Not The Onion

12181 readers

1109 users here now

Welcome

We're not The Onion! Not affiliated with them in any way! Not operated by them in any way! All the news here is real!

The Rules

Posts must be:

Links to news stories from...
...credible sources, with...
...their original headlines, that...
...would make people who see the headline think, “That has got to be a story from The Onion, America’s Finest News Source.”

Comments must abide by the server rules for Lemmy.world and generally abstain from trollish, bigoted, or otherwise disruptive behavior that makes this community less fun for everyone.

And that’s basically it!

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

kescusay

576

Kentucky State Fair removes ribbon-winning miniature after realizing it depicted a porn set (nypost.com)

submitted 2 months ago by dantheclamman to c/nottheonion

87 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This isn't porn, it's a hand-crafted miniature. Which, yes, is art.

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

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I read it. That doesn't make it not art.

Michelangelo's David is a depiction of a nude man.

Furthermore, Piss Christ, the controversial photo of a crucifix suspended inside urine is also art.

You are not the arbiter of what is art.

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

Listen, I view a lot of pornographic artwork pretty regularly. They are absolutely art, and very good art I would add. I wouldn't put them up on display at the state fair, personally, nor would I be angry if the person who did so had their works taken down by workers of the state.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Again, you are not the arbiter of what is art.

And you are saying some things about yourself that are quite hard to believe, like how your personal inbox was filling up with complaints over this.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nobody but you is discussing what is or is not art.

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You above:

I want you to think deeply about if all porn is inherently artistic or if porn depictions have a separate circuimstance.

Me:

This isn’t porn, it’s a hand-crafted miniature. Which, yes, is art.

Then you pasted an image underlining how it is a depiction of a porn set, which surely implied that you were saying it isn't art.

So is it art or not?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Art or Not Art doesn't decide if it stays up in public.

Let's look at the instant replay.

I want you to think deeply about if all porn is inherently artistic or if porn depictions have a separate circumstance.

I want you to think deeply about if all porn is inherently artistic or if porn depictions have a separate circumstance.

Look at that. I didn't say it wasn't art. Wow.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 2 months ago

Okay. No they don't. Because they are art.