In honor of the 150th anniversary of the source of spring water, a large city fountain was opened in the capital of Austria, which impressed residents not only with its size, but also with its “ugliness.”
According to the Culture Critic Twitter account, the construction cost the authorities 1.8 million euros. This caused discontent among residents, who were outraged that their taxes were being wasted on dubious art objects.
Fountains in 1902: Fountains in 2023: pic.twitter.com/9wQmesAepn
— Culture Critic (@Culture_Crit) October 30, 2023
A new object on the streets of Vienna has become a real meme and a reason for humorous creativity. Jokes making fun of the fountain began to spread online.
Thus, one of the Twitter users (X) compared the element of the structure with the popular character from the cartoon “SpongeBob SquarePants” Squidward.
Others began to claim that from now on they could be considered professional artists. And they even showed off their work.
The rest simply began to come up with new memes and share their opinions about the fountain in the comments.
“2023 is an absolutely pathetic year. What happened to us?”, “Why… just why?”, “This is the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen. It’s an attack on my eyes,” “The caveman drawings were better”, “I’m glad that this has brought international attention to how disgraceful this “modern art” fountain is in the historic city of Vienna,” netizens write, accompanying their comments with memes.
