Hard to compare a gaping rectum with a artistic statue of a nude man.
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.
Submitted 6 months ago by BreakDecks@lemmy.ml to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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MehBlah@lemmy.world 6 months ago
spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Every work of art is the expression of its time I guess…
subignition@fedia.io 6 months ago
!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
Bezier@suppo.fi 6 months ago
You just need to specify which instance it’s !unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
Most apps or web ui should also auto fill it.
subignition@fedia.io 6 months ago
Ah, thank you! Mbin has a variety of formatting options but nothing to help with community links, it seems.
Lemmy try... pun intended... !unpopularopinion
Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
paultimate14@lemmy.world 6 months ago
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?
TheGoldenGod@lemmy.world 6 months ago
How has no one mentioned “tubgirl” lol.
Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I think most of us blocked it out
TheGoldenGod@lemmy.world 6 months ago
For a damn good reason, along with the lemon party.
HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
What you call “normal rules of censorship” only applies to countries under Islamic laws and the USA…
HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 6 months ago
So like, your school teachers showed you gaping rectum porn?
HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
In my country, Greek civilization is studied in 6th grade and yes among other things you study classical Greek sculptures of naked dudes.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
The USA isn’t Islamic
sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 6 months ago
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.
spittingimage@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Please, no. 😱
robolemmy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
When I’m playing civilization vi and I found a religion, I always call it “goatseism” in his honor.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 months ago
Huh… Who would have thought a man spreading his asshole open large enough to drive a bus into it would be culturally relevant? I mean, besides @BreakDecks, that is.
Mbourgon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
…Much though we wish it weren’t.
Tiptopit@feddit.de 6 months ago
If you need something nice to look at after your web search, go to lemonparty.org /s
herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Hell, we could straight-up consider it a medical anatomy exhibit.
Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
You mean like how David had his dick smashed off?
Z3k3@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Oh god why did you dig up these repressed memories.
Your going to making me politically motivated enough to join the lemon party
jmsy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
who?
evranch@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
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.
Fal@yiffit.net 6 months ago
I checked. You people are week. But anyway apparently it’s a crypto thing now. What a time to be alive
keesrif@lemmy.world 6 months ago
According to Wikipedia it’s not, so you’re safe
kerrigan778@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The legal framework known as “we all had to see it so you have to too”
bmsok@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m terrified to see an AI rendering of what The David, 2 Girls, 1 Cup would look like.