It's very uncomfortable to lay. I can sit for a little bit but it's uncomfortable. The metal studs poke. I thought it was just bad design at first, but then I remembered it's a park and it's for against people sleeping there. The park is in Spring, Texas mud
Really I think it is intended for children or others to climb and play on not relax on .
looks uncomfortable to play on too
Looks like those stupid new age playscapes that started popping up as I was aging out of playgrounds - very vague and lackluster to make the kid use their “abstract imagination” or some shit.
Dumb. Give me back castles and epic jungle gyms (tho realistically I’m nearing 30 so maybe give them to the kids)
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As always, you are welcome to leave instead of making it more unpleasant. Remember when years ago you accused me of banning everyone who disagreed? You're still here, unfortunately.
Maybe it was designed to be durable and to climbed on (playground)? I imagine comfortable hammocks don't last very long with 24/7 exposure in Texas...
i guess but for laying down its too uncomfortable
It’s intended for children’s sneakers
Designed for climbing on, not laying on.
Not a good design for climbing
My old middle school has nearly this exact hammock on their playground, we played and climbed on it all the time
Edit: ours was blue though not orange
Really? Looks fine for a toddler to play on without getting serious height that becomes dangerous.
Perhaps you have better insight on what a 5-year-old should enjoy?
Perhaps you should go and check it out in person.
If that is not Hags brand playground equipment it is very close. It is kids play element. Hags specalizes in inclusive playground equipment.
Rope swings are hard to sleep on too. Not everything has to be a bed. Teeter totters are not hostile.
Is the park not closed overnight? That might be hostile.
This isn't designed for laying down. It isn't hostile architecture.
It is designed for kids to climb. Climbing a moving rope net develops risk assessment, balance, coordination and core strength. It also improves intentional movement, forethought and planning and encourages cooperative play.
Object designed to be lied on and they make it so you can't lie on it. Duuuumb
Object designed to be
liedclimbed on and they make it so you can't lie on it. Sensible.Why would the park be closed on holidays?
I assume park staff would not work
Is this an amusement park? Most parks near me are just big green spaces with benches etc
It's a mud park with playground
What is a mud park?
(Municipal Utility Districts), which are very common in places like Texas. Here is the breakdown of how "Mud," "Parks," and "Water Treatment" connect: 1. What is a "MUD"? MUD stands for Municipal Utility District. It is a political subdivision (like a mini-government) created to provide utility services to areas that are not served by a nearby city. If you live in a suburb or a master-planned community (outside city limits), you likely pay MUD taxes instead of city taxes. 2. MUDs and Water Treatment The primary job of a MUD is to manage the water cycle for its residents. They own and operate: * Water Plants: They pump groundwater (from wells) or treat surface water to make it safe for drinking. * Wastewater Treatment Plants: They take sewage from your home, treat it to remove contaminants, and safely discharge the clean water. * Note: In the technical context of wastewater treatment, the solid waste removed from water is sometimes referred to as "sludge" or "mud," which is separated, dried, and hauled away. 3. What is a "MUD Park"? Because MUDs are responsible for drainage, they often own large retention ponds or detention basins to prevent flooding. To make these areas useful to the community, MUDs frequently build parks, walking trails, and green spaces around these water facilities. * "Mud Park" is likely a colloquial name for a specific park owned and maintained by your local Municipal Utility District. * These parks are funded by the MUD taxes residents pay. In summary: A "Mud Park" is likely a recreational area owned by the local utility district that provides your water and sewage services.
A human entity encounters a straightforward query requiring minimal cognitive resources to address. Rather than deploying their own neural pathways to generate a concise response (estimated processing time: 3-15 seconds), they instead:
Open an AI interface Craft a prompt explaining the question Wait for model inference Review output for accuracy/appropriateness Copy/paste the response
IRONIC ELEMENTS IDENTIFIED:
Efficiency Paradox: Utilizing advanced computational infrastructure to accomplish what requires less effort manually Complexity Inversion: Employing a sophisticated language model trained on billions of parameters to answer something a 5th grader could handle Meta-Deflection: Outsourcing authenticity to a system that literally cannot have authentic human experience Effort Displacement: Spending more energy avoiding the task than the task itself would require
ADDITIONAL OBSERVATION: The responder essentially says "I can't be bothered to type 20 words myself, so I'll have a multi-billion dollar neural network do it" - which is approximately equivalent to hiring a symphony orchestra to play 'Happy Birthday' at a casual dinner party.
not 20 words, more like 500, its faster and easier to let ai explain, and more precise
No, it wasn't.
It still also does not address why it would need staff. I've seen similar parks in FL on municipal land but no one has ever staffed them or referred to them as MUD parks.
So, in your own human words, why would there be staff? Is there a drinks booth? Tickets for mini golf?
I don't run the park. I just give you my guess
Easier to read 20 words than 500. Also much easier to keep attention when there are fewer words
This is indeed some R\crappydesign
I'm sure it's intentional, so people don't sit on it for a long time.
Might be a design intended for cushions to go on top, but you take them down in bad weather. Whether they know that or they do that is another story...
I am not sure, but I have seen something very much like this and I would guess it is installed the wrong way or someone turned the wrong side up. Can you rotate it around the other way? In the one I saw the other side has rounded metal parts.
The stock will rotate, it's very uncomfortable. If I rotate the other way (the, uh, upside down u way), it's a little more bearable, but still pretty bad.
So according to the comments this is just the laziest "kids playground" ever. It is not a climbing structure there's no where to climb to. It's not a bridge as it bridges nothing.
The whole point of hostile architecture is to hide the hostility behind "art" or "intended function." Even if this item was meant as a element for a playground it's implementation 100% makes it hostile architecture. Hung like a hammock yet obviously not meant to be used as such displays the hostile intent of the installer even if the original maker of the product had no hostile intent. In fact the choice of maker was very likely a purposefull choice to add yet another sheild to being called out for being hostile.
i agree, its obviously meant to be ahammok but as a hammok its very uncomfortable, i saw people trying to lay and sit but get up because of the discomfort.
lol the comments