The initial image is a size comparison between the statue of liberty and a wind turbine. The wind turbine is over ninety feet (about 28 meters) taller.
A commenter pretended to misinterpret the image as one of a wind turbine attacking the statue of liberty. The next commenter answered with an image of Don Quixote, a literary character who once thought a windmill was a monster and announced his plans to fight it. They are joking that if a wind turbine attacked the statue of liberty, Don Quixote would be willing to fight the wind turbine.
Incidentally, that scene led to the English idiom “tilting at windmills,” meaning a person who has not only disproportionate reactions of anger, but disproportionate reactions of anger to nonexistent challenges.
So all those people who are fighting to preserve coal jobs and the fossil fuel economy are….
actually…
tilting at windmills.
I feel like this is one of the very few times where explaining the joke leads to another one that everyone can now understand and laugh at
Planning on a visit to the Statue of Liberty? Did you know you have to order tickets to the Pedestal and Crown weeks in advance? Find out more facts about Lady Liberty in our comprehensive Guide to the Statue of Liberty. : Julienne SchaerforNYCgo
Visited the Statue of Liberty Museum today and was able to capture the reflection of the Statue of Liberty beautifully lined up with One World Trade Center, formerly known as Freedom Tower. Talk about a powerful double meaning!
Blake Lively wore an Atelier Versace design inspired by New York City’s Liberty of Freedom Statue with a dramatic transformation on the Met Gala 2022 red carpet.
“I think Versace thought I was crazy when I called them and pitched this…Rather than looking at fashion from the Gilded Age, I wanted to look at architecture”
• Transforms (on colour co-ordinated carpet) from copper to pattinated
• The column detailing of the dress homage to the Empire State building
• Draping from the Statue of Liberty
• Train features the constellation of Grand Central Station
• Seven spikes on the crown like the seven spikes the Statue of Liberty had representing the seven seas and seven continents representing inclusivity welcomness and freedom
• Twenty-five stones representing Statue of Liberty’s twenty-five windows
Blake Lively’s dress is an homage to New York City and the Statue of Liberty.
The draping represents the Statue of Liberty and the transition is a reference to the oxidation of the statue. The skirt is embroidered with the signs of the zodiac as an homage to the celestial painted ceiling of Grand Central Station. The bodice of her gown is a nod to the architecture of NYC, in particular, the Empire State Building. Her crown has seven tiers and 25 stones like Statue Liberty’s crown has seven rays and 25 windows.
![The Statue of Liberty. [Photo: Julienne Schaer for NYCgo]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/21680f7f7c92146bf7deb2323e6794bc/tumblr_ov969qImUa1qzyjm6o1_1280.jpg "The Statue of Liberty. [Photo: Julienne Schaer for NYCgo]")
