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I was summoned for jury duty and all I got was this pretty photograph.
Were you dismissed from jury duty when they learned you were a crime dad?
Lol not yet.
Though, TBF, what better jury of your peers than someone who also commits crimes?
There might actually be a case to be made that a jury should only consist of people who have gone through the system.
Was it because you complimented the Brutalist architecture? They probably put you on a list now.
Brutalist architecture is beautiful in its own way
I wasn't sure if it counted, but I am a brutalism enjoyer as well.
Yeah I think that is marble.
I hqve noticed that judicial buildings a seem to be built to be imposing, as if to imply we rule you petty serfs
It makes me feel like I'm walking into the Oldest House from Control.
That game was a love letter to brutalism and bureaucracy
At least prisoners can't jump the windows
I'm 99% sure there's security reasons for this design
Looks like you got summoned to the prison for jury duty.
When I was a kid I used to drive by the Pirelli building all the time and dreading that I might have to go to work in a big, beige building like that one day. I never liked buildings like that until somehow it just clicked for me in my late twenties. Now I think brutalism and similar styles are wonderful.
Anyway, maybe I'm just a weirdo, but it was actually surprisingly pleasant in there: clean and calm with friendly, easy going staff. I kind of regret getting excused a little bit.
You'll love the AT&T Long Lines Building in NYC then.
It's a beautiful building but it's frightening to see in real life. A monolithic lair for some unseen unknowable horror.
Part of what I like about it is that it's not pretending to be something else. It looks like a an extremely secure, resilient building, which is exactly what it is, but it still looks good.
I do!
I actually think thats a pretty building, while finding the other buildings mentioned in this thread boring to ugly. Just to put in my two cents. At least this one has a prettier color.
A lot of US Courthouses are physically connected to the Jailhouse and PD, I assume it's the same for other nations but idk.
Honestly I'd feel lucky just to have come out of there alive..
I think the same thing every time I go to Newark
Newark is treating me well so far. We're on lunch break and I'm having a big open-faced Reuben at Hobby's right now.
Justice is a dish that is best served with Thousand Island dressing
Yeah, just.. don't follow it into the basement.
Unfortunately, I don't get the reference.
Oh don't worry, it was just a joke about Newark being sketchier than it looks.
Why does this building have arrowloops? Are they expecting a siege?
Nvm, after 1/6/20 I suppose every legal institution should always expect violent insurrection.
1/6/21
Oops, thanks for the correction!
Thank you for reminding me what those were called!
How dare you enjoy brutalism, don't you know that's a crime?
