You’re told about it from an early age: there’s a place, far away, where many people go. It’s the center of art for your culture. Famous people did famous things there. On top of that, it doubles as a place of spiritual pilgrimage, and as you know everybody is always very normal about religion, so. Ten years-ish later, a family member goes. They have a famously terrible time through no fault of their own. They whisper of the crowds, traumatized, correctly. The word “untenable” is used. This is the first direct account you ever receive of the worst museum. This is also the first time you ever hear the word “untenable.”
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