I figured out the opposite of a mess in your sense: a dollar store, esp Daiso. Empty promises of order rather than failed.
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specifically cheap emptiness versus rich failure of a promise of order
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also experiences not just products. South Park episode of a bad carnival.
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getting through international airport entry is a procedural mess for e.g. Cf South Park "line ride" at carnival
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I think mess vs non-mess/anti-mess is more fundamental than theme park/amusement park or suburbia vs city
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traditional bargaining otoh is like your ivy covered stone ruin
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it's a good foundational bunny trail because it's subpolitical like Scott's legibility
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and deploy highly-evolved psychological tactics (placement, pricing tricks, pacaking, etc.) to make you want them
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