Agosto 14, 2024

You have to buy something with your money. Why not something atrocious and uxorious?

And, of course, it's nice to be reminded, once again, that men are always thinking about the Roman Empire.

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Dave Begley ayon kay ...

I like it!

Kevin ayon kay ...

Don’t ruin Meade’s surprise.

lonejustice ayon kay ...

I often think about the Roman Republic, a special time of representative democracy. I recently finished watching a free online Hillsdale College course on the subject. I care much less about the Roman Empire, when power shifted away from a representative democracy to a centralized imperial authority, with the emperor holding the most power.

Bob Boyd ayon kay ...

I like it too, but in that first picture it kinda looks like she's standing behind an insane chromium duck.

Howard ayon kay ...

"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"

Cheryl ayon kay ...

Zuckerberg's neighbors can see into his back yard? I have so many questions.

traditionalguy ayon kay ...

We’ve watched the Roman Empire’s comeback for decades now. One good source is a short book called Sex Lives of the Roman Emperors by Nigel Cawthorne.

Of course claiming we or Emperors is what it’s all about. Those dudes really had whatever sex life styles the wanted.

n.n ayon kay ...

She's turned blue. Asphyxiofilia?

Erotic asphyxiation (variously called asphyxiophilia, hypoxyphilia or breath control play) is the intentional restriction of oxygen to the brain for the purposes of sexual arousal.
- wiki h/t Google

There was a Grasshoppa who self-aborted while indulging that queer sexual orientation.

n.n ayon kay ...

Exhibitionism is a sexual orientation. #NoJudgment #NoLabels

n.n ayon kay ...

The Roman empire reached a left-wing ideological summit in social progress. Throw another Christian on the barbie, it's over.

Bob Boyd ayon kay ...

If you go around behind what do you see? Is the statue complete?

Is this a depiction of his wife lost in the woods and struggling with a disposable emergency blanket in a wind storm?

Dave Begley ayon kay ...

I would have preferred a naked Mrs. Zuck.

Balfegor ayon kay ...

I think it would look a lot better if the garden around it were fuller, e.g. with shaped hedges or cypresses or even just a big fluff of forsythia or something. Something that would feel more shaped and intentional such that it frames and sets off the statue. It's just kind of random right now, like it just got unloaded from the truck.

Tom T. ayon kay ...

It's ridiculous, and she should be embarrassed.

Bob Boyd ayon kay ...

Dat muttafuggin' Zukabug, he don't give a shit.

wendybar ayon kay ...

Can't wait for Progressives to tear it down.

Achilles ayon kay ...

I don't really like the blue color but other than that it is actually really good.

MadTownGuy ayon kay ...

To me, it looks like Kamala as Aquawoman.

Bob Boyd ayon kay ...

Dave Begley
"I like it!"

Tom T.
"It's ridiculous, and she should be embarrassed."

There's very fine people on both sides.

mikee ayon kay ...

Her coffee mug color matches the patina of the statue. Does this mean she is presently already partly tarnished, or that she acknowldeges the reality of her slow oxidation?

Aggie ayon kay ...

A little patter on patina pander.

Wince ayon kay ...

And, of course, it's nice to be reminded, once again, that men are always thinking about the Roman Empire.

"So it's history repeating itself all over again.
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Biff ayon kay ...

"And, of course, it's nice to be reminded, once again, that men are always thinking about the Roman Empire."

For some reason, I just imagined Meade wearing a toga.

AlbertAnonymous ayon kay ...

Good Lord that’s ugly.

Why would you pay someone to recreate it ?

rehajm ayon kay ...

In horology there’s a high end play doh material called rodico that is that exact shade…

rehajm ayon kay ...

It’s more entertaining when the obese are represented in butter or other animal fat

mezzrow ayon kay ...

+10 for uxorious. It can be a bad thing, but it doesn't have to. Depends on who, why, and how you define 'excessive'. If habitual or mindless, it leads to destruction.

For rehajm - if you marry an A. Lange woman you don't treat her like a Casio, no matter how accurate or timely her description of your actions may be.

RCOCEAN II ayon kay ...

I'd change that to "Make Beautiful statues of your wife". that's sorta hideous. But props for going public.

Hassayamper ayon kay ...

Nominally the Emperor held the most power, but all too frequently he didn’t. There were quite a few who were figureheads and weaklings. Many were puppets for manipulative empresses and dowager empresses, scheming courtiers, powerful and popular generals, clever mistresses, and particularly the Praetorian Guards. There were assassinations, palace coups, civil wars, banishments, and times when it seemed no one was in charge. With only a few exceptions, such as Aurelian, Diocletian, and Constantine, the emperors who came after Marcus Aurelius presided over 300 years of chaos and decay.

We are following in their footsteps ever more closely.

Ice Nine ayon kay ...

Looks like she's carrying some kind of freakazoid duck.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

It looks like "an altered image" the kind that was said to hobble Joe Biden.

pacwest ayon kay ...

I don't have to look up too many words, but uxorious was new to me. There's nothing more attractive than a woman with a a huge lexicon. Wowza!

Kay ayon kay ...

I’m pretty familiar with the career of the artist who made it and he’s an awful artist in almost every way. So in my opinion it’s very fitting for him to have gotten this commission.

Eva Marie ayon kay ...

Looks like Melania.

Bob Boyd ayon kay ...

Looks like Melania.

LOL!

Ralph L ayon kay ...

Didn't Zuck buy his neighbor's houses?
It isn't Nike of Samothrace, but as modern art goes....
I just don't want to think about the pile of blue crap she's standing in.

john mosby ayon kay ...

Looking up Mrs Zuck in Wiipedia, I discovered their kids are named Maxima, Aurelian, and August. So they have been thinking about the Roman Empire for a while.

Stoicism could also explain why a Zillionaire has stayed with a Harvard 7 for so long.

JSM

john mosby ayon kay ...

Or, to be fair, why she’s stayed with a skinny aspie nerd when she could take a quarter-zillion and run off with a succession of pool boys….

JSM

Balfegor ayon kay ...

Should have named the daughter Zenobia. Set up a bit of sibling rivalry with Aurelian there haha.

gadfly ayon kay ...
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One Fine Day ayon kay ...

At least the statue wasn't in the neo-classical style with her boobs hanging out all over the place.

Rocco ayon kay ...

Achilles said...
I don't really like the blue color but other than that it is actually really good.

She’s Andorian, albeit with the antennae photoshopped out.

Rocco ayon kay ...

Dave Begley said...
I would have preferred a naked Mrs. Zuck.

Have her stand on a giant shell and Botticelli would approve.

PM ayon kay ...

Mark, I'd be happy to write a song about Priscilla.

The Vault Dweller ayon kay ...

Wow I didn't think it was possible. Something that makes me feel like HOAs might be a good idea. I didn't realize it was Mark Zuckerberg's wife at first, but I imagined having to live next to a neighbor who put up this effigy, and figured this was something that I would never be able to get used to seeing.

Rocco ayon kay ...

mikee said...
"Her coffee mug color matches the patina of the statue."

Here's how I imagine the discussions went.

Le Artiste: Here's a schetch and model of what I am thinking for the piece.

Zuckerberg: I dunno. It looks ok. But something doesn't seem quite right.

Le Artiste: What if I throw in a matching coffee mug?

Zuck: DEAL!!

Drago ayon kay ...

It was a pure oligarchy.

Narr ayon kay ...

Like a few others, I didn't glom to who she was--my interest in Zuck (and his products) approaches null.

Ampersand ayon kay ...

Seen up close, she is beautiful. As you back away, she becomes imperious, cold, a transitory face in the crowd.

Tina Trent ayon kay ...

What does it mean to make your wife teal? Why does their backyard look like they live in a middle-class subdivision? Do artists sometimes hate their clients and conceal it to sell them bad art?

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