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Tell me about monuments, exhibits, and displays you have seen and what it means to you. A buddy of mine worked at the Armin Hammer museum out in the bougie part of Hollywood they called Westwood. I liked the permenent collection because it had real old timey portraits of rich people and it was like scrolling the gram of a bygone era. I took a long time and just stared at this magnificent motherfucker  John Singer Sargent, Dr. Pozzi at Home, 1881 Oil on canvas. 79 3/8 x 40 1/4 in. (201.6 x 102.2 cm). The Armand Hammer Collection, Gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Fly as hell, this Dr Swag was a smooth customer I tell ya what
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God zoos and aquariums are so awful
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Feb 24, 2023 01:31
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NeatHeteroDude posted:God zoos and aquariums are so awful i think they're neat
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Feb 24, 2023 01:34
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F Stop Fitzgerald posted:i think they're neat If my wife gives me permission, I'm going to fight you for the honor of all sad animals
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Feb 24, 2023 01:35
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It's a BIG if, though
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Best art museums I've ever been to are the met in nyc, Chicago art institute, and Alte Pinakothek in munich, which had a broader depth in western art from before the industrial revolution They had this set up at Chicago when i was there and it will always have a place in my heart. It was set up in a sort of matte black hallway iirc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDoMei4pXjk As for animal jails they are very sad for the smarter animals except for bonobos who seem to be pretty happy rimming each other while making far too much eye contact with the animal jail patrons to my thinking. It's pretty sad for elephants and the non-pervert apes, though
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Feb 24, 2023 01:49
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F Stop Fitzgerald posted:i think they're neat There's a lil petting zoo in Scipio Utah called the Eagles Landing. They have zonkeys!   Zonkeys. horseblog backs me up, it is legit as gently caress. KirbyKhan has issued a correction as of 01:52 on Feb 24, 2023 |
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Feb 24, 2023 01:49
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scipio's cool water
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The American Museum of Folk Art is an amazing place that featured all sorts of art made by regular people. When I went they had a massive exhibition on quilts and the various traditions from different regions throughout the US, including some impressive modern quilts by Japanese-Americans that incorporated styles from Japan and US Pacific Coast. They also had a small exhibit featuring the stories and art by some guy who was a janitor who created this massive, elaborate fantasy world where magical girls fought Evil for the soul of the universe or something. It was basically proto-Anime. The building was slated to be demolished to build some condos but it looks like they've either moved or saved the building and I'm glad of it.
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Feb 24, 2023 01:54
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i was lucky enough to be able to go to the met museum like once a week at some point in my life saw a lot of cool poo poo made by way dead guys i wrote some sort of thesis on this cool trophy box with war trophies on it  the guy whose ashes were put in this box probably did a lot of war crimes
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Feb 24, 2023 02:05
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Otter exhibits at zoos and aquariums are very cool, especially if you get there around feeding time and you get to watch the otters dart around and go after their food and stuff Also aviaries are cool and they’re fun to enter and exit which makes them rare when it comes to enclosed spaces
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Feb 24, 2023 02:09
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I've always wanted to go to the Hieronymus Bosch museum in lisbon. I wanna hit up the lisbon tile museum while I'm there, that seems pretty cool, lots of interesting stuff going on there
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Feb 24, 2023 02:10
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NeatHeteroDude posted:It's a BIG if, though lol
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Feb 24, 2023 02:12
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I also wanna try the Portuguese clams 'n' pork Carne de Porco a Alentejana which was a recipe made up to discover jews and muslims but also sounds pretty good
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Feb 24, 2023 02:13
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Dreylad posted:They also had a small exhibit featuring the stories and art by some guy who was a janitor who created this massive, elaborate fantasy world where magical girls fought Evil for the soul of the universe or something. It was basically proto-Anime. ah Henry Darger first time I've seen someone connect it to anime and drat you're right
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Feb 24, 2023 03:04
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i like botanical gardens. i get to hang out with butterflies and plants and morph in to some kind of botanical witch that only brews cool potions like one that lets you gently caress for 10 hours
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Feb 24, 2023 03:06
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NeatHeteroDude posted:If my wife gives me permission, I'm going to fight you for the honor of all sad animals yeah lets keep all the animals free so no one ever see's them and gives less of a poo poo and also their habitats are all being destroyed great plan
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Feb 24, 2023 03:07
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lol oh boy here we go
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Feb 24, 2023 03:08
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NeatHeteroDude posted:God zoos and aquariums are so awful any good zoo or aquarium is mostly populated with rescue animals with adequate natural habitats and has a focus on wildlife preservation and breeding programs and obv no animals like orcas or w/e where it would be impossible to even build a humane enclosure. monterey bay aquarium is a good example. lots of bad examples
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Feb 24, 2023 03:18
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zoos make me a little sad but i feel nothing for those that make their home beneath the waves
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Feb 24, 2023 03:21
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Regarde Aduck posted:yeah lets keep all the animals free so no one ever see's them and gives less of a poo poo and also their habitats are all being destroyed I think we should let hunters be in charge of keeping animals known and loved. We (I once hunted) did a great job with deer and elk!
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pandy fackler posted:any good zoo or aquarium is mostly populated with rescue animals with adequate natural habitats and has a focus on wildlife preservation and breeding programs and obv no animals like orcas or w/e where it would be impossible to even build a humane enclosure. monterey bay aquarium is a good example. lots of bad examples Really? Is there a resource or something where I can learn more? My understanding of aquariums is somewhere like Sea World, which sucks
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Feb 24, 2023 03:29
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NeatHeteroDude posted:I think we should let hunters be in charge of keeping animals known and loved. We (I once hunted) did a great job with deer and elk! im from michigan and i say kill them all
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Feb 24, 2023 03:31
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NeatHeteroDude posted:Really? Is there a resource or something where I can learn more? My understanding of aquariums is somewhere like Sea World, which sucks seriously just read the wiki for monterey bay aquarium I know I keep talking about it but that's because a relative of mine works for them as a research ecologist and I know the most about it. they do some extremely cool stuff re: conservation and even for seafood sustainability efforts E also SeaWorld is am amusement park with a side focus on torturing animals not an aquarium pandy fackler has issued a correction as of 03:40 on Feb 24, 2023 |
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Feb 24, 2023 03:36
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NeatHeteroDude posted:God zoos and aquariums are so awful we have a couple of wildlife reserves which are fantastic, the birds all have heaps of space and you walk amongst them, the keas actually land on you. pretty cool but yeah the zoos are miserable, tigers pacing back and forth, pretty much all the animals trying to hide from everyone, the gorillas look so bored etc
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Feb 24, 2023 03:42
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One time at the dc zoo somebody had thrown a water bottle into the tiger's enclosure so he was just pacing back and forth with a hosed up water bottle in his mouth aggressively pissing towards the zoo attendees
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Feb 24, 2023 03:47
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F Stop Fitzgerald posted:im from michigan and i say kill them all llmoa pandy fackler posted:seriously just read the wiki for monterey bay aquarium I know I keep talking about it but that's because a relative of mine works for them as a research ecologist and I know the most about it. they do some extremely cool stuff re: conservation and even for seafood sustainability efforts that edit clears up a LOT. I appreciate you noting it. I'll read the wiki for that aquarium- it's super nice to hear SeaWorld is the exception rather than the rule
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Feb 24, 2023 03:55
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CODChimera posted:we have a couple of wildlife reserves which are fantastic, the birds all have heaps of space and you walk amongst them, the keas actually land on you. pretty cool yeah that sounds more in line with my opinion of zoos. I like the idea of reserves, though. I hate the idea of how short the lifespan of animals in captivity is, and how their every day is just a series of punishing stimuli, one after another, until they eventually die at half their life expectancy
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the san diego zoo (also a nonprofit conservation organization) is really good. im usually against zoos housing large primates but the gorillas have a 8000 square foot enclosure and seem happy. san diego zoo has also reintroduced something like 30 endangered species back into the wild which IMO should be the main purpose of a zoo
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Feb 24, 2023 04:28
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Dr. Killjoy posted:ah Henry Darger that's the name! couldn't remember it all, looks like he's gotten a bit of coverage  it's some strange poo poo
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I love aquariums and seeing all the different sea life inside of them. I could sit and watch the fish for hours if I was alone. Jellyfish or shrimp are personal favorites. One time I visited a gallery and one of the paintings made me cry.
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Feb 24, 2023 05:53
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Mr Hootington posted:I love aquariums and seeing all the different sea life inside of them. I could sit and watch the fish for hours if I was alone. Jellyfish or shrimp are personal favorites. any crustacean, brother
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Megathreads are basically zoos
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I have always enjoyed zoos but once I was in a zoo aviary and there was a very pretty pheasant-looking bird. I got curious about them so I looked it up. found out it’s likely extinct in the wild and the reason it’s probably extinct is because it’s endemic to Vietnam and they were all killed by American chemical defoliants during the Vietnam War. here these were, in a little facsimile of a home environment they no longer exist in, in the heart of the country that destroyed it. little war trophies. it was a pretty large and well made enclosure and the animals didn’t seem stressed but boy it sure killed my enthusiasm
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