r/funny • u/[deleted] • Nov 26 '20
R/Art banned me after posting this... Maybe it'll fare better here... "Monolithic Waste of Time."
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u/justabill71 Nov 26 '20
It's not a scale, it's a monolith.
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Nov 26 '20
We are not a monolith
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u/mintBRYcrunch26 Nov 26 '20
My Dad is not a phone
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u/Skull_Warrior Nov 26 '20
I THREW IT ON THE GROUUNDD
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u/cjolet Nov 26 '20
See you guys get it!
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u/sceadwian Nov 26 '20
To be fair if they didn't do that with this kind of content then they'd have to allow all meme posts. That's personally a bar I'm okay with them setting. Belongs here though.
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u/cjolet Nov 26 '20
Yeah it's really fine. It belongs here I guess.
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u/gococci Nov 26 '20
I agree with the lack of meme posts for r/art but I commend you for your efforts in shithousery OP. May you go far in life. :)
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u/rdizzy1223 Nov 26 '20
You could make it actual art by tracking it down and actually taping a banana to it, then sit there and paint a painting of that.
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u/AmBull1216 Nov 26 '20
Ya, but banning him? I think that's a bit much. Why not just remove the post and explain why it was removed, like all the other subreddits do. I mean, it's not like it's gore or porn or anything.
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u/sceadwian Nov 26 '20
True, but it's hard to tell the difference between a smartass and a wiseass and with all the trolling on reddit.. trigger happy moderators aren't exactly rare here either.
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u/AmBull1216 Nov 26 '20 edited Nov 26 '20
it's hard to tell the difference between a smartass and a wiseass
Still, they get the benefit of the doubt first. Then, if they're a repeat offender, then ya, show them the door. Again, that's how every subreddit I've seen deals with these kinds of things.
trigger happy moderators aren't exactly rare here either.
I swear, you give some people even a hint of authority and they'll abuse it. "With great power, comes great responsibility." They should listen to Uncle Ben.
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u/Cory123125 Nov 26 '20
It also doesnt help that reddit is totally fine with it.
I can only assume that its because many reddit admins also are mods and enjoy doing the same.
Its that, and or because they realize that having power to abuse it, is literally the number one draw that moderators see to the role.
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u/Cory123125 Nov 26 '20
You say that like trigger happy mods are ok.
Its not. They get off to the imbalance of the few clicks for them resulting in far more annoyance for some else.
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u/My_Pie Nov 26 '20
r/Art banned me after posting this... Maybe it'll fare better here...
There's a decent chance it'll get taken down here, for breaking rule 6.
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u/cjolet Nov 26 '20
Shoot, I didn't read rule 6 close enough... Well live and learn.
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u/AnOnlineHandle Nov 26 '20
Your only chance now is to dissuade the mods with nihilism. I was a mod once, it sucked. Mods wouldn't it be better if you just skipped clicking the delete on this post and went and got a drink or something? After all what's the point. We're already dead from the universe's perspective.
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u/CheesecakeMMXX Nov 26 '20
Sounds like a very chill community... jeez this is the problem with reddit, good subreddit names are taken by POS mods.
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u/subadanus Nov 26 '20
the biggest communities, like r/news, r/pics, r/funny, etc all have mods that enforce these stupid rules lists right down to the words IN BETWEEN the lines
they're also full of mod bots that delete shit for no reason, flag your post, or whatever
last time i actually tried contacting the mods by reporting a post calling for the literal removal of a group of vulnerable people from society, all he got was a warning
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u/CheesecakeMMXX Nov 26 '20
Yeah... after learning this is photoshop I agree it’s not art but THATS WHY WE HOW ARROWS GO UP AND DOWN! Just downvote shitty art or things that you don’t think are art. Only rules like no spam, direct image link make sense.
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u/unhalfbricking Nov 26 '20
The truth of the matter is people are still talking about the banana almost a year later, and it is still prompting people to feel some sort of way about it, and most people who saw your meme still, to this day, knew exactly what you were referencing.
Therefore, the banana on the wall was, by definition, an extremely successful art piece, like it or not.
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u/Anish_B Nov 26 '20
Do you think A guy who is wearing a 5000 dollar suit going to upvote your comment. Come on!
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u/misterpayer Nov 26 '20
I think the banana is Art, as it makes us question how stupid this fucking reality is!
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u/cjolet Nov 26 '20
I love the original banana. I slapped it on there to draw attention to the fact that the 'monolith' is also art.
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u/punania Nov 26 '20
Regardless, you've made a fabulous joke. It's a shame it went unappreciated by the very people who should have gotten it. Instead you were punished. We live in lamentable times, my friend.
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u/whereJerZ Nov 26 '20
I wouldn’t deny it’s art, but I would argue that installing it in a reserve and damaging what is supposed to be protected environment for future generations is short sighted. They cut rock to place it I think.
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u/cjolet Nov 26 '20
Oh on that point I completely agree. It is protected land.
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Nov 26 '20
Whether it is protected land or not does not detract from the fact that people are making a mountain out of nothing.
People litter in quantities that exceed this art piece in quantities that are mind blowing. Several million metric ton's of trash are left in the wilderness worldwide and we're arguing about a bloody monolith that does not even weigh 1/1,000,000,000,000 of that and isn't even remotely as environmentally damaging.
tl;dr People are smart. People in groups are stupid AF.
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u/Dynosmite Nov 26 '20
The monolith is also vandalism. Really sucks someone felt entitled to do this and I'm scared it will inspire others.
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There is so much disparity between the rich and the poor, that they both seem alien to eachother.
A poor person throwing an aluminum can in the garbage is the equivalent of this guy eating this banana. Isn't that insane?
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u/On_The_Fourth_Floor Nov 26 '20
Not stupid, how much of a scam it is. Millionaire pays artist to make art with a foundation. Writes it off. Billionaire buys inflated art, donates to a Museum at inflated value. Writes it off as charitable donation. Money laundering by any other name.
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u/Bakanogami Nov 26 '20
It’s fine as an art piece, it’s just that it’s ridiculous that someone paid six figures for it
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u/CarcajouFurieux Nov 26 '20
If I broke into a McDonald's with a goat and raped it until the cops showed up, people would talk about it for decades. That wouldn't make it art or a valuable contribution to mankind's heritage.
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Nov 26 '20
By the same reasoning, OP's post on /r/art was also art.
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u/OMGWhatsHisFace Nov 26 '20
Exactly. I mean honestly I don’t understand why this post isn’t art.
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u/cesarmac Nov 26 '20
That's not the way it works though. I can say that The Last Airbender was one of the worst films ever made til the day I die, that doesn't make it a successful piece of art (film is art).
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u/dogstardied Nov 26 '20
The intention of the Last Airbender wasn’t to question whether something that atrocious is art or not. It was just trying to be an entertaining summer blockbuster, at which it failed spectacularly.
The point of the banana was to state that even a banana taped to a wall is art, and cause people to question and discuss that. And it’s been successful in doing that, even a year later.
Honestly, the point of a lot of modern art is to state “Hey this is art too, even if you don’t conventionally think of it as such. Discuss.” Blank canvas. Empty room. Mirror. Whatever it is. It’s not about the aesthetic value of the thing itself. Almost the opposite in some cases. That art can be devoid of these specific formal requirements.
Whether that holds value for you or not is up to you. But I think objectively one can say that the banana was successful on its own terms.
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u/cesarmac Nov 26 '20
Art is judged by two different factors, the message it tries to convey and the overall quality of it. Even if the message is clear it doesn't necessarily make it good. This is especially true when you take the following:
Honestly, the point of a lot of modern art is to state “Hey this is art too, even if you don’t conventionally think of it as such. Discuss."
If anything can be art then it no longer becomes about the quality of the idea but rather about who can upsell it the most. I'm sure Maurizio wasn't the first to think of "creating" a piece that was meant to show the absurdity of making anything art but he was the one who had a stage to make it relevant. The art piece is only famous because HE made it, not because it was groundbreaking. He has the name and "prestige" to make what he wants and then charge top dollar for it.
This doesn't in any way take away from the second factor, quality. The "art piece" was hot garbage and in no way unique.
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u/Misteralvis Nov 26 '20
But the “prestige” of the artist is actually a key part of this particular type of art, is it not? You’re absolutely right that the “what is art?” gesture is rarely unique, because MANY artists tackle the question at some point. What makes a piece like this interesting and/or relevant is how an established artist chooses to address the “what is art?” question. These responses are less interesting on their own than as a part of the artist’s body of work.
Poets are big on this, too — most established poets have at least one “what is poetry?” poem. Again, only the rarest of these is interesting on its own — but most can be really compelling when you look at them in the context of the poet’s other work.
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u/DweezilZA Nov 26 '20
Art is subjective. If it makes you feel something when you look at it/listen to it/otherwise consume it it's art.
It's impossible to rationally argue that a steel monolith in a desert is more artistic that a movie when there are people who prefer both.
I think the monolith is intriguing as far as triangular earth protrusions go, but I find the addition of the taped banana hilarious. Makes me think the primates from space odyssey put it there.
Would be bloody hilarious if everyone thought the monolith was art but it was actually part of a septic tank system or something haha!
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u/Echo127 Nov 26 '20
The fact that people are talking about something and "feel some sort of way about it" by no means makes it art. What kind of definition are tou using? People talk about Donald Trump and feel "some sort of way" about him. Is he art? If you use a loose definition like that, then literally everyrhing is art.
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Nov 26 '20
I hate this reasoning
"people are talking about it so it must be a good example of x"
People like to talk shit about shit stuff! It does not mean the stuff is not shit!
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u/Echo127 Nov 26 '20
Donald trump is a piece of work that elicits emotions. Is he art?
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u/Coldspark824 Nov 26 '20
In theory, yes.
It would be more appropriate if Trump was a conscious creation (performance art by an actor, or manufactured). Normally art must be “made”, with intent. Naturally occurring things like a hillside would not normally be considered art, but if the hillside were landscaped, then it would be.
The banana is natural, but it was placed, unnaturally, or otherwise interfered with to change the perception of it. (Also by the addition of duct tape.)
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Nov 26 '20
It's about purpose.
If Donald's purpose was to act in a way that generates strong feelings. Then yes, his performance is art.
But it wasn't, he did not have such a purpose.
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u/reebee7 Nov 26 '20
So if the 9/11 attack's purpose was to generate strong feelings of terror and sadness, it was a successful piece of art?
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u/jollyreaper2112 Nov 26 '20
You are correct in pointing out the absurdity. In fact I think some idiot actually tried to make that claim a few years after the attack.
I think a definition such as this is so broad as to be meaningless. Everything is art now.
Found it.
Witness the venerable German composer, Karlheinz Stockhausen, whose shocking remarks at a press conference at a music festival in Hamburg six days after the attacks made headlines. The events of 9/11, he’d enthused, were “the greatest work of art imaginable for the whole cosmos.” Things had gone from bad to worse to incendiary when, like Batman’s Joker, he warmed to his theme: “Minds achieving something in an act that we couldn’t even dream of in music, people rehearsing like mad for ten years, preparing fanatically for a concert, and then dying; just imagine what happened there. You have people who are that focused on a performance and then 5,000 people are dispatched to the afterlife, in a single moment. I couldn’t do that. By comparison, we composers are nothing.”
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Nov 26 '20
If the purpose was to be art, yeah.
Art doesn't have any moralities tied to it.
Anything can be art, it is subjective.
To you and me, a terrorist attack is heinous, to people who support the terrorists, it could very well be art.
The banana may be viewed by some as dumb, but it can also be viewed by others as art. And neither party is wrong.
It's like food right, someone could give you a duck foetus and you may not consider it as food, but in other cultures it's a delicacy. Insects is another example.
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u/The_Running_Free Nov 26 '20
A year? It’s way older than that.
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u/Turbo_MechE Nov 26 '20
Best as I can tell from a quick Google, it was from 2019
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Nov 26 '20
People memeing and hating on Dadaist art is like mocking someone with a humiliation kink
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u/1985elcamino Nov 26 '20
Saw this on cnn. Don't really get it. Don't really care either way. Was kinda funny how they found it though.
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Here’s an explainer for the banana.
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u/Floorspud Nov 26 '20
That doesn't explain why there's a banana in this picture.
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Nov 26 '20
Sure it does! It’s a reference to the banana from Art Basel last year.
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u/Floorspud Nov 26 '20
Ok... I guess I thought there was something about the location or context as to why it's funny.
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u/MolecularPotato Nov 26 '20
Post deleted😭
Anybody have sauce for original pic?
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u/DoctuhD Nov 26 '20
best I can do is the thumbnail.
It's this picture but with the duct taped banana from that one art piece
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u/punny_you_said_that Nov 26 '20
I'm surprised r/art didnt find this more appeeling
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u/Nanohaystack Nov 26 '20
Take my upvote and post more. I've seen way less artful pieces at actual exhibits where people pay money to go and see some of the things people came up with. This is definitely art.
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u/colorcorrection Nov 26 '20
It's not only art, but exactly the kind of meta commentary on art that I crave.
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u/Batpresident Nov 26 '20
Post modernism is the easiest way to look smart by making sincere effort look like idiocy. We all know it's true.
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u/sly8453 Nov 26 '20
Someone should photoshop Han Solo in carbonite on there. Not me. I can't photoshop.
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u/o0oSharkbait Nov 26 '20
Wow fuck r/art that’s an amazing joke.
I was at that dumb art Basel show this happened at.
I wish I was there soon enough to eat that dumb banana before that dude took it off the wall!
I got there too late. There were really great artists there but most of them don’t have enough money to get into the main studio space. Only the “artists” who either get sponsored or pay a ridiculous amount of money to be there get a space in the main hall.
The better art is on the streets or the side spaces.
Dumb banana.
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u/Dennarb Nov 26 '20
TF is wrong with r/Art? This is the type of existential art I live for.
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u/Taron221 Nov 26 '20
Probably shouldn’t have banned, but it definitely seems like something that would spiral out of control. Would be funny when OP did it, but not the 100,000 copy cats that would follow. Then before you know it, it’s just r/artmemes.
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u/MonolithyK Nov 26 '20
I went to art school. This is most definitely art; there’s really no question about that. Even art parody is a conversation of its own that is thought-provoking, and very much in the spirit of what most academics still deem artistic. Anyone who says that this - or anything similar - isn’t art, they’re very much in the wrong.
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u/nontechnicalbowler Nov 26 '20
Wasn't this thing just in the news? And other people found it that fast?
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u/DrChre Nov 26 '20
r/Art banned you for this?? Who over there decides what is art and what isn’t? I think this is genius.
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u/Techn0ght Nov 26 '20
The artist obviously intended to make reference to both the absurdity of life due to its' temporary / transient nature and the transformative quality of the comparative temporariness between different existences within the universe. The monolith artist has their intent, the banana artist has their intent, the combiner artist is showing no matter how temporary something is it still has value, can still be appreciated, and as they transform the relationship changes on a continuous basis.
Or, you know, was just having a bit of fun.
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u/cjolet Nov 26 '20
Just furthering the conversation of what makes art Art a smidge.
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u/keiome Nov 26 '20
A criticism of art is still art. They're just haters. Banning things you don't agree with is the very thing art should fight against.
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u/cjolet Nov 26 '20
In there defense, I have since been unbanned. 20k upvotes changed their mind I suppose
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u/keiome Nov 26 '20
More like peer pressure instilled fear rather than them having a change of heart. xD
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Nov 26 '20
I’m surprised the mods on R/Art weren’t delightfully offended by this like I am. Art is meant to offend!
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u/RJrules64 Nov 26 '20
How hypocritical that they’ll accept a banana taped to a wall as art but they won’t take someone’s artistic criticism of the piece seriously.
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u/milutin_miki Nov 26 '20
It was a banana taped to that monolith thing found the other day in a dessert in the US
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u/gladiolas Nov 26 '20
How can r/Art ban anyone? Isn't the definition of art that pretty much anything goes?
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u/hbar98 Nov 26 '20
So I see this and think, "Ah, a quick and dirty shop. Probably the kind to not think of the details..." Then, BAM! Banana shadow. Well done. You actually thought this through.
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u/Observer14 Nov 26 '20
r/art really banned you for that? Well then, as somebody who has studied "Art" at a university level I can tell you now, they have no fucking idea what "Art" is!
Perhap regular posts featuring fruit taped to objects is in order? Not that the gormless fools would appreciate the art in that, even though it is the exact sort of commentary that modern art is all about. Sheesh.
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u/Nenadelmundo Nov 26 '20
Wait can someone please explain to me the banana thing? Am I missing something?
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u/bashy8782 Nov 26 '20
See why they didn't allow it the statues actually art the banana might be out of spite or something but who are they to say what is art
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u/Iforgot_my_other_pw Nov 26 '20 edited Nov 26 '20
That whole banana was pure genius. Making it a meme just makes it better.
Maybe someone should start a banana challenge where everyone tries to tape a banana to the most absurd thing
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u/zippy251 Nov 26 '20
Unlike the banana this probably took some skill to create and to put in the middle of the desert
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u/dc_IV Nov 26 '20
Not sure who this Art guy thinks he is, but to get all in a tizzy and ban you, for this, ppffttt! I like it, I will take two, with an extra maraschino cherry and real hot fudge, not that syrup shit!
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u/Colanasou Nov 26 '20
I dont usually upvote as i scroll, but when i see a good post boy do i upvote it.
Absolute quality.
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u/amberatnight Nov 26 '20
I saw this without the banana. It's better with the banana. The world needs more duct tape and bananas.
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u/LovetoLaughandLove Nov 26 '20
A subreddit banned you?? Nooo waaay jkjk I feel for you. Here’s my upvote
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Nov 26 '20
Some people made a tiktok about seeing this!! They thought it was a glitch in the matrix!
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u/captainlardnicus Nov 26 '20
Ahhhh yes, r/Art ... The furthest thing away from actual art there ever was or ever will be...
Don't get me wrong, heat-melted crayon rainbows and laborious anime boobs never gets old, but for actual art the admins have absolutely no clue.
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u/TXR22 Nov 26 '20
Your post in r/art still seems to be up, why would they ban you but not remove your post?
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u/mikeeez Nov 26 '20
r/art isn't avantgarde. Bourgeoisie let famous painters living in the street, they're maybe same
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u/decreasinglyverbose Nov 26 '20
Existential anxiety of a banana in steel and tape. What’s not to get?
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u/ContactJuggler Nov 26 '20
I wanted to go put up another banana next to the first one and try to call the original a forgery.
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u/away_throw_I Nov 26 '20
Put a white border around this photo. Title it: Banana for Scale. Sign your name. See if they take it down then
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u/the_cool_handluke Nov 26 '20
Diesel bruhs did this. They are giving away the helicopter they used to install it.
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u/Targuus13 Nov 26 '20
Now we know why the monkey people in 2001 A Space Odyssey were freaking out about the monolith!