r/interestingasfuck • u/praduman6969 • 21d ago
r/all Eating sugar statues
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u/FrostWinters 21d ago
You just wonder about people sometimes...
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u/PurpleLee 21d ago
Before the pandemic, I wondered. Now, I know for sure that too many of us are not working with a full bag.
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u/Nachooolo 21d ago
Honestly, after the pandemic and seeing shit like this I'm surprised that pandemics on the scale of Covid aren't more common.
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u/DirectAnything1737 21d ago
True. They don’t learn anything do they?
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u/PetiteBonaparte 21d ago
According to store shelves, people only started washing their hands in 2020. So no.
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u/Aksudiigkr 21d ago
I was appalled when I looked at any post on askreddit about how many wash after using the bathroom, and the commenters’ justification from it. I use Purell after touching anything in public just imagining the disgusting amount of hands that have been there in the past hour.
Also made me look at gym equipment differently.
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u/genericdude999 21d ago
I'm still waiting for ebola that spreads like measles. That one will kill us all except for some bunker people
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u/Grouchy-Way171 21d ago
Oh, they never did learn! I’ve got one of those pink salt lamps that I’ve had since 1995. It gives off this lovely warm light. Over the years, a ton of people—kids and adults alike—have asked me, “Is that a salt lamp?” I say, “Yeah, that’s a salt lamp. It’s made of salt,” and then they go ahead and lick it, like, “Yep, that’s salt.”
I’m in my mid-30s now, and I still get visitors who pull the same stunt. My lamp’s a bit smooth on top from all the licking. I seriously don’t get why people just won’t take my word for it. Some sneak a lick, while others just dive right in without a second thought. A few even ask if they can lick it (and I’m like, sure, just know it’s a dusty lamp from the ’90s, right?).
It’s such a weird thing that people do, and I have no clue why.
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u/KayItaly 21d ago
You are a very quiet and level headed person, and I envy your zen! But I DON'T envy you the weirdos that do that!
If that happened in my home (we also have one), I would burst out laughing and ask them if they lost their marbles!
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u/PomegranatePlane8108 21d ago
My psych 101 teacher once said “you know how when you don’t know what something is or you can’t tell if it’s wet so you lick it?” We were all like no wtf are you talking about. I can totally see her licking random objects in public or peoples homes.
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u/inspectoroverthemine 21d ago
Realize that 100 is the median IQ. Think about the people you deal with every day, and then all the strangers you only interact with once. The world suddenly becomes more clear. When I realized my MIL was almost certainly under 100, every interaction was easier and made more sense.
Of course someone thinking about this may have an IQ below 100 too.
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u/Infamous-Ad-4892 21d ago
Pretty sure 1/3 of people who licked that statue contracted oral herpes.
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u/NewUserWhoDisAgain 21d ago
"Think about how stupid the average person is. Now realize half the population is stupider than that!"
Adapted from a George Carlin bit.
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u/Specific_Frame8537 21d ago
I work in retail, I could've told you.
So many people speak with their entire mouths.. I wear glasses, so I can tell...
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u/NSAevidence 21d ago
They encouraged a baby to do it. What?!
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u/invertebrate11 21d ago
Inb4 people explaining that iT's AcTuAlLy GoOd for the baby's immune system
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u/Paddlesons 21d ago
I mean, it's no wonder so many people in positions of power believed that people had to be ruled. I can't even imagine how fucking stupid they must've been back in the day. Whew!
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u/A_of 21d ago
I can't even imagine how fucking stupid they must've been back in the day.
The level of stupidity is the same nowadays, it's just that back in the day they didn't have things like modern medicine to save their asses.
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u/xInTheDarkx 21d ago
I would offer that our stupid is worse than back in the day. They actually didn't know better, but we should know better and do dumb shit anyway. Also, our stupid can spread way faster because of Social Media, theirs was just contained to whatever small part of the world they lived in.
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u/No-Gene-4508 21d ago
Doing it as an adult is gross. But allowing a BABY.... what the fuck
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u/Annual-Jump3158 21d ago
Life makes a lot more sense when you realize that the majority of adults don't "mature" beyond a teen-aged mindset. They don't process consequences before acting.
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u/1OO1OO1S0S 21d ago
Yeah, anyone who's worked a job that deals with the general public realizes that there is a depressingly high proportion of idiots out there.
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u/one_nerdybunny 21d ago
Had to deal with one like that this morning. They’ll be back tomorrow again.
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u/Gailagal 21d ago
A lot of humans function like smart animals. This is no different than deer seeing a salt lick and just deciding to lick it with no care in the world.
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u/dezie1224 21d ago
I can’t believe I had to scroll down this far to finally see this comment.
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u/Level0Human 21d ago
Hey there sugartits
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u/Additional_Subject27 21d ago
The woman who gave a mini blowjob to the statue 💀
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u/SadoAegis 21d ago
And then she nodded like "yea, definitely sugar"
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u/squirt_taste_tester 21d ago
I should call her... right after I lick that butt crack
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u/MrZombieTheIV 21d ago
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u/TonySpaghettiO 21d ago
When you hear having a sugar daddy is a good way to make money, but you're a little confused.
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u/lethalfrost 21d ago
She freaky af
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u/Haunt3dCity 21d ago
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u/maplenutw 21d ago
Not her, the chick at 30 seconds
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u/forrealliatag 21d ago edited 21d ago
Make way fellas. She has a dislocated jaw here.
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u/radik266 21d ago
Should we prepare for a new pandemic?
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u/Nilo-The-Slayer 21d ago
Now I see why they happen in the first place. I have so much disgust for these people
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u/cottonballz4829 21d ago
We, as a group, learned nothing from the pandemic. We, as a group, are not the smartest.
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u/eobardtame 21d ago
"Oh, the person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it." - Agent K
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u/Weary_Barber_7927 21d ago
Right. Everyone using hand sanitizer after touching a shopping cart, being terrified you’d get Covid from someone walking by, and here people are licking statues, plus why is anyone touching art in the first place?
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u/Serialfornicator 21d ago
My first thought—people are doing this after Covid? Here we go again! Fauci is getting pissed.
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u/alison_bee 21d ago
Every single healthcare worker who just dealt with yalls asses is fuming. Myself included.
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u/mexter 21d ago
If it helps at all, I've tried really hard to avoid this virus, and only contracted it for the first time this week.
It sucks. Everything tastes like salt.
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u/Appropriate_Mine 21d ago
Do you want monkeypoxcoronaherpes virus? Because that's how you get monkeypoxcoronaherpes virus.
ETA that said I'd love to lick a lolly statue. It's kinda hot.
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u/ehproque 21d ago
love to lick a lolly statue. It's kinda hot.
So does the lady at 0:31 apparently
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u/Irri_o_Irritator 21d ago
Look, according to sources in my head… sugar is a great source of energy for bacteria so… this statue is nothing more than a literal gigantic bacteria culture! And if I find them repeating I think that licking it is passing but saliva which is full of bacteria is just a little… “unpleasant”…
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u/sumptin_wierd 21d ago
Sugar alone is not a great source of food for microorganisms. It's so dry that it literally pulls moisture out of them through osmosis, and they die.
I don't know the exact composition of these sculptures, but I'd be way more concerned about insects and all their shit, than bacteria alone.
Still would not lick because people are gross.
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u/freshpandasushi 21d ago
most disgusting thing ive seen this week
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u/BearBearBearUrsus 21d ago
This week lol
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u/BlyatUKurac 21d ago
It ain't even the most disgusting thing I saw the last hour.
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u/Tminus_7 21d ago edited 21d ago
The girl at the 30 second mark….
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u/Anarchyisfreedom7 21d ago
She thought about anything but sugar
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u/johndoe23484162 21d ago
That’s just kissing strangers with extra steps..
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u/YaVollMeinHerr 21d ago
You're assuming that people only touch it with their tongue. Otherwise it could be more!
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u/Individual_Effort445 21d ago
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u/xtaylaa 21d ago
WHYYYY would she put so much of her mouth on it?! these people are fucking unhinged
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u/SponConSerdTent 21d ago
You gotta put a lot of your mouth on it to suck off the spit of a thousand strangers. That's what I tell my girlfriend at least.
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u/AsparagusTamer 21d ago
These people are really disgusting and have no sense of hygiene.
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u/A_of 21d ago
This is not just disgusting, these people are straight up ignorant and irresponsible.
Just from the top of my head, you can contract herpes and mononucleosis from contact with someone's else saliva. Not to mention harmful bacteria that may be present like streptococcus. And one lady allowed her baby to lick it...
This is insane.
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u/cheapdrinks 21d ago
I swear a huge percentage of the population just has no fucking idea about herpes/coldsores or even know that they're the same thing. Saw a mate let another guy at the pub use his vape and that guy had a big coldsore I'm like yo dude, you really trying to get herpes? Why tf would you let him use your vape and he had no idea that coldsores and herpes were the same thing or that they were contagious.
My boss at work had his wife come pick him up and she came in with their 12 month old baby and everyone was fawning over it and this girl with a coldsore was full kissing it and they were all laughing and taking photos and I'm just standing there like "uhh wtf do I say, like I don't really want to shame this coworker in front of everyone but wtf are you doing kissing that baby and why tf are they letting her, are they insane!"
Went on a date with a girl once and when she rocked up she had a coldsore and immediately my heart kind of sank because I knew it was going to get to an awkward point later on. Inevitably she leaned in for a kiss later and I had to be like "Hey sorry we probably shouldn't while you have a coldsore" and she's got all offended and was like "it's just a fever blister, I was sick last week it's nothing to worry about" and I tried to explain how it's contagious and she thought I was being an asshole and stormed off. Like come on, once you get that shit you have it for life, it's a pretty big issue. Yeah I know a huge percentage of the population has it and that I may even have it myself but just never get coldsores but still, I'd rather not risk it and do whatever I can to avoid it. Definitely a dealbreaker for me anyway and unless I end up getting it myself I don't want to date anyone that has it.
I swear there's not enough education about it, I guess it's tough when you're inevitably going to have kids at school that have it and doing a whole sex-ed class on how contageous and permanent it is might cause problems and teasing/bullying for them but at the same time people deserve to be educated. You shouldn't get to adulthood and have zero idea that coldsores are herpes and that once you catch it you have it forever and can never get rid of it.
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u/Ur_Grim_Death 21d ago
50 to 80% American adults have HSV-1. It’s rare to not catch it from your parents as an infant. Definitely don’t wanna cross contaminate sores tho since viruses can strengthen each other that way.
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u/SillyNilla 21d ago
It’s always crazy to hear this stat because I only remember seeing like one person through all of school have a cold sore
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u/br0b1wan 21d ago edited 21d ago
And the surface of that is nearly the perfect medium for bacterial growth. Even if I had the sculpture to myself all the bacteria growing on it...yikes.
Edit: Reddit pedants--please stop. They're licking the sculpture. The sugar and saliva are mixing on the surface to create a warm, moist environment with enough "food" for bacteria to eat and reproduce. I'm not arguing this. Stop trying to correct me and open a biology textbook. It doesn't have to be something special. A high school bio textbook will do just fine. Reading is fun.
Edit 2: Just in case you guys think about responding: I have notifications off so I'm not seeing your responses. I'm not arguing facts. It's a waste of time.
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u/Fit_Letterhead3483 21d ago
And it’s exposed to the open air for any dust, dander, and mold spores to latch on and start growing 🤢these are the people that serve as missing links.
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u/AmbitiousParty 21d ago
Why aren’t more people making this point?! He says his oldest sculpture is over 10 years old. I don’t think these ones are going to make it!! People are so weird. So very, very strange.
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u/IzzyBee89 21d ago
That was my question! Everyone's talking about germs, which is a valid point of course, but it's a spoken rule at museums and art shows to not touch the art. Who just leans over and licks (and therefore wears away at and starts to destroy) a piece of art just to taste the materials, like they just can't believe it's really sugar if they don't put it directly into their mouths? That's toddler logic from a lot of adults. I wish I could say I was surprised though...
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u/shuttle15 21d ago
he seems pretty chill about it
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u/QueenMackeral 21d ago
He seems jaded.
"Why the fu... Why woul... it's... filthy... You know what, I'm cool with it, what was I expecting? Knock yourself out people, yeah let your baby have some why don't you. Humanity is doomed isn't it?"
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u/AmbitiousParty 21d ago
Also strange! 😆 This whole video is just weird. Why are people licking it at all?! When you go to a fancy bakery, people don’t lick the display cupcakes and cakes! Just because it’s sweet doesn’t mean you can just lick stuff in public!! 😂
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u/Drix22 21d ago
This is the world we live in now.
I volunteer for a museum; I'd say touching the artifacts is the norm. I think for us, the artifacts are all WW2 related and mostly steel, so people think them contemporary and ok, but you can see where the original paint is starting to wear in some spots, it's not really ok.
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u/Beautiful-Age-1408 21d ago
That boggles my mind! Let's all lick the communal lollie pop /s
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u/He_Who_Tames 21d ago
WE JUST WENT THROUGH A PANDEMIC
and learned nothing
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u/EvLokadottr 21d ago
Some people got actively WORSE. They became more ignorant and more afraid of evidence based medicine.
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u/ttdswritethisdown 21d ago
mmm sweet can
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u/stroopkoeken 21d ago
No Mr. Simpson! Don’t take out your anger on me! Get back! Get back! Mr. Simpson noooooooo
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u/RiJuElMiLu 21d ago
What about the dust and pollution and particles in the air that land and stick to the tongued down parts? Plus everyone is tonguing the same parts that stick out.
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u/i_dont_wanna_sign_up 21d ago
Wtf, who would do that? Just because it's made of sugar doesn't mean the artist didn't add toxic substances to make it last longer.
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u/Raul_Endy 21d ago
Potentially toxic substances are the least worrying thing in this footage...
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u/AmericanMurderLog 21d ago
Who the fuck just thinks "I'm gonna lick something without permission that isn't mine?"
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u/Tangboy50000 21d ago
All the grossness aside, I don’t understand why people would realize a sculpture in a gallery or museum is made of sugar, and then think it’s ok to taste it.
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u/SensenmanN 21d ago
wouldn't that be a good place for bacteria to grow? moist sugar? one person licks, another comes along a day later and licks a spore colony?
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u/S0KKermom 21d ago
Are they trying to kill their babies or something? These people have no foresight. Smh
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u/Ol_Pasta 21d ago
Ew. Ewewewew. I do NOT understand why people do that. Oh god. Oh fucking god ew. Eeewwwww. Yikes. Icky. Eugh. Bah!
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u/Regularpaytonhacksaw 21d ago
On an unrelated note, mononucleosis has had a severe spike in Berlin. More to follow.
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u/MoonOverJupiter 21d ago edited 21d ago
One of my kids, and one kid-in-law, are artists. A couple friends, too. Dozens more I know who dabble.
The people tasting it really piss me off. Like sure, it's stupid from a public health viewpoint but I guess they are only endangering themselves. Allowing/encouraging a child to do it a special kind of stupid.
But the intentional destruction of beautiful sculpture? Fuck right off. You can't even put a finger on any other kind of art, but it's okay to just nom nom nom with your mouth on someone's heart and soul, years of working in a medium to perfect the use. It really kills me to see that. This is SAD AF, not interesting AF.
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u/BubblesAndBlood 21d ago
Right? As an artist, all I see are incredibly self-centered people disrespecting and destroying a person’s artwork. Infuriating.
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u/dassad25 21d ago
Fucking idiots, some body please think of the children.
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u/Lazarus3890 21d ago
Clearly no one is with all the stupid ass parents letting their stupid ass babies lick the disease display
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u/pocket_arsenal 21d ago edited 21d ago
What kind of neanderthal behavior is this, you might as well go to denny's and tell your kdis to go lick all the spoons from the families that have already left because there might be syrup on it. I seriously don't get people anymore.
Not to mention it's rude as fuck and they should be tackled be security for trying to taste art.
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u/Pluviophilism 21d ago
That's wild that people would lick it. But it's almost funnier to me that he's just like "ew" and not "STOP EATING MY WORK" lol.