this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2025
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[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

put something in public space

the public collectively does something with it

no, you weren’t supposed to do that

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Isn't there some grave that women wanting to be pregnant grind on? Are they going to ban that too?

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Victor Noirs statue/grave as mentioned elsewhere in the comments.

Can everyone please stop touching up statues and grinding their bits on them please.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

He lies on his back and has a polished spot at the surprisingly featureless crotch. It's just statue pants. He's also had the high spots of his face polished.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The statue wasn't well received when it was unveilled.

Great display of virtue signaling, if I ever seen one. And nothing lasts forever; if it breaks, have another commissioned, you prudish lot of sycophants.

[–] Mustakrakish@lemmy.world -3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Or just say you don't understand it kiddo, and go back to your cheeto dust stained controller lmao

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

I don't eat cheetos and I don't play.

Try again at insult. You need some practice.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago
[–] NIB@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 6 days ago

Literally 2025.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

There's a dog statue somewhere that's polished like this too because people pet the dog.

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I think there’s one in Tokyo. A famous dog who kept going back to the train station everyday waiting for his master who had died iirc.

Edit: Hachiko

[–] Lairo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 days ago

Greyfriars Bobby in Edinburgh

[–] devilish666@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What if we "motorboating" it ?

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

No marine vessels with or without motors will be allowed on church grounds or the surrounding pavement. Please contact the Transportation Department if you are not quite sure how to safely bring a motorboat into or out of Dublin.

[–] Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago

"Boobs are... uh... hard... like bronze."

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Just grope the rest of it, FFS. And the wheelbarrow too. When the whole thing is a uniform color, I don't think anyone will give a shit anymore...

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 6 days ago

It's a novel solution - it needs more molesting not less.

[–] ProfHillbilly@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I mean she does have some nicely shaped ones.

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

What next? Will the Fr*nch stop women from sexually assaulting Victor Noir's memorial? Will New York visitors no longer be able to rub the balls on the Charging Bull? The world just ain't what it used to be, I tell ya.

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Someone in government just learned why the boobs are shinier than the rest and was immediately outraged

[–] eighty@aussie.zone 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Dublin City Council do not want anyone to touch any work of art whether indoors or outdoors to avoid damage and costly repairs," a spokesperson said.

However, [The council] said that these options (moving the statue/raising the plinth) would be "costly", adding that placing a railing around the artwork "may increase risk".

So it would be be less costly to just leave it? I swear, this subject is not indecent enough to warrant this amount of attention, resources, nor effort. Please work on something else.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What costly repairs would a bronze that's touched more require?

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Skin oils alone will corrode various metals over years. Also, lots of touching will basically erode it, hence the "polished" look on the statue's entire cleavage

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