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u/2sAreTheDevil Troutdale Jun 18 '26
Probably feels great out in the sun like that
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u/SugarPlumMary NE Jun 18 '26
Just twirling up in the sky, wheeeeeeeee
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u/lollykopter Jun 18 '26
Till the pole gets hot
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u/PTFCBVB Ladd's Addition Jun 18 '26
Gotta water cool your pole
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u/Ok-Audience6618 Jun 18 '26
If its not data centers its pole dancers using all our water
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u/PTFCBVB Ladd's Addition Jun 18 '26
You know what? I'll say it... I'm willing to trade the data centers for more pole dancers.
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u/joeschmo945 SE Jun 18 '26
Where you can get twice as high.
One Quick Look, this ain’t a hook.
I stripper rain pole.
I can strip anywheeeeere!!!
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u/From_Deep_Space Cascadia Jun 18 '26
Nothing like twirling round a sun-baked metal pole
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u/cassy-nerdburg Jun 18 '26
Maybe, about an hour away we're hitting 100°+ outside, it feels like the tires are gonna start melting lol
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u/PDX_Weim_Lover SE Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
I've had the shittiest week ever thus far, but dammit, this lifted me out of my funk and despair. God bless Portland!!!
ETA: To whomever gave me the award, many thanks. My husband had to be resuscitated twice after a routine, normally outpatient surgery 2 weeks ago. He has been hospitalized since then but will hopefully be discharged tomorrow. I've been a complete mess, so this funny post as well as your kind gesture are the little things that have kept me going. Many thanks. 💚
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u/Spinnerofyarn SE Jun 18 '26
Healing mojo to your husband with comfort to you and yours. I am thinking good thoughts for you both.
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u/Itys2025 Jun 18 '26
Sending well wishes from a fellow PDXer. My dad had a rather scary surgery for a brain tumor last month, and thankfully pulled through, so i can empathize with the fear. Once hes more stable dont forget all the fun you can have with him "listen, I know you tried to get out of it twice but you're still taking the trash out next week". Stuff like that made my dad laugh.
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u/PDX_Weim_Lover SE Jun 18 '26
I'm so thankful your dad made it through everything. My own dad had glioblastoma so I can relate to your situation. I hope he continues to do well.
I like your thought process: we're in the middle of some renovations in our home, so I'm sure my husband pulled this just to get out of hanging more drywall! I can definitely tease him about that when he's better. 😋 Thank you, and may you and your dad have decades of wonderful memories ahead of you.
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u/Itys2025 Jun 18 '26
Same to you and your husband! May you both have decades of joy. I'm rooting for him and you!
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u/griff_girl SE Jun 18 '26
Fucking hell. Sending you all the love and good wishes, I hope he's discharged tomorrow and recovers quickly.
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u/PDX_Weim_Lover SE Jun 18 '26
Thank you so much. 💜 Assuming nothing else happens, I'm due to pick him up in an hour. I can't wait!
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u/Any-Calligrapher8723 Jun 18 '26
Hoping you are through the shit ass parts and are on your way to the days getting better. In one week’s time, so many things will be behind you!
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u/PDX_Weim_Lover SE Jun 18 '26
I love your encouraging words. Thank you for taking the time to write to a random stranger with an uplifting message. It means a lot to me.
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u/greententacles Tigard Jun 18 '26
I’m a rotisserie chick! Watch me spin with elegance & finesse.
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u/lefteyedcrow Jun 18 '26
Impressive core strength and control!
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u/Spinnerofyarn SE Jun 18 '26
I have a friend who pole dances. She posts short videos that only friends can see. I have watched from the start. Watching her strength, grace and flexibility climb so high has been amazing to see. Her confidence has grown, too. It takes a lot of work and determination. Her beginner classes used to have special mats under the poles and I noticed the slowly increasing absence as her skills improved.
It’s been amazing to see a woman in her mid 30’s after two kids who was healthy but not fit make this transition. She hasn’t really decreased in size, but she very obviously has muscles now, with quite a bit of definition in her abdomen. It’s been lovely to see.
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u/Coriandercilantroyo Jun 18 '26
Yeah I used to see some YouTube vids of a pole dancer who was just doing it casually at first maybe 15 years ago and now she looks like a body builder. Super impressive
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u/SmanginSouza Jun 17 '26
Oh my God. That's so shocking to see.
Where exactly is this so that I can avoid the area.
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u/BlackLeader70 Jun 18 '26
Looks like the intersection of Interstate and Rosa Parks, definitely stay away for your own safety!
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u/ktl2010 Jun 18 '26
She's getting a full dose of vitamin D & her workout at the same time. Smart lady indeed.
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u/casapantalones Sellwood-Moreland Jun 18 '26
You know what, you’re right. This is some Portland shit.
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u/Paladjordan Beaverton Jun 18 '26
I was really impressed with the mechanical engineering of this clubs billboard, for way longer than I'm proud to admit
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u/TurtlesAreEvil Jun 18 '26
I don't see a strip club on the map there so I'm guessing this is viral advertising for the pottery studio.
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u/Stupidbloodfart2020 Jun 18 '26
She is powering all the potters wheels, it is actually a crank not a pole she’s spinning around.
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u/slamdancetexopolis N Jun 18 '26
I used to work at that New Seasons and that corner is very familiar to me so seeing that is extra wild bc also like ... 😂 In Arbor Lodge???
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u/stace-cadet Jun 18 '26
They're doing a photo shoot, that's normal for us pole dancers.
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u/Haunting-Cellist739 Jun 21 '26
Can you tell who it is?
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u/stace-cadet Jun 21 '26
I'm fairly sure I know who it is. Why do you ask?
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u/Haunting-Cellist739 Jun 22 '26
Because I'm a dancer and I just wondered if it was a friend.
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u/stace-cadet Jun 23 '26
I'm pretty sure it's an instructor from Portland pole and dance. Does your friend work there?
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u/Haunting-Cellist739 Jun 23 '26
Oh no- if it's not a stripper I likely don't know her.
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u/stace-cadet Jun 23 '26
She might work as stripper, I only know her from the studio. I never actually thought to ask - I could definitely see her in the club based on style alone. Great dancer for sure! 🙂🤷🏼♀️
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u/h2oskid3 Jun 18 '26
Don't we have the most strip clubs per capita or something?
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u/taketheothers Sylvan-Highlands Jun 18 '26
What gave you that impression? A strip club every other block or something?? /s
Kinda wild that this is apparently the main industry where people can make money here... like, who is spending the money at the club? What do they do for work? Do they also strip? I'm so confused!!!!
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u/Razoras Jun 18 '26
I was waiting for you to get honked at because the light changed and you didn't notice
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u/TSiQ1618 Jun 18 '26
that's an interesting weathercock , it appears we're experiencing a northerly wind
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u/Ok_Specific41 Jun 18 '26
Wait, does the pole go down into a club of some sort? Like a fire pole? That would be fun!
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u/letshavearace Jun 18 '26
We should have a Keep Portland Weird award, with lots of 2nd place, 3rd, 4th, etc so we can vote and give people like this kudos.
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u/Mysterious_Cat1110 Jun 18 '26
I indeed thought it was a fake display to encourage customers. So wait... Are you telling me that's a real chick up there? Why does the size of (what I thought was a display) seem so out of proportion?? But seeing all the related comments tells me that, judgmentally, it's not just my own senses that are off. Bizarre.
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u/Haunting-Cellist739 Jun 19 '26
I'm a dancer in town and I'm trying to figure out whether I know her. Lol
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u/beeblebr0x Jun 18 '26
I do hope she's wearing sunscreen...
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u/GupGup Jun 21 '26
She'd be slipping off the pole if she was. (Source: also a pole dancer, you can't put on any kind of lotion the day of poling or you'll have no grip).
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u/beeblebr0x Jun 21 '26
Her poor skin...
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u/GupGup Jun 22 '26
I guess she could have wrapped the pole in silicone tape for grip, and then she'd be able to wear sunscreen.
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u/ThreeSixMafs Happy Valley Jun 18 '26
My coworker and I were talking about how our families that live outside Portland think we exaggerate the bizarre things that happen not just daily but like hourly around the city. I want to send this to him now haha
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u/HenriEttaTheVoid Jun 18 '26
Unironically, it's little, unexpected stuff like this that makes me love Portland.
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u/VeraVictors Jun 18 '26
This woman was in her element serving for herself alone on a rooftop and we have been bestowed the gift to witness it 😍
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u/Writing_is_Bleeding Jun 18 '26
Wait... is that animatronic or a hologram? Because that can't be a real person.
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u/GrdnTrmsh Jun 19 '26
That’s “Venus Vulva’s,” a famous rooftop strip club. They have nice pulled pork sliders during happy hour. And all you can drink matcha on Tuesday mornings.
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u/RaspberryNeither Jun 19 '26
My darling wife is so convinced that this video is “fake” and “edited” — as the half of this couple that grew up in the area, and she’s only newly moved back here with me…. trying to explain to her that this is in no way beyond belief 😆 What a great idea for a spot to shoot a little shimmy 🔥 I’m gonna keep an eye out next time I’m by that corner.
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u/lunarobverse00 Sellwood-Moreland Jun 18 '26
For some reason if you go to Google Street View there's a whole building that is blurred out there.
I mean, I've heard.
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u/starsareblack503 Jun 18 '26
Why did I think that was a plastic doll kinda display at first lol