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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 day ago

The bear on the Bern (Switzerland) coat of arms will keep its penis despite pressure to remove it.

www.swissinfo.ch

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The bear on the Bern (Switzerland) coat of arms will keep its penis despite pressure to remove it.

www.swissinfo.ch

Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 day ago
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Bear penis to remain on Bernese coat of arms
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The bear on the coat of arms of canton Bern will continue to display its red penis, the cantonal government has ruled.
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  • HubertManne@piefed.social
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    its kinda funny because i may have seen that before and I don’t think I would have ever noticed without it being pointed out. Now much like rita repulsas boob cones I can’t unsee it.

  • Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org
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    Can’t spell Bern (Swiss) without Benis

  • texture@lemmy.world
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    imagine having so few real problems that you have time to be upset about coat of arms bear penis

  • Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org
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    depict the bear without its masculine attributes, so that the population as a whole would feel better represented

    How would a bear without a penis represent more people than a bear with a penis?

  • InvalidName2@lemmy.zip
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    Bern, Switzerland – sponsored by Cialis.

  • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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    Dear God! No NSFW tag? That gigantic red bear penis is now seared into my memory until my dying day.

    Please Mr. Trump, save us from the bear penis, send the seventh fleet to Switzerland!

  • Agent641@lemmy.world
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    If a bear wore pants…

  • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    The bear has always been depicted on official documents with a red phallus. In view of this tradition, the cantonal government believed that it was reasonable to continue to depict the bear in this way. Nor did it wish to conduct an online survey on the bear’s future appearance. In its view, such a survey would not be representative and would have little informative value.

    Normally I’m pro-democracy but they make some good points here

    • holomorphic@lemmy.world
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      This was officially brought into Parlament as a ‘question’. Answering it without any aditional actions, is exactly how this is supposed to be handled.

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    The cantonal government was responding to a written question from Liberal Green parliamentarian Thomas Brönnimann, who wondered whether it would not be more appropriate to depict the bear without its masculine attributes, so that the population as a whole would feel better represented.

    I wish progress was instead defined by people speaking up for themselves and privileged people only supporting them to raise their voice…

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    It should come as no surprise to anyone that the U.S. city of New Bern has removed the penis from its coat of arms.

    • Infinite@lemmy.zip
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      It’s the right to bear arms, not bear dongs

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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      God, Americans are such sad people.

      Yeah yeah, not all of them, but prettyuch all of those with money or power

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      So progressive of New Bern, a transgender bear as a mascot.

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        Oh man - if I start spreading this around town it could be a good way to get them to put the penis back on.

      • Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world
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        Who is to say the original isn’t a futanari?

      • couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip
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        Haz no tiddies

    • finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world
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      Somehow the bear’s eyerolling expression of despair looks more pronounced now.

    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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      Fucking fascistss

    • huppakee@piefed.social
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      Wait, they kept the coat of arms this entire time?

      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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        Well, technically they fixed it

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          What? They made it worse.

          • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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            “Fix” is a euphemism for “neuter.”

    • hector@lemmy.today
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      Boo to this new bern and their bear penis denial! Where the fuck is New Bern though? Got to be connecticut or some shit am I right?

      • Dultas@lemmy.world
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        North Carolina. Was the capitol once. Where Pepsi was invented.

        • ccunning@lemmy.world
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          Don’t sell us short. We also have the worlds largest Harris Teeters as well as the Guinness world record for largest open sandwich (a barbecue pork bun)

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    fun fact: the doblerone logo contains a hidden bear in reference to the city of bern

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      deleted by creator

    • huppakee@piefed.social
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      It used to, they had to stop using the Matterhorn in their logo because they left Switzerland

      current and previous two logos

      • Ibisalt@lemmy.world
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        oh wow… TIL

      • Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip
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        Deserved. The Matterhorn isnt in Bern.

      • ccunning@lemmy.world
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        Weird that their official website still features it:
        https://tobleronechocolate.com/

        • huppakee@piefed.social
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          I don’t see much official about that website. This one seems a bit more legit if you ask me: https://www.mondelezinternational.com/our-brands/toblerone/

          But also feel free to look up their logo change, many websites reported on it.

  • YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world
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    Good for the bear! I would hate to lose my penis.

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    Did some prude have a hard on in removing it? Not going soft on the bear penis issue, the population erected a defense.

  • frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io
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    With that shape and color, It looks like a bear claw is stuck in his penis. No wonder he’s making that face.

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    Never noticed it until you pointed it out …

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