if this ritual isn't performed, the monument goes flaccid and results in a dangerous hazard if it bends over far enough for the tip to touch the ground
I didn’t know what to think about this image, but as my eyes were scanning the photo I came across the American flag and realized this is the Washington monument and not Israel, and I fucking lost it
It would not surprise me if in a couple of centuries they start putting little notes to George Washington through the cracks in the masonry. Then it would be a true Americanist religion in the style of the CK2 mod.
I'm really feeling down on myself, but the bright side I could be looking for today is thinking about all the dumb shit I've avoided thinking and doing by just having a little bit of materialist philosophy and care for others in my back pocket.
Common misconception, this was originally called "the Presidential Glory Hole" and the intention was to erect a monument sized depiction of a penis sticking out of it of whoever held office at the time. However, this idea was a bit ambitious so they had to settle for a more metophorical phallic structure.
Images like this make me realize maybe the Mormons were onto something by making Jesus a white American. They really have their shit together. Mormons are gonna outlast evangelicals and it's not even a close contest. Evangelicals are tearing themselves apart from what I understand.