#am i definitely right that answers in genesis have been secretly wanting a human zoo at their fundie tourist trap this entire time?

[jupitermelichios]

okay look, in a vacuum, this is entirely ethical. literally no problem with it. yes it's probably a sex thing, but i assume everyone going to see it would known that in advance, because when humans do something weird it so often is, and also exhibitionism is a very common fetish.

and if it wasn't a sex thing, and this person just liked the idea of being in a zoo for some reason, they would presumably be aware in advance that this would be a sex thing for a high portion of the people coming to view them, because again, humans, and factored that into their decision making.

assuming both of those are true, there is absolutely nothing ethically wrong with this as an isolated incident. anyone can do anything for ever as long as it hurts no one else etc

the problem is that if this was even slightly successful, be that financially or in terms of media attention/view numbers, it would not be an isolated incident.

and there is an, admittedly small, chance that even that would be ethical. maybe it would be like those bodyworks exhibits, a bunch of cities around the world have them and they make money, but it hasn't started a trend of people plasticising corpses for kicks. one or two humans in a bunch of the big accredited zoos, but no homebrew versions

but that is a slim chance, i think.

so what more likely happens if its successful is that more people want to get in on the trend, and then it starts being suggested as a solution to poverty or homelessness, and that's obviously really terrible, and then inevitably some white supremecist with money to burn would start an exhibit of non-white people, and then you're just back at the human zoos of the 1800s, and i hope we can all agree that that's a very bad place to be

also, and i cannot stress this enough, the creationism museum/arc encounter would absolutely 100% no hesitation add a human zoo. it would take like 10 minutes from the idea first appearing for ken hamm to get in on that shit, and that would be very bad. busloads of christian homeschool kids and amish cult members should not be allowded to view zoos full of people of colour living in caves with signs calling them 'sinful humanity before the flood' and shit, i think, and that would definitely happen if we allowed human zoo exhibits, because america is just fun like that.

so basically, if it could be done in a way that guarenteed it would not be a commercial/cultural success, or if international laws could be agreed so that only zoos with a specific acreditation could exhibit people, it would be ethical, but probably it's best to just stick to going to fetish nights once a month and maybe inviting some friends around to watch you masturbate

Unhinged Questions #1:

why this came up: I have a habit of making giant ecosystem-comprehensive habitats in zoo games, like Planet Zoo and Zoo Tycoon 2; and I often go "hmm, where's the ape for the African Grasslands" and then I remember "oh right, we're running the zoo"

so here it is. you're welcome for making you feel uncomfortable

Follow Up Question: would the zoo exhibit be more authentic if the human(s) inside of it were in like a model apartment/modern living situation, or something that's an approximation of the stone age?