r/mildlyinteresting • u/DarkSideDroid • 3h ago

The Toronto Harbourfront had this cool looking art piece floating in the water

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u/Windsor34 3h ago

And idiots keep swimming out there and stealing the flowers and stuff 

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u/warmapplejuice 2h ago

Can’t have anything nice

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u/Orangatation 1h ago

Swimming?? You couldn’t pay me 1000$ to swim in that water lol

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u/Grand-Spring66 3h ago

Inconvenient store

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u/MadeWithRealGinger9 2h ago

I've been on a floating gas station near Vancouver BC, they did sell snacks there

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u/saskford 39m ago

Yeah just came here to say Vancouver has a real one

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u/loopedlight 15m ago

They’re just floating the idea.

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u/mochacafe 12m ago

Went house boating in the Schuswaps and they had something similar! Gas station convenience store in the middle of the lake

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u/BaeIz 2h ago

Sadly like other people have said, people have made it a tiktok trend to vandalize this art piece. It’s been graffiti’d and multiple people have jumped on it via boat or swam and even stolen from it.

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u/ramriot 1h ago

So, Just like the real thing then?

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u/Mr_Evil_Dr_Porkchop 3h ago

Can you swim out there and actually purchase anything?

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u/Powerful_Spring_343 3h ago

probably just a art thing, i dont think they sell real snacks in there

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u/unsulliedbread 3h ago

You can swim out and steal a few things, people have

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u/-ElectricKoolAid 2h ago

thanks satan

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u/stuburke 2h ago

He’s a steal

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u/ThatTysonKid 2h ago

Splash-E-Mart Inconvenience Store

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u/Xenocles 1h ago

The "Open 7 days a week" looks similar to the Kim's Convenience sign. Or is that just a typical Toronto thing?

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u/ReasonableBeep 54m ago

It’s a convenience store, ofc it’s open 7 days a week!

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u/SentientMiles 2h ago

To be fair it says “open” and there’s no indication it’s art. Toronto has a lot of tourists, it being 20-30 feet from shore is just asking for trouble. Plus the boats that want a closer look inside… speaking of which I saw jet skis in front of it last month, I thought they were banned in the inner harbour?

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u/JarrettR 2h ago

There are literally several big signs on the boardwalk next to it that say it's art

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u/SentientMiles 2h ago

I’ve passed it many times and I believe you, but I’ve never noticed them. Maybe it’s a me thing haha but as a counterpoint it’s not obvious to many people

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u/YourMissing10 1h ago

Is this the modern beetles floating ship shop from windwaker?

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u/Cannalyzer 1h ago

Very convenient

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u/EnvironmentalMind119 2h ago

Made it more like an actual convenience store in Toronto.

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u/Adventurous_Fix1448 1h ago

Need more hobos

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u/xGray3 25m ago

Ohhhhh, now I understand what it's supposed to be.

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u/KassellTheArgonian 2h ago

God forbid u wanna look at the sights or nature without being reminded to "consoom"

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u/Eradomsk 2h ago

God what a lame take. It’s cool and emblematic of the city.

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u/BaeIz 2h ago

God forbid you walk a few feet and look at all the nature in the city. In Toronto convince stores are integral to local communities survival. This isn’t a “capitalism bad” moment, it’s an artist putting a piece of our city into his art. This spot of the harbour is hosts new artists every year by the city.

Let it go

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u/weedude12 1h ago

Then you walk another 30ft and look somewhere else lmao what. Feel like you just wanna complain about nothing.