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JoeyJoeJoeJr@lemmy.ml to Videos@lemmy.world · 11 hours ago

Why is Ireland Covered in Pointless Buildings?

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Why is Ireland Covered in Pointless Buildings?

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JoeyJoeJoeJr@lemmy.ml to Videos@lemmy.world · 11 hours ago
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Why Is Ireland Covered in Pointless Buildings? | Tales From the Bottle
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Ireland is covered in old, historic structures, but bizarrely, some of this architecture serves no purpose - so who built them and why?"In architecture, a fo...
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    Idk what you’re talking about the thumbnail building looks very pointy.

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    Does this vid covers the Dublin Spire?

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    You can get away with flat (or at least less steep) roofs in places like Ireland that don’t tend to have heavy snow load issues.

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      The title is a bit of a joke against the thumbnail - “pointless” here means “purposeless.” The video is about structures built that do not serve a traditional function, e.g. they exist only for aesthetics, or just to make someone “earn” money rather than donating money.

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        Yes.

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