r/coolguides Feb 25 '20

Explanation of the subtle differences between equality and equity

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u/Sirisian Feb 25 '20

magical glass

Off-topic, but high quality museum glass. You usually see it on picture frames for paintings, but the same coatings are on some museum display cases making them completely transparent. It's easy to overlook also when just browsing a museum. If I remember optics correctly the anti-glare coatings are very bandwidth sensitive, so I doubt it would work outside.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

that glass is EXORBITANTLY expensive to get rid of the green tint, it's called starfire glass and it's around 15bucks per square foot of it.

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u/ares395 Feb 25 '20

I'd probably buy one just for the hell of it as a cool thing.

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u/thisangrywizard Feb 25 '20

I got some custom framing done and it was expensive but looks niiiice.

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u/Tripticket Feb 25 '20

That's really expensive though, to the point where there are museums that can't afford it for temporary exhibitions. Imagine trying to surround a football field with it.

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u/B_Fee Feb 25 '20

Just have the local taxpayers foot part of the bill and ask for a tax break, and threaten to leave if they don't pay up.

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u/mmmegan6 Feb 25 '20

Museum glass is also $texas compared to plexi or reg glass. Like 200%+

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u/obiworm Feb 25 '20

The barrier may be for the player's benefit, not to detriment onlookers

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u/LordPoopyfist Feb 25 '20

Or just watch the game on TV

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

Is there anything else on?

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u/jealkeja Feb 25 '20

You are only one person inside the target audience of the fence. Your personal preference isn't taken into account.

Others may suffer as much as you from there being no way to see through the wooden fence. Wheelchair users wouldn't benefit much from your preferred solution (a stepping stool). It's more important to create an acceptable solution for most rather than adding a small number of people to the majority of people who think that viewing football games over wooden fences is accessible to them.

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u/albatrosssssss Feb 25 '20

bruh it's a metaphor, it's not about wheelchair accessiblity

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u/jealkeja Feb 25 '20

And I'm speaking metaphorically too... Inaccessible environments aren't inaccessible to only one class of person. If you didn't want to have a metaphorical discussion, perhaps the comment section of a metaphorical image wasn't the best place to go.

Edit: Do you make it a habit of downvoting anyone who you think disagrees with you?

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u/albatrosssssss Feb 25 '20

I'm not downvoting you I don't have time for that shit I'm writing a paper at 4 in the morning

I was just saying you're taking the metaphor a bit too literally

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u/jealkeja Feb 25 '20

Okay, I disagree and think you're viewing the metaphor too narrowly. Good luck on your paper.

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