China’s latest pork-barrel prestige project will reportedly take the form of a giant ring, but so pointless is the project that it soon found itself the butt of mass Photoshop mockery.
Liaoning province’s 157m tall ring will consume 3000 tons of steel in its construction, and use 12,000 LEDs and an undisclosed amount of electricity in its nocturnal illuminations, but otherwise serves no particular purpose.
Plans to allow bungee jumping off it were abandoned as it was decided it was too dangerous even for China.
Amongst Chinese online the sheer pointlessness of the structure has stirred some speculation about possible uses:
Sonic the hedgehog approves.
If it looks like a portal and costs like a portal… it is a portal!
what if this so called useless ring turns out to be a real portal built by alien (who disguise as a human or control people mind) to attack earth at 21/12/2012?
Even if it’s built from foam, they wouldn’t manage before 21/12 🙂
Imagine all the lightning strikes!!
And suddently out of nowhere a giantring apears must have been made overnight and i would not be suprised if it explodes….
Because I have no real life I instantly was like – wooow “FEROX!!!! (tier1 caldari BC)” (003) and “NAGA!!! (tier3 caldari BC)” (005).
The spacetrain is also quite funny – or is that supposed to be the waynetrain?
So, what does the ring represent? Does the void in the middle of the ring represent how devoid of meaning the ring actually is?
What the Hell is wrong with the Chinese? They have problems ranging from pollution to exploding cigarettes to people eating sewage and styrofoam and rubbish bridges. But, instead of addressing these issues, they waste money and effort on what looks like a wedding band for the Jolly Green Giant.
I’d say the problem is that, while individual people may be fine, the country as a whole is colossally retarded.
Everything but no mockery with the Stargate franchise.
Stargate china version?
Sure it is a colossal waste, but then again so is the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. In all fairness you cannot mock one without mocking the other.
So another HALO…………..now everything have sence!
And people say there is no construction bubble in China. lol
lmao just dying hahahaha can’t stop laughing fuck
Portal of explosion!
LOL dumbass slanty eyed fucks.
We are still waiting for you to hire American lawyers and make that lawsuit in American court about censoring Kane and Lynch, or that mouthy ch!nk to bring his shit. Little pussies.
Oh dear fluffy…
That looks like the huge gate from SG-1 sorta, the one that the huge ships come through… RUN EVERYONE THE PRIORS ARE COMING!
Well seriously though, I would have an actual StarGate replica built in my yard if I was filthy rich… so I can’t say I blame them.
I think that it should actually do something though… I would want to see them actually trying to build a WORKING stargate… not a shitty knock-off looking prop.
No explosion, 0/10 would not contemplate again
So the Chinese government has stolen plans to make a knock off Stargate (70% Styrofoam).
In December 21, 2012. They will attempt to use it. They will connect a black hole.
God help us.
No goatse? I am disappoint.
It will explode.
I want Japan to build one for 2D world. And don’t bother for a return gate.
Soon China will claim the universe as their own.
So they build a portal for the Eldars? HERETICS!
Where’s Sonic the hedgehog?
China has sold us out to the Ori!
Actually this is China’s secret project!! They already know how to do Dimension Transfer!! They just don’t want America to notice…
the one with Yukari in it is the most hillarious
One Ring to Rule Em All!!!
This is the portal from The Mist. Soon the headcrabs and vortigaunts will invade.
After the ring is built China are going to “Marry” the world. its a big conspiracy, they’re getting ready for war! xD
No Sadako? oh well.
I SEE ASLAN!
Pic 7: GODDAMNIT YUKARI!
Oh guys, come on! Just acknowledge it’s pretty. If it were created by any other nation, there would be at least 10% positive comments. Almost all monuments are looks only!
If this was created by my country I’d be very upset as to why we build stupid statues instead of universities and research institutes.
Reminds me of a Dyson Air Multiplier~
Prediction: It will either fall over or roll first, then fall over.
Explosions provided by cheap and cheaply installed LEDs
I just spotted a Tier 3 Caldari Battlecruiser from Eve Online in one of them photos.
HAHAHA!
I swear that Naga is just too big. That ship is about the size of a titan!
Actually the naga is way bigger then in the picture. I think it’s something around 300 to 500 metres long and I doubt that ring has that heigth.
two jets fly through the center hijacker pilot says Damn It
When it inevitably collapses, it won’t be pretty.
So, EVE Online, LoGH, but what is the other one?
Pic 6 reminds me of Sega’s Infinite Space (DS).
I’m just waiting for it to explode…
I am glad they didn’t waste that steal on some little thing like bridges or train track tressle rails, leave that up to the old styrofoam and recycled oil from human fecal waste materials.
Yes , it will be portal for lord Mikudayo to descend upon this world. Arise Mikudayo, Arise !!!!
You got it wrong.
It is portal for Mikudayo to get back home.
Nether portal, chinese want to eat zombie pigmen
i would have thought this to be a hotel or some shit… but no, just a ring…
What!?
No Goatse tribs?
no Goatse shop?
According to the city officials, they wanted to build an impressive landmark. They decided there is no point trying to build a super-tall building as every other town is doing it. Bungee was not permitted because it was too big for it, the human body can’t survive the deceleration.
Finally, they decided to NOT build something practical that would accept customers, like entertainment facilities or restaurants, because the town is in the middle of nowhere and there isn’t enough population to make it profitable.
So they decided they would build a useless ring, because if they build something that is useful it would lose money trying to stay in business anyway. Vanity project indeed…
OH SHIT! IT’S MIKU-DAYO, EVERYBODY RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!
hahaha Dark Portal
A giant ring, eh? Now if only America would put it on and the economies could be wed!
What? No, don’t put the ring on Florida! That’s gross, you know what it looks like! No, stop screwing our… You know what? Let’s just ask Europe.
…What do you mean no? Fine, see if we care! China will keep its ring! You weren’t good enough for China anyway!
…NAnd GTFO North Korea! You can look but don’t touch!
LOL
I think it looks really cool, but too bad it’s being built at such a random location.
It’s just going to collapse in a while anyway, styrofoam doesn’t make good building material.
i heard that about 1% rich and 99% poor in china’s population… and thats how they spend the money?!!
if ya want to win a design trophy… make a small size ~ not this epic size please… those steel can feed many ppl -.-
Really? I didn’t know Chinese people could metabolise steel… Interesting technology, they have.
Not ONE goatse?
China built an inter-dimensional Glory Hole.
Doesn’t matter who wins, we’re all fucked.
All according to Miku.
Imagine placing a huge magnifying glass into it…
I’m just waiting to see how long it takes until it collapses or blows up.
2012
Knowing it’s China built it will probably just topple over and fall into the river.
It could be made host to a cyclotron then.
it is obviously too gigantic to fit a Japanese dick/dicks.
Awww, insecure Chinese… how sad.
this is why st. louis kept theirs an arch
needs an even bigger Sonic
The ring is one thing, as sunlight can pass through it.
But if they built a bigger Sonic, it’d cast a huge Shadow at dusk.
Plus, the ring is Silver. Too futuristic for Sonic’s gold rings.
considering its china made it’ll likely either
a) fall apart and kill someone
b) collapse during an earthquake and killing several visitors.
c) explode…….
In before massive GOATSE.
I bow to you.
silly china, that’s not what an Oblivion Portal is supposed to look like
It’s a giant railgun in the making, pic 007 should have alerted you to the possibility.
LoL to Eve Online ships.
luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuulz
i hope china will entertain us with more explosions and death
lol’d at ‘Miku-zilla’
One does not simply Chinese stargate their way into Mordor.
mini Halo ring?
I looked at it and thought “someone play too much Halo”
China probably acquired the Tesseract , that’s why they made this up…
Last pic I loled hard.
An opening that leads to the shit-hole that is China!
My country must’ve fallen pretty fucking badly if we’re going to losing our global economic influence to THIS.
Maybe we can link this with the St Louis Arc and make a 2 way Teleport Gate.
Would *you* want Chinese yokels wandering through the Arc into downtown St. Louis, not even mentioning the military?
Didn’t think so.
Will it blend?
Oh China… it’s as pathetic as ever.
We need a Vipper challenge of this.
A dimensional portal would be pretty cool.
China – we could have built our bridges with steel instead of garbage… but we REALLY wanted this giant ring.
is it really made of steel?
And the tears of many orphans.
And it was still not enough, and it is steel only outsude. And inside it is made from rubbish.
And the corpses of their enemies (they figured out the great wall was the best base design but decided to use steel over stone)
This amuses me.
China waste their money on the stupidest things.
Isn’t that the case for all nations?
“Let’s see, what can we spend our money to help further our country?
Better education? …nope.
Better food? Nuh-uh.
Easier/efficient transportion? No way!
Better material for building & repairing bridges/buildings? Why?
…
Build a giant ass ring?
FUCK YEAH!”
Wtf guys.
why did they build a gaint ring?
maybe they want to communicate with protoss and bring dark templar to china,
then zerg the nation with zealots :))
why did they build a join ring
maybe they want to communicate with protoss and bring dark templar to china
then zerg the nation with zealots :))
Or maybe China wanted to be original and blow their treasury on an obvious waste of financial resources and international image. Not that they had much of the latter to begin with, of course.
It’s easier to understand if you include the kickback factor in your calculations.
A portal to another world might be cool.
It’s Loki. He wants to bring the Chitauri again. Only this time in China cause the Avengers won’t be there.
Counterpoint: Event Horizon
It already is a portal to another world, a world of exploding things.
More like it’s a portal from one side of the giant ring, to the other side of the giant ring. Either way, both worlds are indifferent, they both contain exploding things.
It might just work.
It is Chinese, it will explode.
Considering China would have build that portal, it would probably just lead to an antimatter universe.
but that antimatter universe will explode bec of China o.o
One of the crazy theories of 2012 is the coming of aliens, what better way to draw attention?!
Probably should be ready by 12/21/2012 …
Or perhaps a larger particle collider camouflaged .. 😛
The LCH is quite much larger than this useless ring.
If that’s a particle collider, it’s awfully small. The LHC is 27km (17mi.) in circumference.
I see what you did there XD
maybe some supernatural event will happen.
What about the St. Louis arch, equally useless.
As the Gateway to the West, it’s at least symbolic.
Yeah, wasn’t is supposed to be for the railroad or something?
No, it’s a memorial to explorers like Lewis and Clark. In fact a railroad was relocated to accommodate the arch.
Actually you can go to the top of the St. Louis Arch and there’s a lookout point in it.
Personally, I think landmarks like this should be used in the Red Bull air race!
LOL op pwnd.
Gateway arch is still taller
JUST AS USELESS RIGHT IN THE ASSHOLE OF THE USA.
lol triti
Don’t mince words Roy, tell us how you really feel..
Now even the Aliens is not safe with China. They already have the plan to invade the Galaxy. WWIII will happen with China VS the whole Galaxy.
But first, they need to figure out how to beat the Goonswarm and the Clusterfuck Coalition.
no sliders parody ? … oh well …
sliders was made before half these faggots were born, therefore it is overlooked, just like “old anime”.
They could embed a vertical loop roller coaster inside the thing. That would be pretty spiffy, at least until the first deaths.
At the least, it already looks like a halfpipe.
Honestly I was expecting some Gate of Babylon there but, meh.
Nah, the Chinese would never accomplish something so amazing.
looks like god dropped his monocle
Explode … No! I want it roll like a wheel though those mountain.
We require more vespene gas.
But they need to build additional pylons.
But they are making only drones, they must spawn more overlords for that purpose.
This is gold XD
You legend
The SCV’s are workin on it.
That explains it then as SCVs cannot build pylons.
SCV: *crackle* I can’t build there!
Spawn more communist overlords.
Ah an olive branch to Korea’s Starcraft fan’s.. Brilliant!
And half an olive tree to EVE online players…
Doesn’t work. China will get suicide ganked and then harvested for tears.
Will it explode?
You sir, made my day!
no, but it will tip over in the next major storm
Don’t underestimate those magnitude +0 earthquakes.
They don’t need to wait for a major storm, just take a look at some of their previous apartment building and we all know that it will tip over on its own just like those apartment building.
They should just make a giant vagina instead and give it to japan
What’s the point in that ? Japan will just censor it.
Let’s hope it doesn’t explode while the star gate portal is open.
I, for one, will welcome our Goa’uld overlord.
jaffah, kree !
when they’ll come, it will explode in china style
No photoshop of someone grabbing either side of it as it where a large butthole?
I for once don’t want any so called worm overload resides in my body. So good luck with that