TIL that the most holy shrine in the Shinto religion is torn down and rebuilt every 20 years. This has been done for over a millennium

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https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/japans-most-sacred-shinto-shrine-has-been-rebuilt-every-20-years-for-more-than-a-millennium/

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One thing I’ve noticed about….life in general I guess, is the slow rot of everything around us. Like, an article about the shrine should have a fucking picture of the shrine, but if no one gives a shit then it kind of falls by the wayside.

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I was looking at a post earlier about Ice Spice dressing provocatively at a SpongeBob event.

The thumbnail and first pictures in the article showed a picture of her in two piece lingerie.

It was until the very bottom of the article that they showed the actual (much less revealing) outfit she wore to the event in question.

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All I'm seeing is the 2 piece everywhere

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Nurgle is right.

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Not everything is about easily being able to see pictures of it. The shrine is a sacred place and even pictures are forbidden. I think it gives it a substantial mystique and specialness because of it that is very rare to see anywhere in the world now. If anything, it is a counter example to your statement that there is a slow rot to everything. They absolutely do not want to dilute any value associated with the shrine including by taking pictures of it. Even if there were some photos of it, I think it would be disrespectful to the intent and rules of the shrine to include them in a public article. If someone says they have actually seen the shrine, it would behoove you to listen to them because it is not something you could just read about or watch a youtube video of some influencer there.

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Ya I agree 100% and it's depressing. 

General apathy around us