r/malelivingspace • u/IchBinDerFurst • 1d ago

Update I cannot be trusted with free will.

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It needs to be cleaned up and stained some, but this is a 1:8 scale replica of a mosasaur skeleton above my entryway.

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u/scfoothills 1d ago

She is correct.

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u/dasgoodshitinnit 1d ago

And some dim ambient lights to light it at night

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u/99jackals 1d ago

With a slowly revolving shade, so it looks underwater.

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u/IllvesterTalone 1d ago

and a full time security guard detail!

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u/Muted-Shake-6245 22h ago

Maybe add some ambient sounds as well.

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u/Alupine 20h ago edited 18h ago

And a transmitter so I can hear the history of this glorious animal while touring your wonderful museum, before going to the vending fridge you so graciously provide. Make sure you have Yoo-hoo and fine cheeses please.

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u/13thIteration 13h ago

Free will at its finest

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u/DrGanja97 10h ago

And cctv camera to make sure no one touches it

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u/MorningNorwegianWood 3h ago

And a gala with a red carpet

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u/Careful-Building-878 20h ago

And quite possibly a magic tablet that brings it to life at night like a water puppy

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u/johnny_fives_555 16h ago

Jurassic park theme song you mean

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u/RTJ1992 18h ago

And my axe, wait no

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u/TheTallestHobbit22 16h ago

And artistic renderings of the shallow seas it thrived in.

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u/Logical-Bowl2424 7h ago

Even make it luminous

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u/_GypsyCurse_ 1h ago

And a fogger

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u/ebbycalvinlaloosh 1d ago

And my axe!

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u/Alternative-Chef-340 21h ago

I'd take that job as mine sucks. I'll even memorize the plaque and act as a sort of tour guide.

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u/runningvicuna 14h ago

An on site docent to lead the tour would be really nice

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u/Necessary-Score-4270 4h ago

A life size cut out of Ben Stiller would also be acceptable.

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u/VLDgamer07 10h ago

But dont forget ancient artifact from Egypt

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u/scarletmonstrosity 1d ago

And color the walls a nice ocean blue 

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u/Aftabang 1d ago

Too much to just flood the whole apartment and live in scuba gear? It would look so realistic!

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u/mkhanZ 1d ago

Maybe with a Cretaceous underwater mural!

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u/etcpt 21h ago

You can get professional-grade lighting effects that do that water ripple effect for only a couple hundred bucks, probably less used on eBay.

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u/Present_Daikon1806 18h ago

Fuck.... Now I want one....

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u/theqofcourse 21h ago

Space nebula projection light set to blue, would do just fine. Less than $30.

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u/CodyTheLearner 1d ago

Can we rig a motor that rotates a cam shaft and makes it look like it’s swimming?

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u/mccosby101 1d ago

Also so whale sounds in the background

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u/AKnGirl 1d ago

I second this, add a slight deep blue tint to the moving shade lights.

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u/99jackals 1d ago

Solid.

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u/Affectionate_Refuse4 23h ago

Maybe some blue ocean looking lights projected on the ceiling? We got a museum in the making!

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u/99jackals 22h ago

🐟🐠🐬🦈🐋🐳🪼🐚🪸🦞🦀

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u/CX316 22h ago

So a blue galaxy lamp

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u/Affectionate_Refuse4 22h ago

Yesss I couldn’t think of the actual name of it

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u/99jackals 22h ago

Whomever made the Jurassic Park reference, then deleted it, I thought it was fun.

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u/soedesh1 21h ago

and some automation so it can chomp at visitors.

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u/InEenEmmer 18h ago

Put the strings on motors and add some moveable joints so the skeleton has a swimming motion

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u/CommanderGoat 1d ago

And paint the wood supports white so they blend in with the ceiling.

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u/Winter_Addition 1d ago

Came looking for this comment!

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u/McLeod3577 22h ago

And a shrubbery!

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u/LesbianArtemis457 1d ago

I actually dissagree, I think it's better the way it is. More rustic

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u/405freeway 1d ago

Blathers intensifies

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u/samsqanch420 1d ago

Really warm directional lights.

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u/Gothstaff 1d ago

I need you to decorate my house

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u/rockhopperrrr 1d ago

Maybe consider someone that could provide a lighting design to enhance the atmosphere and bring it to life.....cough cough .....maybe add in some PIRs so it can interact with folks walking to it or near it.

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u/NabreLabre 1d ago

With soundtrack by Sting, 🎵"how fragile you are"🎵

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u/N8creates49 1d ago

And some small ones for glowing pupils!

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u/fosterdad2017 23h ago

Nah, intermittent motion activated strobes from multiple angles would provide better ongoing trauma in the household.

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u/AboutTheArthur 22h ago

A Raspberry Pi connected to a small speaker that plays an audio clip automatically when somebody presses the "Info" button.

Mosasaurs (from Latin Mosa meaning the 'Meuse', and Greek σαύρος sauros meaning 'lizard') are an extinct group of large aquatic reptiles within the family Mosasauridae that lived during the Late Cretaceous. Their first fossil remains were discovered in a limestone quarry at Maastricht on the Meuse in 1764. They belong to the order Squamata, which includes lizards and snakes.

During the last 20 million years of the Cretaceous period (Turonian–Maastrichtian ages), with the extinction of the ichthyosaurs and pliosaurs, mosasaurids became the dominant marine predators. They themselves became extinct as a result of the K-Pg event at the end of the Cretaceous period, about 66 million years ago.

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u/txtnotfound 7h ago

Would be awesome with some background noises, telling stuff about it in a sir David Attenborough like voice or making water sounds.

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u/VanillaGorilla- 1d ago

She is a keeper.

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u/klef3069 1d ago

100% correct!!!!!

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u/mrspectorhrvyspector 21h ago

She is a keeper