My museum experience in San Diego yesterday

[Blackrook]

Art museum: Old art is good and a pleasure to look at, modern art sucks.

Air & Space Musueum: amongst the display is a sign apologizing for the lack of minority representation in their displays of inventors and pilots of aerospace. Problem is, they can't fix this. They hope the apology sign will be all that's needed.

Natural History Museum: Every display might as well say, "Humans suck!"

 

[Dekster]

Art museum: Old art is good and a pleasure to look at, modern art sucks.

Air & Space Musueum: amongst the display is a sign apologizing for the lack of minority representation in their displays of inventors and pilots of aerospace. Problem is, they can't fix this. They hope the apology sign will be all that's needed.

Natural History Museum: Every display might as well say, "Humans suck!"

Well apparently you skipped the Breaking Barriers exhibit in their air and space museum that is dedicated to OMG black people and women in aviation

 

[Concerned American]

Natural History Museum: Every display might as well say, "Humans suck!"

I saw a prehistoric display at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, BC, Canada and I felt the same way.

 

[WinterBorn]

I saw a prehistoric display at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, BC, Canada and I felt the same way.

Well, we kinda do suck. Especially where the rest of the species on the planet are concerned.

 

[SweetSue92]

Art museum: Old art is good and a pleasure to look at, modern art sucks.

Air & Space Musueum: amongst the display is a sign apologizing for the lack of minority representation in their displays of inventors and pilots of aerospace. Problem is, they can't fix this. They hope the apology sign will be all that's needed.

Natural History Museum: Every display might as well say, "Humans suck!"

I love art museums. Some modern art is questionable, for sure, but not all of it.

 

[WinterBorn]

I love art museums. Some modern art is questionable, for sure, but not all of it.

The term "modern art" covers a lot. Picasso, Warhol modern art? Great! Crucifix in a jar of urine? Not so much.

 

[westwall]

Well, we kinda do suck. Especially where the rest of the species on the planet are concerned.

Wow, 98% of all the critters that have ever lived on the planet have gone extinct, all without mankind's help.

Bit myopic of you.

 

[WinterBorn]

Wow, 98% of all the critters that have ever lived on the planet have gone extinct, all without mankind's help.

Bit myopic of you.

Not at all. Mankind has done a wonderful job of fucking up the ecosystem.

 

[westwall]

Not at all. Mankind has done a wonderful job of fucking up the ecosystem.

So has Morher Earth.

 

[para bellum]

Not at all. Mankind has done a wonderful job of fucking up the ecosystem.

Mankind is part of the ecosystem.

We've just made it better for us, that's kind of how it works...

 

[WinterBorn]

Mankind is part of the ecosystem.

We've just made it better for us, that's kind of how it works...

Better for us? Tons of highly toxic waste, destruction of habitats and more.

 

[westwall]

Better for us? Tons of highly toxic waste, destruction of habitats and more.

Oh, that's OK. The leftists make sure that only happens to brown people.

 

[WinterBorn]

Oh, that's OK. The leftists make sure that only happens to brown people.

The amount of toxins that we encounter on a daily basis is not from making sure it only happens to brown people. In fact, I would suggest it is less about color and more about income. The poor live where they can afford to live.

 

[JohnDB]

Once upon a time....
Art was an extremely expensive endeavor.

Each small piece cost the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of dollars and larger pieces cost in the millions. This meant that only the wealthiest people would be a patron for an artist. And the artist had to be respected and respectful.

Artists once understood a lot about their tools and materials. They had to know how to quarry stone, make paint, make chisels and gold/silver smithing.

Today a painting can be made for $100. Not much more for sculpture. The "art" is not such a respected talent because of the materials and the artists. And it shows in the pieces. Artwork is nothing more than something that collects dust today.

 

[westwall]

The amount of toxins that we encounter on a daily basis is not from making sure it only happens to brown people. In fact, I would suggest it is less about color and more about income. The poor live where they can afford to live.

Manufacturers of toxic materials, such as solar panels, electric motors, batteries, etc., are located, for the most part in 3rd world countries where there are no environmental protection laws.

They do it for a reason.

And leftist governments basically force them to do it.

 

[WinterBorn]

Once upon a time....
Art was an extremely expensive endeavor.

Each small piece cost the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of dollars and larger pieces cost in the millions. This meant that only the wealthiest people would be a patron for an artist. And the artist had to be respected and respectful.

Artists once understood a lot about their tools and materials. They had to know how to quarry stone, make paint, make chisels and gold/silver smithing.

Today a painting can be made for $100. Not much more for sculpture. The "art" is not such a respected talent because of the materials and the artists. And it shows in the pieces. Artwork is nothing more than something that collects dust today.

On the flip side of that, creating art is more accessible to more people than at any time in our history.

 

[WinterBorn]

Manufacturers of toxic materials, such as solar panels, electric motors, batteries, etc., are located, for the most part in 3rd world countries where there are no environmental protection laws.

They do it for a reason.

And leftist governments basically force them to do it.

There are plenty of sites in the US with dangerous levels of toxins.

 

[westwall]

There are plenty of sites in the US with dangerous levels of toxins.

Yup. OLD sites. But nothing new.

 

[Concerned American]

Yup. OLD sites. But nothing new.

I have to disagree with your statement. There are a growing number of sites around our nation that are discovering that their ground water is contaminated with pfas, or forever chemicals. They have a big problem with them around airports and air bases--just discovered in Airway Heights, WA a couple years ago. Microplastics are another serious problem. They may be a long time in the making, but we are just beginning to discover them.

 

[westwall]

I have to disagree with your statement. There are a growing number of sites around our nation that are discovering that their ground water is contaminated with pfas, or forever chemicals. They have a big problem with them around airports and air bases--just discovered in Airway Heights, WA a couple years ago. Microplastics are another serious problem. They may be a long time in the making, but we are just beginning to discover them.

Yeah, OLD sites. Before we learned to do better.