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YingYangMom ago

@whirledpeas @Kawksnahch

As I was reading your post and comments about the pipes, ABS and gas, I was reminded of this Jimmycomet Instagram picture about the Moloch Napkin and the # comments.

https://twitter.com/i/moments/795452870745354240

The #idonitron bothered me. Why would he specify that he does nitron? Anyway, nitron's original Greek word is short for Nitrogen and this led me to the next disturbing fact: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen

From the wiki page:

The name nitrogen was suggested by Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal in 1790, when it was found that nitrogen was present in nitric acid and nitrates; this name derives from the Greek roots νἰτρον "nitre" and -γεννᾶν "to form". Antoine Lavoisier suggested instead the name azote, from the Greek άζωτικός "no life", as it is an asphyxiant gas; his name is instead used in many languages, such as French, Russian, and Turkish, and appears in the English names of some nitrogen compounds such as hydrazine, azides and azo compounds.

The name comes from the Greek πνίγειν "to choke", directly referencing nitrogen's **asphyxiating properties. **

Gas chamber is not too far fetched after reading the comment about how he does nitron.

whirledpeas ago

There's just about nothing I wouldn't put past the guy. However, the hashtag he used there when discussing the napkin is #idontiron -- "I don't iron". Thanks for sharing info about nitron, YYM, it's always conceivable it could come up somewhere else in this case.

YingYangMom ago

Anytime.

Kawksnahch ago

actually... it says "I don't iron"

odd coincidence though...

YingYangMom ago

Yes, my bad. Some coincidence. Anyway, I guess he toasts, he grinds, he cuts with knives, but... he doesn't iron. Is that suppose to sound reassuring? Haha. The guy sure knows how to put himself and his preferences out there.

Kawksnahch ago

i followed the hashtag. A bunch of late 20's/30's folks and a few kids. Nothing really seemed off about the comments about the kids on the photos though.

YingYangMom ago

What about this kid https://archive.is/4pRFp

Kawksnahch ago

what about that kid? Looks like an art gallery with some nonsense installation.

YingYangMom ago

Art Gallery with that low a ceiling? I think this rather is under an art gallery. The ground... The kid looks genuinely scared.

Kawksnahch ago

and the photo is so low rez that I can't honestly tell much of anything about her expression. Maybe she's just in motion.

YingYangMom ago

This is the original pic, better resolution https://www.flickr.com/photos/146343979@N02/30802642376/in/photostream/ This is NOT a gallery. You'd have to crawl or be on your 4 to pass through that doorway (the one behind the young girl). Maybe not crawl, but you'd have to bend over quite a bit.

Kawksnahch ago

that would be kind of the point of reimagining the space. Also, on the ceiling you have a row of spotlights, artsy ones, that follow the wall along the corner.

I think it's an art installation. Is there any context or is that just a random photo?

Kawksnahch ago

oh man, I would not be surprised if this was a "moving the outside to the inside" kind of lame ass art piece where they filled the whole building with that crap to force people to reconsider their sense of space and surroundings. Also, thought that was like... a skylight/natural light ceiling or something

YingYangMom ago

The spotlights are there to illuminate the square glass flooring atop of them. Also, the ground is uneven as you must have noticed and it seems like a wide space (probably under a museum, a gallery or huge mansion) as it spreads to more than one room. The pic was posted by Alefantis either from Instagram, tumblr or other social media as it was picked up by a Chris Zeebra. Chris seems to have picked all of them early and posted them on his Flickr account. To see more, click on the 'go back to photostream' icon (left top) of the picture. All the pics are randomly posted.

Kawksnahch ago

yeah, i went through the Zeebra stuff already. Maybe a wildly unfinished basement then? With a small creek running through it Frank Lloyd Wright style?

I'd need to have more pointed out about the space and the girl to see more than an art project. :/ then again, we all have our preferences (couldn't resist)

YingYangMom ago

Nice pun. If you don't see anything wrong with this picture, that's ok i guess. For the thousand words its worth, I personally certainly do.

ZalesMcMuffin ago

It looks innocuous to me. The girl looks like she's just a normal girl exploring an unusual space.

YingYangMom ago

Easy prey.

Kawksnahch ago

anything besides a girl being mid stride leading you there?

YingYangMom ago

Yes. She's not supposed to be there. In those underground surroundings, alone. Something not right. It just creeps me out.

Kawksnahch ago

daaaaamn, good catch!