Free the man in the bean
this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2026
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I own that. Licked it while visiting. It belongs to me now.
I see a cunt's bean and I want to paint it black...
Using Black 3.0?
Fuck it. Let's go pinkest pink. I'm feeling a bit gay.
How often do they have to clean that thing?
Well, @Lexam@lemmy.world reports claiming it with his tongue, so if enough people follow his example, I'd hope occasionally.
EDIT: Apparently a possibility that's already been considered.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Gate
Since the sculpture was expected to be outdoors, concerns arose that it might retain and conduct heat in a way that would make it too hot to touch during the summer and so cold that one's tongue might stick to it during the winter.
All I could think of when there was the Flight of the Navigator.
I just spend a whole minute trying to figure out why the photographer wasn't visible in the mirror, was hard to find
Legend says this is where the Chicagoans draw their power from
The world was a more magical place when I believed there was a coffee shop inside
Sometimes I get an uncontrollable desire to flick the bean