Cin ([info]bohyne) wrote in [info]twin_cities,
@ 2006-04-24 08:57:00
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The powers that be at Hasbro are redesigning the Monopoly board. That's an annoyance in and of itself, but there's greater shame afoot. They're conducting a vote for the great landmarks of selected US cities to use on the new board. Minneapolis is one of the cities.

The Mall of America is winning by a landslide. The other two candidates are The Stone Arch Bridge and Summit Avenue (actual landmarks).
Please go, vote early, vote often, and keep the Mall of America off the new Monopoly board.

vote here

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[info]underwhelm
2006-04-24 02:20 pm UTC (link)
Who are the ad wizards who came up with these pathetic landmarks?

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[info]bohyne
2006-04-24 03:35 pm UTC (link)
My favorite Minneapolis landmarks are bars.

First Ave.
Matt's.
Lyle's.



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[info]bedizened
2006-04-24 04:25 pm UTC (link)
First Avenue is truly a Minneapolis landmark.

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[info]bohyne
2006-04-24 09:32 pm UTC (link)
Hell, the first avenue bathrooms alone should qualify.

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[info]fontosaurus
2006-04-24 02:24 pm UTC (link)
"The powers that be at Hasbro are redesigning the Monopoly board."

You either didn't read the page carefully or you like playing the alarmist game.

They're creating a "Here and Now Edition", not redesigning the board. The new board is just going to be one of a multitude of the themed versions of the game.

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[info]bohyne
2006-04-24 02:33 pm UTC (link)
I'm not trying to play any game. I thought it was pretty clear that my point was to urge people to go tip the vote in the direction of a landmark other than the Mall of America.

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[info]f_o_n_y
2006-04-24 02:25 pm UTC (link)
well, REALLY, what's more appropriate for monopoly than the mall?

i vote for the spoon bridge, yo.

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[info]bohyne
2006-04-24 02:39 pm UTC (link)
When I was a kid I thought it was an apple on the spoon.

mini-apple.

It worked in my head.

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[info]f_o_n_y
2006-04-24 03:08 pm UTC (link)
the only thing i can ever think of with the spoon bridge is that they have a camera trained on it to kick people off when they try to get it on atop it.

FASCISTS.

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[info]bohyne
2006-04-24 03:43 pm UTC (link)
I heard a vicious rumor that there are recordings that yell at you if you try to go to the sculpture garden after closing time.



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[info]rainydayparade
2006-04-24 04:06 pm UTC (link)
It´s true. I have experienced myself. It was profoundingly upsetting.

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[info]bohyne
2006-04-24 04:23 pm UTC (link)
I have to hear it for myself.

I want to know what the OFFICIAL VOICE of the sculpture garden sounds like.

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[info]underwhelm
2006-04-24 04:31 pm UTC (link)
That is a very good way to describe the experience.

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[info]wordling
2006-04-24 08:52 pm UTC (link)
I was there last month after closing and there were no evil voices -- no voices at all. And we were throwing snowballs at the spoon, too. We stayed an hour or so.

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[info]bohyne
2006-04-24 10:39 pm UTC (link)
hmm, maybe it's a warm-weather only voice.

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[info]so_long_apollo
2006-04-24 02:46 pm UTC (link)
well, REALLY, what's more appropriate for monopoly than the mall?

I agree. I think it's pretty petty to get worked up over this, anyway - they've made versions of this in the past. Considering millions of people visit the Mall of America every year, and they're planning a $1 billion expansion, I don't see why it's not important enough to Minnesota not to include it on some stupid square of a board game. Oh right, you (bohyne) don't like it.

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[info]fleur
2006-04-24 03:34 pm UTC (link)
I personally would prefer something else, but get serious; they're totally going to use the Mall. Besides, it's not like it's permenant, it's just a different version. If you're wedded to Park Place and Marvin Gardens, you can still buy the original one, too.

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[info]lokey
2006-04-24 05:49 pm UTC (link)
Could really care less about the game, but do you really consider the Mall of America to be of importance to Minnesota? The only important thing I can think of about the mall is that it does a great job of demonstrating just how skewed peoples' priorities can be. A Shopping Mall as a travel destination? At least in its early years it had some kind of out there stores, but these days really how many Claire's Boutiques to do you need in one building?

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[info]so_long_apollo
2006-04-24 07:05 pm UTC (link)
Whether you think people's priorities are skewed or not does not change the fact that the Mall of America is a huge travel destination visited by millions of people every year and takes in millions (billions?) of dollars. From a strict financial standpoint, it is certainly much, much more important to the state of Minnesota than the Stone Arch Bridge AND Summit Avenue combined. How much tax revenue have those other two landmarks brought in, anyway?

That said, the game of Monopoly is all about capitalism anyway, so it seems to fit perfectly in my mind. I'm not defending the mall or mainstream America's priorities, but to write it off as irrelevent from a cultural or capitalist viewpoint seems pretty stupid. Ask anyone in the U.S. what they think of when they think of Minnesota, and I bet you the Mall of America is one of the top answers.

Just because you don't agree with that doesn't make it untrue.

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[info]wordling
2006-04-24 08:55 pm UTC (link)
I think you forget that the Stone Arch Bridge played an extremely important role in the economy of MN. My guess is that, adjusted for inflation, it's had a much larger impact that the MoA.

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[info]yashakizu
2006-04-24 10:36 pm UTC (link)
I think we can make this a Minneapolis vs. St. Paul debate by making sure NOT to vote for the Mall (in Bloomington) and voting for our respective city landmarks. ^_^

Heck, I'd rather vote for the Chain of Lakes myself, but as I'm from Minneapolis and there are only a few options....Stone Arch Bridge baby!

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[info]jumping_jesus
2006-04-24 06:34 pm UTC (link)
Is your icon actually a t-shirt? If so, where did you find it?

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[info]f_o_n_y
2006-04-24 06:37 pm UTC (link)
gallery 360 on 50th. they have 612 bumper stickers, too!

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[info]so_long_apollo
2006-04-24 02:47 pm UTC (link)
Oh, and just to spite you, I went and voted for the Mall of America.

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[info]bohyne
2006-04-24 02:59 pm UTC (link)
And really, what's the democratic process about if not spite.

Color me schooled.

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[info]f_o_n_y
2006-04-24 03:07 pm UTC (link)
dang, did you realize lj was so totally lame sometimes? I DID.

also, i need your email address!

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[info]bohyne
2006-04-24 04:04 pm UTC (link)
I have a surprisingly high tolerance for lame.

I almost never check my email at work. For you, I'll make an exception.

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[info]f_o_n_y
2006-04-24 04:09 pm UTC (link)
me too! that's why i date a lot.

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[info]bohyne
2006-04-24 04:57 pm UTC (link)
Dates are like miniature job interviews except with liquor and the potential for sex.

WHY HAVEN'T YOU EMAILED ME YET?

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[info]f_o_n_y
2006-04-24 04:59 pm UTC (link)
I JUST DID, I'VE BEEN VERY BUSY WITH PARTY-PLANNING AND CHATTING AND OH YEAH WORKING.

right.

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[info]mwittier
2006-04-24 02:52 pm UTC (link)
I love how poor, huge Alaska is hovering shamefully off to the left, and yet they didn't give it any landmarks to vote for.


Nyah, nyah Alaska: nobody loves you. Now you just stand there in your little pointy party hat outside the screen door and watch while everyone else (Phoenix!) gets to have cake.

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[info]enealio
2006-04-24 03:15 pm UTC (link)
All three are wrong.

There should be write in option.

I choose Paisley Park Studios.

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[info]recipesforcake
2006-04-24 04:10 pm UTC (link)
Can we just vote for Prince instead?

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[info]nuzzybear
2006-04-24 06:30 pm UTC (link)
He won't stand still long enough to attain landmark status.

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[info]yashakizu
2006-04-24 10:37 pm UTC (link)
What about Dylan?

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[info]f_o_n_y
2006-04-24 04:10 pm UTC (link)
wait, i want to change my vote to eden prairie center, scene of the movie mall rats.

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[info]spookymilk
2006-04-25 04:04 am UTC (link)
Anything that involves Mallrats is about as far from "landmark" as you can get.

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lostbutton
2006-04-25 01:13 pm UTC (link)
Blasphemer.

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[info]jessikate
2006-04-24 05:07 pm UTC (link)
They all suck. And why do they have Minneapolis marked on the map where Duluth is, geographically speaking?

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[info]lokey
2006-04-24 05:46 pm UTC (link)
I find it of mild interest that the photo of the Stone Arch Bridge isn't even the Stone Arch Bridge.

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[info]half_iowan
2006-04-24 05:54 pm UTC (link)
The Hoover Damn isn't in Las Vegas either. It's all very dumb.
One wonders what other "landmarks" will be on the Here and Now versions if people only get to choose one....

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[info]half_iowan
2006-04-25 01:47 am UTC (link)
Hoover Damn.....a typo and not intentional, I swear...

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[info]chadjohnson
2006-04-24 08:49 pm UTC (link)
ditto. for some reason, I decided to email Hasbro about it too.

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[info]bohyne
2006-04-24 09:38 pm UTC (link)
That's the crotchety, yet proactive sort of attitude I adore.

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[info]rockinrehab
2006-04-26 03:31 am UTC (link)
And they say its the pinnacle of the minneapolis skyline? It would have to be a pretty tall bridge to be the pinnacle of any skyline.

I want a job as a fact checker at Hasbro, where I'll finally be paid to smoke pot and surf the net all day.

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[info]wordling
2006-04-24 08:56 pm UTC (link)
If Minneapolis is the city they're talking about, then it's the Stone Arch Bridge by default. I'm willing to accept St. Paul as a suburb (no, it's a lovely city), but if aliens took Bloomington, I would cheer.

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[info]yashakizu
2006-04-24 10:38 pm UTC (link)
When the aliens take Bloomington I'll start the party for that celebration! XD

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