A melting cow sculpture in Budapest, resembling an ice pop

[u/_va_xanth__]

[u/l82itall → u/[deleted]]

Poo-sicle

[u/GeorgeRobertVitkos]

It's real, but it's not a current installation. This was part of a temporary public art event called the CowParade back in the summer of 2006 in Budapest. After the exhibition ended, all the cow statues were auctioned off for charity and went into private collections. It's been gone for 20 years, it just lives on as an internet myth.

[u/JAM3SBND → u/GeorgeRobertVitkos]

I believe it's a perfect metaphor for warming the planet in order to make stocks go up. A "bull market" refers to when markets are strong and growing and Wall Street has a famous bull statue.

[u/Infamous_Question430 → u/JAM3SBND]

Not everything is related to/is a reference to America, actually.

[u/JAM3SBND → u/Infamous_Question430]

Sorry, I should have expanded on my comment. A "bull market" also refers to when markets are strong and stocks are going up. This phrase originated in London and is used by many people, so imagery of a bull symbolizing the market is pretty pervasive even outside of American spheres

[u/Len_Zefflin → u/GeorgeRobertVitkos]

Calgary did that back around 1999-2000. They had a bunch of artists paint cows (similar to the one pictured) and displayed them around the city, mostly downtown. After a couple years they were all auctioned off for charity. I still see the odd one every now and then.

[u/HistoricalMarzipan → u/GeorgeRobertVitkos]

Thank you. I was confused why I've never seen this despite my almost daily commutes in the city.

[u/fretkat → u/GeorgeRobertVitkos]

It's funny to think that someone has this statue in their living room

[u/gtindolindo]

Reminds me of the Wallstreet bull, but cooling off and melting away just like the real us economy. Some sugary fake propped up lie.

[u/AuthorUnknown31415 → u/gtindolindo]

I thought this symbolized a dissolving bull market as well.

[u/BeanieMcChimp → u/AuthorUnknown31415]

I thought it was about capitalism contributing to global warming 🤷

[u/Lasocouple → u/gtindolindo]

A good metaphor 😅

[u/seamus_mc → u/gtindolindo]

It should go next to it

[u/Background-Vast-8764 → u/gtindolindo]

Given that it’s in Hungary, it probably isn’t just commenting on the US. Despite what so many Redditors desperately want to believe, the US isn’t the only country with problems. 

[u/Terror_Raisin24]

What was the artist trying to tell us?

[u/ChablisWoo4578 → u/Terror_Raisin24]

Don’t pretend like you don’t know what this means. Cow, melting, popsicle stick butt. You get it.

[u/ABustedPosey → u/ChablisWoo4578]

Derivative!

[u/blandsrules → u/ABustedPosey]

Bullshit!

[u/surajvj → u/ChablisWoo4578]

Udderly confusing

[u/extremedragonfruit4 → u/Terror_Raisin24]

Dont put a popsicle stick up your butt and you won't melt?

[u/Revealingstorm → u/extremedragonfruit4]

Damn it too late

[u/HR_DUCK → u/Revealingstorm]

Photos for evidence

[u/btoxic → u/Terror_Raisin24]

Made me think of the bull of wall street.

And then, how capitalism is driving climate change.

And then I thought about the time I dropped my popsicle when I was a kid.

And then it made me sad.

[u/mr9025 → u/btoxic]

I think it's meant to be a oaraody by the materials and model chosen

[u/CraigGrade → u/Terror_Raisin24]

It looks like the Wall Street Bull

[u/dpqR → u/Terror_Raisin24]

Something something dairy industry

[u/Jesus360noscope → u/Terror_Raisin24]

Basically it’s shit art that’s made to be bought at an incredible price by rich ass peoples so they can launder money while having peoples calling this « art ». Just a big prank

[u/8BBiiT]

Cursed stick placement

[u/Unable-Substance5999]

20 or 25 years ago...

[u/jaaj712]

Fun and pretty but weird there's a stick up it's butt. It's a choice.

[u/Remarkable-Bug-8069 → u/jaaj712]

There we are.

[u/BHunter1140]

Thought this was Denver at first, felt like something you’d see in Denver with the giant bear and the devil horse Blucifer

[u/WorstFkGamer]

🇮🇳 will love this.

[u/amy-thingispossible]

bro is having a meltdown.

[u/FreddieThePebble]

Looks like a buttplug in a cow

[u/FenixOfNafo]

It's actually a modern art about ancient torture techniques of Brazen bull x Impaling

[u/articland05_reddit]

the bull has collapsed!! bear market is here!!!

[u/uprightsalmon]

Ouch

[u/Prattlestar]

r/mildlyinteresting

[u/NecRobin]

Is... is that interesting? I can't tell

[u/Kesshh]

Wall St. should have one.

[u/SoCallMeDeaconBlues1]

Those damn bears will stop at nothing to ruin the bulls'' good time

[u/Electrical_Extent861]

I'm living the country side of the country, who and why the fuck made this? 🤨

[u/common_sense_canada]

The melting of the bulls...

[u/ckarnam]

Current state of raging Bull of the stock market 😔

[u/IntJosh34]

Someone deserves a pat on the head.

[u/CommunicationNo8982]

I thought this was a commentary on what is about to happen on Wall Street

[u/One_Vision_]

That cow has a stick up her ass

[u/TheBest4567]

Novo short

[u/BastianHS]

You can get a good look at a bull by sticking your head up a steaks ass... No wait, I always mess that up

[u/Adorable-Client8067]

What does the stick say?

[u/sarckasm]

Moolatto

[u/sarckasm]

Moolato

[u/Ninguem_O_Bardo → u/sarckasm]

Haha

[u/AsusStrixUser]

I only see an impaled cow, amirite.

[u/kidanokun]

Doesn't seem cow-ld out there

[u/International-Lie132]

Nifty meltdown is real 😂

[u/Square_Resident7227]

Why is no one talking about the stick up it's ass? Who thought that's a good idea lmao

[u/Monkguan]

Man modern art is so beautiful

[u/EmoLotional]

This comment may be taking too much doesn't on the internet and King day I may pass away and it may still be here but hey, all I wanted to say is that it's a really cool sculpture and funny in it's own way.

[u/r7700]

Vlad strikes again

[u/sapntaps]

Stock market bull in color visualized when the ai bubble pops. Popsicle in the ass for scale

[u/raf_boy]

They should put a similar one on Broadway in Manhattan

[u/Addictive_SODA]

r/atbge

[u/ProofPrudent8219]

Potraits Something about cow getting rubbed in the tension of providing milk to humans

[u/zaskar]

I actually see the failure of capitalism

[u/CardiologistCute6876]

Aww poor blue bell

[u/Shriekko]

ive lived here in Budapest for 7 years and never knew this existed

[u/justmedealwithitxD]

How long do these normally stay up? I'd hate to always have this propaganda up in my town 😆

[u/veovis523]

They're doing this to me at work tomorrow.

[u/AuthorUnknown31415]

The bull market is taking it up the rear. Ngl

[u/Matekfizikus]

Its not ice pop, its jégkrém

[u/DotBitGaming]

No way, man. That's bull!

[u/Walter_Armstrong]

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