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[–] [email protected] 146 points 2 months ago (14 children)

If they actually removed it, and didn't have anything in the rules about topicality or humor, they suck and should be ridiculed

[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

He got to keep his ribbons, he wasn't disqualified or anything and his other miniatures stayed up.

Some things can be expected not to work as a display in public.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Only people who know would know. I don't see the problem.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I think the problem is they don't want this to become a 'thing' with people trying to push the envelope further and further.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (35 children)

Eh, we have nude statues in public places, paintings too. Like, not in museums, in the open.

This model isn't even nsfw at all, it just references the subject of pornography, with one specific "genre" that's exemplified by a brand.

But, hey, they didn't penalize the maker, so it's all good to me :)

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago

They at least let him keep his prize, though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Ugh that just seems like fighting tightwaddery with more tightwaddery

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The cheek prints on the cushion are an excellent touch.

The state fair are a bunch of turds. Art is meant to provoke.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

The cheek prints makes me think the judges knew exactly what was happening here since they looked at it closely enough to give it an award. More likely is that some karen made a stink and they removed it to avoid the hassle.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 2 months ago (2 children)

A piece he described as a “creepy sex dungeon” was removed before judging last year.

Yeah, so this isn't this guy's first time pushing the envelope with the miniatures art.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He should do That Pool next year.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

AIDS, everybody out!

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It's official: Kentucky hates fun.

Edit: also, for those who don't want to give the New York Post any clicks- https://www.lpm.org/news/2024-08-21/kentucky-state-fair-removes-winning-miniature-depicting-pornography-set

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

But the miniature in the photo has a sign that says “Please do not touch.” So if all the miniatures had a sign like that, I don’t see what the problem would have been…

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago

Well that got the most genuine laugh of anything I've seen today. We should do more shenanigans at these events.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago

That's objectively hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago

Poling added that “the guys” who may have been dragged to look at the miniature displays “got to enjoy a build that was meant specifically for them, in an area they might not otherwise be entertained.”

I mean.. he isn’t wrong..

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The sweat stain on the couch got me

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago

15 years ago I did a school paper on the pros of psychoactive drugs, including a presentation in front of my class.

Nowadays I'd have to make a public YouTube video to stop the hate I'd receive. Or at least get kicked out of class.

Nobody really cared about stuff that wasn't affecting them.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Shoutout to the official who had to explain how they recognized this milquetoast office environment as "inappropriate"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Did they somehow not see the camera blatantly on the desk, feeding an image to the monitor, directly of the couch? Did they not see the butt imprint on the couch? Even if they didn't recognize the set it was based on, it was pretty blatant.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Well, it might have been judged by elderly Kentuckians who haven't seen porn since it was shot on film, if ever. So I don't find it surprising they went "Wow, super detailed couch! Give this guy a prize!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There’s a little clapperboard on it that says “The Casting Couch”

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Article says it wasn't there at judging.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Well I only opened the article to see the aforementioned buttcheek indents

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

I would have assumed the Stanley parable.

Then Stanley spread his cheeks and waited...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah… that’s fair actually, it really is pretty hard to ‘fake casting couch’ your relatives

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