "there's no way that is a real building". He thought it was an alien rocketship CGI effect.

 

[NWO Sentryman]

The gherkin?

[qimg]http://plus.maths.org/issue42/features/foster/gherkin_outside_web.jpg[/qimg]

Does your penis look like that? If so, I'm worried.

Wow. Discussion about the American Caliphate conspiracies turns into discussion about compensation issues.

Only on JREF...

 

[TragicMonkey]

Wow. Discussion about the American Caliphate conspiracies turns into discussion about compensation issues.

Only on JREF...

Actually, you may be on to something. Perhaps people who see conspiracies everywhere are projecting Freudian issues of some kind? They believe in conspiracies because they see the world as being full of secret enemies in collusion against them, possibly because they'd subconsciously rather believe in a league of evil intentions foiling their happiness than believe that life isn't inherently fair and they just happen to have been born with genes for small penises? In other words, conspiracy theories to explain the failing of the Just World hypothesis in cases of obvious injustice! "I don't have a big penis, that's unfair, life is supposed to be fair, therefore there are hidden enemies working against us to subvert natural justice and deny me my rightful penis length!"


eta: that might explain Islamophobia, too: people subconsciously associate Muslims with stories of Arab sheikhs with harems of many women, and be suffering from envy. Also they might think Muslim = Arab = wearing robes, so you can't even guess how big their penises might be.

 

[brodski]

That building was featured in a documentary I was watching once, and my then-roommate wandered in and thought I was watching Doctor Who because "there's no way that is a real building". He thought it was an alien rocketship CGI effect.

Just wait till you see what they're building sarf ov tha rivva.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shard_London_Bridge

 

[TragicMonkey]

Good God, I'm actually beginning to agree with Prince Charles about something.

 

[Nosi]

It was already obvious once that giant penis-pickle minaret went up.

Falacious of you good Sir!

 

[Nosi]

The gherkin?

[qimg]http://plus.maths.org/issue42/features/foster/gherkin_outside_web.jpg[/qimg]

Does your penis look like that? If so, I'm worried.

It certainly is erect.

 

[Giggywig]

That building was featured in a documentary I was watching once, and my then-roommate wandered in and thought I was watching Doctor Who because "there's no way that is a real building". He thought it was an alien rocketship CGI effect.

I had much the same reaction when I first saw a photo of it. I could have sworn it was photoshopped in.

 

[Nosi]

Good God, I'm actually beginning to agree with Prince Charles about something.

Allright Monkey, SPEW! What are you beginning to agree with Prince Charles about?

 

[TragicMonkey]

Allright Monkey, SPEW! What are you beginning to agree with Prince Charles about?

A few years ago, didn't he say something snarky about modern architecture?

 

[leftysergeant]

Just wait till you see what they're building sarf ov tha rivva.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shard_London_Bridge

Did you read that article all the way to the bottom?

It is being financed by MUSLIMS! It is a plot.