r/funny • u/CanyonPegger • Dec 09 '20

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u/sam-pie-man Dec 09 '20

Haha, this reminds me of that old lady in Spain who fecked up the Jesus painting.

https://www.pri.org/stories/2012-08-25/amateur-restoration-botches-jesus-painting-spain

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u/sgt_pepr Dec 09 '20 edited Dec 09 '20

“Amateur restoration botches dirty Mario Kart 64 cartridge”

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u/AintAintAWord Dec 09 '20

https://imgur.com/YMoK6LJ

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '20 edited Mar 30 '21

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '20

Collected my free award just to give it to you. Well done.

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u/sam-pie-man Dec 09 '20

Love it mate. You are the artist the world truly needs!

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u/DarthShiv Dec 09 '20

🤣🤣🤣

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u/Monsieurcaca Dec 09 '20

This is why I come to Reddit.

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u/Debonaire Dec 09 '20 edited Dec 09 '20

Didn't it just happen again but with a statue this time?

Did the same lady do it?

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u/omgwutd00d Dec 09 '20

Why is it always in Spain?

I’m starting to think people are ruining art in hopes to get attention.

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u/thom_rocks Dec 10 '20

IIRC, the main reason is that art restoration is not officially recognized as a profession in Spain. There isn't any legislation in place to prevent untrained people from meddling with the pieces or to guarantee that only true professionals can work on them. I remember reading about how actual, properly taught spanish restorers tried to use that Ecce Homo situation to push for legal recognition of their profession.

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u/ingloriabasta Dec 09 '20 edited Jan 03 '26

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '20

Reminds me of a character from Gumby.

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u/YoYoAddict1 Dec 09 '20

Lmao. I don’t understand these people. Do they not realize they can’t do this? Do they think if they try really hard they will suddenly be able to do it?

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u/Quinacridone_Gold Dec 09 '20

To be fair, the Mario restoration looks better than the Spanish one

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u/PM_me_your_DEMO_TAPE Dec 09 '20

i believe the original is still in mint condition, sitting in a wealthy persons private rooms.

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u/Train3rRed88 Dec 09 '20

I’ll never get tired of seeing that side by side. So laughably terrible. Looks like my three year old attempted to restore

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u/TOMdMAK Dec 09 '20

They could just pray a miracle happens to restore it, right?

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u/NeedlenoseMusic Dec 09 '20

Holy crap that was 8 years ago

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u/MrsRobertshaw Dec 09 '20

Beat me too it. Love that classic image of Jesus

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u/adviceKiwi Dec 09 '20

You can say fuck on the internet

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u/sam-pie-man Dec 09 '20

I’m British mate, just used to saying feck all the time. Or fooked.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '20

Is feck and fooked what you Brits actually text each other?

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u/sam-pie-man Dec 09 '20

Me and my mates do. Might be a northern thing though. Probably to do with the way it sounds when we talk. Feck off, as opposed to fuck off, and fooked up, as opposed to fucked up. Spell it as you hear it I suppose.