Wouldn’t it be better to use all that obsidian to build nether portals so we can build a public transit system on the bedrock roof?
Now that you mentioned public transportation the US will never agree to the project
The US would sooner build a gigantic obsidian orb than even think of building high speed rail anywhere.
Can’t be letting the plebs have freedom of movement, now can we ?!
Hey don’t downplay the economic benefits of the LOO (Large Obsidian Orb)
Honestly why don’t we have a nether portal transit system already. Server is how old at this point? Smh my head.
Ok but has anyone actually tried it yet? You could be the first
That’s a good point. Nobody has actually constructed a fully to-scale nether portal in the real world and tried to light it. We don’t know with absolute 100% certainty that it won’t work!
Edit: based on Hedgehog’s numbers, a portal made of 10 blocks would “only” cost $130,000. For science!
Or maybe we can feed the homeless obsidian?
I’m pretty sure at that size the obsidian eats homeless.
They placed it right next to Bay Bridge too, a place in dire need of traffic decongestion.
Turns out it’d be a dissapointingly small sphere:
US annual defence budget = $800 billion
2% = $16 billion
Obsidian cost per kg = $5
Total kg in budget = 3.2 billion kg
Density of obsidian = 2.6 g/cm3 = 2600 kg/m3
Total volume of sphere = 3.2b/2600 = 1230769 m3
Volume of sphere = 4/3 π r^3
Radius = (3V/4π)^(1/3) = 66.48 m
The sphere would only stand at 133m tall, I propose we instead utilise the entire defence budget for a much more skyscraper like 490m tall orb
Nobody said it had to be a solid sphere, how else would you get it to emit the ominous hum without attuning its natural frequency by carefully designing the thickness of the obsidian layer?
ignores engineering and construction cost. but we can assume that all people involved would work for free, because its a massive honour
Well that’s assuming it’s completely solid and not hollow. Hollow would probably be pretty huge, although the structural rigidity might not be great. Maybe we make a giant obsidian 3D printer and print it at like 10-15% infill.
An obsidian 3d print is less crazy than you might think. It’s essentially rapidly cooled lava.
Need something to hold the lava, then pressurize it to squeeze it through a nozzle that that has attached cooling units.
I think you just described a volcano.
We’re in luck! They already sell that nozzle!
Simple: bucket of lava, bucket of water, repeat.
Grabs a bucket. Quick, to the lava depository!
less crazy than you might think
Using a planet for a 3d printer’s nozzle still sounds pretty crazy.
You’re assuming one year of budget. I take it as 2% per year and something of that size would likely take 10+ years to build out.
This guy orbs!
It would also crack instantly. Obsidian’s not durable.
yeah right. it takes a long time to mine, even with a diamond pickaxe
Why should it crack?
Because Obsidian is really fragile. Maybe a bird hits it by accident, shatters the whole thing.
What if it were egg shaped
Then the bird would probably sit on it I think
Would it be a pretty bird?
That is obviously nonsense. A bird hitting any large structure will not break it.
No way. Birds are stronger than you think. Woodpecker would demolish that thing.
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Would be a far better use of the ‘defense’ budget than what they’re currently spending it on.
My only question is why we didn’t build the orb back in the Eisenhower administration when it was most needed.
Congress had a huge Anti-Ǒ̴̰̘̲̭̿͑̒̒͐̀̋̕͜r̷̡͍̼̹̥̻͖̤̅͑͌̋͌͗b̶̡̛͈̺̬͙̰̙͖̘͔̳̲̦̦͖̄͆̃͂͆͠ caucas after WWII. It’s a miracle we got the Ǒ̴̰̘̲̭̿͑̒̒͐̀̋̕͜r̷̡͍̼̹̥̻͖̤̅͑͌̋͌͗b̶̡̛͈̺̬͙̰̙͖̘͔̳̲̦̦͖̄͆̃͂͆͠s we did.
Oh, you mean like the one in Cincinnati?
Chicago stretched theirs
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Thats funny because more than 2%, more like 40%, of our defense budget is going into a black orb never to be seen again and is completely unaccounted for.
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Just imagine the size we could build if we used all of the defense budget. It’s resonant frequency would blow the eardrums of everyone on the West Coast and kill all marine life. One day when I’m presadent…
I don’t think “resonance frequency” means what you think it does.
Sure I do, its when the Acoustic suspension and the harmonic distortion collide creating a Bass Reflex that shakes your ass.
I don’t think that’s right, but I don’t know enough about magnets to say otherwise
Why does the government keep this from us?
Why are they so afraid of giving the public what they deserve and want, an ominously humming obsidian sphere?
What if China builds a mysteriously vibrating marble sphere first?
Were all the plans for this project taken to Mar-a-Lago? Or saved on Hunter Biden’s laptop? Or hidden in some pizza restaurant?
Just asking questions…Why would it hum and am I taking this too seriously?
That’s the best part - nobody would know!
But even so, if you were wise, you would hum as well.
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Large homogenous objects make noise. Most theories i’ve heard think it’s a result of vibration/internal stresses.
Well because it comes out of the defence budget it would be a military installation and therefore the hum is classified
Why wouldn’t it hum?
I support this project.
It should go on top of Devil Mountain, it has one of the largest viewsheds in the western US.
If we’re ok with relocating it outside of California, let’s put it on top of Devil’s Tower and call it the world’s largest Gazing Ball garden ornament.
No, we should put the quartz one on Devil’s Tower and it will be the world’s largest crystal ball. Fortunes could be told for miles.
Something one might propose to build in Night Vale.
Please do not disregard the obsidian sphere in the Night Vale public swimming pool. Make sure to give it all due attention. But not too much attention, so as to make things weird. Too little attention, unfortunately, will also bring about its ire, and we all remember what happened last time. Simply apply the recommended amount of regard to its ominous, strangely comforting hum, as it gently lulls you to sleep.
And now: the weather.
Wow. Nice to meet you, Cecil. Big fan. Please don’t ask me to work as an intern.
Nice to meet you, Big Fan. There are many properties of your anatomy I believe the sheriff’s secret police would find useful. I’ll recommend you to their internship program, which is compulsory and slightly moist.
And eventually someone will spray graffiti really high up somehow
Coca Cola ad*
Hell yeah, ominous hum!
And the best part of all? It looks like a giant rabbit poo! 🐇💩