Ugly Canada 2 (Only architecture, planning and design faux pas)

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

He had tons of hair on his short-but-fat (pudgy) fingers. And he the world's most fetid breath (like the breeze from a thousand coffins with decaying bodies).

Originally Posted by Gresto

Hm, he resembles one with hirsute fingers and a putrescent mouth exhaust that could fill the lobby with a vomitous stench. He must have wondered why everyone who neared him would slip on an N95, decades before Covid. "Oh, it's nothing, sir. I have a cold."

Ugly Canada indeed. This is literally some of the creepiest shit I've ever read anywhere. The utter glee with which you write this stuff makes it sound like hate porn or something, if such a thing exists.

You guys really are assholes. Seriously, fucking hell, take a time out and figure out where all this toxic hate is coming from, because the way you guys indulge/wallow in florid descriptions of your physical disgust at your ideological enemies seems to be verging on the psychotic.

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by Architype

The exterior is much worse than the interior, nicely staged and doesn't look super tacky. Lots of ample parking in the driveway for emergency vehicles when someone OD's.

No one has died on this property. But the realtor cannot guarantee no one has been buried on the property, capice?

The white brick tells me the house was originally built decades ago. White brick was popular in the 50s, 60s and 70s. The home is probably from the latter period, maybe and possibly had additions over time. just my guesstimate.

[harls]

Originally Posted by rousseau

Ugly Canada indeed. This is literally some of the creepiest shit I've ever read anywhere. The utter glee with which you write this stuff makes it sound like hate porn or something, if such a thing exists.

You guys really are assholes. Seriously, fucking hell, take a time out and figure out where all this toxic hate is coming from, because the way you guys indulge/wallow in florid descriptions of your physical disgust at your ideological enemies seems to be verging on the psychotic.

Take a time out? Ok, guy that can use his precious time to reply to an out of of date internet site like SSP.

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by harls

Take a time out? Ok, guy that can use his precious time to reply to an out of of date internet site like SSP.

I literally don't know what you're getting at. What I'm saying is that these kind of vicious insults about someone's physical appearance and attributes seem like the sign of a mind gone over the edge, or at least, one that goes farther than just the standard losing your cool that characterizes the political polarization of our times.

[harls]

Originally Posted by rousseau

I literally don't know what you're getting at. What I'm saying is that these kind of vicious insults about someone's physical appearance and attributes seem like the sign of a mind gone over the edge, or at least, one that goes farther than just the standard losing your cool that characterizes the political polarization of our times.

What I'm getting at is - why do you care?

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by harls

What I'm getting at is - why do you care?

What a weird question. It's a discussion forum. A couple posters are going to town with maniacally insulting physical descriptions of someone that go beyond the pale of what one might consider the generally accepted tenor of discussion on a site like this, and they jump out at you. I commented on that.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Gresto

^Ha, Clockzilla and that motley kitsch would fit right in in Niagara. It seems all about attracting the Joe and Joan-Six-Packs of the world. I don't begrudge them their right to holiday, but let it be in Vegas or Branson or Florida. Permit our magnificent falls to be enveloped in a decorum befitting them.

The LED monstrosity opposite Clockzilla is actually a casino from the American side of Niagara Falls.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by rousseau

Ugly Canada indeed. This is literally some of the creepiest shit I've ever read anywhere. The utter glee with which you write this stuff makes it sound like hate porn or something, if such a thing exists.

You guys really are assholes. Seriously, fucking hell, take a time out and figure out where all this toxic hate is coming from, because the way you guys indulge/wallow in florid descriptions of your physical disgust at your ideological enemies seems to be verging on the psychotic.

Seriously. You want to attack me personally like this, come on down to London, and we can have it out.

I am so fucking sick and tired of your bilious attacks. You are way out of line.

[O-tacular]

Speaking of McDonald’s this isn’t the usual clown I would expect to see at the drive thru:



https://twitter.com/ABDanielleSmith/...38942793891840

[jonny24]

Originally Posted by rousseau

Ugly Canada indeed. This is literally some of the creepiest shit I've ever read anywhere. The utter glee with which you write this stuff makes it sound like hate porn or something, if such a thing exists.

You guys really are assholes. Seriously, fucking hell, take a time out and figure out where all this toxic hate is coming from, because the way you guys indulge/wallow in florid descriptions of your physical disgust at your ideological enemies seems to be verging on the psychotic.

I've made the exact same comment.... all I can say is the ignore list works pretty well, although sometimes this thread still isn't worth checking in on for a few days at a time.

Ugly Canada 2 (Only architecture, planning and design faux pas)

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Seriously. You want to attack me personally like this, come on down to London, and we can have it out.

I am so fucking sick and tired of your bilious attacks. You are way out of line.

"A video of the incident shows two middle-aged men flailing their arms toward each other for a few moments before collapsing in exhaustion. It's hard to make out what they are saying as they gasp for air, but it sounds vaguely like 'punching above my weight.' Apparently a political argument on an online forum devoted to skyscrapers and urban issues got out of hand, leading to the dust up. Police are investigating. Both men have expressed regret and shame at letting things go this far. As have their wives."

Let's try anger management first.

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

The LED monstrosity opposite Clockzilla is actually a casino from the American side of Niagara Falls.

Yeah that's the Seneca nation casino. They have one in downtown NF NY, one in downtown Buffalo and one south of Buffalo in Salamanca, NY in the Allegheny Highlands (20 minutes south of the most popular area ski hill, Holiday Valley). They have a "gaming compact" with NY State that's currently undergoing renegotiations (NY State allows them to operate as Indigenous land in exchange for money given back to the State).
The NF and Salamanca locations have large hotels attached to the casinos. The Buffalo casino was supposed to have a high-rise Hotel but the 2008 recession/financial disaster put an end to those plans, which is good for local hoteliers in Buffalo.

Downtown Buffalo has went through a hotel renaissance in the past 10-12 years (Westin, Embassy Suites, Marriott-full service, courtyard Marriott, aLoft, Residence Inn by Marriott (Buffalo likes Marriott brand ), Hilton Garden Inn, Curtiss Hotel in a c. 1913 building with rooftop bar/patio, Hotel at the Lafayette (Hotel Lafayette building built by America's first female architect)

[esquire]

Originally Posted by rousseau

"A video of the incident shows two middle-aged men flailing their arms toward each other for a few moments before collapsing in exhaustion. It's hard to make out what they are saying as they gasp for air, but it sounds vaguely like 'punching above my weight.' Apparently a political argument on an online forum devoted to skyscrapers and urban issues got out of hand, leading to the dust up. Police are investigating. Both men have expressed regret and shame at letting things go this far. As have their wives."

Let's try anger management first.

The article would, for the benefit of younger readers, have to explain in modern terms what an online discussion forum is.

e.g., "The forum, which is best described as a primitive form of Discord, allows skyscraper and urban design enthusiasts to discuss, debate and apparently, instigate fistfights with each other when passions boil over."

[Gresto]

Originally Posted by rousseau

Ugly Canada indeed. This is literally some of the creepiest shit I've ever read anywhere. The utter glee with which you write this stuff makes it sound like hate porn or something, if such a thing exists.

You guys really are assholes. Seriously, fucking hell, take a time out and figure out where all this toxic hate is coming from, because the way you guys indulge/wallow in florid descriptions of your physical disgust at your ideological enemies seems to be verging on the psychotic.

I am really not an asshole at all, though I don't care if you think otherwise, as you don't strike me as the type I would get along with anyway. You sure seem to obsessively follow the posts of certain members here and spit out your invective at them/us. As harls pointed out, why do you care so deeply? I ignore all of your anti-social-progress and disingenuous "I'm really a liberal" screeds. Please feel free to do the same to my posts.
As to Molson's former boss, you would have to have worked for someone like that in order to understand the degree of contempt one might be left with.

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by esquire

The article would, for the benefit of younger readers, have to explain in modern terms what an online discussion forum is.

e.g., "The forum, which is best described as a primitive form of Discord, allows skyscraper and urban design enthusiasts to discuss, debate and apparently, instigate fistfights with each other when passions boil over."

I am older. I am become uncool. I contain many multitudes...but they are all uncool.

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by Gresto

I am really not an asshole at all, though I don't care if you think otherwise, as you don't strike me as the type I would get along with anyway. You sure seem to obsessively follow the posts of certain members here and spit out your invective at them/us. As harls pointed out, why do you care so deeply? I ignore all of your anti-social-progress and disingenuous "I'm really a liberal" screeds. Please feel free to do the same to my posts.
As to Molson's former boss, you would have to have worked for someone like that in order to understand the degree of contempt one might be left with.

You just play one on SSP. I get the lashing out, but the way you guys do it is phreakin' creepy and disturbing. Is it a cry for help? Aren't there groups out there for this kind of thing?

I react to this stuff every couple months. I know I shouldn't. My failing. If that's obsessive, I'd hate to think what you consider me eating granola every day is!

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by rousseau

You just play one on SSP. I get the lashing out, but the way you guys do it is phreakin' creepy and disturbing. Is it a cry for help? Aren't there groups out there for this kind of thing?

I react to this stuff every couple months. I know I shouldn't. My failing. If that's obsessive, I'd hate to think what you consider me eating granola every day is!

You find their jokes about a mean boss Molson had in the 80’s creepy and disturbing and obsessive, yet you once claimed that a teacher wearing prosthetic breasts was sexually assaulting their students with the fake boobs. Your posts fall into the following categories:

1) obsessive drive-by smears of certain forumers calling them names out of the blue

2) rants comparing trans people to pedophiles and rapists

3) rants about affirmative action and BLM being racist

4) occasionally something worthwhile about architecture or urbanish things

I think you’re projecting onto others what you actually are.

Edit: Didn’t want to wade into this or feed the troll but these insults are so absurd they need to be addressed.

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

You find their jokes about a mean boss Molson had in the 80’s creepy and disturbing and obsessive, yet you once claimed that a teacher wearing prosthetic breasts was sexually assaulting their students with the fake boobs.

Autogynephilia is defined as a male's propensity to be sexually aroused by the thought of himself as a female. So yes, the pervert with the crazy fake tits is clearly a pedophile for subjecting students unable to leave the classroom to his fetish. I don't see any reasonable argument against that.

But hey, if that's the hill you want to die on in the culture wars, be my guest!

Ugly Canada thread indeed!

(Gotta reign in the exclamation points or they'll catch on that I'm a Migs/Phil sock puppet...shit...did I say that out loud?)

[TorontoDrew]

Kensington Market is full of ugly but it somehow works. It's a neighborhood that actively fights to keep it looking the way it is and to keep developers at bay.

Big Fat Burito by Miville Tremblay, on Flickr

Four Umbrellas - Kensington Market by Tony Wasserman, on Flickr

Kensington Market - Baldwin & Augusta by Nico, on Flickr

Kensington Market, Toronto by Jordan Lui, on Flickr

Kensington Market - Baldwin Street by Brandon Bartoszek, on Flickr

[rousseau]

That's not ugly, that's funky.