Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Ameya
Robert Frederick Blum

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 first?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 27, 2026 09:31 AM (cWLG3)

2 Interesting.
It almost looks photoshopped.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 27, 2026 09:31 AM (NpAcC)

3 Looks like a photograph.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 27, 2026 09:31 AM (A5RD0)

4 Well this is different. Thanks CBD.

Posted by: tubal at February 27, 2026 09:32 AM (pDt9x)

5 Yes, Do you have air-fryers?

Posted by: Eromero at February 27, 2026 09:32 AM (4jjF2)

6 2 Interesting.
It almost looks photoshopped.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 27, 2026 09:31 AM

3 Looks like a photograph.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 27, 2026 09:31 AM

Hordemind...beautiful and terrible.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 27, 2026 09:32 AM (kgE5c)

7 The Ameya were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at February 27, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

8 The shoes on the lady wearing the kimono look very uncomfortable.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 27, 2026 09:32 AM (cWLG3)

9 Lots of stuff going on there. Velly interestink.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 27, 2026 09:33 AM (2J/Lj)

10 It looks like a photo that's had an oil painting filter applied to it by photo-editing software.

Posted by: She Hobbit at February 27, 2026 09:33 AM (ftFVW)

11
Amezaiku:

https://tinyurl.com/mt9umekb

Sort of like glass-blowing, but with candy.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 27, 2026 09:33 AM (IG3/x)

12 Very nicely painted. Like a photograph, but better.

New painter to me. Off to see what else he did.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 27, 2026 09:33 AM (u82oZ)

13 I'll have a number 5 with eggroll.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 27, 2026 09:34 AM (jtM2q)

14 Wiki-
The Ameya," also known as "The Candy Blower," is a painting by American artist Robert Frederick Blum, created around 1893. This oil on canvas artwork captures a scene of a Japanese candy maker, or ameya, engaged in the traditional craft of Amezaiku, which involves shaping candy in a manner similar to glassblowing.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 27, 2026 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

15 Looked up Ameya. Could not get the context or sense of the term.

Posted by: tubal at February 27, 2026 09:34 AM (pDt9x)

16 The MET

Title: The Ameya
Artist: Robert Frederick Blum (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1857–1903 New York)
Date: by 1893
Culture: American
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 25 1/16 x 31 1/16 in. (63.7 x 78.9 cm)

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 27, 2026 09:35 AM (gbOdA)

17 Where's Wu?

Posted by: Frasier Crane at February 27, 2026 09:35 AM (bNf8H)

18 Is she smoking some kind of opium?

Keep this at the museum where it belongs, don't inflict it on the innocents!

Posted by: Mr. Potato Head at February 27, 2026 09:35 AM (2H3yT)

19 Happy jappys!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 27, 2026 09:35 AM (Kt19C)

20 I thought she was smoking opium.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 27, 2026 09:35 AM (FXNzP)

21 "It almost looks photoshopped."

I agree that this looks digitally enhanced.

Still pretty cool, though.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 27, 2026 09:35 AM (DgMqy)

22 MET Says

Blum went to Japan in 1890 to produce illustrations for a series of articles for Scribner’s Magazine, spending eighteen months there. His illustrated accounts of his experiences were published in 1893 and included an image titled The Ameya, on which he based this painting. Blum wrote of another depiction of an ameya, or candy blower:

candy blower
25 bucks same as....

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 27, 2026 09:36 AM (gbOdA)

23 A lot going on here. Like the colors.
Would hang.
Thx CBD have a great weekend

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 27, 2026 09:36 AM (HYqoK)

24 Curious babies in colorful backpacks. Nice.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 27, 2026 09:36 AM (Dv3i1)

25 Chinatown??

Posted by: dantesed at February 27, 2026 09:36 AM (Oy/m2)

26 Wikipedia sez an Ameya blows candy like it's glass, and makes it art that looks, for example, like a goldfish.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 27, 2026 09:36 AM (p9rFX)

27 engaged in the traditional craft of Amezaiku, which involves shaping candy in a manner similar to glassblowing prior to suicide.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 27, 2026 09:37 AM (Kt19C)

28 NO YELLOW

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 27, 2026 09:37 AM (qyidn)

29 17 Where's Wu?
Posted by: Frasier Crane at February 27, 2026 09:35 AM (bNf8H)

He fake-married a troon, then got economically comfortable off of being a patent lawyer for one of the COVID clot shots.

Posted by: XTC at February 27, 2026 09:37 AM (3wOGw)

30 I had no idea there even was such a thing as a "candy blower". Learn something new every day, I guess.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 27, 2026 09:37 AM (2J/Lj)

31 It kinds of makes me sad. All those girls watching patiently, but I get the idea none of them will be having candy.

Posted by: She Hobbit at February 27, 2026 09:37 AM (ftFVW)

32 Painted in.1893? No wonder I don't see any motorcycles.

Posted by: Case at February 27, 2026 09:37 AM (Z3Kkg)

33 Curious babies in colorful backpacks.

Parachutes.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 27, 2026 09:38 AM (Kt19C)

34 The shoes on the lady wearing the kimono look very uncomfortable.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 27, 2026 09:32 AM (cWLG3)

They're called geta and actually not uncomfortable. Unfortunately, they *were* messing up my back so I can't wear them any more. I miss the click-clack sound they made.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 27, 2026 09:38 AM (lFFaq)

35 That would be interesting to watch.

Posted by: Bulg at February 27, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

36 Taiwan ~~night~~ day market?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 27, 2026 09:38 AM (tj6OY)

37 Detail and color is quite good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 09:39 AM (bss/y)

38 Oops, it's Japan. Never mind!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 27, 2026 09:40 AM (tj6OY)

39 Wooden shoes are cool.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 27, 2026 09:40 AM (2J/Lj)

40 The woman doing the blowing is my great grandmother.
She taught me a lot.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at February 27, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

41 I had Ameya once but penicillin cleared it right up.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2026 09:40 AM (cYBz/)

42 I thought I was looking at a Shanghai noodle factory at first.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 27, 2026 09:41 AM (0nHVk)

43 It kinds of makes me sad. All those girls watching patiently, but I get the idea none of them will be having candy.
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 27, 2026 09:37 AM (ftFVW)

I wonder if they're older sisters or servants.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 27, 2026 09:41 AM (lFFaq)

44 Nice. Interesting and full of life.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 09:41 AM (ExV1e)

45 Image off of wiki:

https://tinyurl.com/3c6fe6tr

The thing to remember about 'this looks digitally enhanced.' Calm down. Not EVERYTHING is AI guys.

Look at Vermeer and Carravaggio and you'll probably say the same thing. 'I think this Caravaggio is AI SLOP! and he might be gay!' Well, you'd be half right, maybe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 09:41 AM (bss/y)

46 Green candy dildos. The early years.

Posted by: The WNBA at February 27, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)

47 You lemember Pearl Harbor, McMahon?

Posted by: Mr. Fuji Love To Torture American Wrestler! at February 27, 2026 09:42 AM (oftw2)

48 The Ameya, 1893
Robert Frederick Blum

Marvelously detailed, looks like a photograph.
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On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 768

Blum went to Japan in 1890 to produce illustrations for a series of articles for Scribner’s Magazine, spending eighteen months there. His illustrated accounts of his experiences were published in 1893 and included an image titled The Ameya, on which he based this painting. Blum wrote of another depiction of an ameya, or candy blower: "Very interesting things they do certainly perform . . . using the candy like a glassblower his lump of molten glass, and producing results, if hardly as beautiful or durable, certainly as artistic and finished as regards workmanship."

I'd hang today's art selection. Thanks!

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 27, 2026 09:42 AM (NFX2v)

49 45 Look at Vermeer and Carravaggio and you'll probably say the same thing. 'I think this Caravaggio is AI SLOP! and he might be gay!' Well, you'd be half right, maybe.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 09:41 AM (bss/y)

*stacks bottles on Vermeer's upper leg*

Posted by: XTC at February 27, 2026 09:43 AM (3wOGw)

50 That would be interesting to watch.
Posted by: Bulg

When I was very little, the family visited some glass blowing shop. We watched them blow and shape Christmas ornaments. I remember a blue house or cottage we had for years.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 27, 2026 09:43 AM (FXNzP)

51 It's like one of those kiosks in the mall that has cell phone cases for sale.

Or maybe some knockoff jewelry.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 27, 2026 09:43 AM (jtM2q)

52 Intriguing painting. Thanks CBD.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 27, 2026 09:43 AM (6NdAW)

53 Wow. Wonderful rendering. I like how even the babies are in rapt attention of what the vendor is doing -- except that one little smartass who's breaking the third wall and staring straight at us.

Posted by: red speck at February 27, 2026 09:44 AM (Ve/HL)

54 Opium is a bad habit

Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2026 09:44 AM (dGJ/V)

55 51 It's like one of those kiosks in the mall that has cell phone cases for sale.

Or maybe some knockoff jewelry.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 27, 2026 09:43 AM (jtM2q)

I bet you can get your ears pierced there.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 09:45 AM (bss/y)

56 Socks with sandals. Not a good look for the candy man.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at February 27, 2026 09:45 AM (0bjKf)

57 47 You lemember Pearl Harbor, McMahon?
Posted by: Mr. Fuji Love To Torture American Wrestler! at February 27, 2026 09:42 AM (oftw2)

Harry Fujiwara was living in Hawaii when it happened.

Posted by: XTC at February 27, 2026 09:45 AM (3wOGw)

58 8 The shoes on the lady wearing the kimono look very uncomfortable.
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Foot binding has been replaced with spike heels. Just ask NANZI how that works.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 27, 2026 09:45 AM (pZ64F)

59 It is very detailed

Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2026 09:45 AM (dGJ/V)

60 Toughest job in world-police sketch artist in Tokyo.

Posted by: Lice Paper at February 27, 2026 09:46 AM (oftw2)

61 The ladies are wearing very colorful and elaborate kimonos. So are the kids.

These might be upper-class ladies who will buy the candy.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 27, 2026 09:46 AM (qyidn)

62 Wikipedia sez an Ameya blows candy like it's glass, and makes it art that looks, for example, like a goldfish.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 27, 2026 09:36 AM (p9rFX)
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That probably explains all the youngsters surrounding her, wanting to taste that sweet, sweet candy...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 27, 2026 09:46 AM (ESVrU)

63 A Cincinnati boy. Here's video biography of the artist:

YT: https://tinyurl.com/44pwdb2m

Posted by: mrp at February 27, 2026 09:46 AM (rj6Yv)

64 Wow, this is so good. A photograph would have been a mess. 1893? Like having a porthole into an alien world.

Posted by: t-bird at February 27, 2026 09:47 AM (pP3eq)

65 I like short-shorts.

Posted by: Joe Mama at February 27, 2026 09:47 AM (TezPK)

66 A little disappointed to see that it wasn't a Chinese artist who painted this. I've always been curious as to why there doesn't seem to be a famous realist/humanist Asian painter. Their art all seems to be very formulaic and gimmicky or rote. There's no Hudson River School of Beijing or Kyoto.

So I was really hoping that this one would be the first. But nah... just some guy named Bob.

Posted by: red speck at February 27, 2026 09:47 AM (Ve/HL)

67 The driver of the rickshaw is taking a break on the left side of the painting.

Posted by: dantesed at February 27, 2026 09:47 AM (Oy/m2)

68 Not a big fan of photo-realism, what's the point, I can just take photos and make a collage.

Impressionism > Realism.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2026 09:47 AM (XV/Pl)

69 Bet the ameya's embouchure and lip control game is top notch!

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 27, 2026 09:47 AM (wVcYX)

70 The fact that the woman is blowing through a tube represents a phallic symbol.

Posted by: Your sexually frustrated female high school art teacher at February 27, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)

71 "Not EVERYTHING is AI guys."

I understand, but the images in the foreground have like a 3-d sharpness to them.

Just looks that way to me, I guess.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 27, 2026 09:48 AM (DgMqy)

72 I'd paint this on the side of my Free Candy van!

Posted by: Registered Offender at February 27, 2026 09:48 AM (oftw2)

73 The driver of the rickshaw is taking a break on the left side of the painting.
Posted by: dantesed at February 27, 2026 09:47 AM (Oy/m2)

It's hard to get productive rickshaw drivers.

Posted by: Kramer and Newman Enterprises at February 27, 2026 09:48 AM (wVcYX)

74 30 I had no idea there even was such a thing as a "candy blower". Learn something new every day, I guess.
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This, too, is all about Obama.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 27, 2026 09:48 AM (pZ64F)

75 Smoke obscuring Kokura. Secondary target looks clear.

Posted by: Major Charles Sweeney at February 27, 2026 09:48 AM (JCZqz)

76 Would like to see "ameya's embouchure" in a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick lover at February 27, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)

77 Me brow rong time..... you pay NOW!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 27, 2026 09:49 AM (kOluj)

78 I can't figure out what she's doing. Is it like glass blowing, but with bamboo? I am teh confused

Posted by: banana Dream at February 27, 2026 09:49 AM (3uBP9)

79 68 Not a big fan of photo-realism, what's the point, I can just take photos and make a collage.

Impressionism > Realism.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2026 09:47 AM (XV/Pl)

That's silly. If you could have a photo realistic painting from way before photography (like Vermeer or several other examples that CBD has highlighted in the past) then I damn sure want to see them. I want to see things as they are (or were as the case may be) not how it looks through your idealized vision, you commie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 09:50 AM (bss/y)

80 69 Bet the ameya's embouchure and lip control game is top notch!
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 27, 2026 09:47 AM (wVcYX)

Hornblowers unite!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 09:51 AM (bss/y)

81 Posted by: red speck at February 27, 2026 09:47 AM (Ve/HL)

Perspective never has really been a thing in Asian paintings. No idea why. I did see a Japanese "Perspective of an Interior" this week on Twitter. It was done reasonably well, but was most notable for the fact that it *was* a perspective drawing.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 27, 2026 09:51 AM (lFFaq)

82 Don't take Ameya if you're allergic to Ameya.

Posted by: Big Farma Legal Department at February 27, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

83 The Ameya (The Candy Blower)
Robert Frederick Blum

*********

The Cereal Killer - a Frederick

A grisly scene by Robert Limerick Blum
Of a candy-blowing Mistress of Doom
He watched her blow up sweets
And other sugary treats
Like a Family Size box of Kaboom!

Posted by: muldoon at February 27, 2026 09:52 AM (qgHp7)

84 And in August 1945 I foresee a bright light, no two bright lights, in Japan

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 27, 2026 09:52 AM (HYqoK)

85 68 >>Not a big fan of photo-realism, what's the point, I can just take photos and make a collage.

Impressionism > Realism.

Then this one must bake your noodle -- the faces and a few details are photo realistic, but much of the surrounding areas are impressionistic. It's a very effective technique.

Posted by: red speck at February 27, 2026 09:52 AM (Ve/HL)

86 Those other ladies need a good pair of split-toe socks like the ones the glass blower is wearing

Posted by: one hour sober at February 27, 2026 09:52 AM (Y1sOo)

87 Busy and ugly. Would only hang somewhere I don't plan on returning to.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 27, 2026 09:53 AM (CrUNC)

88
Cultural Significance: The term "ameya" refers to a traditional candy seller. The artist, Blum, used it to highlight the skill and artistry involved in shaping,, candies, calling it a form of artistic, refined work. (AI Overview)

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Wisdom Library Org: Ameya 13 definitions

Ameya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page.

Alternative spellings of this word include Amey.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 27, 2026 09:53 AM (NFX2v)

89 Wuhan Virology Institute: The Early Days

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 27, 2026 09:53 AM (nWPIJ)

90 The shoes on the lady wearing the kimono look very uncomfortable.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 27, 2026 09:32 AM (cWLG3)

Which one?

Posted by: GWB at February 27, 2026 09:54 AM (Bjfbw)

91 look at these!

Posted by: cmeat at February 27, 2026 09:54 AM (R11M+)

92 Bravo, Muldoon!

Posted by: Limerick lover at February 27, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

93 Why do I suspect the scene smells of fish?

Posted by: pudinhead at February 27, 2026 09:54 AM (pZ64F)

94 88 Apparently, “Ameya” is also a given name. It means “boundless” in Sanskrit.

Posted by: Bulg at February 27, 2026 09:55 AM (77rzZ)

95 I like this.

Kind of enlightening that this was done at the turn of the last century.

Vivid and dynamic like something you would expect at a sports event.

Layers upon layers.

Posted by: pawn at February 27, 2026 09:55 AM (+rKuc)

96 My neighbor carried her granddaughter on her back like that for years.

While she worked in the garden, when she walked to the grocery, when she was sweeping the sidewalk we never saw her without that baby on her back.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 27, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX)

97 87 Busy and ugly. Would only hang somewhere I don't plan on returning to.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 27, 2026 09:53 AM (CrUNC)

Heh. It is always interesting to see the whole gamut of opinion we run.

The gal on the left with the baby on her back does look like she had down syndrome. Or a bit mongoloid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 09:55 AM (bss/y)

98 39 i would like to go to holland. wooden shoe?

Posted by: cmeat at February 27, 2026 09:56 AM (R11M+)

99 @79

>>That's silly. If you could have a photo realistic painting from way before photography (like Vermeer or several other examples that CBD has highlighted in the past) then I damn sure want to see them. I want to see things as they are (or were as the case may be) not how it looks through your idealized vision, you commie.

IDK, realism, especially photo-realism, leaves me cold.

Sure, there is tremendous technical skill required to render something to a realistic/photo-realistic level, but it leaves nothing to the imagination, the paintings general are what they are and nothing more.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2026 09:57 AM (XV/Pl)

100 Was it over when the Germans candied Pearl Harbor?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at February 27, 2026 09:57 AM (o0Ud6)

101 ameya the only one who gets it?

Posted by: cmeat at February 27, 2026 09:57 AM (R11M+)

102 What's the guy on the right carrying? Firearm?

Posted by: Gotta ask at February 27, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

103 NOOOO! Tom Steyer has rallied and is now tying Katie Porter in public polling.

I can't have this; I gotta figure out some way for her to come at this guy. I don't want this malevolent cavebitch to be Governor of California... I NEED her to be.

If any CA Morons have ideas to help her PLEASE DO IT.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 27, 2026 09:57 AM (BI5O2)

104 A Cincinnati boy. Here's video biography of the artist:

Posted by: mrp

What's a Bearcat anyway? Besides an antique car?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2026 09:58 AM (cYBz/)

105 102 What's the guy on the right carrying? Firearm?
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I'd bet umbrella.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 27, 2026 09:58 AM (pZ64F)

106 This is one busy painting, with a lot to check out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 27, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)

107 Why do I suspect the scene smells of fish?
Posted by: pudinhead at February 27, 2026 09:54 AM (pZ64F)

A good bet. I had a school friend whose mom had gone to the Olympics held in Japan in the 70s. She said *everything* was fried in fish oil. Apparently, KFC fried in fish oil isn't very appealing.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 27, 2026 09:59 AM (lFFaq)

108 San Franpsycho, thanks for understanding in the last thread.

I like this painting. There are interesting things going on.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 27, 2026 09:59 AM (FMtrg)

109 50 my brother started shaping vacuum tubes for motorola. he used to send little glass menageries to my folks.

Posted by: cmeat at February 27, 2026 09:59 AM (R11M+)

110 This painting reeks of kimchi.

Posted by: He said with a wrinkled nose at February 27, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

111 Although a painting of a Japanese street scene is not something I would hang, the artistry in this is excellent and really caught my eye. Blum captured the feel of movement on the street as background while the attention of the women and girls is focussed on the street vendor. A still moment in a busy day. The bright colors of the vendor, slightly off center, is the focal point for the women and the viewers. The strong details and colors of the figures seem to pop out against the looser details of the buildings in the background with those brown earth tones. The skin tones catch my attention as they are darker than is often seen these days. And each face is individual, not generic, bound by the same skin tones.

The entire work is effective and I makes me want to spend time looking at it.

Posted by: JTB at February 27, 2026 09:59 AM (yTvNw)

112 Sure, there is tremendous technical skill required to render something to a realistic/photo-realistic level, but it leaves nothing to the imagination, the paintings general are what they are and nothing more.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2026 09:57 AM (XV/Pl)

Is the point of a painting only to make you feel warm? I don't see a phot realistic painting from 500 years ago like that. I look at how people are dressed, how they live, the things the painter chose to detail.

That's life.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 09:59 AM (bss/y)

113 I like this a lot, thanks CBD!
It captures the color and movement of open-air markets.
So, yeah, kind of like mall kiosks.

I'm wondering how she's not burning her hands with sugar syrup, if she's using them to shape the candy.
Hard crack temp for candy is 300 F.

Posted by: sal at February 27, 2026 10:00 AM (f+FmA)

114 Posted by: muldoon at February 27, 2026 09:52 AM (qgHp7)

Perfect! LOL

Posted by: GWB at February 27, 2026 10:00 AM (Bjfbw)

115 Blown sugar globes, never knew that was a thing. Interesting. Has anyone had freeze-dried candy? That was a big thing a few years ago. They'd take skittles or other similar types of candy and put them through a freeze-drying process. Doesn't really change the taste, just makes it puffy, brittle, and crackly. People were buying online shops where they resell candy in freeze-dried form for a hefty markup. A fad.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 27, 2026 10:01 AM (3uBP9)

116
If any CA Morons have ideas to help her PLEASE DO IT.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 27, 2026 09:57 AM (BI5O2)
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Steyer is yet another dumb, rich dilettante trying to purchase public office. He has been blanketing the state with TV ads.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 27, 2026 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

117 A good bet. I had a school friend whose mom had gone to the Olympics held in Japan in the 70s. She said *everything* was fried in fish oil. Apparently, KFC fried in fish oil isn't very appealing.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 27, 2026 09:59 AM (lFFaq)

I can confirm this. There is a lot of fish meals. To the point where even if you aren't smelling it- you think you are. I got... really tired of that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 10:01 AM (bss/y)

118 89 >>Wuhan Virology Institute: The Early Days

"Hey, Joe. You want pangolin? Just 20 yen."

Posted by: red speck at February 27, 2026 10:01 AM (Ve/HL)

119 104 What's a Bearcat anyway? Besides an antique car?
Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2026 09:58 AM (cYBz/)

A Binturong.

Posted by: XTC at February 27, 2026 10:01 AM (3wOGw)

120 A thunderstorm popped up and washed away a day's work.

Posted by: Roy at February 27, 2026 10:02 AM (qwype)

121 76 Would like to see "ameya's embouchure" in a limerick.
Posted by: Limerick lover at February 27, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)

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With apologies to the great Muldoon:

Engrossed with Ameya's embouchure
Dirty minds conceive thoughts immature
"I make you horrer
For just twenty dorrar
Ret go my ears, I no amateur!"

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 27, 2026 10:02 AM (kOluj)

122 Do not take Ameya if you are allergic to Ameya.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 27, 2026 10:02 AM (kgE5c)

123 I was gong to say the only Oriental street scenes I care about are the covers of Fu Manchu book covers. But the longer I looked the less inclined I was to be a smart ass.

Posted by: JTB at February 27, 2026 10:02 AM (yTvNw)

124 You know at least one of those kids had a dirty diaper.

Posted by: He said with a wrinkled nose at February 27, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)

125 {Emmie}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 27, 2026 10:03 AM (RIvkX)

126 What's a Bearcat anyway? Besides an antique car?
Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2026 09:58 AM (cYBz/)

An antique warplane? Grumman F8F Bearcat

Posted by: GWB at February 27, 2026 10:03 AM (Bjfbw)

127 122 Do not take Ameya if you are allergic to Ameya.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 27, 2026 10:02 AM (kgE5c)

Ask your doctor if Ameya is right for you.

Posted by: Roy at February 27, 2026 10:04 AM (qwype)

128 Yudhishthira's Dice, thank you for understanding in the last thread. I am protective of Ace's "living room" and do not want his carpet soiled by racism.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 27, 2026 10:04 AM (FMtrg)

129 What's a Bearcat anyway?
Posted by: Tonypete

***********

You see young Tonypete, when a grizzly and a tabby love each other verrry much they soon want to express that love in intimate ways. Eventually this interspecies canoodling results in a ltter of little Bearcats...

Posted by: muldoon at February 27, 2026 10:04 AM (qgHp7)

130 Stutz Bearcat

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 10:04 AM (bss/y)

131 Chinee laborers called coolies. What Japan laborers called?

Posted by: Kikkoman Kid at February 27, 2026 10:05 AM (oftw2)

132 129 What's a Bearcat anyway?
Posted by: Tonypete

***********

You see young Tonypete, when a grizzly and a tabby love each other verrry much they soon want to express that love in intimate ways. Eventually this interspecies canoodling results in a ltter of little Bearcats...
Posted by: muldoon at February 27, 2026 10:04 AM (qgHp7)

A wolverine?

Posted by: Awfuls everywhere at February 27, 2026 10:05 AM (i0Hi3)

133 A Cincinnati boy. Here's video biography of the artist:

Posted by: mrp

What's a Bearcat anyway? Besides an antique car?
Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2026 09:58 AM (cYBz/)
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After spending 2.5 years at UC, I still find the subject difficult to explain. A great university, though. The Bengals played in Nippert Stadium while Riverfront Stadium was being built. A superb music conservatory, renowned for its engineering, medical, and architecture schools.

Posted by: mrp at February 27, 2026 10:05 AM (rj6Yv)

134 @112

>>Is the point of a painting only to make you feel warm? I don't see a phot realistic painting from 500 years ago like that. I look at how people are dressed, how they live, the things the painter chose to detail. That's life.

Well, photrealism, didn't become a thing until after the invention of photography.

It's not my jam.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2026 10:05 AM (XV/Pl)

135 A little disappointed to see that it wasn't a Chinese artist who painted this. I've always been curious as to why there doesn't seem to be a famous realist/humanist Asian painter. Their art all seems to be very formulaic and gimmicky or rote. There's no Hudson River School of Beijing or Kyoto.

So I was really hoping that this one would be the first. But nah... just some guy named Bob.
Posted by: red speck at February 27, 2026

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I knew a Chinese artist who specialized in realism! He was a graduate student in studio art at my former employer back in the '90s. He was so good he even had a show at a gallery in town his second year in the grad program. Big paintings too -- Chinese subjects, but Western style. When he painted a Budweiser can, you felt as if you could reach out and pop the top.

Unfortunately I can't remember his name, or I'd look to see if he had a subsequent career here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 27, 2026 10:06 AM (wzUl9)

136 I hate impressionism, for the most part.

Posted by: Bulg at February 27, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)

137 Ret go my ears, I no amateur!"
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher

**********

Ha!

Posted by: muldoon at February 27, 2026 10:06 AM (qgHp7)

138 Bearcat used to be a brand of radio/CB scanner. Might still be, under the Uniden brand.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 27, 2026 10:07 AM (jtM2q)

139 104 What's a Bearcat anyway? Besides an antique car?
Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2026 09:58 AM (cYBz/)

F-8 Bearcat -- kickass prop fighter of the Korean War. Grumman had the Bearcat, Tigercat, Hellcat, Wildcat. Apparently a feline fetish.

Posted by: red speck at February 27, 2026 10:07 AM (Ve/HL)

140 The Dow is down 1.4%. The drop is blamed on persistent inflation.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 27, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)

141 After spending 2.5 years at UC, I still find the subject difficult to explain.
+++
Tell us about it.

Posted by: The Hokies at February 27, 2026 10:07 AM (2Ez/1)

142 132 A wolverine?
Posted by: Awfuls everywhere at February 27, 2026 10:05 AM (i0Hi3)

Binturongs are not part of the weasel family, strangely enough.

They're viverrids, part of the same family as civets.

(Apologies for this not being a Smart Military answer on this Smart Military Blog).

Posted by: XTC at February 27, 2026 10:08 AM (3wOGw)

143 Sure, there is tremendous technical skill required to render something to a realistic/photo-realistic level, but it leaves nothing to the imagination
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Yes, but keep in mind the advent of photography itself didn’t start till the 19th century.

Paintings with a high res photograph appearance in previous centuries must have been absolutely amazing at the time. They used glass lenses to achieve this iirc. Pretty clever. They had cameras, sort of. They didn’t have film, it was up to the artist to make the emulsion basically.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 27, 2026 10:08 AM (+qoHP)

144 136 I hate impressionism, for the most part.
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Get bent!

Posted by: Rich Little at February 27, 2026 10:08 AM (Dv3i1)

145 Thomas Bender see all paintings with jaundiced eye. Maybe he need to see Optimist?

Posted by: Warby Parker at February 27, 2026 10:09 AM (oftw2)

146 They're viverrids, part of the same family as civets.

(Apologies for this not being a Smart Military answer on this Smart Military Blog).
Posted by: XTC at February 27, 2026 10:08 AM

But do they crap gourmet coffee?

Posted by: Karen McWinemom at February 27, 2026 10:09 AM (kgE5c)

147 After spending 2.5 years at UC, I still find the subject difficult to explain.
+++
Tell us about it.
Posted by: The Hokies
___________

I know, right?

Posted by: WKU Hilltoppers at February 27, 2026 10:09 AM (XvL8K)

148 This painting reeks of kimchi.
Posted by: He said with a wrinkled nose at February 27, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

Kimchi is Korean. Kimuchi is the Japanese equivalent.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:09 AM (ExV1e)

149 136 I hate impressionism, for the most part.

I see your pointillism.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 27, 2026 10:09 AM (Riz8t)

150 Well, photrealism, didn't become a thing until after the invention of photography.
———

No, that’s not true. Not even a little bit.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 27, 2026 10:10 AM (+qoHP)

151 would not hang

Posted by: Gref at February 27, 2026 10:10 AM (5rh/l)

152
Everything in the picture got blowed up real
good in 1945.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 27, 2026 10:11 AM (azNOR)

153 I can confirm this. There is a lot of fish meals. To the point where even if you aren't smelling it- you think you are. I got... really tired of that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 10:01 AM (bss/y)

I was in Japan in the early '90s and I don't recall that although after spending several weeks on the submarine, who knows what I could or couldn't smell.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:11 AM (ExV1e)

154 After spending 2.5 years at UC, I still find the subject difficult to explain. A great university, though. The Bengals played in Nippert Stadium while Riverfront Stadium was being built. A superb music conservatory, renowned for its engineering, medical, and architecture schools.
Posted by: mrp

One of the few places I've been where you can enter most buildings on one floor and then exit at another if you chose.

(UC campus if very hilly)

Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2026 10:12 AM (cYBz/)

155 The entire work is effective and I makes me want to spend time looking at it.
Posted by: JTB

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 27, 2026 10:13 AM (AvfvA)

156 148 This painting reeks of kimchi.
Posted by: He said with a wrinkled nose at February 27, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

Kimchi is Korean. Kimuchi is the Japanese equivalent.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:09 AM (ExV1e)

I'd say "stick to sauerkraut", but then I remember that Uncle Palp hates all things German, and he'd never allow the Horde to touch such a thing.

Posted by: XTC at February 27, 2026 10:13 AM (3wOGw)

157 The Dow is down 1.4%. The drop is blamed on persistent inflation.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 27, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)

One article blames inflation. The others all blame a drop in NVIDIA price.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)

158 "For just twenty dorrar
Ret go my ears, I no amateur!"
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 27, 2026 10:02 AM"
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Lol!

Posted by: Limerick lover at February 27, 2026 10:14 AM (2Ez/1)

159 Personally, I always like genre scenes, whether in high focus or fuzzy focus.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 27, 2026 10:15 AM (pZ64F)

160 You bin here turong. You go home now!

Posted by: Bulg at February 27, 2026 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

161 Well, photrealism, didn't become a thing until after the invention of photography.

It's not my jam.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2026 10:05 AM (XV/Pl)

Realism was not a thing until after photography was invented?

What?

https://tinyurl.com/52an69xp 1668

https://tinyurl.com/3tpzb68z 1697

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 10:15 AM (bss/y)

162 News is no longer news. It's throw shit against the wall and see what sticks.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 27, 2026 10:15 AM (+nEug)

163 Taking the rickshaw down to the opium den.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 27, 2026 10:16 AM (ex18v)

164 I'd say "stick to sauerkraut", but then I remember that Uncle Palp hates all things German, and he'd never allow the Horde to touch such a thing.
Posted by: XTC at February 27, 2026 10:13 AM (3wOGw)

Sauerkraut? So you prefer your kimchi bland?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:16 AM (ExV1e)

165 Morn' all... Inflation? Were their new numbers ? I thought it was doing well...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 27, 2026 10:16 AM (VE6XX)

166 162 News is no longer news. It's throw shit against the wall and see what sticks.
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News is what your editor tells you it is unless he is informed by the owner, otherwise.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 27, 2026 10:16 AM (pZ64F)

167 I was in Japan in the early '90s and I don't recall that although after spending several weeks on the submarine, who knows what I could or couldn't smell.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:11 AM (ExV1e)

To be fair, you were probably more thinking: 'She looks hot as fuck' rather than 'what's that smell?'

Or maybe 'he', I won't judge.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 10:17 AM (bss/y)

168 cole slaw >> sauerkraut

Posted by: Bulg at February 27, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

169 News is no longer news. It's throw shit against the wall and see what sticks.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 27, 2026 10:15 AM (+nEug)

I heard that Trump personally delivered busloads of children to Epstein.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:17 AM (ExV1e)

170 One of the few places I've been where you can enter most buildings on one floor and then exit at another if you chose.

(UC campus if very hilly)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2026 10:12 AM (cYBz/)
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Heh. The university where I work also has quite a few buildings like that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 27, 2026 10:17 AM (ESVrU)

171 Is that a dude in the blue?

I am catastrophically bad at determining Japanese gender. Anime and manga? I need a guide that tales me which one is the boy and which is a girl. Anime, generally the same. And that extends to other asians, korean boy bands, or girl bands, I honestly don't know. They all kind of look feminine to me. The same hair, the same baggy dress. Small chests.

And I firmly admit it's a me problem. I'm basically a neanderthal and would have to do some grabbin' like that poor dude in 84s Iceman movie. "Here, stand still, I just need to firmly grasp your crotch for just the briefest moment".

It would help if they carried big placards or something.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 27, 2026 10:18 AM (3uBP9)

172 169 News is no longer news. It's throw shit against the wall and see what sticks.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 27, 2026 10:15 AM (+nEug)

I heard that Trump personally delivered busloads of children to Epstein.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:17 AM (ExV1e)

Sounds about right.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 10:18 AM (bss/y)

173 Did a six-month deployment to Misawa, Japan in 1989. Don't recall a fishy smell on base or in my travels outside the gate.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 27, 2026 10:18 AM (Y1sOo)

174 Morn' all... Inflation? Were their new numbers ? I thought it was doing well...
Posted by: It's me donna at February 27, 2026 10:16 AM (VE6XX)

PPI was higher than expected, I guess.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:18 AM (ExV1e)

175 One of the few places I've been where you can enter most buildings on one floor and then exit at another if you chose.

(UC campus if very hilly)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 27, 2026 10:12 AM (cYBz/)
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I lived in Calhoun Hall (dormitory) for most of my time there. One could go up on the roof and look up and down the Ohio Valley for miles. I got the same vibe at Lookout Mountain, TN.

Posted by: mrp at February 27, 2026 10:18 AM (rj6Yv)

176 It would help if they carried big placards or something.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 27, 2026 10:18 AM (3uBP9)

In anime, it seems like women either have gigantic tits, or they are built like a 12 year old dude. No in between.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 10:19 AM (bss/y)

177 Lots of stuff I've read on the internet isn't true.

Posted by: A. Lincoln at February 27, 2026 10:19 AM (2Ez/1)

178 173 Did a six-month deployment to Misawa, Japan in 1989. Don't recall a fishy smell on base or in my travels outside the gate.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 27, 2026 10:18 AM (Y1sOo)

As I said, it could have been just as much where I was going or in my own head.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 10:20 AM (bss/y)

179 177 Lots of stuff I've read on the internet isn't true.
Posted by: A. Lincoln at February 27, 2026 10:19 AM (2Ez/1)

Honest Abe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 10:20 AM (bss/y)

180 To be fair, you were probably more thinking: 'She looks hot as fuck' rather than 'what's that smell?'

I recall walking between the gate of the naval base and the train station and we came upon a billboard for noodles. It was at eye level, which was strange enough, but the ad featured a topless woman eating noodles.

We must have stared at that thing for 15 minutes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:20 AM (ExV1e)

181 Is that a dude in the blue?

Yes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:21 AM (ExV1e)

182 I lived in Calhoun Hall (dormitory) for most of my time there. One could go up on the roof and look up and down the Ohio Valley for miles. I got the same vibe at Lookout Mountain, TN.
Posted by: mrp
___________

That's the one they blowed up, right?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 27, 2026 10:21 AM (XvL8K)

183 This is a painting that really benefits from embiggening. Being able to see the brush work makes me appreciate it even more.

BTW, I didn't know what the title meant. Ameya in Japanese refers to a candy shop.

Posted by: JTB at February 27, 2026 10:22 AM (yTvNw)

184 They used to sell bottles of beer out of vending machines located on the sidewalks of downtown Tokyo. Not sure if that's still a thing there.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 27, 2026 10:23 AM (Y1sOo)

185 >>> In anime, it seems like women either have gigantic tits, or they are built like a 12 year old dude. No in between.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 10:19 AM (bss/y)

Large breasts and swaying curvy hips, are just important visual aids for the poor disabled like me.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 27, 2026 10:24 AM (3uBP9)

186 I thought ALL anime girls had gigantic breasts.

Posted by: Bulg at February 27, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

187 How do you say Tentacle Pron in Japanese?

Posted by: pudinhead at February 27, 2026 10:25 AM (pZ64F)

188 186 I thought ALL anime girls had gigantic breasts.
Posted by: Bulg at February 27, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

They have tomboys. There was that one show from a few years ago. Dragon Maid somethingorother that pixy mentioned on his morning thread.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 10:25 AM (bss/y)

189 UC is what? University of Cincinnati?

Posted by: Bulg at February 27, 2026 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

190 176 In anime, it seems like women either have gigantic tits, or they are built like a 12 year old dude. No in between.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 10:19 AM (bss/y)

Usually it's a character who looks like a 12 year old, has gigantic tits, and claims to be a 9,000 year old dragon.

Posted by: XTC at February 27, 2026 10:26 AM (3wOGw)

191 184 They used to sell bottles of beer out of vending machines located on the sidewalks of downtown Tokyo. Not sure if that's still a thing there.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 27, 2026 10:23 AM (Y1sOo)

I remember thinking a vending machine for hot coffee in a can was remarkable.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 10:26 AM (bss/y)

192 Usually it's a character who looks like a 12 year old, has gigantic tits, and claims to be a 9,000 year old dragon.
Posted by: XTC at February 27, 2026 10:26 AM (3wOGw)

Mostly, they do not seem to mix the loli and the huge tits, from what I have seen, but it is one genre I have never really gotten too deep in.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 10:27 AM (bss/y)

193 Boob thread?

Posted by: Gigantic anime tits at February 27, 2026 10:27 AM (2Ez/1)

194 They used to sell bottles of beer out of vending machines located on the sidewalks of downtown Tokyo. Not sure if that's still a thing there.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 27, 2026 10:23 AM (Y1sOo)

I saw a vending machine that sold full sized bottles of bourbon in Yokosuka.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:28 AM (ExV1e)

195 Mama Ameya!

Posted by: Giuseppe Mitsubishi at February 27, 2026 10:28 AM (Dc1Hd)

196 Godzilla like!

Posted by: Godzilla, Destroyer Of Japs at February 27, 2026 10:29 AM (TmfuF)

197 129 What's a Bearcat anyway?
Posted by: Tonypete

A 9 ton armored truck based on a Ford F-550 Super Duty commercial truck chassis?
https://tinyurl.com/2ur4hnwt

Posted by: Military Moron at February 27, 2026 10:29 AM (JCZqz)

198 194 They used to sell bottles of beer out of vending machines located on the sidewalks of downtown Tokyo. Not sure if that's still a thing there.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 27, 2026 10:23 AM (Y1sOo)

I saw a vending machine that sold full sized bottles of bourbon in Yokosuka.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:28 AM (ExV1e)

Mom! I'm thirsty!

Here, this will shut you up!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 10:29 AM (bss/y)

199 Sniffing Glue>>Blowing Candy

Posted by: Cooter Brown, Flyin' High!! at February 27, 2026 10:30 AM (oftw2)

200 What's a Bearcat anyway?

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 27, 2026 10:31 AM (Kt19C)

201 Mostly, they do not seem to mix the loli and the huge tits, from what I have seen, but it is one genre I have never really gotten too deep in.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 27, 2026 10:27 AM (bss/y)

Evangelion neither looked like a twelve year old boy nor did she have a huge bosom.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:31 AM (ExV1e)

202 BREAKING: The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has reportedly been killed along with senior Taliban commanders after Pakistani airstrikes targeted headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Posted by: SMOD at February 27, 2026 10:33 AM (RHGPo)

203 What's wrong with large breasts?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2026 10:34 AM (XV/Pl)

204 I went to UC for a short time.

Having girls in class was very distracting coming off graduating all-boys HS.

Dude.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 27, 2026 10:34 AM (DgMqy)

205 202 BREAKING: The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has reportedly been killed along with senior Taliban commanders after Pakistani airstrikes targeted headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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That's horrible, anyway....

Posted by: pudinhead at February 27, 2026 10:34 AM (pZ64F)

206 193 Boob thread?
Posted by: Gigantic anime tits at February 27, 2026 10:27 AM (2Ez/1)

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Always..... duuh!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 27, 2026 10:35 AM (kOluj)

207
It's Friday. Some were extraordinarily well behaved during the week when it came to boob comments.

(Not to say they didn't utilize other outlets. And inlets.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 27, 2026 10:35 AM (NFX2v)

208 What's wrong with large breasts?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2026 10:34 AM (XV/Pl)

Nothing, although, contrary to popular belief, not every guy prefers them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:35 AM (ExV1e)

209 What's wrong with large breasts?
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I like big boobs and I cannot lie.

Posted by: Bulg at February 27, 2026 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

210 BREAKING: The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has reportedly been killed along with senior Taliban commanders after Pakistani airstrikes targeted headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan.

--

There's a lot of raisins being passed out in hell today then? Nice news to start the weekend.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 27, 2026 10:36 AM (qBdHI)

211
202 BREAKING: The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has reportedly been killed along with senior Taliban commanders after Pakistani airstrikes targeted headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Posted by: SMOD at February 27, 2026 10:33 AM

------

You fucked up. You trusted us.

Posted by: Pakistan at February 27, 2026 10:36 AM (azNOR)

212 BREAKING: The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has reportedly been killed along with senior Taliban commanders after Pakistani airstrikes targeted headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Posted by: SMOD at February 27, 2026 10:33 AM (RHGPo)

Decades. Tens of billions of dollar spent. Thousands of Americans killed or maimed.

And it took Pakistan less than a week? Because they said, "Fuck it, we're killing these guys."

Oh, and boobs.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:37 AM (ExV1e)

213 188 186 I thought ALL anime girls had gigantic breasts.
Posted by: Bulg at February 27, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

They have tomboys. There was that one show from a few years ago. Dragon Maid somethingorother that pixy mentioned on his morning thread.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Lina Inverse is one of anime's most famous characters, and she's not big tittied (in fact, she's often the butt of jokes because of it). She's not really a tomboy, either, and fantasizes about being girly and feminine...but ends-up being a greedy, kick-ass adventuring sorceress.

https://tinyurl.com/yf4b3sfh

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 27, 2026 10:37 AM (JCZqz)

214 Extra nipples are fairly common. They are generally unrelated to other conditions or syndromes. The extra nipples usually occur in a line below the normal nipples. They are usually not recognized as extra nipples because they tend to be small and not well-formed.

Supernumerary nipples are generally considered benign

Posted by: pudinhead at February 27, 2026 10:37 AM (pZ64F)

215 210 BREAKING: The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has reportedly been killed along with senior Taliban commanders after Pakistani airstrikes targeted headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan.

--

There's a lot of raisins being passed out in hell today then? Nice news to start the weekend.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 27, 2026 10:36 AM (qBdHI)

Trump's fault.... Isn't everything ?

Posted by: It's me donna at February 27, 2026 10:37 AM (VE6XX)

216 🚨🇦🇫 BREAKING

Taliban’s top commander Hamid Khorasanin who had been issuing threats of suicide bombings in Pakistan, has been killed at the Kabul Taliban military brigade headquarters.

This brigade headquarters was known for training suicide bombers.

Posted by: SMOD at February 27, 2026 10:37 AM (RHGPo)

217 His six wives and 100 children are probably already in the US.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 27, 2026 10:38 AM (NFX2v)

218 BREAKING: The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has reportedly been killed along with senior Taliban commanders after Pakistani airstrikes targeted headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Apparently the brouhaha is because the Taliban has been training and sending ISIS lunatics across the border to kill Pakis. Pakistan, contrary to all expectations, does not care for this.

One gets the sense that the Taliban simply have no other motivation in life but violence and death.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 27, 2026 10:38 AM (Riz8t)

219 @208

>>Nothing, although, contrary to popular belief, not every guy prefers them.

There is definitely something to be said for proportionality.

And real, they must be real.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2026 10:38 AM (XV/Pl)

220 All My College Profs:

"Eyes up here, son."

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 27, 2026 10:38 AM (DgMqy)

221 140 The Dow is down 1.4%. The drop is blamed on persistent inflation.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 27, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)

Sell sell sell!

Posted by: Jim Cramer at February 27, 2026 10:38 AM (B0NCh)

222 Yet another war fought on behalf of Israel!
-Tucker Carlson, John Meatshiner, Ana Kasparian, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, and Jamaal Bowman.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 27, 2026 10:39 AM (RIvkX)

223 213 Lina Inverse is one of anime's most famous characters, and she's not big tittied (in fact, she's often the butt of jokes because of it). She's not really a tomboy, either, and fantasizes about being girly and feminine...but ends-up being a greedy, kick-ass adventuring sorceress.

https://tinyurl.com/yf4b3sfh
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 27, 2026 10:37 AM (JCZqz)

Lina's on-again, off-again partner, Naga the Serpent, however...

Posted by: XTC at February 27, 2026 10:39 AM (wa/yD)

224 Decades. Tens of billions of dollar spent. Thousands of Americans killed or maimed.

And it took Pakistan less than a week? Because they said, "Fuck it, we're killing these guys."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic
_________

I expect they'd have the exact same problem as us, the Russians and the Brits if they invaded and attempted to occupy.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 27, 2026 10:39 AM (XvL8K)

225
Extra nipples are fairly common.

Scaramanga does the Fandango.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 27, 2026 10:40 AM (Cqx++)

226
216

This brigade headquarters was known for training suicide bombers.

Posted by: SMOD at February 27, 2026 10:37 AM

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Early graduation.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 27, 2026 10:40 AM (azNOR)

227 157 The Dow is down 1.4%. The drop is blamed on persistent inflation.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 27, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)

One article blames inflation. The others all blame a drop in NVIDIA price.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Depends on whether one is pro Powell or pro economy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 27, 2026 10:40 AM (AvfvA)

228
Supernumerary nipples are generally considered ~~benign~~hot
Posted by: pudinhead at February 27, 2026 10:37 AM (pZ64F)

Posted by: Richard Scaramanga at February 27, 2026 10:40 AM (RIvkX)

229 I feel like I've heard of candy-blowing before, but I can't place it. Probably from my time in Okinawa.

Posted by: pookysgirl would feel guilty eating the candy at February 27, 2026 10:40 AM (Wt5PA)

230 I expect they'd have the exact same problem as us, the Russians and the Brits if they invaded and attempted to occupy.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 27, 2026 10:39 AM (XvL8K)

They're Muslims. I'd assume that they'd just kill everyone.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:40 AM (ExV1e)

231 214 Extra nipples are fairly common. They are generally unrelated to other conditions or syndromes. The extra nipples usually occur in a line below the normal nipples. They are usually not recognized as extra nipples because they tend to be small and not well-formed.

Supernumerary nipples are generally considered benign
Posted by: pudinhead at February 27, 2026 10:37 AM (pZ64F)

An entire third boob (often in the armpit) also isn't unheard of.

Posted by: XTC at February 27, 2026 10:40 AM (wa/yD)

232 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Interesting art. Would not hang.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 27, 2026 10:40 AM (2WIwB)

233 And it took Pakistan less than a week? Because they said, "F*** it, we're killing these guys."

What is "it"? The Pakis hit a site or two. That's not the same as taking over the country and installing a friendly government.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 27, 2026 10:41 AM (Riz8t)

234 @76 Would like to see "ameya's embouchure" in a limerick.

When you go to perform a hot samba, sure
'nuff play viola da gamba. You're
just fretting and bowing
Not finger-and-blowing
So you don't have to stiff-upper embouchure.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 27, 2026 10:41 AM (zdLoL)

235 The only thing that can be done about inflation is the government stops spending, other than that, institute policies that will drive down the costs you can directly impact to offset inflationtionary pressures.

Trump is doing his part, congress, as usual is asleep at the switch.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2026 10:41 AM (XV/Pl)

236 227 157 The Dow is down 1.4%. The drop is blamed on persistent inflation.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 27, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)

Trump's been in office for 13 months ! He should have solved it !

Posted by: It's me donna at February 27, 2026 10:41 AM (VE6XX)

237 I feel like I've heard of candy-blowing before, but I can't place it. Probably from my time in Okinawa.
Posted by: pookysgirl would feel guilty eating the candy at February 27, 2026 10:40 AM (Wt5PA)

Candy is a weird name for a dude.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:41 AM (ExV1e)

238 Thank You CBD

Another window into the past plus I had never heard of Amezaiku. Now I want to see it in real life....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 27, 2026 10:41 AM (QGaXH)

239 Also the FED has a part to play in this psychodrama, lower interest rates you clowns!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2026 10:42 AM (XV/Pl)

240 Do those Chinese characters represent “Sweep away all monsters and demons!” Or “Death to the Four Olds!”?

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 27, 2026 10:44 AM (fYhK6)

241 Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 27, 2026 10:40 AM (2WIwB)

You gotta have a stash of coffee set up.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 27, 2026 10:45 AM (fYhK6)

242 Do those Chinese characters represent “Sweep away all monsters and demons!” Or “Death to the Four Olds!”?
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 27, 2026 10:44 AM (fYhK6)

Those would be Japanese characters, not Chinese.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:45 AM (ExV1e)

243 They're Muslims. I'd assume that they'd just kill everyone.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
_________

Then they better use nukes. Otherwise they'll just flee into the hills.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 27, 2026 10:45 AM (XvL8K)

244

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to reinvent his ailing Labour government with a leftwards pivot after the Green Party captured one of its House of Commons seats via a special election.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 27, 2026 10:46 AM (Cqx++)

245 That Jayne Mansfield had some large breasts.

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at February 27, 2026 10:46 AM (2Ez/1)

246 Death to the Four Olds!

Is that what happened to the Delta 88? Shame, I liked driving cars that handled like a boat. At least in the 70s anyway.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 27, 2026 10:47 AM (Dv3i1)

247 UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to reinvent his ailing Labour government with a leftwards pivot after the Green Party captured one of its House of Commons seats via a special election.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 27, 2026 10:46 AM (Cqx++)

A leftwards pivot? Is he going to vow to exterminate the native population?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:47 AM (ExV1e)

248 208 What's wrong with large breasts?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2026 10:34 AM (XV/Pl)

Nothing, although, contrary to popular belief, not every guy prefers them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

GAAAAAYYYY

Posted by: That Guy who always yells GAAAAY at February 27, 2026 10:47 AM (JCZqz)

249 A case reported in 1827 refers to a French woman who had a complete third breast on her left thigh. After she gave birth, it began to produce milk. "It was offered to her infant who took it willingly," writes Grossl. "She apparently nursed five children during her life from all three of her breasts."

Posted by: pudinhead at February 27, 2026 10:47 AM (pZ64F)

250 Wait wut?

Posted by: John Candy at February 27, 2026 10:48 AM (2Ez/1)

251 Morn' all... Inflation? Were their new numbers ? I thought it was doing well...
Posted by: It's me donna at February 27, 2026 10:16 AM (VE6XX)

When I first saw the "Dow" post, I thought it was the ASS troll's work.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 27, 2026 10:48 AM (8zz6B)

252 A leftwards pivot? Is he going to vow to exterminate the native population?
___

You mean declare it publicly instead of keeping it a secret?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 27, 2026 10:49 AM (Dv3i1)

253 247 UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to reinvent his ailing Labour government with a leftwards pivot after the Green Party captured one of its House of Commons seats via a special election.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 27, 2026 10:46 AM (Cqx++)

A leftwards pivot? Is he going to vow to exterminate the native population?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

The Church of England is now Muslim...

Posted by: Keir Starmer at February 27, 2026 10:49 AM (JCZqz)

254 Grammie winger is at the hospital right now getting tests to see if they can operate on Monday. Last night I sent her a note telling her about the outpouring of prayers and good wishes for her from the Horde. I just got a note from her saying that this has cheered her no end.

Please keep praying, and thank you!

Posted by: bluebell at February 27, 2026 10:49 AM (79pEw)

255 246 Death to the Four Olds!

Is that what happened to the Delta 88? Shame, I liked driving cars that handled like a boat. At least in the 70s anyway.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 27, 2026 10:47 AM (Dv3i1)

One of my favorite cars was a 1968 Delmont 88 (similar to a Delta 8

. There aren't many around now.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 27, 2026 10:49 AM (QGaXH)

256 The Church of England is now Muslim...
Posted by: Keir Starmer
_________

It converted from Atheism?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 27, 2026 10:50 AM (XvL8K)

257 Then they better use nukes. Otherwise they'll just flee into the hills.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Run to the hills,
Run for your life!

Posted by: Iron Maiden at February 27, 2026 10:51 AM (JCZqz)

258 You gotta have a stash of coffee set up.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 27, 2026 10:45 AM (fYhK6)

Back bedroom closet.
BRCC and a bit of King Harv.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 27, 2026 10:51 AM (2WIwB)

259 When I first saw the "Dow" post, I thought it was the ASS troll's work.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 27, 2026 10:48 AM (8zz6B)

We get periodic Dow crisis posts. Usually they feature the actual dollar value (currently almost $600!!!!!) of loss rather than the percentage (1.24%).

They also fail to note that the Dow is, essentially, flat over the past month and up approximately 4% over the past 6.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:51 AM (ExV1e)

260 Please keep praying, and thank you!
Posted by: bluebell at February 27, 2026 10:49

Thanxs for the update bluebell.
Prayers continue.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 27, 2026 10:52 AM (2WIwB)

261 242 Those would be Japanese characters, not Chinese.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:45 AM (ExV1e)

They'd still be Chinese characters. Most of the text in the picture isn't the strictly-Japanese character set (Kana), but the one taken from Chinese (Kanji, or as the Chinese would call it, Hanzi).

Posted by: XTC at February 27, 2026 10:52 AM (wa/yD)

262 Afghanistan has historically never recognized the 1893 British-drawn Durand Line as the official international border, causing persistent friction.

The 1893 Durand Line, a ~1,500-mile colonial border dividing Pashtun tribes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, remains a major source of tension. Successive Afghan governments have historically rejected the line as an official border, creating persistent diplomatic and military friction, especially following Pakistan's independence in 1947.

(AI Overview, etc.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 27, 2026 10:53 AM (NFX2v)

263 Is that what happened to the Delta 88?
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See: Mary Jo Kopechne, Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, late 1969.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 27, 2026 10:53 AM (XeU6L)

264 This brigade headquarters was known for training suicide bombers.
Posted by: SMOD at February 27, 2026 10:37 AM (RHGPo)

So, on the job training, then?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 27, 2026 10:54 AM (8zz6B)

265 254 Grammie winger is at the hospital right now getting tests to see if they can operate on Monday. Last night I sent her a note telling her about the outpouring of prayers and good wishes for her from the Horde. I just got a note from her saying that this has cheered her no end.

Please keep praying, and thank you!
Posted by: bluebell

Thank you. 🙏

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 27, 2026 10:54 AM (NFX2v)

266 157 The Dow is down 1.4%. The drop is blamed on persistent inflation.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 27, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)

One article blames inflation. The others all blame a drop in NVIDIA price.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 27, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)

***cough***

More sellers than buyers

Posted by: Space Cockroach in an Edgar suit at February 27, 2026 10:55 AM (3sXRv)

267 140 The Dow is down 1.4%. The drop is blamed on persistent inflation.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 27, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)

I thought maybe AI jitters plus today is last day of the month and a Friday.....probably some closing out of positions...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 27, 2026 10:55 AM (QGaXH)

268 "I knew a Chinese artist who specialized in realism! He was a graduate student in studio art at my former employer back in the '90s. He was so good he even had a show at a gallery in town his second year in the grad program. Big paintings too -- Chinese subjects, but Western style. When he painted a Budweiser can, you felt as if you could reach out and pop the top.

Unfortunately I can't remember his name, or I'd look to see if he had a subsequent career here.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 27, 2026 10:06 AM (wzUl9)"

There is no market for realism in fine art in the west, which is why schools don't train it here anymore. It's all faggy navel gazing and postmodern slop.

But if you need it, say for production art (concept, vfx, etc), China - or more accurately Chinese artists - is where to get it. They learn in the old school way.

Art students in the west spend their time bullshitting and doing politics, not understanding the modernists all were amazingly accomplished in traditional methods before they started fucking around.

Posted by: heya at February 27, 2026 10:56 AM (Rs+fG)

269 263 Is that what happened to the Delta 88?
-----------

See: Mary Jo Kopechne, Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, late 1969.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Ah, it just handled like a boat, but didn't float like one. Unfortunate.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 27, 2026 10:56 AM (Dv3i1)

270 256 The Church of England is now Muslim...
Posted by: Keir Starmer
_________
It converted from Atheism?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Stop, stop!!! Why are our proud Pakistani friends tearing down the Pride flags? Don't they know it will cause a backlash?!?!?

Posted by: Queer Anglican Bishop at February 27, 2026 10:56 AM (JCZqz)

271 More sellers than buyers
Posted by: Space Cockroach
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The market was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 27, 2026 10:57 AM (XeU6L)

272 There's a lot of raisins being passed out in hell today then? Nice news to start the weekend.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 27, 2026 10:36 AM (qBdHI)

As much as we approve of the sudden demise of the parties involved, we do not endorse the use of our product in said celebrations

Posted by: Big Raisin at February 27, 2026 10:58 AM (3sXRv)

273 China is telling it's citizens to get out of Iran right now.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 27, 2026 11:01 AM (+nEug)

274 What's wrong with large breasts?

Absolutely nothing!

Posted by: The Temptations at February 27, 2026 11:01 AM (pP3eq)

275 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at February 27, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

276 Ah, it just handled like a boat, but didn't float like one. Unfortunate.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagon, he'd be President today.

Posted by: Nat Lamp spoof VW ad at February 27, 2026 11:02 AM (XeU6L)

277 A statement on flatter chests from Maken-Ki:
https://youtu.be/3oCbq6L6fms

Posted by: NR Pax at February 27, 2026 11:02 AM (jjoN6)

278 83 because the box said it had 100% of the daily requirements of vitamins, richy hupe ate a whole box of kaboom. he got sick.

Posted by: cmeat at February 27, 2026 11:15 AM (R11M+)

279 I like the sense of motion in it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at February 27, 2026 12:11 PM (ynpvh)

280 The focal shoulder on the forefront woman looks like a photograph and then the whole bleeds out from there into obviously painted texture. This shocked me out of lurking.

Posted by: Ben Sears at February 27, 2026 12:58 PM (fK4Xi)

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