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Title: Spotted at My Dentist’s Office
I walked into my dentist’s office, nervously clutching my favorite stress ball, only to find my neighbor, Mr. Johnson, sitting in the waiting area. Not just any regular appointment, mind you—he was wearing a bib with cartoon characters on it and practicing cheerful humming as if he were preparing for a Broadway performance. I had never seen Mr. Johnson outside of his yard, where he’s usually yelling at squirrels, so this was a twist I didn’t expect!
There’s something inherently hilarious about seeing a cranky neighbor in a vulnerable state, looking like he just stepped out of a toddler’s birthday party. I couldn’t help but stifle laughter as he attempted to sing “Let It Go” to distract himself from the impending teeth cleaning. It was the perfect reminder that even the toughest people have softer sides—especially when they’re trying to avoid the dentist’s chair!
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Thanks, I hate it
K
I have a feeling it was hung in the 70s and never taken down
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That is 100% a Playboy comic from their glorious heyday, such as it was.
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He published in *Playboy*, but I can’t confirm if this was in there. Old ass periodicals need to get their shit online.
K
Maybe a picture from one of Jeffery Epstein’s places as seen in the partially released Epstein Files?!
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Well there was apparently a dentist’s office on the island.
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Karyna Shuliak, a 36-year-old Belarusian dentist, is the prime beneficiary of a will the paedophile signed two days before his death in 2019 She inherited his properties plus $50m for upkeep, $100m, and a 33 karat diamond ring. Epstein dated her from age 20 and paid for her dental school. She currently lives a life of Luxury and is frequently seen on social media in the company of celebs, the wealthy, and influential media people.
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The painting did not make me laugh, but this comment did
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I kinda want to give it the benefit of the doubt and say that I think the purpose of this piece is to be repulsive. The premise, the people, the style is all gross… But maybe that’s the intention?
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As a woman born in the early 70s no it is not.
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As someone who just spent <5mins reading about the artist, Manfred Deix, i can say that yes actually it is INTENDED to be repulsive. In Austria it is apparently a known insult to be referred to as a "Deix motive" because he intentionally made the characters and premise disgusting. I can't change your feelings/perceptions if you see this as objectifying or misogynistic, but when engaging with art the context it was created in is always important. It's meant to be an insult towards misogynists, but if that's lost on you then the piece is clearly not for you.
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I think the missing perspective is that it may not be intended to be repulsive because the one hanging the art in their office meant it at face value. Like making a classroom of students at a public school read the bible for history class is religious indoctrination. Making a classroom of students read the bible for a religious studies course is a valuable study of a set of beliefs that has dominated history. Hanging a horrific painting of a lynching in a museum to show a period of history is educational. Hanging the same painting under a white power sign in a home is a different kind of horrifying. So the artist may have meant it to be repulsive but the owner of the dentist office might have meant it as funny so now it is unintentionally repulsive.
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The artist is Manfred Deix, he died a while ago but is still pretty famous in Austria. He was a caricaturist and this was his style. His motives were deliberately ugly, often perverse. He liked to make fun of conservatives that were acting all holy in public but were perverse as hell in private. His work also was about the sex scandals of the catholic church and how many in the Austria he grew up were closet Nazis. Often it was a mix of all of that. Maybe his work is too much for our modern days, maybe it is an American thing. America tends to be more prudent.
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My point is that while the artist may have had one intention, the person using it to decorate their home can have another and the meaning can change based on that knowledge. The artist may have meant to mock conservatives but sometimes people take what is mocked at face value and display it proudly.
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Prude, not prudent
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As someone who also had to deal with the 80s, 90s BS, I would not have like to see this pic either. When it was probably put up, one would not have the luxury of using Google to find out something about an artist. You would only be able to go by what you see and if I saw this in my dentist’s office, I wouldnt go back.
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Fair enough
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The thing is… I also read that and having this hanging in a dentist office is still gross af and someone posting it as “funny” also still sucks.
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I’m not trying to invalidate your feelings, the outrage is real & justified, this is just the wrong place to direct that outrage imo. This is boomer humour on reddit, not the Epstein files
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I find it genuinely weird you read my simple comment as outrage.
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That’s too strong a word on my part, you have been very respectful in our exchange. But that is certainly the sentiment from half the people in this thread.
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Not liking the pic and then assuming you are equating it to the Epstein files is a bit weird of them.
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Oh it’s cute that you think that all Boomer humour doesn’t need to be addressed and labeled for the inappropriate misogynistic bullshit it is
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Interesting dive! Though who knows if the artists intention made it through to whoever hung the piece
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One also has to separate the intent of the artist from the intent of the person displaying the art. The artist may not be creepy, while the dentist who chooses to display that particular art in their waiting room very well might be. A dentist that hangs that in their waiting room is unlikely to be appreciating the finer social commentary of the piece. And, were I a woman, I imagine not being comfortable with said dentist rendering me unconscious for a procedure.
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I found the painting humorous. Men are indeed pigs, no need to sugar coat it
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That is not why the dentist hung it up, presumably.
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/r/TIHI
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.. And so does the lady in the painting
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I too am also an anti-dentite
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r/TIHI
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Looks like a caricature by Manfred Deix
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Because it is. The piece is called “Süßer Schmerz”
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Very similar style to this one. https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/VERTRAUEN-IST-GUT–KONTROLLE-IST-BESSER/CD0C991A273DF250
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That’s a good one. 😀
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damn.
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For sure, my first thought.
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I’d find a new dentist
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Why is this so off-putting???
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That was part of Deix’s art style. Off-putting caricature.
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Because it is intended that way. Deix was a genius and one of the most famous caricaturists of Austria. Sadly he is not among us anymore. His art was deliberately ugly, obscene, provocative and … honest. “Deix Figur” is a term still universally understood in Austria. Yes, his work is intended to make you feel uncomfortable. Now if that is the right thing to put into a dentist office, I am not so sure. But in Austria people would know the artist and usually get it.
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What with the recent news about certain files… yeah definitely a big “nope” from me. I wouldn’t continue going to that dentist even if it was a joke and they were unaware. Just…ick.
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Is it related to the files? I see the size and agree it can be construed that way, but I think it’s a joke on perspective. The patient sees a fully sized woman floating about him since it’s so close to his eyes. I may be wrong and it’s disgusting, but that was my initial thought.
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I was immediately reminded of an angler fish.
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r/boomerhumor
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I enjoy caricatures by Manfred Deix mostly for their drawing style. But some have an on-point message too. He was an Austrian, and his caricatures capture the austrian soul quite well.
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Yes, awful humor. However, I love how ugly they are drawn. Something about caricatures with lots of unpleasant, ugly features and details that I just enjoy
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Yes and no. Manfred Deix is known for making fun of the vulgarity of people. Its not like a classic boomer “I hate my wife” joke. He makes fun of the “I hate my wife” boomers, by drawing them like that.
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r/boomerhentai
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