It's why things have taken a downward turn. We need to get gargoyles back onto our schools again.
That's a solid platform if you decide to run for office.
I'm a Stonemason, the actual issue, beyond modern architecture not taking weather into proper regard(I.e. shedding rain as a part of design) and more of minimalist bent to modern buildings, is the lack of skilled stone cutters. It's a dying trade, and at least where I am (Scotland) schools keep closing down as there's not enough students to keep the schools open.
The platform to run on would be to support and encourage trades and keeping the old knowledge alive.
No gargoyle left behind!
And crown moldings. There's a direct correlation between the decline of crown molding, and the decline of society.
I hate crown molding lol
Fun fact: They are called gargoyles because they gargle water out of their mouths.
Yes! The etymology for both words is the French word gargouille, meaning throat. Gargouiller in frrench means gargle as we know it in English, and a gargoyle has a spout where rain water exits it's mouth when it's raining (via its throat)
From memory if it doesn't spout water it's called a grotesque.
Then why aren't they called Gargwaters? Shouldn't they gargle oil? 🤔
Checkmate, libgargs!
gargoyles, a name that came to Middle English from the Old French word gargoule. The stone beasts likely earned that name because of the water that gargled out of their throats and mouths; the word gargoule is imitative in origin.
The evil spirits won. They're not exactly going to ward off themselves now.
Nah, with modern glass buildings the spirits smack into the windows and break their necks.
Nah, the vampire zombie-makers won.
We need more gargoyles.
The 90s rocked. The 90s had Gargoyles.
The math speaks for itself.
Fat gargoyle, animal gargoyle, trog gargoyle, impossibly buff gargoyle, old gargoyle, neanderthal gargoyle... sexy lady with wings.
In case anybody hasn't seen it, the relevant Oglaf (NSFW)
the 7 genders
Fun fact time. They're basically water drainage pipes, but fancy. They're named gargoyles because it sounds like they're gargling when water comes out of them.
I think it's actually because the root word for gargoyle (and gargle) translates literally to "throat".
They are essentially a decorative throat.
It's true. In my country, we have like 3 gargoyles and we can barely function. We have one as our moral compass, another as a weather forecaster, and the last one as a spooky Halloween decoration. We're lucky we know the day of the week as it is.
This is quite accurate
Upvote for "grotesque"
Well, somewhat the opposite since the use of gargoyles was rooted in fear and superstition and later tradition. As the levels of fear and superstition in society decrease, so too does the use of gargoyles.
Well, so they were there to protect us, right? Who is protecting us now? The president? Don't be ridiculous!
I call this a conspiracy of the thugs for avoiding Batman messing around their plans!
Back then rich people don't know what to do with their money, so they spent it on fancy scuppers. Now we have many other avenues to waste money instead, like the stock market.
They also had the stock market. That's not an excuse. Today's assholes are just worse than yesterday's assholes. It's the only explanation.
Dude, 3d printers tho. Poor people could be making ornament.
WE USED TO MAKE stEAL
Have you ever tried to decipher one talking in Discworld? Painful hahaha
Unless you're in the World of Darkness, in which case the gargoyle index is a measure of Tremere tomfoolery
This is in part due to modern facades being water resistant. It is no longer necessary to project water away from fountains.
We still do, but we use downspouts.
They got tired of going back to their position every morning.
