See Them Big Apples [tmz came up with this one] A company placed portal-shaped "sculptures" in the cities of Dublin and New York, allowing residents to essentially have a public, non-stop Zoom meeting with each other. And the marketing stunt went about as well as practically anybody could've expected. While residents initially waved innocent signs […]
  • gregorumEnglish
    166·
    6 months ago

    public toplessness is legal in NYC and has been since 2010 for everyone. i’m guessing that it’s not in Dublin?

    • 520@kbin.social
      986·
      6 months ago

      Lol nope! Republic of Ireland has been a heavily-Catholic country since its inception. It’s lightened in recent years and some surprises do slip through but that ain’t one of them.

        • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          68·
          6 months ago

          Man ass is verifiably less offensive to religious types than any part of a woman being visible.

          • meco03211@lemmy.worldEnglish
            46·
            6 months ago

            I’d churn my own butter at the sight of a woman’s bare ankle bone. Best to just punish women for that. It’s impossible to control my own urges.

            • daltotron@lemmy.worldEnglish
              10·
              6 months ago

              I’d churn my own butter

              vile, never heard it said this way before, I’m stealing this for personal use

            • 520@kbin.social
              10·
              6 months ago

              Because Catholicism.

              Catholics believe that any sexual activity that doesn’t have a chance of making a baby is sinful. Gays obviously can’t make babies as a normal part of their love making, so that’s where the whole ‘being gay is sinful’ bit comes from

            • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
              4·
              6 months ago

              Because they find gay sex unappealing, seems to be the main reason. If you point out that that is simply because they’re not gay, they are unable to understand the point.

            • SuckMyWang@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              6 months ago

              It’s the enjoying part that is frowned upon. They assume everyone loves seeing boobs so they must be punished for that. A bare man ass is comical at best for most. If they thought people were enjoying it they must be punished

          • TurtlePowerEnglish
            2·
            6 months ago

            Male genitalia is (or at least was) ok, too. Look at all the marginalia in their old manuscripts (written by monks and nuns). Soooooo many dicks…

      • JohnSwanFromTheLough@lemmy.worldEnglish
        101·
        6 months ago

        I don’t think you’ve been to Ireland in a long long time if you think the church has any moral or real power over society as a whole here.