# Dubai has a message for those who don't believe that bigger is better.
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [August 15, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302 "2008-08-15T11:42:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Quattro\_Krant](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro_Krant)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2013, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/181 "2013-06-25T10:54:37Z")
I think the person with the biggest balls in that base jump clip was the poor bastard who went out in that bucket and didn’t have a chute or jump.
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/182 "2013-09-16T21:47:09Z")
Visiting Dubai someday… 
Had a whole row to myself:
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### Author:  [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/183 "2013-09-16T22:12:07Z")
Baller!
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2013, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/184 "2013-09-17T06:17:25Z")
:tup:
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/185 "2013-09-17T13:05:02Z")
> [@micah](#):
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> i wanna ghost ride a plane into it
I forgot about this awesome comment. lol
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### Author:  [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/186 "2013-09-17T13:32:02Z")
different socks on each foot?
fuck you just made my stomach sink with jealously.
I start today.
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/187 "2013-09-17T16:11:08Z")
Hahaha. Since 2000.
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/188 "2013-09-17T16:22:41Z")
Am I the only one who matches thickness not color?
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2013, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/189 "2013-09-18T08:09:53Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#):
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> Am I the only one who matches thickness not color?
+1 lol
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### Author:  [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2013, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/190 "2013-09-18T08:30:38Z")
Meh, there are nicer buildings, architecurally, but that is pretty bad ass. I want to visit Dubai someday.
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2013, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/191 "2013-11-01T06:41:33Z")
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### Author:  [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2013, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/192 "2013-11-01T06:49:02Z")
man that’s dangerous.
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### Author:  [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2013, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/193 "2013-11-01T06:49:33Z")
nope. couldnt pay me. my hands started sweating just watching that.
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### Author:  [@MR.TWOSINISTER](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MR.TWOSINISTER)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2013, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/194 "2013-11-01T10:50:44Z")
Meh, there are nicer buildings, architecurally, but that is pretty bad ass. I want to visit Dubai someday.
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### Author:  [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/195 "2014-10-31T20:21:07Z")
I watched some show on Dubai today and I think it said it cost 1.5billion to construct the burj khalifa… The bills sold for 1.4 billion right?
makes the skyscraper seem cheap to build and an NFL time expensive!
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### Author:  [@Quattro\_Krant](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro_Krant)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/196 "2014-11-03T05:26:59Z")
I agree, 1.5B doesn’t seem like it would cover the cost. I was watching a Nat Geo episode on line about this building and the person they were talking to said they heard 1.5B was the cost but it was never verified/actually disclosed. On one hand I don’t see why they would lie about it if they are trying to show the world that Dubai is a world financial center, yet I also don’t think 1.5 would get the job done.
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2014, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/197 "2014-11-03T05:54:44Z")
Anyone else find it a little suspicious that the tire marks were such a perfect circle? Really seems like the one front tire was anchored.
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### Author:  [@seth13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/seth13)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/198 "2014-11-05T16:37:23Z")
> [@JayS](#):
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> Anyone else find it a little suspicious that the tire marks were such a perfect circle? Really seems like the one front tire was anchored.
After watching back I think you’re right. Good call. However, F1 doughnuts still :tup:
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### Author:  [@slo\_ride](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slo_ride)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/199 "2014-11-05T17:32:39Z")
It was so cheap because they import the workers from India and Southeast Asia, take away their passports and force them to work crazy hours and conditions.
For comparison sake the cowboys stadium almost cost as much…of course the 'boys are estimated to be worth over $3 billion
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2014, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dubai-has-a-message-for-those-who-dont-believe-that-bigger-is-better/53302/200 "2014-11-06T07:02:54Z")
There is a Discovery Channel show out there that covers in a reality TV way the building of the Burj Khalifa. There is a part where they’re going to start the next floor and realize that everything is about 12" off… quite a large margin of error!
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