Liberal arts, along with being incredibly necessary for many parts of a functioning society like sociology (right?) and architecture, also grant us the vision to turn gray blobs of laboratories and actuarial super computers into a place worth sticking around for. If you walked around seeing nothing but people in gray uniforms, no make up, no hats, no murals on the walls, no statues, gray slabs on concrete erected everywhere, it would be bleaker. Music would be nothing but metronomes.
This post brought to you by brutalism is not aesthetic gang
Edit: seeing some feedback from brutalism gang. I'd just like to add 🤪👉❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🦚🦚🦚🦠🦠🦠🚥🚦🚥🎨🎨🎨
Daily reminder that most STEM scientists and engineers are cool and interesting and love art and shit, but the techbros and the people working for Raytheon and shit, those are the scourge of the earth. Anyways, all in all a pretty 12-years-oldish comment.
Like, every STEM dude I know has an interest in sociology or some kind of art or are leftists, or all of the above. Zero smugness.
But those are, by definition, aren't STEMlords. STEMlords are those that assert the superiority of STEM above all else, so any interest in something other than engineering and money makes them regular people.
Ah ok.
Again, all the "hard sciences" PhDs I have ever known are cool people.
You just spilled the beans by mentioning the PHDs... most STEMlord types arent willing to go through that much school.
It might be generalizing, but those are some of the hardest binge drinkers I ever met in college.
Not always mean spirited, just heavy drinkers
By buying into the brutalism = oppressive society shit you're buying into a chud framing of beauty. Join a gang for that, chump. Go wank over an ionic column.
Without giant walls of concrete on buildings, how are you going to provide space for the most proletarian of art forms: graffiti art?
You can always pull a Michael Bloomberg and attach cardboard to the sides of buildings and graffiti on top of it
Damn, now I have to wank over an ionic and corinthian column? Give me a break my workload is getting intense here
Forgive me if I don't like a bunch of white and gray marble. We need some color in here otherwise you're a boring bugman.
Ancient Greece and Rome wasn't completely white like reactionaries portray it to be, they don't have to be plain
Neither does brutalism. Brutalism isn't colorless. Unless you buy into the LOL COMMIEBLOCK shit. You know, like reactionaries portray it. Also every example of roman architecture since it was revived was white and gray. Please stop being sarcastic like you know what you're talking about.
I'm not a fan of brutalism in general because it doesn't feel inviting. Commieblocks aren't works of beauty but they're built to house people, and they actually had good quality accommodations, from what I've read. Whatever. It's better than being homeless. Ofc Roman architecture revival is white and gray, they were either designed by ignorant architects, "western civilization" losers or both. They are missing color as well. There's more to architecture than just color too, such as ornament, which isn't exclusive to Roman Architecture. These are just personal aesthetic preferences. This is the internet, people aren't entirely sincere. I don't pretend to be some sort of expert, just suggesting that maybe having more color would be a good thing. The comment about the columns wasn't series ofc, I don't gain pleasure browsing pics of columns. Maybe I overdid it, maybe I come off as an oversensitive piece of shit. I'm awful at interacting with people. Sorry. I've been online too long.
How else will I get the maximum rate of PROFIT from my CHEAP ELECTRONICS created by CHILDREN in my COLBALT MINE?!
Uhh sweaty how dare you criticize brutalism for being dreary, that makes you a chud. Everyone knows your politics are determined by aesthetic preferences
Honestly, it's the lack of art and creativity from the left that forced me to move to Brazil and vote for Bolsenaro. I just need the creative freedom that the right wing affords to 8 megaconglomerates and nobody else
art and creativity
Woah there, dude. That's reactionary. By implying that something is dull and saying we should spice it up with colors, you are buying into a chud framing of beauty.
This is correct. Not liking bare concrete boxes is a chud's conception of aesthetics. Only chuds are allowed to have aesthetic preferences.
Oh shit are you gonna post this in the dunk tank epic poster guy? Go off king. Spill the tea and keep owning libs!
oh yeah i wish that we could go back to only having humanities, oh wait YEAH that was called the MIDDLE AGES 😎😎😎😎😎😎
is what i'd say if this post wasnt little more than school clubs calling themselves names.
"Fellas, is it gay to study philosophy and political science?" - They really believe this
"“Fellas, is it gay to study philosophy and political science?” - They really believe this" - They really believe this
Woahwoahwoahwoah, wowowewoah! Let's not get carried away here... Uhhh 😬 this is a complicated both sidesy issue.
Depends on if it's quickbread like pancakes or conquestable bread like rye.
