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Postby Miternet » Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:54 am

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LOL

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Postby Xhy » Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:58 am

The Huskar Social Union wrote:It was obvious it was going to be artists.

Banksy at it again.
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Postby Mecha Bavarian » Tue Dec 08, 2020 1:06 pm

I love how the Romanian one looks so cheap compared to the american ones.
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Postby Baloo Kingdom » Tue Dec 08, 2020 1:08 pm

Mecha Bavarian wrote:I love how the Romanian one looks so cheap compared to the american ones.

Poor Romania
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Postby Auze » Tue Dec 08, 2020 4:39 pm

I Did a Thing put a video on it, can’t tell if serious or joking.
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Tue Dec 08, 2020 4:40 pm

I am almost certain this is a vast art performance. Could be wrong.
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Postby Ethics Committee of the SCPF » Tue Dec 08, 2020 5:50 pm

Auze wrote:I Did a Thing put a video on it, can’t tell if serious or joking.

He certainly did do a thing.
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Postby Mecha Bavarian » Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:51 pm

Auze wrote:I Did a Thing put a video on it, can’t tell if serious or joking.

So he did it just to get Youtube money. Fantastic, isn't art magic?

Also i have to check my definition of monolith, since i thougt it was a solid and rectangular stone.
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Postby Grill Pill » Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:03 pm

Those monoliths get super hot and are used by aliens to grill humans.

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Postby Federal Remnants » Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:06 pm

Hope you all are ready for sentient water buffalo. They're gonna be pretty mad once they eventually realize what we did to other species.
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Postby Jabberwocky » Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:06 pm

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Postby Reploid Productions » Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:12 pm

Mecha Bavarian wrote:I love how the Romanian one looks so cheap compared to the american ones.

The Santa Clarita one was apparently literal cardboard, so not all the American ones are quality built either. :P
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Postby Adamede » Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:28 pm

Reploid Productions wrote:
Mecha Bavarian wrote:I love how the Romanian one looks so cheap compared to the american ones.

The Santa Clarita one was apparently literal cardboard, so not all the American ones are quality built either. :P

Of all the trends, why this one? Too much time due to quarantine?
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Postby San Lumen » Thu Dec 10, 2020 9:23 am

https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... BH8f3xOUxY

Another monolith has now appeared this time in the Los Padres National Forest near the town of San Luis Obispo,CA

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Postby Katganistan » Thu Dec 10, 2020 9:28 am

San Lumen wrote:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9023903/Reflective-8ft-monolith-appears-Isle-Wight-beach.html
For those who aren't aware monoliths of unknown origin have been appearing across the world and people are trying to figure where they came from.

We now have mystery monolith number six . The first was Utah, then Romania , pine mountain, California, Chia ( Columbia) Oudehorne(Netherlands), and now the Isle of Wight. All the monoliths seem to be relatively similar and have been compared to the monoliths in 2001 a space odyssey.

I’m at a loss to explain what’s going on here. Is a publicity stunt, a art exhibition, aliens? It’s a mystery. I wonder where the next one will appear.

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Postby Katganistan » Thu Dec 10, 2020 10:08 am

Page wrote:It really doesn't take much to get people excited these days, does it?


With the lockdown, people are starved for anything to think/talk/wonder about even if the answer is very apparent.

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Postby Genivaria » Thu Dec 10, 2020 10:10 am

This is obviously revenge or the Area 51 Raid.
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Thu Dec 10, 2020 10:19 am

Katganistan wrote:
San Lumen wrote:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9023903/Reflective-8ft-monolith-appears-Isle-Wight-beach.html
For those who aren't aware monoliths of unknown origin have been appearing across the world and people are trying to figure where they came from.

We now have mystery monolith number six . The first was Utah, then Romania , pine mountain, California, Chia ( Columbia) Oudehorne(Netherlands), and now the Isle of Wight. All the monoliths seem to be relatively similar and have been compared to the monoliths in 2001 a space odyssey.

I’m at a loss to explain what’s going on here. Is a publicity stunt, a art exhibition, aliens? It’s a mystery. I wonder where the next one will appear.

Your thoughts NSG?

A group of someones have too much time on their hands, and another group of someones who ponder about the meaning of this prank also have too much time on their hands.

"artists decided to bring a bit of whimsy, mystery, and beauty in this world" "enjoy contemplating a world beyond their front door."
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Postby Reploid Productions » Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:59 pm

With the dumpster fire 2020 has been, this bit of monolithic silliness has been a welcome reprieve from the rest of the news cycle, IMO.

.... But I still have "alien invasion" on my 2020 bingo card just in case.
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Postby Mathuvan Union » Thu Dec 10, 2020 8:12 pm

Reploid Productions wrote:With the dumpster fire 2020 has been, this bit of monolithic silliness has been a welcome reprieve from the rest of the news cycle, IMO.

.... But I still have "alien invasion" on my 2020 bingo card just in case.

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Postby -Astoria- » Fri Dec 11, 2020 12:05 am

Cannot think of a name wrote:
Katganistan wrote:A group of someones have too much time on their hands, and another group of someones who ponder about the meaning of this prank also have too much time on their hands.

"artists decided to bring a bit of whimsy, mystery, and beauty in this world" "enjoy contemplating a world beyond their front door."

Say what now?
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Postby San Lumen » Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:28 am

https://au.news.yahoo.com/monolith-with ... 41114.html

Another monolith has popped up in Australia, this time in a grass field in Adelaide with mysterious markings on the side.

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Postby Adamede » Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:31 am

Do they still count as monoliths if they’re not made out of stone?
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Postby San Lumen » Fri Dec 11, 2020 12:30 pm

https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/myst ... d/11691927

Yet another monolith this time in Finland in the town of Savonlinna overlooking the town’s iconic Olavinlinna Castle.

Officials say they have no idea how it got there.

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Postby Dominioan » Fri Dec 11, 2020 12:47 pm

San Lumen wrote:https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/mysterious_monolith_pops_up_in_savonlinna_eastern_finland/11691927

Yet another monolith this time in Finland in the town of Savonlinna overlooking the town’s iconic Olavinlinna Castle.

Officials say they have no idea how it got there.

You can tell its humans on these ones since they're timed nicely to line up with someone suddenly seeing an opportunity to be cool, and then copying the original.
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