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www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/money/2018/01/29/amazon-spheres-open-in-seattle/109922562/
nonickname23
Buckminster Fuller would be so happy. +1
leftyshuckles
mikeydaMVP
All hail the mighty Amazon
heroesblood
I can hear my mortgage skyrocketing.
BenWiskin
There's a huge on in England called the Eden Project, amazing place.
imaginariumyouiumandmeium
Looks like two big balls. Moving out of Seattle has been the best thing because I no longer hear the words "is there an Amazon discount?"
StaalTheNotQuiteSoUndefeatedAnymoreButNevermind
Wasn't this in the Hitman movie?
Lmedic37
Was about to say this, I'd say yes.
BlkDragon96
Amazon is ruining/has ruined Seattle. There's nothing worth celebrating about this s*** company.
ThrowawayUsername121
Well, I mean its Seattle. Sooo...
Forthan
This is exactly the type of structure I expect to find in post apocalyptic cities.
anageingman
Holy shit, Jeff Bezos is Lex Luther.
eihposnostam
Yes please
RenaissanceFaireMan
"Look at how our technology and aggressive expansion is really all about how we put some flora in our lobby".
CeliusFFXIV
Edmonton has had something similar for 40 years https://www.edmonton.ca/attractions_events/muttart_conservatory/discover-the-pyramids.aspx
Bullitt8
Good job it's in Seattle not in Detroit...
RenaissanceFaireMan
"So we ripped out all the trees, grasses and wetlands in this area to make these 'Spheres' showing how Amazon loves nature.".
YourFriendlyNeighbourhoodEcologist
Only thing I can think of, is a bit cynical. Could of used the literal billions to buy actual rain-forest and protect it. (4 Billion)
hdeh
Anyone remember Sim City 2000 bio dome?
DrLophophora
like
WalterSobchaksWorldOfPain
What is the purpose of this structure?
Favri
Amazon Spheres
arnika69
Increasing the cost of living in my home state to an unlivable level if you aren't a tech giant's whipping boy.
whippasnappa
To look cool
RenaissanceFaireMan
Uhm, to have people take pics and get fake internet points? Duh....
YoSamiteSam
To house pauly shore for the next two years.
JackHalfey
Showing off.
dangerdanh
They call it bezo's balls.
Gustie13
Primarily working spaces and conference areas for Amazon employees
Krymzon74
it's so the architects who designed it can thumb their noses at the poor bastards who have to clean it.
ashunjew
They just wanted to make something cool
stabbedintheface
It's a open space. It also has conference rooms and other gathering areas.
Xtrabored
Bezos.." The Soylent Green will flow like the Nile by the end of the week."
SpiralNihilism
Amazon is just the early access version of our UAC or Weyland-Yutani
RalphMaccio
Hate to be the guy who has to clean that...
SnowMercy
You mean they don't have robots to do this type of thing? Pff
PencilvesterC137
I work across the street and saw a guy using a 30+ ft hose with a brush on the end to clean the windows. Didn't look very fun
conradfr
Still beter than in an Amazon fulfillment center.
LizardEnterprises
When you like nature, but only in small, incredibly controlled doses.
gamergeek2013
So there a copy of the millwake domes
sumofrog
Jeff Bezos' Glass Balls.
refsawanka
So that's what happened to all the corporation tax they avoided.
Okowski
Every time I walk pass it, it pisses me off.
BecauseImboredThatsWhy
Thanks for the waste of space Amazon.
andMikesyouruncle
should of used the $ to extend the wall
andMikesyouruncle
should have indicated sarcasm
bob7010
You're gonna love my balls
PurityOfEssence
I guarantee it
GlitterInTheDarkNearTheTannhauserGate
We call them Bezos' Balls whenever we walk past
bomboy23
What exactly is Amazon's end goal in this world anyways
StillNotYouTube
maximize shareholder wealth
ragekritz
making towns compete to give them tax breaks.
ekob
Remember Umbrella?
lichenit
ialwayssaywhyiupvotestuff
...this world.
ScaredSpitless
United States of Amazon
UneasyPartnershipOfCoyotes
Make a ton of fucken leaves
Sthawwaths
Global monopoly
MOTHERFUCKINGLUCIFERMORNINGSTAR
Autofac
Aldryic
They have no idea at this point.
Cutthroatlemur
Total domination
Mooseman1991
Ya’ll Ready For This?!
ukatox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAOgWDLo--w
ShinksAvoHazaar
So Amazon wants to stay on earth with space transpo of goods. And spacex wants to spread out and colonize. Foundation: Origins.
TheMortiestMortyfromC137
Heh
AllOutOfEucalyptus
Damned spacers, comin' in here with their robits and their fancy flyin' machines! I tell you hwat, I like my hole in the groun' just fine!
shrivelledjohnson
Monfreid
I first thought those "green" spheres had something to do with the forrest. Couldn't understand the so many upvotes to the above comment...
Cheomesh
Money.
SnowMercy
is power.
Cheomesh
Money is the anthem of success.
stabbedintheface
Money and power.
CardinalCanuck
Buy 'N' Large
theNilbogTroll
Fun fact: Amazon actually turns very little profit. Almost everything they make gets reinvested in their business.
Qumefox
While that was originally true for the company, now days, not so much. While a lot gets reinvested, a lot goes to CEO/shareholders too.
waxwingslain
... isn't their CEO the richest man in the world? Or is that only in shares?
DigitalBang
Man, that was fun! +1 for fun!
WaterUnderTheRocketAppliances
Spheres of influence?
MonkeyHittingPianoDramatically
skuz95
Is that the sequel to the Cones of Dunshire?
secretoaster
Turn the world into amazon jungle.
Zahnradfee
I'm ok with this. Let's see how they fare north of Italy.
yougottatreatyoself
This needs soooo much more credit!! Nice
yeoldestudio
They really missed out not calling this the 'Jungle'.
CaptainLegot
But it's called the Amazon rainforest...
yeoldestudio
They'll be producing women next.
Proxymanity
World Domination. Soon, they will make their own country. "Welcome, Prime Citizen"
Gherkincensed
Elysium....
Zahnradfee
Reminds me to Marc-Uwe Kling's new novel "Qualityland". In which Germany (I think it's Germany) gets a new country identity. The inhabitants
Zahnradfee
are now "Qualitätsmenschen" - "quality people", as opposed to the citizens of countries like "Quantityland 1" to "7". There is "The Shop",
Zahnradfee
that sends you drones all the time which things you want (you don't even need to order anymore, The Shop knows what you want). The story >
Zahnradfee
*with things..
Zahnradfee
sets off when the main character receives a thing he doesn't want and tries to give it back...