GeekyDad
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Environmental activists throw tomato soup over Van Goghs’ masterpiece Sunflowers
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Saiyan-Rox
Member
These idiots do this cause they know they won't damage the artwork.
I mean seriously they hate being ignored so ignore them.
I mean seriously they hate being ignored so ignore them.
Frank Horrigan
Banned
They must have thought this was a soup-urb way of protesting. But in Heinz sight, they shouldn't have bothered and canned the idea.
Meicyn
Gold Member
Some serious Admiral Holdo energy radiating from the left side.
I guess I'm wrong.
For a minute there, I was thinking maybe for the first time ever, the protesters would be clean cut office workers, construction workers, or look like suburban parents taking their kids to soccer practice.
One of these times, it wont be woke looking, drugged up drop outs.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Sterilize them
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MastaKiiLA
Member
Yeah, their whole argument is kinda flawed. They're protesting oil because something something hunger or something like that? So the solution is to waste food on an oil painting. It's idiotic. It's as bad as those vegan protesters who waste perfectly good food in their protests. They're not helping their cause.That will show that painting to stop using so much Oil, the big greedy oil hungry painting.
I’m all for environmentalism, we need to be doing more as a species, but this is just being a vandal and a total jerk.
Tomato soup thrown over Vincent Van Gogh's famous Sunflowers painting
They also glued themselves to the wall.metro.co.uk
nightmare-slain
Member
i am all for getting rid of oil but cmon. one of these donkeys done a similar stunt at my local museum a while back. they glued themselves to a painting and spray painted the walls/floor.
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nightmare-slain
Member
they were arguing that some people can't even afford to heat a can of soup due to the cost of living and rising energy costs. and they are asking people if they care more about an object/piece of art being damaged (the painting in fact was not damaged as it's behind glass) or the future of the planet or some shit like that. don't know what the super glue is all about lol
not defending them. i get what they are doing but it's fucking silly the way they are going about it.
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Trogdor1123
Gold Member
These fucking retards are stealing from the culture of now and tomorrow. Completely ridiculous. How can anyone be so selfish and stupid? They need to be made understand that their actions are not acceptable.
Given their apparent age, I’m assuming some old ass moron unwilling to surrender themselves for “the cause” got them to do it.
Given their apparent age, I’m assuming some old ass moron unwilling to surrender themselves for “the cause” got them to do it.
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
Talentless scum. All they can do is destroy.
Tams
Member
It's a thing some activists have taken to doing over the last few years in the UK.
Some of the protests and disruption was accepted, even agreed with for a while. Most people have tired of it though. Anyway, they just get debonded and a given a court date.
It was dumb but they're also 100% right. More people give a shit about this stunt and worrying about the painting than the literal effects our society have on this planet. It's maddening.
There was 6.5 billion for Notre Dame in a day, but barely anyone gave a shit when Australia burned. We are too shortsighted and feckless to give a shit.
There was 6.5 billion for Notre Dame in a day, but barely anyone gave a shit when Australia burned. We are too shortsighted and feckless to give a shit.
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ShadowNate
Member
If the choice now is do you want these girls bailed out or the bail money to go to Australia, I'd choose the latter any day.
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Kar
Member
I would hope they would spend the rest of their miserable lives in jail.
INC
Member
Not having kids is even better for the environment
Cyberpunkd
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bitbydeath
Member
anthony2690
Banned
Look at these idiots, they are putting other people in danger by blocking emergency vehicles.
Goalus
Member
Is the pink-haired one a they/them person?
INC
Member
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
They do it to themselves already in current year.
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Trogdor1123
Gold Member
They are not right in any way. This is one of the worst takes I’ve seen on gaf
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
With all their propagating to the extremes, one would have to /quit life En mass.
Then again, that's what these death cults want, innit? But for you and I, not themselves, clearly.
Laieon
Member
Saw this one on reddit a few days ago, you can feel the fear in the poor guy's voice:
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Come On Tars
Member
Just push for Nuclear Power and all this bitching would end..... Logically it should, but we all know they'll just move the goalposts again.
ForAcademicPurposes
Gold Member
Plot twist: it's that time of the month.Noobs, this is the only correct way put tomato sauce all over a masterpiece
Victor Omega
Member
these people tend to ome with their own camera simps(crew)
Bragr
Banned
What are you talking about? they gave to Notre Dame because they cared about it. It's completely normal to care about what's close to you. Everyone reacts in such ways, even you.
Their point is not "right". It makes as much sense as pushing people in wheelchairs down the stairs to prove how the elderly lack support. If someone throws a sack of potatoes at your face and screams "people care more about this than the LITERAL effects on our society", what a fuck is that supposed to achieve? They don't even get the point they are trying to make.
Modern activists have failed us. Instead of becoming politicians and engineers and enacting real change they just follow their anger and abuse everyone who disagrees. Absolute fuck 'em all.
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Bragr
Banned
So what? The amount of people who took anything important from their "message" is countable on one hand. The only thing they did was make people wanna throw them into a river.
12Goblins
Lil’ Gobbie
It's a publicity stunt, so you're playing into their hands by spreading this garbage is my point. It's essentially dumb kids throwing a can of soup on a piece of glass and being rewarded with immediate worldwide attention
Wether or not this actually hurts their cause in the long run is largely irrelevant..these kids don't actually give a fuck about oil consumption lmao
Bragr
Banned
It would be more environmental if they jumped in a pool of acid. I vote for that.
Just leave the soup, no point wasting good food.
haxan7
Volunteered as Tribute
I'm surprised to find myself agreeing with you.
The point is people care more about art and buildings than the earth they live on. People get in an uproar over tomato soup thrown at a piece of art more than climate change. That's literally what she said and that is also what is happening.
Bragr
Banned
But it's not, climate change is one of the biggest topics of our time that is discussed at high levels in every government around the world.
This stunt was a blip on the radar because they acted like assholes. Just because people like a legendary painting, doesn't mean they ignore climate change.
It's discussed and almost nothing is done about it. Talk is cheap.
Bragr
Banned
Nothing is done? they spend billions a year on this. Societies change from year to year to be more eco-friendly. It's hard to find an area with more action and reform.
The problem is they started too late, and there are a few massive straggling countries (china, india) that don't have the capability, possibility, or will to change.
Activists are not gonna do a thing here. Technology is our only hope. If you care about climate change, become an engineer. If we can find a way to create more energy, we can start using climate-altering drones. But so far we are far behind the curve on that. Maybe A.I. can help (before they destroy us).
Per Capita, USA is still one of the biggest CO2 emitting countries. Per person we produce double what a Chinese person produces.
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Bragr
Banned
Yeah, but China is the biggest, per capita doesn't mean much when a country is spewing out twice what anyone else is doing. I don't know the exact numbers, but asian in general is a huge issue, the states can change, they got the resources, but i am not sure how asia is gonna turn things around. Too much poverty and too few state initiatives.
I agree it will probably be harder for them to change. I do know they're making more nuclear power plants than before so that will help curb it. I do feel enough isn't being done in the states, either. We have a subset of Americans that will roll coal just because they don't even believe anything is wrong.