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AsslessBaboon OP t1_iwgc2bd wrote

>The Paris organising committee said it was an opportunity to “embody the French spirit by offering something new” in a break from the traditional animal figure often chosen for the Olympics.

Oh France. Never stop being you. Paris sera toujours Paris

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andurilmat t1_iwgcyep wrote

Kind of weird choosing a mascot that half the population will be unable to find

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diacewrb t1_iwgdkzv wrote

It is clearly a pair of flamin hot doritos.

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V12Jaguar t1_iwge2r1 wrote

Flick it! Twist it! Bop it!

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BRAUforce t1_iwgf68m wrote

>But in the inevitable social media debate around the clitoris-shaped mascots, one secondary school teacher said their simplistic triangular design could reinforce society's vague notion of the under-discussed part of the female anatomy, suggesting biology teachers be brought in to redesign them

Wait, wut?

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Shabster0 t1_iwgfvn2 wrote

“at last understood what one looks like”…. that is not at all what a clit looks like what? Is there something i’m missing?

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Raistline1 t1_iwgh44v wrote

Makes perfect sense. Like the Olympics, no one ever gives a shit where the clitoris is anymore.

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ash_274 t1_iwgj2h5 wrote

Replying to BRAUforce (#535,237)

They’re supposed to be hats.

Some people on social media say, “you know, they kind of look like a clitoris” and this teacher responded, “well, it should be redesigned to look more anatomically correct”

They’re anthropomorphized hats.

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LexLuthorJr t1_iwgq99n wrote

Should we even keep doing Olympic mascots? Every time they just get criticized for this, that, or the other reason.

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Marigwenn t1_iwgu6fm wrote

I hope it’s intentional. I love it.

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Raistline1 t1_iwgvi4p wrote

Replying to coleslawww307 (#535,770)

They ruin cities in which they are held. Often times people are forced to move to make room for venues that are never to be used again. The athletes are not well compensated and if they do not give a perfect performance could face financial ruin for representing their country. There is an unneeded burden put on the local environment and is just a major scam at this point. Most people don't even care anymore, which is evident in the viewership of the 2020 Olympics being dropped by half of that of 2016. So yeah, I'll don't give a shit where the Olympics are.

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passwordsarehard_3 t1_iwgw3jl wrote

Somalia immediately demands the new mascots be cut out of the games.

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ethan_prime t1_iwgxsk3 wrote

Every pitch meeting needs to have someone with a dirty mind to tell people when something looks even mildly inappropriate.

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LoveArguingPolitics t1_iwgxuq5 wrote

Replying to passwordsarehard_3 (#536,410)

They need to build like four permanent facilities and stop moving out around the country.

Especially when it goes to an underdeveloped nation the facilities end up crumbling as they can't be supported and during the event they have to starve the populace to have enough money to throw the events

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superfluous_t t1_iwh0gkg wrote

These should be changed - I can envisage a queue of men in the gift shop getting frustrated because they can’t find it

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devinsharp t1_iwh29vf wrote

I think we can all agree we should just go back to the 2004 Summer Olympics mascot

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lcbzoey t1_iwh547r wrote

Wow! This is the WORST thing about the Olympics, surely! this FIASCO of a mascot is the true black mark on the history of the Olympic games. (Surely)

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Meanderingversion t1_iwh5fhy wrote

I've You've never found one before, you'd have to use some imagination as well!

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barrymccockner76 t1_iwh60eu wrote

Can someone explain to me why the Olympics has to even have mascots? I've never understood it.

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OldBob10 t1_iwh9kha wrote

Even assuming you accept the desire of the committee to “embody the French spirit by offering something new”, this is still reaching back further into the past than the Eiffel Tower. Also, the Phrygian cap is historically associated with The Terror. You know, show trials, “the national razor”, beheadings, etc. Great publicity..!

I mean, if they wanted to dip into “the heroic past” they could have gone with an image of Charlemagne. Yeah - whatever happened to that guy..? 😊

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phred_666 t1_iwhb0kc wrote

What? They can’t find them to see what they look like.

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HR_DUCK t1_iwhh1yi wrote

Did a guy write this? How does he know what it looks like? /s

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IndianaNetworkAdmin t1_iwhjtrf wrote

PSA: If your clitoris is the size of a small vehicle, red, and has eyeballs, please seek medical attention.

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WirelessBCupSupport t1_iwhsws5 wrote

Liberty wore a red clit scarf hat thing!

(I'd post link to the image but she's topless and rather NSFW in the original painting)

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EquivalentInflation t1_iwhw48a wrote

Replying to mr_oof (#536,417)

> Shuss, a little man on skis, was created in a hurry ahead of the 1968 Games in Grenoble. His designer had just one night to prepare a plan for submission.

I’ve never related to anything more in my life.

“When is this due? Tomorrow?!? Fuck it, unipod on a ski.”

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Gizshot t1_iwhy2s6 wrote

Replying to ethan_prime (#536,494)

My gf thinking of kids names and I'm sitting there with my idiot brain coming up with insults or jokes for everyone of them, told her she can have a name if I can't make fun of it in less than a minute

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kpmelomane21 t1_iwi29o1 wrote

Replying to Gizshot (#538,668)

That is exactly what you need to be doing. Kids are creative, and mean. You also need to consider initials because my friend was gonna name her son Andrew with a middle name Scott and their last name starts with S...

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daverapp t1_iwi5wr9 wrote

I misread the title as just, "Clitoris Trainer"

And I was like, "Where can I find such a product?"

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WAJGK t1_iwihlgm wrote

Nah these are great

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JesseB342 t1_iwit6m7 wrote

Considering these look nothing like a clitoris that’s just further proof that most guys know absolutely nothing about female anatomy.

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zeolus123 t1_iwj8ecs wrote

Everyone knows the clitoris is a myth.

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Aun_El_Zen t1_iwj9tgr wrote

I've got a dirty mind, and I don't see it

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ididntunderstandyou t1_iwjcdjf wrote

Replying to PermanentTrainDamage (#537,094)

No, one of the main symbols of France is La Marianne - meant to be the allegory of the French Republic, the democracy that followed the revolution. Most paintings of the revolution have her in it. And she wears that red peasant’s hat. The beret is a stereotype, sure. But has no meaning in France.

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McMacAttack35 t1_iwjf2me wrote

Twitter and media really be reaching nowadays

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wabashcanonball t1_iwjnh41 wrote

Free the clitoris—faster, higher, stronger!!!

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Alystan2 t1_iwjr5kt wrote

Great! The Eiffel Tower is going from being a phallic to a femininity symbol!

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KikiStLouie t1_iwjuqw0 wrote

It would be nice if things could just be a shape. Not everything has to be dirty, sexual, or a double entendres.

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AP825 t1_iwjvhqt wrote

A whole group of men reviewed the design but oddly none of them could see it

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strangway t1_iwkjet3 wrote

There are men so blind to the clitoris that would stare blankly at these and act like a host on Westworld looking at a modern photograph

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OsamaBinNoodles t1_iwkl34k wrote

Replying to ethan_prime (#536,494)

I got reprimanded at my internship for “sexually harassing” someone. Our boss was telling us about how they were creating a new initiative titled BBC. At lunch, with the other interns, I told one of my male friends about how bad an idea this was and how people will make fun of it. We started laughing and a female intern asked what we were laughing about. I told her. Next day I am asked to go to our bosses office. He tells me the female intern complained to him that I made sexual comments to her. So, I had to apologize to her and the other female interns. Anyways…they didn’t listen to me and the city got some good memes out of it.

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zubaz69 t1_iwu5u5d wrote

Leave it the French

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