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[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

I own that. Licked it while visiting. It belongs to me now.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I see a cunt's bean and I want to paint it black...

[–] Fetus@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Fuck it. Let's go pinkest pink. I'm feeling a bit gay.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How often do they have to clean that thing?

[–] tal@lemmy.today 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Well, @Lexam@lemmy.world reports claiming it with his tongue, so if enough people follow his example, I'd hope occasionally.

EDIT: Apparently a possibility that's already been considered.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Gate

Since the sculpture was expected to be outdoors, concerns arose that it might retain and conduct heat in a way that would make it too hot to touch during the summer and so cold that one's tongue might stick to it during the winter. 

[–] tal@lemmy.today 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Nah it's the ship from Flight of the Navigator

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

All I could think of when there was the Flight of the Navigator.

[–] Cheems@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Free the man in the bean

Legend says this is where the Chicagoans draw their power from

[–] AngryishHumanoid@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I hear there's a cache of guns hidden inside that thing.

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Came here looking for this. We have to arm ourselves incase the last titan comes for us.

(When is the next book coming damnit!!)

The world was a more magical place when I believed there was a coffee shop inside

[–] Courantdair@jlai.lu 3 points 3 days ago

I just spend a full minute trying to figure out why the photographer wasn't visible in the mirror, was hard to find

[–] bbboi@feddit.uk 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Sometimes I get an uncontrollable desire to flick the bean