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Poll Question: Is there such a thing as an objectively ugly building?
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Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

I remember when this website was interesting.
Relax, there's tons of "what am I eating/watching/listening to" threads right now.... Ermm
There is also such thing as if you have nothing to contribute but critique, the smart thing is to keep your mouth shut Wink and move on.
It's just that the person who started this thread started quite a few like this... And yes, at one point this forum had tons of good threads at the same time. 
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Ugly buildings? Look at photos of the cement bunkers that passed for apartments in Cold-War East Germany.
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to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
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Yep, basically some areas of the former Warsaw Pact countries could fill this thread in a second. 
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Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Yep, basically some areas of the former Warsaw Pact countries could fill this thread in a second. 
 
I don't know if you've ever noticed, but even color photographs of those areas during that era are mostly somber shades of gray. Color must have been an idea of decadent western culture. Wink
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Absolutely true Tongue
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Originally posted by The T The T wrote:


Good thing nobody has started a "What is my bowel movement like right now" thread... Tongue


Don't give Condor any ideas
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Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

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Good thing nobody has started a "What is my bowel movement like right now" thread... Tongue


Don't give Condor any ideas
He will frame it slightly different:
 
Do bowel movements offer clarity when considering the nihilism of Sartre?
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^ He should do a thread about reasons for getting drunk. Nothing left to his imagination.

Per the OP: If a building looks like the head of Hitler or any other pedophile-looking guy, then yes, it's ugly. There are quite a number of almost-dilapidated buildings in St. Petersburg, Russia, and I'm feeling a little nostalgic about that. So, those I wouldn't call ugly.

And I'm saying all this because I had some of Captain Morgan's Long Island Iced Tea.


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^ What on earth is that supposed to mean?  Buildings don't look like people.

On the other hand, now that you mention it, the Bauhaus architecture from that period was probably modern architecture's last hurrah... if you took down at the eagles and swastikas, anyway.


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^ Just imagine a giant head made of wood ... or cement ... or both. Whatever professional contractors and construction workers use. Makes sense?

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Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

^ Just imagine a giant head made of wood ... or cement ... or both. Whatever professional contractors and construction workers use. Makes sense?
 
Like this?
 
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^ ... Sure? Whatever you consider ugly.
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Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

I remember when this website was interesting.
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

I remember when the people here were interesting.


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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Ugly buildings? Look at photos of the cement bunkers that passed for apartments in Cold-War East Germany.
Not just confined to East Germany.  My husband and I used to joke that the motto of the Dutch Architects Association should be that line from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead: "Life in a box is better than no life at all."
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

I just ask myself... would I live or work there. If no.. then yeah.. shoot the architect haha



That is the product of a warped mind. How the **** do you get to the top apartment, unless it has a lift that can go 90 degrees?
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Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

I remember when this website was interesting.
Relax, there's tons of "what am I eating/watching/listening to" threads right now.... Ermm
There is also such thing as if you have nothing to contribute but critique, the smart thing is to keep your mouth shut Wink and move on.


I've never been accused of being smart, but I was just making a joke. Stop trying to censor me.
I never attempt to censor anyone or anything. It was an advise. Also I am sorry, I didn't get your humour.


Ha yeah I know I was referencing what condor said in another thread. You can just safely ignore me.
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Points: 18016 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 12 2015 at 12:29
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:


That is the product of a warped mind. How the **** do you get to the top apartment, unless it has a lift that can go 90 degrees?


15 different staircases
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Points: 2822 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 12 2015 at 12:50
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

I just ask myself... would I live or work there. If no.. then yeah.. shoot the architect haha



That is the product of a warped mind. How the **** do you get to the top apartment, unless it has a lift that can go 90 degrees?


Wormholes.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

I just ask myself... would I live or work there. If no.. then yeah.. shoot the architect haha



That is the product of a warped mind. How the **** do you get to the top apartment, unless it has a lift that can go 90 degrees?
This building is good for you. Forces you to climb lots of stairs. 
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