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Best Squid Game Memes

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Squid Game Season 1.Although Squid Game only has one season on Netflix, it has already generated more (and better) memes than many shows do after multiple seasons. For some reason, this show presents powerful meme material. Perhaps it’s the constant drama or the haunting similarities of the fictional scenarios to real life – in terms of poor, desperate people being pitted against each other for money and to the death for the benefit of the rich, English-speaking, evil VIPs. Or maybe it’s the treacherous and disappointing evil that emerges amongst the participants themselves. Like when they start going outside the specific rules of a game to trick each other, outright murder their fellow contestants or betray the ones they got closest to. Or maybe it’s simply that creepy red light, green light doll who started it all. Continue reading

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A Sleek Pool Reflects an Illuminated ‘Moon’ and the Rugged Landscape of China’s Mount Tai

All images courtesy of Syn Architects

A lucent half-circle, “Hometown Moon” is nestled within the rugged topography of China’s Mount Tai. The glowing orb, which was designed by Syn Architects, radiates on a surrounding water feature, creating a dramatic, mirrored reflection that appears to make the cleaved design whole. With illuminated pillars to support the concrete chapel below, the construction mimics “a moon that never sets,” designers told Dezeen. “We returned to the birthplace of Confucianism, rebuilding the relationship between dualities such as city and the countryside.” Continue reading