Blackout in Barcelona

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by atzucach

42 comments
  1. would be interesting to look at the birth rate statistics in 8-10 months.

  2. if you zoom in on the first table on the right, you can see people pooling their coins together to pay, because the card readers don’t work.

  3. Looks surprisingly comfy for a blackout, at least in this particular scene. Take care Spaniards!

  4. Very little random violence, attempts at shagging and vomiting, oh, *that* kind of blackout…

  5. Walmart Americans see this and call it communism

  6. Same thing here in Portugal. People rushed straight to the bars to rescue all the beer. Glad to see that in both sides of Iberia we care about our planet and are committed to no waste

  7. Why hasn’t anybody commented yet that in the area with no electricity there is likely to be a baby-boom in exactly 9 months…

  8. And not a single cellphone in sight. People actually talking to each others

  9. People actually being forced to look another in the eye and… *shivers* talk? Socialize? Inconceivable!

  10. And this is why abandoning the physical money is just plain stupid

  11. Average afternoon at Plaça del Sol, nothing special. On Fridays there’s a lot more people.

  12. Genuine question, would this area normally be this crowded on a nice day? Or is this merely a byproduct of this blackout?

  13. Finally, people are touching grass and socializing again 😌

  14. We just got internet and electricity back now in Toledo

  15. Not a cellphone in sight, just people living in the moment.

  16. If anything, they look like they are having just another wholesome day outside. The Spaniards and the Portuguese are admirable.

  17. When was the last time you saw a gathering like that and nobody looking at a phone?

  18. “Not a single person looking at their phone. Those were the days”

  19. My American mind can’t comprehend how these people aren’t fighting over toilet paper and hot dogs.

  20. Damn I miss living there, still my favorite city.

  21. I bet in a weird way, as long as you know everybody’s safe, it’s quite blissful.

  22. A year ago, I was in Kyiv and due to the war we also had power outages lasting over 5 hours. It wasn’t a good situation especially since it kept happening over and over. At that time, I bought power banks: one with 500W and another with 2.4kW which allowed me to basically ignore the outages (There haven’t been any blackouts for quite a while now, so they’ve just been sitting unused). That’s why I recommend getting a power bank too, because it can really help you stay protected during blackouts, especially in a hot climate. Feel free to DM me if you want advice

  23. The only good thing this year and only Spain and Portugal gets a piece of the pie!!?

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