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'Space-Age McDonald's' - McDonald's at Miami International Airport (1981)
"Patrons of the McDonald's at Miami International Airport get their "break today" in an environment of tomorrow. The fast food restaurant offers more than hamburgers to elite international travelers. In a space that floats atop the four-story international arrival/departure complex, visitors are greeted by futuristic motifs that reach beyond the chain's traditional golden arches into the universe itself. Part of a satellite building connected to the airport's central facility by means of a monorail, this McDonald's has qualities of a space ship that defy earthly orientation. Six glass-enclosed floating "pods" and plaster "ice cubes" were designed to organize space, yet contribute to fluid transition between lounge, meeting room, dining area, and, yes, a bar concession operated by Marriott Corp. Transparent materials—Lucite and glass—are used in seating, tables, walls, and ceiling to achieve the effect of limitless, undefined space."
Designed by Larry Seitz Associates, Inc. & Robert Bradford Browne, AIA
Found in the April 1982 issue of Contract Interiors magazine
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she’s right
that’s her. the Task Manager
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JANE Magazine Illustrations, 1997.
Design by Ichiro Tanida
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lolcows are such a display of the unbelievable mass cruelty people are capable of when given the chance
Pushing some of the most vulnerable mentally ill people to the very edge until they eventually do something egregious and then these people say “see they were a bad person all along so it’s fine to treat them this way”
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Moash needed to be in the book either way more or not at all, because his upgrade amounted to jack shit. I feel like if you're going to have a character turned into a magic cyborg by a fallen demigod, then it should, like, actually change something for them.
Finally a fellow Moash-appreciater
Oops I accidentaly wrote an essay about why I appreciate Moash below (spoilers for all of Stormlight I guess)
I think Sanderson really struggles with characters who we DON'T want to become better people.
Moash is a complicated character who is interesting because he made bad choices for the right reasons. I feel like Sanderson wants him to be a parable for letting your hatred of yourself and others blind you, but if you've experienced that kind of anger it rings a little hollow.
STORMLIGHT SPOILERS BELOW
I feel like peak moash was Oathbringer- a guy who recognized he had hurt his friend but that it had still gotten him what he wanted. He was a total bastard, but he was confident in his choices and was ready to change the world- even if it meant hurting his few closest friends.
Then there's a... change in Rhythm in War. I think Sanderson recognized that Moash was a controversial, frequently discussed and anticipated character and wanted to lean into this...but, well Sanderson has admitted to his own struggles with writing edgy or grimdark and I think it shows with Moash in this book. He's supposed to come off as 'tortured' but feels closer to a emo teenager who feels 'tortured' for disobeying his parents. He has every reason to feel bad for what he does in this book but his new 'look' and identity scream 'I'm having a bad time you wouldn't get it' and instead of confident like in the last book he instead comes off as EXTREMELY insecure about his choices. I can only assume Sanderson was laying the groundwork for a redemption arc here but I think it resulted instead of making him much less interesting from the cocky, mudering bastard that was in Oathbringer.
And again I think Sanderson recognized the audience's reaction to Moash and decided that, whatever had made him interesting in Oathbringer was not improved by the work he did in Rythm of War and so, the little we see of Moash is basically just him reverting back to being the unrepentant ass he was in Oathbringer (and now with upgrades).
Did this basically undo an entire books worth of characters development? Yes.
Was it worth it? I think so.
Maybe in future books Brandon will learn to be more ok with characters just being dicks and kind of having good reasons for doing so and just... not feel like he needs to resolve it. As I previously stated I think Moash is interesting because he's making bad choices but I also TOTALLY get why he's doing it. Sanderson's protagonists tend to be all about finding the best versions of themselves- an antagonist who continually chooses to be a dick and doesn't regret it is a refreshing choice for the cosmere.
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Rata Forest in New Zealand
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Can you STOP putting cracks in the universe already?! It’s a nightmare to patch fill
Source: instagram.com
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