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[–] [email protected] 227 points 2 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 91 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's no man. That's a king.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

"He is not a dude. You're a dude. This... this is a man."

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

A Burger King?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That second photo is...wow!

[–] spankinspinach 34 points 2 months ago

Face down, ass up. That's the way I like my happy meal

[–] tyrefyre 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh so that’s why they started taking the statues out

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago

That and similar incidents probably played a big part in that decision.

NSFW

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[–] [email protected] 192 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Statue Facts Nobody Asked for"

Bro, she literally asked for those facts

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 162 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Her heart's in the right place but there are an absolute fuck ton of statues of dudes where the bulge/dick is worn from touching.

For example:

"Youth" (uhhhhhhh), Prague Castle, Czech Republic

"Adam and Eve", Monaco

Cristiano Ronaldo, Funchal, Portugal

And more that aren't as famous I'm sure. Any statue with noticable genital features is gonna get this treatment no question.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That Ronaldo statue has a very prominent bulge!

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Her heart was not in the right place, as the point she was trying to make was that men are scum

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[–] [email protected] 131 points 2 months ago

Charging Bull also known as Bull of Wall Street

[–] [email protected] 107 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Of all the traditions one could use to point out objectification of women, statues was not it. People really do just like getting frisky with statues, regardless of gender

[–] Klear 92 points 2 months ago (3 children)

To be fair, statues are the straightest example of objectifying people.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

Whoa now, I'm sure there are gay examples of statue objectification.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

You're not wrong. It is literal objectification of people haha ... Just not in the way the OP meant

[–] vaultdweller013 19 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Hey now dog statues also get wear down from getting pet. We dont just objectify humans.

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[–] AlligatorBlizzard 80 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Dude's Wikipedia Page is rather interesting. He got shot by Prince Pierre Bonaparte over a proxy duel.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Noir

[–] [email protected] 92 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Fuck me I thought you meant Ronald McDonald for a minute there

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've never heard anyone say Prince Pierre Bonaparte didn't shoot Ronald McDonald. Do with that (lack of) information what you will.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago

Sounds like a low quality facts post. "No one has ever cleared Prince Pierre Bonaparte of shooting Ronald McDonald"

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In other news I'm considering a career as a Living Statue...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I hear it's a hard field to get into.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But not impossible! Don't let your dreams be dreams.

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[–] eestileib 75 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hell, people grope testicles on non-human statues.

The Charging Bullpicture of the back half of The Charging Bull statue in NYC, showing the hand-polished scrote in New York City, e.g.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The post's statue looks cursed as fuck. The guy looks dead and violated. It's worse than the shiny bull balls.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Yeah cause it's a grave statue. People literally go to a cementery and do this shit. According to wiki it was "kiss lips fondle dick" instead of straddling / grinding, but I guess some people do crazy shit.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 months ago

But OP the person in the pic is literally asking for this statue fact

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (9 children)

but will mrs proudman get off her high horse? absolutely not. the path to idiocracy has been chosen.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago

Just need another seat for the saddle. It's also horrible that people do this to Victor's grave.

See, when someone identifies a problem, instead of everyone choosing to do worse, we can all do better.

But it's moot. This is just divisive rage bait from a bot farm. No one cares about either of these people, but it reinforces the "women are crazy feminists" rhetoric that makes it so easy to radicalize young men into incels.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People see men fondling a stature: "Hah! What a hilarious pervert." People see a woman stradling a statue: "She must want children."

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Men need to better communicate their domestic desires in sexual pantomime. Like, do a humping gesture but then do a baby rocking gesture then pretend you're playing catch outside. "I'm trying to make a Little Leaguer here!"

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago

Hi it's me, the Victor Noir statue in Paris

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago

She forgot one of the universal truths. Balls are just funny

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago

https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/the-truth-behind-what-s-actually-living-on-our-favourite-statues--880042428.html

Some of the bacteria detected, such as Staphylococcus, can be potentially dangerous and can lead to infections including sepsis, conjunctivitis, cystitis as well as endocarditis. For those with weaker immune systems, hand-washing soon after contact with a monument is advisable.

Wear protection, or straight to horny jail.

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