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BreakDecks@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Goatse, like Michelangelo's David, should be an exception to normal rules of censorship, due to its status as part of our shared cultural heritage.

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Goatse, like Michelangelo's David, should be an exception to normal rules of censorship, due to its status as part of our shared cultural heritage.

BreakDecks@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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    The legal framework known as “we all had to see it so you have to too”

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      I’m terrified to see an AI rendering of what The David, 2 Girls, 1 Cup would look like.

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    Hard to compare a gaping rectum with a artistic statue of a nude man.

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      Every work of art is the expression of its time I guess…

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    !unpopularopinion is that way (edit: I still don’t know how to link communities, whee)

    In the alternative, you really need to come up with some better things to think about in the shower

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    Counterpoint: what if older societies already put in place censorship laws that were so successful, they effectively scrubbed any cultural memory of similar “works”?

    Perhaps we should write our rules based on what we want in the future rather than what our ancestors did?

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    How has no one mentioned “tubgirl” lol.

    • Dran@lemmy.world
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      I think most of us blocked it out

      • TheGoldenGod@lemmy.world
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        For a damn good reason, along with the lemon party.

  • sir_pronoun@lemmy.world
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    Like many parts of history we wish it hadn’t happened, but here we are. Those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it.

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    Please, no. 😱

  • TryingSomethingNew@lemmy.world
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    …Much though we wish it weren’t.

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    What you call “normal rules of censorship” only applies to countries under Islamic laws and the USA…

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      So like, your school teachers showed you gaping rectum porn?

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        In my country, Greek civilization is studied in 6th grade and yes among other things you study classical Greek sculptures of naked dudes.

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          And anal prolapse porn shows up in what year? Seven?

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          Naked dudes is one thing. The guy you replied to is talking about a gaping prolapsed anus.

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            I guess we didn’t read the same OP then

            Edit: sorry guys, I guess I’m not up to date with latest Internet trends

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              It was like 2003…so probably not “latest”, but definitely a niche thing that you had to be part of a specific subculture to be exposed to.

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                Yeah, so more like earliest trends on Internet…

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      The USA isn’t Islamic

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    When I’m playing civilization vi and I found a religion, I always call it “goatseism” in his honor.

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    Hell, we could straight-up consider it a medical anatomy exhibit.

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    You mean like how David had his dick smashed off?

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    Oh god why did you dig up these repressed memories.

    Your going to making me politically motivated enough to join the lemon party

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    who?

    • ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world
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      Google images, safe search off, you’re welcome.

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        IT’S A TRAP

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          Hush

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      Is goatse.cx still up? I would check but growing up with the internet as it was, I’ve seen enough Goatse in my lifetime that I really don’t need to see it again.

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        According to Wikipedia it’s not, so you’re safe

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          IT’S A TRAP!

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            🤫

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