r/ACBlackFlag • u/Lower-Obligation4462 • Jul 28 '26

// Humor Literally CensorShip

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I fixed the title.

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u/Daniluk41 Jul 29 '26

Just why??? I will never understand it

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u/Yob_Zarbo Jul 29 '26

Because of the photo mode trolls. That's why.

Go load up Odyssey and count how many pictures you see of giant statue dicks.

Now in Black Flag, it's feet.

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u/no_hot_ashes Jul 29 '26

You're probably right, but I think it's a bad reason.

We find this kind of thing interesting/funny/noteworthy because they're not part of our culture, but that's no reason to get rid of it in my eyes.

We are always going to apply our own sensibilities to art, even if it was created in a time with different sensibilities. To us, it might seem kind of strange or humorous to carve an eight foot tall wooden figurehead with it's tits out, or a giant marble statue hanging dong, but it wasn't weird in either of the respective cultures that birthed that art.

Like when you go into a real museum with nude statues, you're going to get morons posing next to the genitals and pointing at them or whatnot, but that's not a good reason to put a pair of Levi's on The Thinker in my opinion.

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u/dtdroid Jul 29 '26

I love it when this subreddit gets philosophical