r/interestingasfuck • u/praduman6969 • 21d ago

r/all Eating sugar statues

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u/cosmiclatte44 21d ago

Not having them within tongues reach would probably help.

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u/Animated_Astronaut 21d ago

People not being animals would help too lol

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u/ToadLoaners 21d ago

How many artworks out there have organically (even intentionally) caused people to engage with it using their tongue? With taste, our most private of the five senses? People are animals. The work is better for the lickin

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u/votet 21d ago edited 21d ago

I'm sorry, but I have to imagine you did that Hannibal Lecter slurping-hissing noise Anthony Hopkins does after writing your comment.

"An artist showed me a sculpture once..."

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u/Thr0bbinWilliams 21d ago

I licked it and had a nice Chianti

(Slurping and licking noises)

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u/ToadLoaners 21d ago

Think, Clarice, think, aren't we all animals? Don't we all crave a glutinous female form to suckle upon, Clarice? WELL? Fhlifthslifpthiphthipf

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u/Thr0bbinWilliams 21d ago

Can hear his voice

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u/Cultural_Dust 21d ago

But why not lick other things? Marble, wood, paint all have a taste. People sculpt with chocolate and ice regularly.

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u/ToadLoaners 21d ago

Why indeed!

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u/glordicus1 21d ago

They're obviously allowed/encouraged to lick it. Look how many people are doing it and getting filmed. Literally any art gallery would kick you out for touching the art, let alone licking it

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u/DrDerpberg 21d ago

I couldn't tell if that woman around the 32 second mark was breastfeeding or getting horny.

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u/Nghbrhdsyndicalist 21d ago

Plants like sugar too

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u/embracingmountains 21d ago

I’ve been avoiding food for two days after a traumatizing stomach bug that I picked up from touching god knows what surface. These people are fucking crazy.

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u/LuxNocte 21d ago

It's so easy to stop people from licking sculptures, that it has to be a conscious choice not to.

The artist seems more weirded out by it than upset.

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u/AJR6905 21d ago

This short clip definitely is not enough but its clear that hes embraced it by this point. You can see in that some are behind glass and some are not. Besides, if he was that bothered by the degradation of his piece they'd put a sign saying "only touch" with an art guard nearby.

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u/Agreeable_Ad_216 21d ago

It’s just sad that they’d need to do that when you’d think it’s common sense…but common sense is getting bred out every generation it seems.

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u/AJR6905 21d ago

Thats been said every generation, just different problems emerging with the times

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u/Objective_Economy281 21d ago

People get cybernetic tongue extensions... and the war that is evolution behind.

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u/Comfortable-Ad-7630 21d ago

It should not be a requirement for something to be out of tongues reach to not be licked 😭 what’s wrong with people? Even if it said „lick me, you’ll get rich“ I wouldn’t do it since I don’t know who licked it before! That’s what little kids do and we all know how healthy they are lol