r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hipatyhopity • 14d ago

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/stowgood 13d ago

A lot of effort has gone into religon over the years.

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u/TheVadonkey 13d ago

And wasn’t it all worth it?! Look where we are now! 😃

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u/RotrickP 13d ago

They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot

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u/un-sub 13d ago

Oooooh bop bop bop bop

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u/MarioLuigiDinoYoshi 13d ago

I wonder if younger gen’s know the song

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u/mortal_kombatant 13d ago

Gen Z here and I know it—my grandpa would play it from time to time. I really like that song especially as someone studying environmental science. Sucks that just this past week I learned about Joni Mitchell's blackface controversies though.

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u/watkykjypoes23 13d ago

Yes but I think of the mario background music every time

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u/GetUpNGetItReddit 13d ago

That’s where the church people park

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u/GoobeNanmaga 13d ago

Well.. they did pray to a rock with no distinct markings

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u/captainmidday 13d ago

they made a desert and called it peace

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u/_QRAK_ 13d ago

Don't forget about helipads

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u/Future-Entry196 13d ago

A measure which actually would have alleviated traffic congestion on the outskirts of paradise, something which Joni singularly fails to point out, perhaps because it doesn't quite fit in with her blinkered view of the world.