Jim walked through the almost desolate museum. Except for the curators and their obviously bored grandchildren, there was no one to be seen. Not even the lure of free tickets and popcorn had worked. As of now, the museum housed more extinct species than living ones.
‘Museums are becoming extinct,’ he lamented to his grandson.
‘Pops, you need to change with the times. Who wants to see some inanimate bones, when they can experience everything in n dimension in the Virtual Reality museums.’
‘Flying with the Pterosaurs and being chased by a T-Rex is not science, it is science fiction.’
‘Maybe, but at least people pay to see that.’
In response to the 146th Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers challenge, based on a photo by Yinglan Z.
Historical reality is apparently no longer good enough. We now need augmented and/or virtual reality. As well, it seems, alternative facts.
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Museums and Libraries – big challenge in today’s ‘Flash News’ times!
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Sadly, his grandson is right. People want to be entertained, not bored by looking at inanimate skeletons. Great story!
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Unfortunately so. Thanks for a great pic pick.
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It was a great pic!
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Well, there is that. On the other hand, we might learn more from the real world than the virtual.
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This story really depressed me, mainly because it is so true.
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Yes we all want to be entertained/stimulated don’t we? Stark reality.
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The commercialization of ‘pure academic’ fields is indeed sad. Hope we start seeing the benefit of just learning and being educated again.
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Sad but true. Money talks.
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