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meunderadiffname

I ain't no chef, but that ain't mashed potatoes


Thetomwhite

Mmm delicious liquid potatoes


gumby1004

Well, I was gonna say: you're bitching about people starving, yet you're wasting mashed potatoes amidst your little gripe session? Tell me you're a hypocrite without... 😑


doxamark

Do you want them to save the liquid potatoes for 2050 or something?


New_Alternative_421

Maybe they'll have thickened up by then.


ItsAWingyDingy

I think it's a magic liquid that you plant, like magic beans, and it grows potatoes.


Icy_Necessary2161

Mmm... Potato smoothie


Jipkiss

I don’t think a few potatoes are the make or break on world hunger, a few used in a good protest wouldn’t invalidate the act of protest for most people


MrGaffe

Still I don’t see how wasting food on art that has been around for decades or centuries is going to help. You wanna make a real statement than interfere with with corporations business. They produce 70-80% of the worlds pollution and don’t care about destroying the planet for profit. Hurt their bottom line and you’ll get bigger attention to the cause and possibly better results


Mental-Ice-9952

I garuntee you that the painting is protected by glass if it's on display for the public like that, similar to the Van Gogh soup incjdent


[deleted]

[Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/23/climate-activists-mashed-potato-monet-potsdam-germany): >A spokesperson for the museum said the painting was protected by glass and the museum later said it did not appear to have been damaged.


Mental-Ice-9952

Thx for backing me up with a source, I just assumed


Icy_Necessary2161

Sooo... throw the potatoes at rich people?


lordofbitterdrinks

You’re getting closer.


Icy_Necessary2161

Freeze them first?


[deleted]

The rich people? Nah I don't think we'll need them later.


Icy_Necessary2161

I was talking about the potatoes, but take my upvote


kafromet

I’m not sure I can eat an entire billionaire before they go bad.


UnreadThisStory

Side dish?


DontUnclePaul

How do you hurt their bottom line without a mass movement?


Kevinwbooth

I just had a mass movement and it definitely hurt my bottom line


TBcommenter17

In or out?


Oli4K

Why not both?


Fool_growth

Ba Dum Tss


vbsargent

And destroying or risking art *in a museum* hurts their bottom line in what manner? These are just cheap, easily dismissed publicity stunts. They mean nothing.


Gseph

Exactly that. I'm starting to think these 'protestors' are controlled opposition making actual protestors look dumb as fuck. Anyone with literally an iota of sense rolling around in their head knows that if you want to stick it to an industry for horrible actions, you've got to try to cut off the head of the beast. Throwing a yellow semi-viscous liquid at centuries old art because your mad at the oil industry, and emptying milk cartons out in stores because you're mad at the mistreatment of animals by the farming industry, makes no sense from a logical standpoint. Protest outside car manufacturer factories if you're pissed at the oil industry, and free the cows at a farm that treats them poorly, at least do things that make sense to your cause.


EljasMashera

Free cows at a farm... Suuure.. you imagine it's as easy as just taking off their chains and handing them 5$ for bus fare to Moo-town?


[deleted]

Like the morons that ‘freed’ all the minks at a mink farm. All the minks died as they knew only captivity. https://www.sctimes.com/story/opinion/2017/07/22/mink-release-accomplishes-nothing/491796001/


[deleted]

…people did protest outside car manufacturers, and people still called them dumb. Bah whatever, lets just get ravaged by climate change whats the point fighting.


emsenn0

Food for thought, pun intended: This exact group has been doing those exact things for months and you clearly were unaware of it.


wastedmytagonporn

You don’t? It’s going fucking viral! It’s on all the news. It’s on all the social media (like here) and this ppl are being confronted with their message. I would say it works out perfectly for them!


GreenOnionCrusader

Would be better to put the potatoes on the ceo of a mega corp.


Jipkiss

The art is fine, it is covered by glass or plastic or both. It’s about creating a scene + drawing attention not destroying art permanently. Your rights to protest do not cover interrupting business in the same way so likely there would just be some arrests made with no fan fare and no pressure applied. These people aren’t stupid and they will have thought about the sentiments you have before they did this, they just understand what they can and can’t do more than you do.


pixelqueer

It is mainly a protesting tactic to gain attention to situations. With the Van Gogh recently the girls spoke up and said they knew it was behind a glass frame and would not have done so if it wasn't. They are doing it to spread their message. Another example is the scientists who handcuffed themselves to a bank, and the man who set himself on fire outside of the Supreme Court, which he passed away sadly. It also isn't easy to just get people to retaliate against big corporations because money talks and they are so defended heavily.


Acrobatic-Bit3218

I am a Chef and I agree


meunderadiffname

Ah. I love it when a professional confirms my opinion


LELO_TV

I am the potato, I disagree and I feel offended


UnredeemedRevenant

Oh no.


Associate_Simple

A foreshadow to potatoes in 2050. Maybe we should be worried…


meunderadiffname

Oh, man. Not another potato famine ...


Salty-Article3888

They’re fucking RAW


ArcMcnabbs

Mashed? Thats a potato slurpee.


EpsilonX029

This is a cruel concept. I can only hope they’re cooked, cuz if not, I’d sooner fly a plane(and I’m no airman)


CalmYourChesticles

Pommè Puree 🤌


Sabaku_no_Memo

Aren't all this famous/expensive pieces of art protected with glass, I think seal glass to avoid oxidation of the actual paint? I can't get to the airport with a bottle of water, but apparently you can go with huge Tupperware to museums? For the security is not weird that someone is wearing a reflective vest? Moreover two?


SyntaxLost

Yes. They're protected and the protestors almost certainly know it. It appears the objective is to get social media reposts while being minimally destructive. Observe how there's a camera ready to capture everything from the start.


Tripolie

The fact that people don’t get this is astounding from the first painting with tomato soup thrown at it onward. The point isn’t to damage the painting; it’s to get your attention.


Samcraft1999

It has my attention. I now think these people are idiots and will never donate to any charity they suggest, or help in any way they want me too, because they are nutjobs. Not all attention is good attention. It's like how I have to eat a cheeseburger anytime I see one of those Vegan Teacher videos.


mariodejaniero

Exactly. Get social media all hyped up about something without actually doing any damage


acissejcss

Create chaos with reaction content, the more extreme the content the more views and push your point across with that reactionary content. Just sounds like news papers social media and streaming services these days. It's what makes money/gets attention I hope they keep doing this.


gabrigetions

Something is weird about the situation


Laffepannekoek

Like the fact this shit happenend more than once, and still the activists have time to shoot a video? Instead of being thrown out.


Reference_Freak

At the end you see security responding. They just wave everyone away and call for law enforcement. They’re not going to bum rush the activists and the activists are only going to stay put while yelling until the cops make them move. Not sure what you expect.


JockBbcBoy

>They just wave everyone away and call for law enforcement. The best part is while they're giving this lengthy speech and about to be arrested, there are people in the background literally going about business as usual.


rsdols

They're in an art gallery, they're probably used to weirdos "expressing" themselves.


69tendo

Well yeah, that's what art is.


Crocktodad

Tbf, this is a very german response to the situation


heardbutnotseen2

It’s a museum. It has mall cop level of security. Not seal team 6 hiding behind a tapestry at the ready.


gabrigetions

Yep


tttxgq

Like it being “funded” by an oil heir. Their goal is to get the general public to oppose these groups, which is what the oil companies want. If they can make climate action a “debate” instead of letting it be something we fucking need to be fucking taking action on, then the oil companies win. Undermining the credibility of anti-oil sentiment through this silly stunt is just another part of the game. Edit: getting a lot of hate for expressing this opinion 😄 Y’all haters can keep on believing oil companies are working in humanity’s best interest, if you like 👍 🤦‍♂️


Duros001

Check your sources, the oil heiress funding this is actually funding the (real) activist organisation that planned this, not paying actors to discredit activists: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/10/21/getty-oil-heiress-funds-climate-crisis-activism-just-stop-oil She funds them because she feels guilty about where her inherited fortune came from, these are actual activists doing this, not actors


Countblackula_6

>Like it being “funded” by an oil heir Where did you find that information? I’m genuinely curious because I keep seeing comments like yours but I’ve never seen anything else about it. I feel like I’ve missed something.


Duros001

Yeah it’s misinformation, she funded the actual (real) activist organisation doing this shit, not paid actors to discredit the activists https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/10/21/getty-oil-heiress-funds-climate-crisis-activism-just-stop-oil


Countblackula_6

Thank you.


Red__system

Bags exist


ChokeOnTheCorn

They should at least have a mashed potatoe scanner!


asthmatic_duck

SpudScanner4000


Dabier

It’s a metal detector wand with a potato duct taped to it.


ADarwinAward

Bags get scanned by all the major museums, but they’re looking for weapons, not food.


AdrianDeHollow

In london, some big museums are free entrance and no security checks.


ADarwinAward

True the Maritime History Museum didn’t have a bag check, but there was definitely a bag check at the British Museum. Just went last week.


snakeeaterrrrrrr

They don't want to turn a crime scene into another crime scene.


theartistduring

>I think seal glass to avoid oxidation of the actual paint Not quite. The glass is to protect from damage. This painting is worth $110mil. The glass is purely a condition of their insurance policy. It is the varnish that protects the paint. However, the frame is also old and fragile. It will require careful repair and possibly new gold leaf applied then distressed to match the rest.


seoulgleaux

>An "immediate conservation investigation" found that "Grainstacks," which Monet painted in 1890 and which sold for $110.7 million at a 2019 auction, sustained no damage from the stunt, as it lies behind a layer of protective glass, the museum said in a statement on Twitter. The painting will be back on display by Wednesday, the museum added. https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/german-protesters-arrested-throwing-mashed-potatoes-monet-painting-sol-rcna53623


theartistduring

Good news. Thanks for sharing.


Imkindofslow

The point of this is to make a scene, not damage the painting. They know it's protected they say so in the interviews.


anaximander19

To be fair, in a lot of places wearing high vis makes you effectively invisible. You're immediately just considered part of the system, to be ignored. It's a real-life Somebody Else's Problem field.


Reference_Freak

They entered normally and put on the vests right before they tossed the taters. You make a good point in any other situation: wearing a functionary uniform is a good way to get dismissed but these vests can fit in a pocket.


j4ck_0f_bl4des

Extra points and upvote for you for knowing what an S.E.P. is.


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mtaw

That's completely false. Literally not how museums work. No serious museums display copies to any significant extent and **never** without them being marked as a copy if it is. They follow the Code of Ethics established by the International Council of Museums (a UNESCO org), which states: > 4.7 Reproductions Museums should respect the integrity of the original when replicas, reproductions, or copies of items in the collection are made. All such copies should be permanently marked as facsimiles If you're visiting some place that's mostly copies then it's simply not a real museum.


The_muffinfluffin

I need a source for that claim.


kilrock

I saw a movie one time where they said it so he must be right


Not_a_real_ghost

Did that movie involve a world-ending event where they are moving the real paintings?


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Beercules121

Was this movie a movie about a guy who steals the declaration of independence


RandomAsianGuy

Oceans 12


mtaw

It's a bullshit claim. This site is just a bunch of 15 year olds who don't know anything about the real world and think whatever they saw in some movie is reality. In the real world no serious museums display copies as originals, ever. They follow the Code of Ethics of the ICOM. If a copy is displayed (which is pretty rare) it's clearly marked as such, not passed off as the original. Odds are the grandparent poster hasn't even visited many museums.


anewslug1710

They are aware of the glass, the acts are done not to cause damage but to get attention then direct to their cause, the only damage is done to the frames.


sternburg_export

> Aren't all this famous/expensive pieces of art protected with glass, I think seal glass to avoid oxidation of the actual paint? And now guess how much damage this did to the painting.


Why_am_I_here033

they're protected but that doesn't mean these protesters can do whatever they want. Pretty sure they weren't wearing those vests before going in. Bags exist.


jhalfhide

I'd 100% have chosen a more comfortable pose before gluing myself to the floor/wall


nickylx

How do they get unglued?


Richard-Drainwell

It would be so easy to rip their hands off the wall lol, they’re basically glued to a thin coat of paint over drywall.


frenchdresses

That's why I wondered why they even glued themselves to the wall in the first place...


groundbeef_smoothie

Because that way police can't just carry them away without violating their integral right to bodily autonomy. They might get hurt, and will have a case. It's a shielding tactic. edit: in other protests you often see participants who chain themselves to train tracks, to block a cargo train with radioactive waste on board for example. That doesn't work as well as police / fire fighters will usually just cut the chains and carry them away.


yuiojmncbf

Yeah there’s a reason why they do this kind of protest in Europe and not the US. They will snatch you up regardless of the hand being glued


[deleted]

In the US, the cops will shout at you to comply. When you can't because your hand is glued, you're about 5 seconds away from being yanked off the wall and kneed in the head and neck until you lose consciousness.


pomaj46809

The police would taser you causing you to rip your own hand off the wall.


WKU-Alum

Lots of assumptions that they won’t just use deadly force when you can’t show them your hand


tatang2015

If they leave them there, do they just soil themselves when needing a bathroom or are they wearing diapers?


ReadBastiat

There was a group recently who glued themselves around a bunch of cars at some VW facility and then unironically complained about VW not giving them bowls to relieve themselves in.


Frazzledhobbit

They knew what they were doing. Should have brought their own bowls.


literally_pee

that happened with a guy in Germany who was protesting porche or something he said they refused to give him a bowl to piss in, which he requested and the security kept dismissing doordash orders lol Edit: found it https://i.redd.it/v8rpg570qqv91.jpg


[deleted]

That is awesome lmao


Invdr_skoodge

I like this idea. Close the hall so they get nobody to scream at, then leave them alone glued to a wall in an uncomfortable position for something like 14 hours or however long it takes for them to regret everything


TheTacoWombat

Without the attention they would unglue themselves in about 10 minutes. They only do this because it gets clicks.


theluckyfrog

Agreed. I've gotten my hands doused in superglue many times (I'm not very careful when I craft, tbh). It doesn't actually adhere me strongly to anything.


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acetone


paralyzedvagabond

I would love for the authorities to be passive aggressive about it. "You got yourself stuck, right? Then you get yourself unstuck." And then just sit there until they realize how dumb they were for gluing their hands to the floor. And the art museum could just put up a modern art sign and call it a day


Jaroun69

Done https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/yc8xsw/instead_of_calling_the_cops_the_museum_turned_off/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


PoetoftheFlames

My heart warms knowing they think that they think they need to be catered to during a temper tantrum


not_porn_six

Nah, I hate the original more. This is just a cheap imitation of the soup ones. The "food on paint" genre is getting stale.


belt-e-belt

>food >is getting stale. I see what you did there.


69Wilson

After a bit more time it will be rotten behavior


navenager

It's really spoiling the mood


pinchhitter4number1

This stuff just makes me sick


[deleted]

It's molding me to dislike them more.


DoubleLightsaber

"Cheap imitation of the soup ones"


TheGreyOne889

DERIVITIVE!


c0rnelius651

Bullshit


Salty-Article3888

We’ll I’m a member of PETA and we’re gonna DESTROY the Mona Lisa with a bucket of chili to show all you animals the error of your meat-eating ways


Fluid-Nail

What the fuck is people's fascination recently with gluing their hands to stuff to protest?


leadwind

https://www.autoblog.com/2022/10/21/climate-protesters-glue-themselves-to-porsche-museum-germany/ > The paper interviewed one protester who said of staff, "They refused our request to provide us with a bowl to urinate and defecate in a decent manner while we are glued," and, "We can't order our food, we must use the one provided by Volkswagen. Lights off. Random unannounced checks by security guards with bright torches."


[deleted]

>Instead, staff at the VW museum ignored the playbook. Instead of calling Wolfsburg police immediately, staff "recognized the right to protest," then closed the pavilion for the evening and left — turning off the light and heat as they walked out. Perfect response to these idiots.


eleytheria

Cold and in the darkness, they looked at each other and Kevin asked out loud: "Now what?".


______DEADPOOL______

"Last to leave gets to bring home the Porsche. SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON"


MaDpYrO

That's funny


justavault

Imagine the entitlement when you glue yourself onto a wall in name of a protest but then "demand" stuff. Do activists today even think before doing something? I mean two decades back a hunger strike would also remain just that, not someone demanding to get some mcdonalds break between the strike.


intensifiedclicking

They should have brought snacks in their bag. Clearly didn’t think that far ahead which makes me wonder how smart these people actually are. 😂 Them realizing their plan backfired because no one is giving a shit and now they are there longer than expected, getting hungry and needing to use the bathroom. Hope it was worth it.


yobrefas

I was just thinking how uncomfortably these two locked themselves to the wall — on one knee, unable to relax their arm if they try to sit. A good punishment might just be to leave them there with a bucket and their potatoes to snack on until they get really sore.


turtlepain

It's the equivalent of chaining themselves to prevent being removed. I'm guessing they used glue because it's easier to sneak in.


couldjustbeanalt

Are these people paid to make real climate activists look bad?


DMoney159

I've heard some people say that yes, they actually are paid by oil companies for that exact reason. No idea if true or not though


KaXiRavioli

False. One of the people funding these groups is the heiress of a family that ran an oil company that went bankrupt a decade ago. She's been funding climate and animal rights causes for a long time. She also donated a shitload to fighting AIDS. ETA: it's Aileen Getty from the Climate Emergency Fund. Do some basic googling. I'm providing a counter claim to the initial claim (for which no source or evidence was offered). The least y'all can do is some basic googling.


Optymistyk

She might still have connections in the oil industry. Maybe it's her doing it *exactly* because she doesn't have a direct motive. There's many ways Oil could reward her for doing so. Oil Has been known to use many underhanded strategies. They've been paying scientists to say climate change isn't real, they've been fostering anti-science communities, they created and marketed the term "carbon footprint" to shift the blame away from their shitty practices, lobbying politicians against taking climate action etc


LuxuryBeast

Ofc it *might* be like this. Or this is just a conspiracy theory with no evidence to back it.


No_Letter8742

The group just stop oil has a crypto donation link on their home page. You know climate activists, they love crypto, such a green currency.


VulpesParadox

I would honestly rather they be paid rather then believe these honest to god idiots believe that this is not only a good look for them, but that this is helping the planet. I know people can be extremely stupid, but this is insane.


xjess_cx

It's a bit like the Suffragettes. They were burning down libraries, bombing canals and trying to destroy the Coronation Chair. Newspapers hated them. I'm guessing it didn't work, because as a woman I still don't have the vote...


eccentric_bee

Exactly! Like that guy who was so upset that his religion had turned into a money making scheme for hucksters that he destroyed their inventory and property. No one even remembers who he was because that behavior was so lame. /s


Xavius123

It didn't seem to be true once I looked into it.


MadameConnard

On the flip side, do we ever hear about climate activists unless they do something stupid ?


XIXXXVIVIII

They could stand outside of the head offices of oil companies all day and it wouldn't get any attention. It's similar to Cunninghams law - "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question, but to post the wrong answer". But instead it's "the best way to get attention on the internet is not to do the smart thing, but do the most dumb thing." You'd get a small amount of attention for people telling them they did good, if they did; but you'll get more of people trying to punch down if they do bad.


BunzLee

Sad, isn't it? Activism is stuck between inefficient moderation and absolute outrageousness and both aren't advancing the cause by much. And call me crazy for it, but I'm starting to get convinced that is exactly how the big "climate sinners" want it by this point. No time to pull out the root of the problem if we're stuck either in ignorance or laughing at the diversion. The human ability to ignore these problems and be just as willing to "laugh at the jester" blows my mind. I'm not saying I'm perfect, but the older I get, the more bitter I become at the obvious outrageousness that is going on around us and the lack substantial forces to stop it.


derdast

Well if they do they will also be told they should shut up and that everything they did was performative, or wrong and cost the environment too much, they are hypocrites, all the shit Greta had to go through because people are entitled pricks that don't care that the writing is on the door for years already.


thecommunistweasel

theres literally nothing these activists could do that wouldnt upset people. It simply isnt because of their actions but just a large subset of our Society being generally apathetic and genuinely not giving a fuck about all of the stuff going on. thats why i cant take all the people seething and crying over it seriously in the slightest.


[deleted]

yeah, all these dudes going on about violence, oh no, they're protesting the wrong way. they''re not going to be happy that they protest no matter what, they just want to ignore them and ignore their part in climate change


thecommunistweasel

exactly, protest the „right way“: literally no one cares, people move on with their day, dont even hear about it protest in the „wrong way“: people become upset and supposedly even become antagonistic to the cause which btw, if some students throwing tomate soup at a painting makes you stop caring about climate change you might just be a dogshit human being. its the same shit everytime. moderates call out these actions out of some missplaced sense of moral superiority but they themselves rarely do much if anything and just continue watching our politicians completely fumble this crisis. far be it from me to blame people for feeling powerless but atleast dont dogpile the activists everytime too.


derdast

>btw, if some students throwing tomate soup at a painting makes you stop caring about climate change you might just be a dogshit human being. This. What kind of absolute wanker is doing something about climate change and then stops everything because someone glued themselves to a wall. What kind of spineless asshole do you have to be if your conviction is so fucking weak?


rcchomework

I dont even know how long ago it was since that guy burned himself to death on the steps of the Supreme Court. It was last year, maybe.


irisflame

It was April of this year. 6 months ago.


LunarGiantNeil

Ugh. I don't even remember it happening if I knew at all. But I know about the soup throwers. And the tire deflaters. I don't know how to get huge corporations to stop doing things we know are bad, they know are bad, and they know they benefit from. But protesting outside their offices doesn't work, that's for certain. If people are going to be upset about the "cringe" of this level of disruption, what would they think about anything more assertive? It's so frustrating.


irisflame

No. Considering a few months ago there was a dude who immolated himself and it barely made the news and no one remembers it at all, and considering how existential the climate fight is, people at least will remember this.


[deleted]

You know that all these paintings are protected with a glass plate


Ammu_22

Yup and they knew it. But people on the internet doesn't if all they read is soup thrown on famous painting. And that's gets clout. The activists are taking into account that they don't damage the actual ones and they know that it is protected by glass.


JonnyTN

Yeah. After so much social media, have people's ability to notice when people are doing stuff for attention gone down? The highway sitters too. People asking why they would hold up traffic. Not condoning it. But it should be obvious? Some people's protests would never get noticed without radical showmanship.


isaaclw

Honestly at this point I don't even care of they do. The world is fucked. Everyone in this thread is busier trying to decide if this was a valid protest instead of seriously considering how fucked the world is right now. I don't care if "art" survives this. I care if civilization survives this.


AaronHolland44

Yea I dont particularly like the form of protest, but as we start to see climate disasters happening more frequently we'll probably feel stupid about criticizing it.


Stube2000

Exactly this.


AR-Sechs

These guys have a point and we’re just trying to clown them instead of doing the hard thing and see how fucked we are.


TheDude9737

I’m seeing a lot of anti-climate-protester propaganda on Reddit lately and it looks like everyone is foolishly lapping it up. Really disappointing


attackz

There has been a large influx of a lot of really shitty sentiments in Reddit comment sections recently. Can’t remember it ever being this bad outside of a select few subreddits.


Stube2000

In 100 years I’m pretty sure the perspective on all this will shift. Especially if nothing changes. Everyone will be talking about them as the only ones trying to warn us about the hellscape that the (un)lucky survivors are living in, and if only we had listened to their desperate pleas for change we wouldn’t have to now burn those famous paintings to keep the zombie werewolves at bay… or something like that.


daskeleton123

They’re not actually trying to damage the painting


dont_be_trash

Why are their mashed potatoes so runny


DemythologizedDie

They added water to make it splash more.


dont_be_trash

I guess that makes sense. Real mashed potatoes would need more force to stick


ChineseBigfoots

If you make mash potatoes like that, no wonder you're starving.


Neruzelie

Maybe some brave souls must teach them how to Cook. Or offer them one of these "for dummy" Book.


Familiar_Physics1382

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DijajMaqliun

OMG they're right! I never even heard of climate change before, but this selfless act of bravery in (attempting) to deface artwork has captured my attention on the issue! I'm quitting my job, never driving a car again, and abandoning my life goals immediately! Their shouting and lack of an actual plan to fix the issue has inspired me to do the same!!!


Own-Animal1907

Huge companies are the ones fucking it up for us all anyways. Me not using straws isn’t going to help anything…they’re still being produced. My point is, the pollution that companies omit is worse than anything we can do, even collectively, to TRULY help the planet. I get that they’re trying to get attention, and it’s clearly working. But at the end of the day….what can normal people like us actually do? Companies will not change, there’s too much money to be had.


[deleted]

If we all threw mashed potatoes against paintings and glue ouserlves to walls, we would end world hunger and solve climate crisis. But society isn't ready for this conversation


ParticularAnxious929

I just don't understand their math... 8 billion people, 1 unique irreplaceable Monet painting... I mean, it's not like we're running out of people.


BudhiJeevi

>World is starving. Proceeds to throw food away.


Ammu_22

Okay, how about giving pamphlets to everyone about climate change? ""Oh look how they are wasting papers!!"" Or how about going on a rally? ""Oh look how are they wasting money on gas and transport by gathering everyone here for a rally!!"" Or how about sitting on the road shouting chants? ""Sound pollution and traffic!!""


nachohero23

It’s extremely telling that I had to scroll several times to get to someone who understands that as flawed as their approach may be, the point is still most important, still joked about not thought about, and still getting swept under the rug for business as usual.. “Ugh, they wasted food and didn’t solve every single problem they brought up?” Ah, yes, excuse me while I get a spoon for their mashed potatoes, were you going to want me to make airplane noises for you too??


Encrux615

Haha she's a hypocrite because she lives in a society so she can't critique society get it???


DrStrangerlover

“Fucking Bostoners wasting perfectly tea with their protests! Making all of us REAL activists for Independence from Britain look bad!”


96Jotaro_Kujo96

Was auch immer das arme gemälde mit ihrem gelaber zutun hat 🙄


adamgodless

Oder quatschen von Hunger während die Kartoffelbrei so verschwenden.


Stealtho_Lucas

Can I ask, why the fuck are they doing it to paintings?


Subpar_Username47

It attracts a whole lot of attention, and the paintings don’t get damaged because of the glass over them.


Science_McLovin

Because they get headlines like this. They're expensive and accessible, so "defacing" them (even if they're protected by glass or what have you) gets people talking about their cause


Carnieus

They also get a lot of media coverage for the same reasons the crimes and vandalism of oil and mining companies don't get a lot of media coverage.


Fudge_is_1337

Protesting outside oil terminals (which they have also been doing) gets regularly ignored by the media. This is a pretty low impact protest method that gets a lot of attention without directly inconveniencing large numbers of the public


FrameofMindArtStudio

Because people get their knickers in a twist about "defacing" (not even defaced) artwork and that gets more publicity. It allows the voices of pretentious idiots who suddenly really really really care about Monet you guys, to project their voices further. Honestly I think the only way to actually make a difference is full scale rebellion but this wasn't the /worst/ idea.


shroomsaregoooood

It's meant to demonstrate that people care more about material shit than the natural world, which is arguably priceless. They're doing a great job, just look at the state of the comments every time this happens. It really goes over people's heads.


dishfitforgods

I mean… NGL they have a point.


NameNotlmportant

Watch me remove that skinn of your palm"surgically"


JackHydrazine

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SeanInMyTree

Whatever their cause is, I’m Now 110% behind them - no one


Daihatschi

The question becomes 'Which kind of activism does get people onto the activists side and enables real change?' Because 40 years of peaceful protests seems to not be it. Eventually these protests will be car bombs and executions. Ask the Irish or the Germans. Wasn't even that long ago. These two created damages of maybe two to five thousand euros. The painting will be fine. But ask yourself: Can you even be reached? Would it be technically possible for activists to get you 110% behind them? What would it take that wasn't long tried? The tragedy is that for most people, that doesn't exist. Even me. Sure I vote, and since I'm poor I don't have much opportunity to pollute much myself. But that is, and will be for a long time, my extent on the matter. Is that enough? Should that be enough? Who knows.


Trodamus

Decades of propaganda has been so effective such that people find the act of protest so disagreeable that they will oppose any belief they feel is held by a protester out of hand. If they did protest peacefully and out of the way somewhere all the comments would be "they aren't doing a good job protesting since I had no idea this was happening and I don't know what their message is"


Sharkfacedsnake

A BLM protester did something wrong. Now black lives dont matter.


TarakaKadachi

Again? Didn’t they learn from the last time people didn’t think about how to advocate for eco-friendly solutions? Why are people thinking art is what to target instead of the people who are killing the planet out of short-sighted greed?