'Stop sticking googly eyes on sculptures' - US city tells residents - Googly eyes make everything better

'Stop sticking googly eyes on sculptures' - US city tells residents​

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A council in the US says these googly eyes are damaging the art


Published 15 December 2024

A city council in the US has asked people to stop sticking plastic eyes onto sculptures around the city, saying it costs a lot to remove them.
The googly eyes appeared on a number of artworks around the city of Bend, in Oregon, including a statue of two deer and a metal sphere.
In a post on social media, the council asked whoever was responsible to cut it out.
"While the googly eyes placed on the various art pieces around town might give you a chuckle, it costs money to remove them with care to not damage the art," it said.



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These deer statues were given googly eyes


Many people commented in support of the googly eyes with one social media user saying 'But they are so funny!!' and another saying 'the googly eyes have to stay'.
The council also said that in the past other decorations like Santa hats and wreaths have been added but that this was different.
"While we don't condone the wreaths... and Santa hats, let's stay away from adhesives, graffiti and all things that can damage the art" it said on it's social post.
The council leader has explained that while they want the community to engage with the art and have fun, they also don't want things to be damaged.
So far the council says it has spent $1,500 (£1,190) on removing googly eyes from seven of the eight sculptures affected.

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[Ravier Xavenblood]

They need to hire Jon, their resident Fishtank star and top J to guard the statues.

 

[Strictly Confidential]

The sphere looks much better with the eyes lmao. Fuckin someone should just tag it to be meatwad. Had a good giggle at them eyes though, they're pretty funny.

 

[Sparkletor 2.0]

So far the council says it has spent $1,500 (£1,190) on removing googly eyes from seven of the eight sculptures affected.

A bottle of Good Gone® adhesive remover coats less than $10. These sculptures are not that delicate since they have to survive outdoors in the Pacific Northwest. Don't birds ever crap on these statues? The city is already paying someone to clean and maintain the "art". The city is just mad that people are making a joke out of their sculptures.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

If someone stuck googly eyes on the Mona Lisa or the Pieta I might be able to get angry.

But this damn well finished the art; without it they’re just corporate shit.

 

[The Skeksis Emperor]

I think the deer statue is pretty decent artwork, it's a nice sculpture. But it's still better with googly eyes.

 

[Coldgrip]

Of course it's the capital of the outdoor adventurist part of Oregon that gets upset about this and not the capital of the rebellious hipster part of Oregon.

According to an uncle who lives out there, most people in Bend aren't really the outdoorsy type, they're mostly hipsters that like to pose as outdoorsy types.

This is probably some hipster faggot that put the eyes on, and another hipster faggot complaining about it.

 

[Drain Todger]

There's no way it costs this much just to remove a piece of plastic.

It doesn’t. You just yank it off and then wipe them off with some adhesive/graffiti remover like Goof-Off, Goo Gone, Krud Kutter, or something similar. If they’re varnished or clearcoated to prevent corrosion, they might need a recoat in case the graffiti remover dissolved the finish. Nothing I couldn’t do with a rattle can and a couple seconds. Whatever contractor they’re paying to do this is fleecing the fuck out of the city just because they can.

 

[User names must be unique]

my favourite will forever be the traffic cone hats statues get over here.

It doesn’t. You just yank it off and then wipe them off with some adhesive/graffiti remover like Goof-Off, Goo Gone, Krud Kutter, or something similar. If they’re varnished or clearcoated to prevent corrosion, they might need a recoat in case the graffiti remover dissolved the finish. Nothing I couldn’t do with a rattle can and a couple seconds. Whatever contractor they’re paying to do this is fleecing the fuck out of the city just because they can.

it's an obvious "fuck off" price contractors give when they don't want to take the work, just whoever is in charge of coordinating with them can't take the hint.

 

[Skeletonized Cow]

According to an uncle who lives out there, most people in Bend aren't really the outdoorsy type, they're mostly hipsters that like to pose as outdoorsy types.

This is probably some hipster faggot that put the eyes on, and another hipster faggot complaining about it.

Bend used to be a decent place, at least according to what I've been told. But it's been devastated by Californians. A shame, eastern Oregon is a pretty place and Californians don't deserve it.

 

[BradeRunna]

It looks funny as shit on that deer.

 

[Proud Ginga]

I can think of a certain statue that would look great with googly eyes.

 

[Haramburger]

You need to send people out to the location. Have soap and cleaning solution that doesn't damage the sculpture. Some of these pranks use sticky substances that need to be scraped and carved off of their surfaces and can cause lots of damage. You also need to pay for gas for the truck or car. All of this is completely unnecessary and overtime work that some vandal idiot is creating meaning this is not in the expected budget.

You'd be shocked at how much business have to spend cleaning up spray paint vandalism each year.

You don't have to convince me to keep doing these pranks, I was already motivated for the same reasons you listed. Hobby Lobby sells the biggest googly eyes in brick&mortar meatspace btw.

 

[Pina Colada]

“You will laugh at nothing and be unhappy.”
-These faggots

 

[HodgePodgeRogerDodger]

There's no way it costs this much just to remove a piece of plastic.

Depending on the glue used, it actually make some sense. Some of the retards aren’t using basic bitch adhesive, but stronger binders.

 

[Something Awful]

it's an obvious "fuck off" price contractors give when they don't want to take the work, just whoever is in charge of coordinating with them can't take the hint.

Eh, it's 170 pounds per statue. At what price would you be happy to do it? Taking into account that it's just going to be a random statue at random times, not steady work. Would you want to be the guy that gets called once a week to go to some statue to remove googly eyes for 50 bucks?

 

[a hapless toad]

This is probably some hipster faggot that put the eyes on, and another hipster faggot complaining about it.

And they're probably both coastal California transplants.

 

[Male Idiot]

Blm topples statues: US media sleeps or cheers.
Someone puts a google eye on them: STOP THIS VANDALISM AT ONCEEE111!!!

 

[BobbyBriggs69420]

Modernity is so fake and gay, if the right platform pushes just enough and right now this could be the newest manufactured irreverent western youth/wannabe-youth tradition.

There will be appstore apps for locating statues that the gov/private owner is ok with being tagged. Googly eyes on amazon will reference statues and sculptures in the title. Jeets chinks and arabs will setup carts close to the popular statues and charge $10 per pair. You'll naturally have to remove the last pair of googly eyes someone else left before placing your own so maybe amazon will sell kits with new eyes and eye removers.

 

[rando0675309]

Googly eyes are never funny. Look what happened to Gyp Rossetti for singing "Barney Google..."

 

[Malodorous Merkin]

A town in the midwest hired literal faggots to choose the municipal art installations, and this was the result.



"Pubey the Potato"

Deliberate eyesore shit, because "Fuck you, cis scum normies!"

After much public outrage, the shit was removed and the faggots were fired.