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GetlostMaps t1_izqb0a2 wrote

Common problem with this statue. It's so common that if you call 911 to report something which fits they will double check.

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g-rid t1_izrsesh wrote

dude thats solid metal, I get how you can be fooled by the Woman mannequin in this post, but a metal sculpture?

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blindeyewall t1_izrtcib wrote

I remember a story I read once about the cops being called by a couple of people who thought they saw a baby in a dumpster. When the cops got there and dug it out it turned out to be a burrito.

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hibbitydibbitytwo t1_izrujwz wrote

Now we are getting to quality burrito size.

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usernamewhat722 t1_iztu45u wrote

The only problem with burritos that size is those idiots at Chipotle not warning me when I'm approaching maximum tortilla capacity, and so half of the toppings fall out.

ffs man, I wouldn't have got the cheese if I knew it wouldnt fit. I wouldn't have gotten half of it.

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lilgem369 t1_izutp7j wrote

Just pour a little in the box and enjoy with a fork later

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AFutureForTheForest t1_izrvqu8 wrote

Have you seen how homeless people are treated? Those callers aren't getting close.

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fixurmind92 t1_izu1b10 wrote

how do homeless people treat others and what respect do they appear to have for the cities and communities which they infest with their drugs, diseases, and tents?

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lizzygirl4u t1_izutasx wrote

Why are tents an issue? Where do you want them to go and where should they be sleeping if not in a tent?

And what exactly should they do if they have diseases? Should they just die? I don't get it.

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Moneia t1_izryl95 wrote

Lights not good, don't want to go near a homeless person because 'reasons', I can totally see it

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Levitlame t1_izsze9c wrote

Maybe if it snowed a bit and it’s night?

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GetlostMaps t1_iztam2b wrote

Covered in snow, driving past?

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g-rid t1_iztufs9 wrote

would you then call 911?

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GetlostMaps t1_iztx51o wrote

People do, so frequently they had to institute a special rule for it.

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thetonestarr t1_izu4mh3 wrote

Usually because it's snowed and under the snow cover it looks like a dead body

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schroedingersnewcat t1_izqhpxw wrote

What gets me is that they bitched at the gallery staff for the art.

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YakInner4303 t1_izqyi4c wrote

If you think a gallery should consider making different display choices, I'm pretty sure the staff is someone you might reasonably choose to talk to.

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Economy-Somewhere271 t1_izrsht8 wrote

Cops don't get to curate art

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DeTrotseTuinkabouter t1_izs7zr5 wrote

They do if it leads to unnecessary 911 calls and use of emergency services.

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blackdragon8577 t1_izryurh wrote

I agree to an extent.

Doesn't there have to be a limit somewhere.

Like if there was a publicly displayed art exhibition that looked so realistic and depicted a situation requiring police intervention?

If this becomes a common issue then there should at least be a process where police and emergency responders are notified of such an exhibit.

Maybe I'm just not thinking about it through the right lense, but this isn't a case of police saying what can be done in a gallery.

The argument is that this is a waste of resources and could lead to actual crimes in this area not being taken seriously, right?

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schroedingersnewcat t1_izqzxrj wrote

Yes, but there is no need for lecturing about it. Which is what the article says happened. If that is the case, that was inappropriate. Making a comment that it would be best if changed is one thing, lecturing is uncalled for.

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DeTrotseTuinkabouter t1_izs82o1 wrote

If you have someone who looks passed out on display then I think a lecture seems pretty fitting? You mucked up.

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LaughableIKR t1_izqsoac wrote

ACAAC (All cops are art critics)

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MonkeyTacoBreath t1_izpz1wv wrote

Killer art

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bakedmaga2020 t1_izrjk5e wrote

That looks pretty real to me. Can’t say I blame the cops here

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FlyAirLari t1_izrot9h wrote

The cops weren't fooled though. The headline is misleading.

Metropolitan Police received a call at 5.32 p.m. about a person who appeared to be unconscious inside Laz Emporium, the gallery on Soho’s Lexington Street

“officers forced entry to the address, where they uncovered that the person was in fact a mannequin,”

Seems like they did their job. Somebody calls the police, they have to go check it out.

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nonemoreunknown t1_izrngog wrote

If it'd been in the US cops probably would have still shot her.

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blackdragon8577 t1_izrz2si wrote

Obviously her face down demeanor meant she had one of those new desk guns where you use your face to turn a desk into a gun.

They had to shoot her.

How else could they have made sure that they were safe?

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Tar-Nuine t1_izryenm wrote

The work is designed to provoke a reaction. I guess police breaking in is a compliment then.

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skepticcaucasian t1_izrebvz wrote

Is this piece about being overworked to the point of exhaustion and death?

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JoinMyPestoCult t1_izrqtqm wrote

Seems to be about “my sister did something embarrassing and her face went in her soup so I had an art piece made as an act of brotherly love”

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JoinMyPestoCult t1_izrsup7 wrote

More taking the piss

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skepticcaucasian t1_izrszfa wrote

Huh. What's that mean, exactly?

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JoinMyPestoCult t1_izrvxm8 wrote

Making fun of your sister for doing something embarrassing by immortalising the moment in art. That kind of brotherly love.

I don’t know if that’s what he was going for but it seems like a pisstake to me of the best kind.

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MeanGreanHare t1_izreohq wrote

Banksy isn't a real person. Banksy is a corporate entity

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MundanePlantain1 t1_izrw4kn wrote

I remeber Mitt Romney telling a crowd that corporations are not people with utter conviction, until a staffer whispered in his ear and he back pedaled like it was worth a trillion dollars.

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Limond t1_izrr11h wrote

All the well known artists of the past have had teams of people working under one name. Banksy having a team is not new.

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blackdragon8577 t1_izrzaja wrote

Companies are people too.

People that can't go to jail or face any long-term consequences and they intentionally commit the largest number of crimes in the world and steal the most money from people and ruin the most lives.

But they are people too. We can't forget that. It's the corner stone of society.

Won't someone please think of the poor shareholders. They need a second yacht so their dog can travel with them in style.

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Kwintty7 t1_izrt248 wrote

Corporate entities also have agents.

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soda-jerk t1_izs2uwz wrote

Reminds me of the time I used an LED flame light bulb for a party in my apartment, and a neighbor across the street called the fire department because they thought the building was on fire.

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muppethero80 t1_izrlvl6 wrote

If i had a dollar for every time someone broke into my studio thinking my art was a dead person.....

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AreWeThereYet61 t1_izrcqag wrote

It's true... No matter where you go, they're all the same. Amazing actually.

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zdakat t1_izsdvkc wrote

RIP Squidward

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pickleer t1_izr2zlk wrote

Did they shoot her to make sure? If it was the US, they'd make sure, none of this London fussiness!

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FlacidBarnacle t1_izqsw1i wrote

Why are they breaking into banksys former agents office…

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nIBLIB t1_izr3w7d wrote

I get that not a whole lot of people read the article, but are we really at the point where people aren’t even getting all the way through the title? The answer to your question is the second half.

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BuffaloInCahoots t1_izro14z wrote

You expect someone to read past a comma? Seriously though, this is the worst example of this I’ve seen. Then he follows up with an insult. Idiocracy is becoming more real everyday.

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blackdragon8577 t1_izrzdru wrote

Yes. I have been in multiple threads on the last week where the comment or is vehemently arguing with other people about things clearly stated in the title.

At least one guy admitted that he stopped reading the title halfway through.

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FlacidBarnacle t1_izr4n2x wrote

I assumed they mistook the sculpture after the fact. Where’s this article you speak of

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nIBLIB t1_izr58pv wrote

>She said they told her that “somebody reported that the woman here has not been moving for the last two hours” and that the officers assumed the figure had “a heart attack or she’s overdosed.”

>The sculpture, which can be seen publicly through the gallery’s window, has surprised people before. When the work appeared at London art and design fair Decorex in October, paramedics were called, according to Blakemore.

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