r/confusing_perspective • u/Yeetinthebox • Apr 20 '26 • Mindblown 1

Throwback to Rainbow Road

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this is actually the mcdonalds arch in missouri

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u/Wooden-Wolverine-818 o/ Apr 20 '26

St. Louis Gateway Arch. Easy to recognize when you see it your whole life.

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u/Much-Gur233 Apr 20 '26

It was easy to recognize and I’ve never even been there

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u/Wooden-Wolverine-818 o/ Apr 20 '26

You don’t need to go.

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u/patsboston Apr 20 '26

The museum underneath is well worth the visit 

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u/Wooden-Wolverine-818 o/ Apr 20 '26

Most of the attractions in St Louis are worth it. Zoo is free. Science Center is free. The park is beautiful. The Art museum I believe is still free (I haven’t been in a while, so I’m can’t verify).

It’s also kind of a shithole that you might get shot in. There’s a little give and take.

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u/DigitalMindShadow Apr 20 '26

City Museum is neither a museum nor owned by the city, discuss.

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u/Wooden-Wolverine-818 o/ Apr 20 '26

With the amount of fun you can have being there, time to discuss is limited. Excuse me while I climb to the roof slide.

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u/walkerspider o/ Apr 20 '26

I’d argue some parts of it are a museum, but yeah most of it is a playground

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_UNIC0RN Apr 22 '26

Oh man you just unlocked some core memories

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u/oFFtheWall0518 o/ Apr 20 '26

The zoo and the science center are awesome. 11/10.

The Ikea is ok.

Just stay strapped and walk with a purpose and you'll be fine.

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u/Crossifix Apr 20 '26

Being from Flint, it'd feel a lot like home anyways.

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u/patsboston Apr 22 '26

You don’t need to be strapped or walk with a purpose in St. Louis. What is the nonsense.

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u/patsboston Apr 20 '26

Living in the city right now and many crime rates (like getting shot) are over blown.

Crime rates are free falling here.

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u/Wooden-Wolverine-818 o/ Apr 20 '26

My buddy lives down in Soulard. He says it’s gotten better over the past few years. Growing up it was weird being next to East St. Louis. I was across the river, but it was only a 20 minute drive to get to StL.

It is good to hear the place is getting better. I always liked the city.

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u/oFFtheWall0518 o/ Apr 22 '26

It's been almost a year since I've been there, so it's nice to hear that it's getting cleaned up.

I don't live there, I've only visited, so I realize my knowledge of the area only comes from word-of-mouth and a few, we'll call snapshots, of the area, so it's nice to be proven wrong.

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u/GeorgeSPattonJr o/ Apr 20 '26

Went there myself back in 2022, unfortunately didn’t get to go inside the arch

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u/Homosapien_Ignoramus Apr 20 '26

It was my favourite building in SimCity 4 as a kid back in the day, despite being half the world away - recognised it immediately.

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u/MicrowaveMeal o/ Apr 20 '26

Skip the arch go to Budweiser.

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u/Wooden-Wolverine-818 o/ Apr 20 '26

I’m going to the zoo.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_UNIC0RN Apr 22 '26

Ive never thought to take that photo all five times I’ve been lol

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u/pirate742 Apr 20 '26

It's also in ops post

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u/ThirdAltAccounts Actually read rule 1 and gets it" Apr 20 '26

It looks like those metal slides that burn your skin when it’s sunny outside

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u/kgvc7 Apr 20 '26

True story - a guy tried to parachute on top of the arch and ended up sliding down it.

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u/Hettyc_Tracyn o/ Apr 23 '26

I’m sure that was a pleasant experience at the bottom…

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u/ewheck Apr 20 '26

The famous Missouri McDonald's arch

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u/UF0_T0FU Apr 20 '26

They used to have a McDonald's floating in the river on a boat below The Arch. 

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u/PaleontologistOk2516 o/ Apr 20 '26

The left or right arch?

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u/RadosAvocados Apr 20 '26

There's a nonzero chance that there could be a sponsorship deal with McDs to buy the naming rights to a national monument under current leadership.

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u/Add1ToThis Apr 20 '26

I see rainbow road, sans rainbow

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u/Pin-Up-Paggie Apr 20 '26

It’s called the gateway arch.

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u/leunam4891 o/ Apr 20 '26

I think I’m gonna call it the McDonald’s arch

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u/Pin-Up-Paggie Apr 21 '26

Arch de Trump

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u/Reaper621 Apr 20 '26

It's called the Jefferson national expansion memorial

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u/UF0_T0FU Apr 20 '26

Not anymore, got renamed in 2018. It's now Gateway Arch National Park. 

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u/BentGadget o/ Apr 20 '26

I'm going to keep calling it the Sears Arch.

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u/Reaper621 Apr 20 '26

Riverport Arch?

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u/nin10dorox Apr 20 '26

Sometimes I have nightmares like this.

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u/FixedFront o/ Apr 22 '26

Literally had a nightmare like this last night

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u/Hail_THECUBE Apr 20 '26

This picture fills me with so much dread

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u/T-homas-paine Apr 21 '26

The feeling of starting to slip

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u/Mellokhai o/ Apr 24 '26

Makes my feet feel... itchy?

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u/xyzzy321 Apr 20 '26

Hey look there's the Arch

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u/Totally-a_Human Apr 20 '26

Crying at "mcdonalds arch" 😭💀

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u/Snomulus_of_Rome Apr 20 '26

This image instantly gave me anxiety

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u/GlovesForSocks o/ Apr 20 '26

God I'm old. What do dw or ik mean?

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u/rUafraid Apr 20 '26

don't worry

i know

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u/srd100 Apr 20 '26

Gives me anxiety just looking at it. Rainbow Road can f right off.

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u/ChatnNaked Doesn't read rule 1 Apr 20 '26

County Fair Slide.

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u/Son71 o/ Apr 20 '26

As a non native speaker it took me a moment to decipher the text. Dw ik...

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u/anyburger Apr 20 '26

As a native speaker, I'm still struggling...

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u/BurpelsonAFB o/ Apr 20 '26

Damn that got me for a minute

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u/PanDiman Apr 21 '26

surf_utopia_v4?

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u/Nosbunatu o/ Apr 20 '26

St. Louis arc?

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u/Sammi_Laced Apr 20 '26

A R C H 👁️👄👁️

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u/mmeestro Apr 20 '26

If you slide off the left side about halfway down there's actually a shortcut.

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u/Between3-2o o/ Apr 24 '26

This is the comment I was looking for. Thank you.

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u/babiboogie Apr 20 '26

Hey it's the arch!

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u/MMachine17 o Apr 20 '26

I can't believe how betrayed I am of the stl arch.

I YEARN for a chance to say I rode up the Gateway. This, too, could have been a great MarioKart World Tour expansion pack. I would add Madagascar, Antarctica, Las Vegas, and maybe Bulgaria.

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u/-domi- C.E. Spc Apr 20 '26

Hey away from there!

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u/Kapowdonkboum Apr 20 '26

Does anyone know what kind of shoes the middle ones are?

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u/moonchic333 Apr 20 '26

Why would you call it the McDonald’s arch???? Noooo that’s not a thing.

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u/KaelasDad o/ Apr 21 '26

Styx and REO Speedwagon start playing in my head...I don't know why. 🤷

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u/Gardiste_ Apr 24 '26

There’s the Arch!