• brownsugga@lemmy.worldOP
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      11 hours ago

      First one is the Woolworth building, tallest in the world for a brief period. The architecture of NYC is very rich and varied, and neo-gothic was in vogue for a time. The second is 1412

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        11 hours ago

        Thank you, OP, for the genuinely edifying response. I’m a fan of neat trivia like this, and I’ll enjoy the rabbit holes this new info inspires. 🤓🖖🏼

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        No one said “older buildings”, but I appreciate the logical fallacy. Can you name a “skyscraper” that has stained glass on the 25th floor? I certainly can’t recall seeing one, either in person or otherwise. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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            All because some rando had the audacity to question if a “skyscraper” had stained glass windows —or, instead, OP simply miscategorized a building (more likely).

            christ on a bender, what a puddle of barely-tepid straight-up stupid this thread turned out to be. 🫩🤌🏼

            update: it was miscategorized.

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              Yeah this whole thing is pretty stupid lol. It doesn’t help either that OP has been silent. There’s another comment asking which building this was, so we’re not the only ones wondering.

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              I think “miscategorized” might be the wrong term, because the word is more of an opinion. At one point in time the term referred to what we’d now consider fairly mundane buildings.

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          It’s a fallacy to think that something doesn’t exist just because you’ve never seen one, especially when you are saying that, while looking at a picture of one.

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            2 days ago

            Again. No one said it didn’t exist. FFS. How old aren’t you? OP said “skyscrapers”, I questioned the specificity, and you muck about like a fucking moron with downvoting idiots in tow? Is this reddit all over again? 🤦🏼‍♂️🖕🏼

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              Wow, methinks thou doth protest too much. You certainly did imply that such a location didn’t exist because you had never seen nor heard of one.

              And then when your easily disproven logical mistake falls apart, you go on the attack and start calling names.

              Grow up, junior.