Why do you think the citizens of Chicago call this a monstrosity? Is it just politics as usual?

[occulus]

[DonaldDarko]

Building a commie block is all Obama would know.

[occulus]

Maybe we could move it to the Florida Everglades and find a good use for it.

[DonaldDarko]

Like a coral reef maybe.

[seeyounexttuesday]

That’s fucking hideous.

[occulus]

Someone told me it’s better now that it’s finished. I can't imagine having that much lipstick to make a pig look good. That’s the exact picture they showed on the news yesterday.

[Screenwriter]

Well, it's not very attractive architecturally. Looks kind of steampunk. And is it in the middle of a junk yard? It's interesting. Sort of looks like a castle of some kind.

Not a "monstrosity," but definitely strange. Sort of Game of Throney. Is it a commissioned sculpture?

[occulus]

It’s the Obama library/foundation/museum.

[Screenwriter]

Wow. Would not have guessed that. Would not want my library looking like that. It is really odd and kind of ugly. I'm miffed.

[occulus]

I asked artificial intelligence what it was and the AI didn’t have a clue.

[Screenwriter]

I just looked up the library. That photo shows it unfinished. There are several buildings, and they look much better than that thing. You're showing it under construction with the land around it all torn up. It doesn't look like that today.

[occulus]

There’s a reason I didn’t tell you what this building is, and that’s because I wanted an honest opinion. You gave an honest opinion and now you’re backtracking. Can you please post a photo of the finished library?

[DonaldDarko]

It looks like the insides of a computer or an old TV or something. It looks like junk.

[Screenwriter]

You can look it up online. It has several buildings. It's high modern architecture. Not everyone's cup of tea. That building you showed is part of it. Not a choice I'd make. But it's his library.

[contentious]

It looks like a mud hut. When are they going to plaster it in cow dung? That aside, people probably call it a monstrosity because it likely contains a bunch of demonic symbolism. A monstrosity is an omen, an object of dread. So if you open up your eyes and look around, there are probably some warnings about the evil, Obama's organization is plotting.

[occulus]

The article said that Obama was all about DEI, and so he made sure all the contractors will fit the bill.

[spartan55]

Are we really supposed to get outraged because Obama's Presidential Library is over budget? So every other Presidential Library was constructed within budget?
I am certainly no fan of Obama, but I think we can find much more egregious examples of government waste than this.

[occulus]

“Are we really supposed to get outraged”

Why are you asking me? I don’t live in Chicago. I said the people of Chicago think it’s amonstrosity. If you want to take it upon yourself to tell the people of Chicago to stop calling it a monstrosity, then go for it. And after you do that, tell them what you want them to be upset about.

[spartan55]

It was a general question not directed at you. I couldn't care less about Chicago. I moved out of Illinois 30 years ago and never looked back.

[occulus]

The outrage is coming from the people who have to look at it.

[spartan55]

Yeah, that's great. Go look at something else then.

[occulus]

That’s like not noticing the elephant in the room.

[spartan55]

Yawn, whatever. It doesn't even look like there is much around it...🙄

[occulus]

It’s easy to say when you left Chicago.

[spartan55]

Yeah, because Chicago is so small everyone MUST drive by that building daily... dude get outta here.

[occulus]

Did I mention I don’t live in Chicago?
I hope to never see any part of Chicago. Maybe you should go there and give lectures to the people who think it looks like a monstrosity.

[spartan55]

Okay, great. Anything else?

[katiesmuff]

I will admit it is an ugly thing, however it is former president Obama's library which I believe is still under construction up there in that north country. Every past president seems to build one yet I wonder how often anyone ever uses them. On a positive note maybe they had to clear out a large area of a shit hole part of the city.

[Caroline91]

Lol. That is a picture of the library under construction. It won't be completed until sometime in 2026. Let's take a look at it when it is finished and then form opinions.

[occulus]

Are you talking to me or the actual citizens who are saying this and complaining?

Also, Google 2025 pictures of the Obama library. Tell me what you think.😀

[andreasderjuengere]

Knowing now what it is, I find it to be a little on the large side. But the geometry is catchy.

If an average citizen of Chicago does not like it, he/she/it/whatever may want to have a look at the other Chicago buildings.

[occulus]

Shrek lives in that building

[andreasderjuengere]

Shrek has Fiona - and they are happy :P

[occulus]

I meant to say that Fiona would be at the top of that tower of Shrek would be trying to figure out how to get up there

[andreasderjuengere]

I see a crane

[RavVid]

I am confused as to what it is intending to be but it has a startling resemblance to FLAKTURM's in Germany during WW2 onto which they put anti aircraft guns.

Is Chicago worried?

[AviatorTom]

The building has no character, looks more like a prison. A Presidential Library deserves better.

[occulus]

In Obama‘s own words, he said he was using DEI contractors. Those are not my words those are Obama’s words. And the minority contractors are suing him for $40 million.

[Dongie]

@occulus
Lmao...

[Kaneki05]

Yo it's a rust base! Tbf it is chicago that's just normal there.

[beefcakebradybatson]

It IS a monstrosity, but WHAT is it.(Help me, I'm old !!!)

[occulus]

The Obama library/foundation/museum.
Now don’t you feel bad calling it a monstrosity?

[beefcakebradybatson]

I'd feel TEN THOUSAND TIMES WORSE were it the Trump Library, because I don't think President Forty-five and Forty-seven reads anything except colouring books !!!

[occulus]

You’re 72 years old going on seven years old. This is why the Democrats are fleeing you people.

[Avicenna]

It is indeed a monstrosity

[occulus]

Are you just saying that because it’s the 300% over budget Obama library? 😉

[Avicenna]

LOL, it's also a monstrosity from the architectural perspective

[occulus]

The only reason I knew what that building was, is because I saw the headlines. If you were to just show me that picture and ask me where it’s at, I would’ve said probably war-torn Gaza or possibly Baghdad right after shock and awe.

[Avicenna]

yeah, I hear you. I wouldn't have known otherwise either.

[occulus]

I saw it on the news and I couldn’t believe it. So I googled around and learned the story.

[Dargil]

Over budget. Like everything there.

[Abbycado]

Who cares?

[Abbycado]

Excuse me, other than you?

[occulus]

Who cares? Obama. It’s his library.