I’ve actually been in the pyramid itself. It’s actually quite small inside compared to what you’d expect and is literally just a bass pro shop with a fish tank and a bar area with a bunch of tvs and nothing else. They do have comfortable seating though!
Depending on how you count
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dorumon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah me and wife went two years ago. We weren’t impressed. Funny story we were early so we had to wait for the elevator to open so we could go to the viewing deck.
Well as we waited this lady and man who apparently were with a touring company showed up with like 50 people.
They had paid for the tickets and thought they get first priority and cut the line. But at these time there were already 20 of us waiting. But luckily the manager made them get in the back of the line.
The tourist lady was pissed.
Psythik@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Nobody in line tried to stop them from cutting?
Etterra@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The Egyptian ones ate similarly sparse inside, though for VASTLY different reasons.
denshirenji@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I mean there are restaurants and a hotel, though.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 11 months ago
I think it’s actually pretty neat. The aquariums are cool. The restaurant at the top has good catfish and a great view. I wanted to sleep a night at the hotel just to see what it’s like. It’s all swamp cabin themed.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I wonder how it was built.
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
It’s kind of nice how everyone is in on the joke now? Like I think if you told the average person 15 years ago that a lot of history “documentaries” are racially motivated drivel you’d get a funny reaction.
I think I could show this to my (quite conservative) parents and get a good chuckle out of them now.
Granted I’m from the Middle East and the racist theories we have here have some of the roles swapped around. We don’t have 24 hour electricity but the average person genuinely believes we are the god-chosen enlightened people who are only held back by some combination of hubris, western empire, and “western empire” (this one should have a bunch of parentheses around it, several sets, I don’t want to get caught in some spam filter).
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world 11 months ago
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There is a replica of the Parthenon near Nashville as well en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon_(Nashville)
c0smokram3r@midwest.social 11 months ago
The interior is awesome 👏
Omgboom@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Imagine archaeologists a few thousand years from now finding this
Etterra@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They were a culture _obsessed_with hunting and fishing, which of course was unsustainable and led to mass starvation and civilization collapse.
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wait until they find the gererator aisle.
Klear@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
They even had a whole religion centered around fishermen.
zarathustrad@lemmy.world 11 months ago
In a few thousand years, that Bass Pro will be long collapsed and rusted to dust, while the stone Pyramids are still standing.
mynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ironically it will probably be bass pro that outlives the pyramids. !RemindMe 3000 years
BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
The story behind this is actually pretty wild
mrgreyeyes@feddit.nl 11 months ago
I was on holiday in the US and saw that thing in the distance while driving. I drove to it. And when I saw it was just a simpel store, I thought to myself: “only in the fucking USA 🦅🦅 yee-haw!!”
CosmicCraftsman@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
This has all the info you need: https://youtu.be/jYE-1HfReQo?si=u1xtmq3jmerfr4P0
Default_Defect@midwest.social 11 months ago
Ryan Hailey is a national treasure.
lectricleopard@lemmy.world 11 months ago
One of many shrines to our capitalist overlords and the mighty dollar.
All cultures use pyramids to show the reverence due to their gods, right?
experbia@lemmy.world 11 months ago
clearly a landing pad for alien anglers
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Archeologists a couple thousand years later Ancient Egyptians couldn’t have built this highly advanced structure and transported it all the way to North America. They clearly had help from an advanced civilization.
Snapz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Can’t stop thinking about how your mom is the 8th largest pyramid.
trebor8201@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Didn’t know Bass Pro had been around that long.
Moneo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Why is it depending on how you count?
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I didn’t do that deep a dive but there are some skyscrapers like the Shard in London that are technically pyramids. So it depends on if you go by height and include those etc.
Moneo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
hehe thx
hperrin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The seventh wonder of the world, for sure.
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 11 months ago
7th?
Rookie numbers
workerONE@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Big if true
a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
true if big
smokebuddy@lemmy.today 11 months ago
It’s an all-time Cities Skylines (1) asset too
skulkingaround@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I live 5 minutes from this. AMA I guess?
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 11 months ago
Are the ducks really unlimited, or is that just economically until the limits of physical reality kick in?
skulkingaround@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
They have a duck accelerator inside that fuses antiducks and posiducks together as a source of unlimited power.
IMongoose@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I know you are just being silly, but to answer your question, the point of those groups (ducks unlimited, pheasants forever, whitetail whenever, turkeys tomorrow, raccoons all noons, etc) is to put money into conservation of those animals so that their populations stay great enough that they can be hunted.
So yes, the goal is for the ducks to be unlimited.
MamboGator@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Unlimited ducks? Did they learn nothing from Red Lobster’s hubris?
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Is this a reference from something I don’t understand?
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I saw Alanis Morissette there in 94’ish and the acoustics were terrible. Still a great concert though.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s a real artist to be at the peak of popularity and play at a Bass Pro shop.
BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 11 months ago
What about an Alanis Morrissette facts community called *You Oughta Know"?
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skulkingaround@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Yeah it was a terrible concert venue and sports arena other than being a novelty shape.
Pretty much everyone in town loves the bass pro shop and we’re much happier to see it in use than abandoned like it was for so many years.
ssj2marx@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
Memphis took the coward’s way out. You could make it a pyramid on the outside for the meme and then make the inside shaped to have good acoustics.
dingdongmetacarples@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Is it bigger than the Luxor in Las Vegas?
skulkingaround@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
The Luxor is ever so slightly bigger I believe.
SeekPie@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Has anyone tried to climb on top of it?
skulkingaround@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Surprisingly no, not that I’m aware of. If they have, it hasn’t made the news.
It’s quite steep and smooth in person, it would be very hard to climb. Probably impossible without ropes or mission impossible suction cups.