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Authorities say the design of the North Nanjing station takes inspiration from plum blossoms, which the city is known for.
But online, others are pointing out its resemblance to something rather different - a sanitary pad.
“This is a giant sanitary pad. It’s embarrasing to say it looks like a plum blossom,” said one comment on social media site Weibo.
The topic has generated millions of views across various Chinese social media platforms.
“Why can we all tell it is a sanitary pad immediately, but the architects can’t?” one Weibo user said.
I’m really loving the high-quality, modern journalism technique of checks notes basing an article entirely on what random people have said on social media.
I wouldn’t care if it looked like a giant cock and balls if I had a dedicated high-speed-rail station in my city. It also looks like it has serious capacity with three separate approaching rail corridors.
Yep, it’s also highly absorbent
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yo mama so fat
At least it’s white and not red like the plum blossoms are.
Maybe the building WAS meant to be a plum blossom. Maybe the architects are all dudes who never saw a feminine product in their life or had to do the emergency pad run for a woman they love.
But whoever designed these roof vents knew EXACTLY what they were doing.
There is NO plum blossom anywhere in nature that has that specific squared geometric pattern, or anything like it.
But there are quite a number of sanitary pads that do.
Maybe the roof was designed by the same person who did that memorable cover art for The Little Mermaid DVD back in the day, lol.
Atlanta has Megatron’s Butthole, so I’m fine with this station.
How you can tell no women were involved in the project.
Or there were, and they thought it was hilarious
Plum blossoms can be pink or even purple, so maybe don’t paint the building white?
They can also be white though
They can be whatever color they want to as long as they believe in themselves*!
*And have access to dye as well as the ability to apply it.
It does resemble a pad from this photo.