#andrewfm

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ANDREWFM !!

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I can't guarantee that there won't be large amounts of shit-throwing monkeys

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andrewfm replied to your post “After reading some online comments regarding police unions being the...”

cop unions aren't worth defending, but it's more a sui generis problem than something caused by unions: many countries have unionized police without the horrific levels of police violence on display in the USA.

You’re absolutely right. US police brutality comes from a lot of things, and unions aren’t really part of that in terms of actually providing causes. This person was one of those liberals who is concerned about excessive police violence while being anti-union, and as such was not even worth talking to. I was trying to parse out an explanation for why I can support labor unions while excluding police unions, since this person thought that was a contradiction.

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andrewfm replied to your post: I just saw some bullshit going around ...

I kinda dislike the “there is no ethical consumption” argument because it belies the fact that you can still successfully pursue a strategy of harm reduction with some choices (even if they’ll never be sufficient for systemic change)

Thanks for pointing this out. You're totally right. Now that I think about it, saying "there is no ethical consumption" moves really quickly into "do whatever, nothing will change" which, regardless of how true you think the latter part is, is a really boring politics. For me at times, saying that it it's impossible to consume ethically has been a way to ethically justify consumption, if that makes sense. I'll have to think about this.

minority friend replied to your post:

The ppl I despise are those who pretend like all pro-vegetarianism/vegan arguments are all white and anti-working class.

That's really interesting... that second part is what I was trying to get at a little. It feels a little "bad faith-y" on the part of the anti-vegetarian/vegan crowd, which is disheartening.

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andrewfm replied to your post: anyone have info on protests planned i...

facebook.com/events/…

thank you thank you!

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Do you have any key texts for architectural theory & practice that you'd recommend to a non-expert?

Sorry for the delay!  Here are 10 suggestions, in no particular order:

Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and the Architecture of Decency - Dean (Mockbee's work in many ways can be interpreted as a fundamental critique to the state of the architectural/design industry - instead of flashy facades and overtly complex forms and styles you will instead find here a collection of buildings constructed with a high degree of care for the sole purpose of providing healthy, affordable, practical, and sustainable spaces)

Thinking Architecture - Peter Zumthor (this is a collection of essays by the architect recording his opinions on the effects of well designed spaces and why they are meaningful)

The Eyes of the Skin - Juhani Pallasmaa (establishes that vision is hegemonic in architectural design therefore the architectural community must further address the other senses)

Questions of Perception: Phenomenology of Architecture - Steven Holl (addresses pretty much what the title says)

Learning from Las Vegas - Venturi, Brown (las vegas as a case study of the rise of signs in the 20th century)

In Praise of Shadows - Tanizaki (a non-designer discusses the subtleties and intimate nature of traditional japanese design)

Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of Construction in 19th and 20th Century Architecture - Frampton (I've yet to read this but it's a key text for one of my closest friends - you can't talk about architecture seriously until you understand tectonics! this is actually the next book I intend to read)

Life and Death of Great American Cities - Jane Jacobs (the key text I would suggest for addressing the design of cities and communities)

Architecture of Happiness - Botton (I also haven't read this but many of my friends recommend it as a great introductory text to architecture and the senses)

The Image of the City - Lynch (a fascinating case study conducted in the 1960s recording how the citizens of Los Angeles, Jersey City, and Boston have developed a visual language to navigate and 'read' their cities, the principles derived from this study are applicable to all cities)

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AndrewFM: Drufle

AndrewFM: the lightning was my fault

Drufle: what

Drufle: why

Drufle: i thought streak was the magic one

Streak: i haven't played in like a week

Streak: im dead

AndrewFM: it turns out the passive effect of the bees I was breeding is that they constantly produce lightning bolts

Streak: wasn't there a grave

AndrewFM: everything died

Streak: who died

Streak: what happened

AndrewFM: all the straw golems

AndrewFM: zf's dog

AndrewFM: all dead

Streak: how could you

Streak: the DOG

AndrewFM: oh and then a pig spawned into the map out of nowhere?

AndrewFM: and it walked by the hive

AndrewFM: and turned into an infernal pigman

Drufle: i

Drufle: andrew

Streak: i can't leave you alone for one week can i

Drufle: those bees

Drufle: what are they

fleece: pedigree hellbees

AndrewFM: one of the bees I need to breed for the quest causes anyone who walks near the hive to spotaneously explode

Drufle: ...

Drufle: are you sure theyre bees

AndrewFM: they're hellcreatures

AndrewFM: this was a mistake

fleece: told you

AndrewFM: on the bright side, I'm working on breeding a bee species that produces nether skeleton skulls

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Streak: there was this video on tumblr, but now i cannot find it to show you all

Streak: so imagine it okay

Streak: it was GREAT

AndrewFM: liked and favorited

Streak: thats probably enough to go on

fleece: 10/10 would imagine greatness again