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  • 779 points ThisIsALine_____

    "How long is the line to the bathroom?!?!"

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    463 points MikeAndBike

    You’re looking at it

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    109 points Jaegons

    I legit snorted

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    221 points the_ultrafunkula

    Snorting is exactly why the bathroom lines are so long

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    33 points Momik

    You know what this beautiful gathering of people could use? Men’s room coke 😎

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    24 points Jaegons

    I mean, apparently; I heard some politician the other day say that in the Biden years there was (checks notes) oh yes, THIRTY POUNDS OF COKE PER AMERICAN CITIZEN. It's a good thing they don't, you know, make this shit up on the fly when someone puts a mic in front of them.

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    4 points Pretend-Internet-625

    Well that makes sense. I use about 60 pounds a year and my wife doesn't do drugs.

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    1 points [deleted]

    Did you know that 87.63% of statistics are made up on the spot?

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    1 points Pretend-Internet-625

    Did you know you just bumped it up to 90%

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    28 points DrunkenDude123

    Depends what you consider a bathroom

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    17 points 4115R

    Anywhere is a bathroom if you’re desperate enough.

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    10 points pussysushi

    I'll pee by the tree.

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    4 points QuidEgoSum

    And never get 100 ft from a school again lol

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    4 points pussysushi

    How do they know my school?

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    8 points Pandamm0niumNO3

    No joke, every time I see a picture like this, I imagine what it would be like to be stuck in the centre and all of a sudden really really need the bathroom.

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    3 points illregretthisright

    I was there and it happened. There were chemical toilets along the way, they were easy to reach, but the lines were too big for the trouble. I waited and as soon as the last song finished, I rushed home.

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    22 points raid_master_7

    Username checks out

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    7 points heyfriend0

    Shit where you stand

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    7 points Billyconnor79

    Hold my spot I’m going for a beer

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    3 points afganistanimation

    I'm just peeing in a bottle at that point.

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    8 points QuidEgoSum

    Why does this corona taste like bud light?

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    3 points cec003

    Yes

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    2 points LifeguardDull4288

    Just pee your pants

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    2 points Sacharon123

    Diapers.

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    4 points Rouser_Of_Rabble

    Depends

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    1 points t3hnhoj

    Yes.

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  • 643 points TheCABK

    Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro for Lady Gaga’s free concert

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    197 points Sanity_in_Moderation

    Stefani Germanotta, you will never be famous.

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    46 points durenatu

    Technically, never did, Gaga was the one that became famous

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    27 points ForagedFoodie

    Given her age, its possible she enjoyed watching the girl's cartoon Jem as a child. I wonder if that had any influence on her dual identity.

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    21 points DrJulianBashir

    How could you say something so outrageous?

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    21 points ForagedFoodie

    Is it truly? Truly, truly, truly outrageous?

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    4 points AveragefootSasquatch

    Contagious

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    4 points incredibleninja

    Reddit ass comment

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    1 points No-Author-2358

    I went to Copacabana for New Year's once. OMG. There were two million people on the beach, with about a dozen boats out on the water shooting off fireworks. That is an EPIC place.

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    -61 points dazedan_confused

    How much were tickets?

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    84 points Loose_Orange_6056

    Free?

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    58 points heyfriend0

    Yeah but how much were they

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    31 points Loose_Orange_6056

    Free?

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    43 points heyfriend0

    No but like how much

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    27 points Loose_Orange_6056

    Free?

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    36 points lage1984

    In euros though?

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    33 points heyfriend0

    I’m not sure how to convert that honestly

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    10 points Sad_Low3239

    man this is confusing. can I get refund?

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    11 points dazedan_confused

    Nelson Mandela?

    Bird, and this bird you cannot change?

    Dfrom desire?

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    2 points The_C0u5

    Falling

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    18 points Peek_e

    Not ”free Lagy Gaga-concert” but ”Lady Gaga’s free concert”

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    17 points 6869ButterNotFly

    Free Gaga!!!!

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    6 points PotentialScience2837

    Justice for Gaga!

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  • 102 points clarkdoubleyou

    "Let's meet next to that tree!"

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    14 points QuidEgoSum

    -Molly Shannon

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  • 73 points randyfloyd37

    “i dont see you here dog”

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  • 170 points mp1982

    I count 1,464,245 people, not 2.1M

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    60 points Triairius

    Count again

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    42 points mp1982

    Shit i got 1,464,247 this time!

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    14 points hopefullyhelpfulplz

    Split the difference and call it a day

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    20 points heyfriend0

    I got 12

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    11 points WhiskyRick

    It's definitely at least three.

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    2 points ArtisticCandy3859

    Key & Peele proceed to Rainman count it, count it

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    3 points That-Makes-Sense

    That one guy in the upper left-hand corner isn't a guy. It's a light pole.

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  • 56 points Remote_Nature_8166

    I sure would hate to be in there.

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  • 57 points Bavariasnaps

    https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-copacabana-beach-rio-concert-record-breaking-1235961924/
    this is not the full crowd

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  • 24 points rofloctopuss

    Where, when, and what is this?

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    37 points lothbrokkk

    It looks like Lady Gaga’s show in Rio de Janeiro that happened this year, but I’m not sure

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    34 points Hammy-Cheeks

    That is correct. She now holds the record for most people in attendance to a female artist.

    Broke Madonnas record last year by a solid million.

    If you are curious, Rod Stewart still holds the all time record of 3.5 million people in 94'.

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    5 points arcadebee

    That’s wild. I used to work in a book shop and he did a signing with us since he was local. His wife did some shopping downstairs with their (at the time) young children while he did the signing upstairs, and she was one of the most stunning people I’ve ever seen in real life. Mostly because she was so amazingly tall. We had lots of famous people do signings or shopping with us, and those two were lovely. She came across as a down to earth person living a very good life.

    Wild to think he had 3.5 million people come to see him, our lil bookshop couldn’t even fit 2 million inside, maybe not even 1.5 million.

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    0 points Phillip-402

    Madonna was 1.6M, Lady Gaga was 2.1M (but the 2.1M is highly disputed: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm20rg0vvp9o)

    Sounds like the city really wanted some sensational headlines. And they got them.

    But both of these records are still more impressive than the 94’ Rod Stewart IMHO. It was a small part of a news year’s eve show that had a lot of others artists and people were watching and going for him, like they did for Madonna and Lady Gaga.

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    15 points rofloctopuss

    That makes sense. I remember reading somewhere that the largest concert ever was Rod Stewart of all people, at Copacabanna, because it was a free concert. Now I just looked this up and it's the same idea. They sure know how to party in Rio

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    6 points notsofaust

    Funnily enough, I don't think many people could name a single Rod Stewart song now, even people his age. No disrespect to the guy, he's got a massive achievement to be proud of, just a sign of taste changing.

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    5 points Multifarian

    I am sailing..

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    2 points LincolnHamishe

    I’m way younger than Rod Stewart and can name at least 4 songs off the top of my head without googling. Young Turks being my favorite. I can only think of 1 from Lady Gaga, Poker Face. He’s got great music too.

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    3 points ThisIsALine_____

    Faces is great

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    1 points Nobio22

    Maggie may 

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  • 14 points Black_Flag_Friday

    Does anyone have a picture of Metallica in Russia at their mega concert? How many people was that one?

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    1 points wheresthebody

    Approx 1.6 million people

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    5 points flumsi

    It most definitely wasn't that many. The real number is closer to half a million.

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    6 points wheresthebody

    But google can't be wrong....

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  • 11 points llamasim

    Gaga on Copacabana? Omg I’m so gay.

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  • 8 points Historical_Sugar9637

    Funny...this is also what a severe anxiety attack looks like. :-P

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  • 9 points M0RALVigilance

    How many deaths? No way that many people got together and everyone made it home.

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    -2 points cortexgem

    this isn’t the united states so everybody was just being happy.. we don’t do mass shootings

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  • 22 points Minute_River6774

    I went to Obamas first inauguration ( because I had the chance to experience it and I was 18)
    And it is a wild feeling being in a group larger than 1 mill…. Even more so before and after when you all move as one giant entity.

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  • 35 points Vibius

    I'm pretty sure that's not even half a million we can see on this image. What's for btw ? I'm curious ?

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    20 points mcsquirley

    It’s Gaga’s concert

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    4 points egasz

    Not sure if this is it, but a few years ago the Rolling Stones threw a free concert in Rio de Janeiro. I saw pictures at the time and kind of looked like this.

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    19 points sharipep

    It’s Lady Gaga in Rio

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    4 points knowledgebass

    Where is she? I don't see her. Can you circle her in the photo?

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    3 points egasz

    Wrong band, right location...

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  • 10 points cortexgem

    https://youtu.be/1ikrxmsSHQA?si=UiwjXclawqCeaIgI full show, one of the greatest moments in pop history

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  • 10 points CattonCruthby

    Her name was Gaga

    She was a singer

    No audience has ever been bigger

    At the Copa, Copacabaaaaaaaana

    2 million bodies and not enough potties

    At the Copa... just hold it in

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  • 3 points irongi8nt

    And one of them is having the worst day ever 

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    1 points Adorable-Response-75

    Who?

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  • 4 points rcls0053

    "How many speakers?" -"Yes"

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  • 6 points JulietStarling666

    Gaga in Copacabana?

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  • 5 points Stunning_Ad_6600

    Crowd crush gon look like world war z 💀

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  • 3 points timcooksdick

    It’s actually a closeup of a cotton harvester. Can’t fool me I’ve seen this one

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  • 3 points rose790

    I feel suffocated just seeing so many people.

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  • 3 points knowledgebass

    These "Where is Waldo?" books are getting crazy.

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  • 3 points symbologythere

    You couldn’t pay me to be in a crowd like that. I don’t care what they’re giving away, I’ll pass.

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  • 3 points Guavaeater2023

    I count a brazilllion people

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  • 3 points tripletmum

    Meh, I was in Times Square NYC for the 1999-2000 New Year’s Eve and watched the ball drop amidst > 2mil people

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  • 6 points cortexgem

    I was there and it was the best show of my life, watch this: https://youtube.com/shorts/JujeU8U-ijg?si=5ognFyNyrClCZuDP

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  • 4 points pokerpaypal

    Almost as many as Trump's first inauguration, just ask him.

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  • 2 points sherpes

    not the parade when Morocco returned from the World Cup with a 4th place overall position?

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  • 2 points LumenYeah

    Gnats

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  • 2 points kexnyc

    Did you count them?

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  • 2 points TsunamiCatCakes

    its genuinely crazy to look at such a volume, and especially puts into perspective population of India. we are 1.47 billion people. 2.1mil is 0.14% of the population crazy

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  • 2 points DJPoundpuppy

    Terrifying.

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  • 2 points wheresthebody

    no

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  • 2 points Beneficial_Being_721

    1,999,999 more people than I like in my locale

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  • 2 points gwhh

    How do they even all get there?

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    3 points durenatu

    Gays activate teleportation through anal stimulation

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    1 points devassodemais

    There were people who waited all day, the show started only at night.

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    1 points Nemova

    Public transport, especially the tube.

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  • 2 points kovwas

    "Would the owner of a white Toyota please go to the parking lot, your headlights are on"

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  • 2 points NerdDesNordens

    Just another typical Dethklok show. 

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  • 2 points Impressive_Main5160

    Imagine being in the middle and just desperately wanting to go home. Knowing not only will you not get home soon but you have to face a gauntlet of 1000s of people. And moving through the crowd while praying you are going towards the edge of the crowd instead of forwards or backwards ( I’m short all I would see is torsos)

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  • 2 points 3vanW1ll1ams

    I’d hate to have to use the toilet.

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  • 2 points HardcoreHandsome

    I dunno man something about this photo looks shopped to me. Looks like they just shrunk and pasted everything about the words.

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  • 2 points badlisten3r

    This is anxiety fuel for me lmao.

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  • 2 points gnuepla

    lmao, the panic line question is pure gold.

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  • 2 points RedWhiteAndBooo

    Now multiple that times 30 and you’re approaching the death count of World War II

    🫣🫠🤯

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  • 1 points blow-down

    Superspreader event

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  • 1 points mconk

    This reminds me of the something in the water festival in Virginia Beach https://sl.bing.net/f1xZGNSsPNA

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  • 1 points SlaughterhouseC137

    I don't like it

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  • 1 points Schmenge_time

    2.145 more like.

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  • 1 points captainshockazoid

    ants

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  • 1 points No1Related

    Now imagine they are all zombies..Yeah your fucked

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  • 1 points gillianthebrave

    Lord no thanks

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  • 1 points QuidEgoSum

    What was this event about anyway?

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    2 points durenatu

    Someone's cat got cured from cancer

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    1 points mean_gross

    Lady Gaga performing at Copacabana

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  • 1 points jordandino418

    2/3rds of Mongolia’s population represented here

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  • 1 points wakeupdreamingF1

    N O P E

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  • 1 points DingDongJohnson9

    Roughly 5,750 of the folks are celebrating their birthday

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  • 1 points cybercuzco

    NSFW, someone is fucking in this picture.

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    1 points durenatu

    At least 75% of this crowd are gay males on Prep, alcohol, cocaine, ketamine and poppers, so I'd say a little bit more than that.

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  • 1 points GlacnerTheMighty

    is that a concert?

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  • 1 points Country_Gravy420

    Black Friday used to be this brutal

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  • 1 points jujumber

    And to think all the people in the whole world would equal about 3934 groups of people this big.

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  • 1 points _fatcheetah

    At this point, just poop where you're and dance over it.

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  • 1 points j37h3r

    This needs more motion here.

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  • 1 points pamakane

    That’s … a LOT of shit.

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  • 1 points ladybrainhumanperson

    so yucky. all the burps and farts and talking.

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  • 1 points ALXand3R

    2.1 million people may look like this, but this does not look like 2.1 million people.

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  • 1 points parrotia78

    Ants

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  • 1 points Leather_Plankton3701

    Fuck no... Just looking at the picture made me hyperventilate....

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  • 1 points Thomson210

    How can anyone enjoy this? How do the people in the back even see the show?

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  • 1 points Xamalion

    Looking to long at that picture alone is giving me an anxiety attack. I could not be at an event like that.

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  • 1 points 7stroke

    Meanwhile I’ve got the run of their houses

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  • 1 points gnuepla

    haha, that "P" panic is way funnier than the actual speech!

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  • 1 points drifters74

    This makes me want to curl up in a ball and cry, way too crowded and too many people

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  • 1 points drifters74

    What's the context?

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  • 1 points VortexFalcon50

    I feel like having that many people next to the ocean is incredibly dangerous. If things get overcrowded people will end up being pushed into the water

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  • 1 points lx0x-Ghost-x0xl

    LOOK AT ALL THAT FOOD!!!!

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  • 1 points SimonIsBombBa

    Can you even really claim you saw Lady Gaga live if you are in the back of a crowd of 2 million people?

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  • 1 points JerryCat11

    Looks smaller than the monsters of rock crowd

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  • 1 points captaindomon

    And with over 8 billion people in the world, there are approx. four thousand of these groups of two million to total the world population.

    And half of them don’t remember anything earlier than 1995 (median world age is currently 30 years old)

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  • 1 points Snarfly99

    Looks like the siege of Minas Tirith was actually a lot of fun

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  • 1 points EmotionalLaw6381

    We look like ants 🐜 I wander what aliens think

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  • 1 points Maleficent-Expert550

    Lady Gaga did this.

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  • 1 points Maximum_Employer5580

    Metallica had a concert in Moscow in 1991 for the Monsters of Rock festival and there were 1.6 million

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  • 1 points alphachad00

    And I can’t stand waiting on one person in line.

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  • 1 points SlipComfortable1049

    The fact that this is the equivalent or similiar population of some US states today is mind boggling perspective.

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  • 1 points moveoutmicdrop

    I’d much rather watch concerts and especially sporting events from my couch with a nice cold beer and a takeout pizza. That seat in the . And I don’t have to wait in line for the bathroom.

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  • 1 points nurse-educator123

    And limited resources.

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  • 1 points TheUnseen_001

    A social anxiety heart attack, captured.

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  • 1 points shaquill3-oatmeal

    And I’m dating none of them

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  • 1 points SoloEterno

    The DMV in China

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  • 1 points Dangerous_Quiet4234

    Canadian immigration!!

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  • 1 points WaterMany8838

    Copacabana..

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  • -6 points bestnicknameever

    Looks line the Trump inauguration… it was the biggest crowd ever. Lol

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  • 0 points Stykhead

    no it aint . thats approximately 700,000 at best . wait ,just finished counting ,its actually 700,003. the guy on the left hand side upper is holding 3 kids !🤨

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  • 0 points SioKel

    Bill Hicks: "We're a virus with shoes."

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  • 0 points ilovestoride

    "Gaga’s performance drew over 1 million Brazilians and approximately 500,000 Little Monsters who flew in for the show, generating more than $100,000 for Rio’s economy, NPR reports."

    $100k LOLOL 

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  • -1 points TinUser

    Soooooo much sexual abuse going on in one location.
    Like a pop up Sodom.

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    1 points Excellent_Ad_3875

    Não tem Taco Bell aqui

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