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Rynling R&D ([personal profile] rynling) wrote2024-10-21 11:55 am
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A short list of fun places that are probably illegal and possibly very dangerous

Question #5: Dark tourism is the recreational practice of visiting locations associated with death and disaster. Please give an example of one such location and explain why this is (or isn’t) “dark.”

Student answers include:

- USP Florence prison
- Pripyat in Chernobyl
- Pablo Escobar's house
- New York sewer system
- Beijing Amazon warehouse
- Krak de Chevaliers in Syria
- Century III mall in Pittsburgh
- Korean demilitarized zone
- Area 51 in Nevada
- Waffle House

Someone also wrote "single-player Minecraft," and I gave them full credit.

ETA: In retrospect, I realize that the majority of these answers were generated by ChatGPT. I sure hope the students using ChatGPT for college quizzes now aren't going to be using ChatGPT as law students and medical interns in a few years haha oh man. It's fine, we're all fine.
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[personal profile] runicmagitek 2024-10-22 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I just needed you to know I read this to my bf and he fucking died laughing at the Waffle House mention (and also agreed bc Waffle House). I also misread USP Florence prison as USPS initially and having to deal with the post office, especially in recent years and even more so during Christmas Time, I feel that could qualify too. Bless your students for this 💖