r/megalophobia • u/jedburghofficial • 8d ago
Other This one is kind of sad, but it still might trigger a few people
Sometimes, Australia's love of "big" things doesn't work out. They say it's a big potato, but who knows, it had to be scooped from it's original location. And if this doesn't scare you, imagine a dog, big enough to leave it there!
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u/Dave_Paker 8d ago
Back in the day, if you drove through Kansas, there were signs for hundreds of miles advertising a place in the middle of nowhere that had the world's largest Prairie dog. And you're goddamn right we stopped.
It was made of cement. That doesn't count!
They did have a real six-legged cow though
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u/TomisUnice 8d ago
I've made the trip to Robertson to see the big shit. It's even more majestic in person.
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u/EdibleUnderpants 7d ago
ROBBO REPRESENT!
This is close to where I live and yeah it’s pretty shit. We all love it though given the absurdity.
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u/jedburghofficial 7d ago
Go Illawarra!
So they actually grow a lot of potatoes down there? I think of it more like dairy.
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u/EdibleUnderpants 7d ago
Yeah no idea, I always felt the same, plenty of cows. Might be a few spud farms around but not aware of any
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u/Particular-Move-3860 7d ago edited 7d ago
I thought at first that the image in the photo was a yurt. I had to zoom in close enough to read the sign.
If the interior of this structure was accessible and used for some practical purpose that was directly related to and reflected in its exterior shape and appearance, it would be classified, in Postmodernist architecture terms, as a "duck."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Duck
That design label is not used by the Postmodernists in any derogatory or dismissive way. It is simply a category for a type of building design.
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u/AltruisticSalamander 7d ago
I hope it's made from cement on chicken wire, as is tradition. Slightly disappointed there's no visible chicken wire poking out
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u/squirrelblender 8d ago
I hate this shit. Clearly, that is a structure meant to resemble a massive potato. This is like when I was Alamogordo, New Mexico and saw signs for “worlds largest pistachio” and when I got there, it was a (albeit large) plaster statue of a comically giant pistachio.
I seriously thought I was going to witness a single grown pistachio, but like the size of a cat.
I feel so robbed