Muck-Spout Skippy
toot the bad conewhen designing a dam be sure to make the overflow as unnecessarily terrifying as possible
yall like dams huh
Amelia 
@finn I fear and respect them
important to note the locals call it the glory hole, there weren't board rooms full of people in suits going "we'll call this here feature the glory hole" *muffled sniggering*
remarkably only one person has ever died going down a bellmouth spillway. she hung on for 20 minutes
Nick Phillips@finn Surely this is because their very presence is absolutely terrifying and everyone stays well away from them most of the time?
@nwp you'd think!
@finn Nearest one to me that I know of is here - https://i.stuff.co.nz/environment/92854783/central-otago-dam-seen-as-only-chance-for-harmony-over-fight-for-water - right up close to the bank. Plenty of photos around with it dry too. So you could walk out to it...
[Ted] 
Ted Hart-Davis 
@finn because terrifying == awesome in this case!
@Ted i hate it!! but i will still look at videos of it and shudder
Dee 
@finn ooh ooh I know, put some red lights around the rim so it looks more sinister at night!
@Dee and maybe some speakers nearby that pipe guttural roaring noises into the night air
tauli@finn haha I hate this so much
@Pixley it's horrid isn't it, and yet i look up videos of stuff like this and unnerve myself just before bed
wednesday 7α 
Saxxon🦊
Kithop
avocado goblin@finn do not swim in the dam
Ethan 🌒@finn SLORP
@Ethancdavenport *wine bottle pouring noises*
unlofl [Promoted Toot]@finn @Ethancdavenport putting a giant cork in it would be funny, because it would be nearly impossible to remove with about a million pounds of force holding it in there
Rev. Dr. Slamhound 
@finn Nice 'glory hole'.
FRIEND MOUTH@finn and make sure you name them something incredibly horny
Arkady Bogdanov did nowt wrong@finn @velexiraptor this looks like it's been censored to spell "gory hoe"
@RedFuture @velexiraptor tag yourself i'm a gory hoe 😏
Jasper 🍉@finn why build fencing around it if you can give little boats a hell of a ride!
Gorol✨⛏️@finn They don't have to always be as terrifying… I really like one in Złotniki Lubańskie, it just looks like nice waterfall. Unfortunately I can't really find a lot of photos of it online.
eviloatmeal, resident Death Stranding 2 apologist (arch, btw)@finn Forbidden waterslide.
@eviloatmeal encouraged waterslide
Skovheks--I wonder if there's a waye to shape it so it also lets out a steady low pitched moan when water is flowing
@Skovheks ideally it should be made as creepy as possible
Graham Sutherland / Polynomial
IdahoLark@finn @StillIRise1963 Ooh, Owyhee Reservoir in eastern Oregon has one of those “glory holes.” Most years it’s far above the water level.
scott f@finn that's pretty dam scary!
Melissa BearTrix 🏳️⚧️So many questions.. bit wow ... The noise would be beautiful ....and what about the other end ? ... Any power generation happening
Thank you for sharing
Hugz & xXx
@melissabeartrix nope no power generation! just an overflow
Evelyn@melissabeartrix @finn IIRC (grew up near there & visited a few times), the sound is a monumentally impressive white noise roar, the other end is whitewater leaping from a row of rectangular window-shaped openings set into the base of the dam & then forming a lovely creek, & the purpose of the reservoir is irrigation rather than hydropower.
@melissabeartrix @finn You’re welcome. 😊
I’d happily let you take the first turn on the water slide (& all subsequent turns). I was *terrified* of that thing as a kid. I still can’t look at it without imagining a small boat being pulled into its increasingly irresistible current & then over the edge, down to whatever form of macerating concrete maw lies at the bottom. (Okay, that’s maybe not the vocabulary I would have used as a kid. 😏)
Bodysurfing down that creek at the bottom, though… 😍
Kathy Applebaum@finn it's more terrifying in person. But the drive to Berryessa is worth it.
Allen Stenhaus@finn Every time I see this, I want to kayak down it.
Jörg-Ch. Knochen@finn well, I’m beamNG, I’d stunt jump into it, awaiting a 2001 looking landing sequence. As strange as it sounds.
Valheru@finn Jebus!
TheSurrealSeal@finn
Who pulled the plug?
Who pulled the plug?
China.Gamer.Guy 神州电玩游士@finn
Or, for the brave, the best water slide ever...?
Erik@finn "glory hole spillway" my fucking god they really went out of their way to make it excellent
dankbeebs@dankbeebs @ErikBB great live band though
Toby@finn The other end of that is a world famous skate spot
~n@finn I’d love to see a drone+gopro flight into this one though.
joe@finn Fellas,,,, how many beers?
Manon@finn Why do I think this looks like Photoshop?
sandywb14@finn Ladybower Reservoir in the UK has 2 of them. 78ft diameter each. They freak me out! :)