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"I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert... 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Lo
by IIAOPSW 3y ago
"I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert...
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains."
And I heard that story and said 'pfft,
surely I can do better than that sucker.'"
There are now two vast and trunkless legs of stone in the desert.
one comically larger and more crumbled than the other.
Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
That's basically the story of the former Pan Am building, which sits right next door to and overshadows the former New York Central's Terminal building in Manhattan.
- rob74 3y agoThe building of the mighty airline overshadowed the majestic terminal of the formerly mighty railway, but then the mighty airline itself faltered, and the building now belongs to almighty finance...
- IIAOPSW 3y agoAnd I heard that story and I said "pfft, surely I can do better than the last two suckers"...
- Animats 3y agoYes. Corporate ego trip movies, circa 1950. Pennsylvania Railroad's "Progress on the Rails".[1] New York Central's "The Big Train", featuring the CEO.[2] He's lobbying for deregulation and less federal funding for airports and roads. Both include sections on the data processing systems of 1950. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8TM-LGDt5M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8TM-LGDt5M [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZUXNs8ts9I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZUXNs8ts9I