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Reminds me a bit of the Park of Aging in Miraikan The National Museum of Emerging Science.

I remember when staff casually handed me a paper brochure near the area dedicated to aging that when opened was blurry and difficult to read. I was confused. When it finally dawned on me this was one of their simulations of old age I never laughed (at myself) harder. Such a fun and educational experience highly recommend for all ages.

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A Dododo Land on that premise would be more interesting than what is described, which is weak tea social commentary. A Dododo Land where the doors are confusing and you have to pull rather than push - where there's typos everywhere and the kerning is always inconsistent or sometimes the font randomly changes and everything is hung 1 degree off level - where you pay for a ticket but then it errors out at the entrance and the clerk tells you that your payment must not have gone through - where a few lights just flicker once in a while and there's an odd high-pitched sound that half your group can't hear but sounds like tinnitus - where the employees are reading manga and you have to get their attention by coughing loudly - ...

That sounds like Shenzhen!

That sounds amazing, agreed!

Yes exactly.

Where the map does not represent the actual venue. Where every route leads to the gift shop. Where some displays are only in English. Where the flow between the rooms is non-intuitive. Where the audio guide is too loud/quiet and you cannot adjust the volume, or pause it during an item. Where there are mind-your-head bars in the way for no reason.

You call the lift (elevator) and it starts descending toward you, before stopping on the floor above (for far too long) then turning around.

Don't forget automatic doors on a timer: you walk into them and they stay shut, but then just as you walk away in disgust, they open.

Or a heater/airconditioning blasting unpleasantly cold or hot air in your face as you go through the doors.

I like your typographical examples, but I'm afraid they'd be lost on most people.

Miraikan is one of our favorites, been there like 3-4 times with my son. The current exhibit that turns quantum logic gates into a DJ game is really innovative but they only give you like 5 mins which is barely enough time to figure out WTF is even going on

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