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 […]
      • yukijoou@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        2 months ago

        i mean, the problem isn’t the portal in those cases, and i think the portal is a very cool idea – imo, the fact that these people get in the news for it is probably why they’re doing it, it’s just one way to get people’s attention by doing outrageous stuff around a new attraction

        it’s nothing new, and eventually dies off, and there are probably also many events of people being nice to each other that go unreported

        edit: also, yeah, showing body parts generally shouldn’t be considered that harshly imo - of you’re forcing people to look at them, they’re probably not pretty, but I wouldn’t call those “vulgaire” either

        • jj4211@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Well, the 9/11 wasn’t about the human body. Rubbing ass against the screen is outright unsanitary.

          • scottywh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Does it really need to be sanitary?

            I mean, people aren’t expected to eat off it or something are they?

          • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Definitely tasteless. But hardly the worst thing I’ve seen someone post in an online space.

            I might argue the root of the problem is anonymity.