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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd say that's not what "abnormous" means, but I like your implied definition better.

[–] crypticthree@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] AreaKode@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

You like it?

It's very generous.

[–] misterundercoat@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

I just think they're neat

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] stick2urgunz88@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Yes yes, “ah tah.”

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Catherine McCoid and LeRoy McDermott hypothesize that the figurines may have been created as self-portraits by women.[12]This theory stems from the correlation of the proportions of the statues to how the proportions of women's bodies would seem if they were looking down at themselves, which would have been the only way to view their bodies during this period. They speculate that the complete lack of facial features could be accounted for by the fact that sculptors did not own mirrors.

[–] DriftinGrifter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I saw that rebuttal and it seemed pretty strange to me.

They couldn't have been sculpting from their own perspective, because they technically had access to viewing themselves from a third-person perspective?

We technically had access to drawing with linear perspective all along, but somehow until only a few hundred years ago, this is the best we could do:

It just seems like a very modern-biased way of thinking about depiction. Mapping objective reality (rather than subjective perception) into art is a relatively new concept.

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[–] Liz@midwest.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, that lady's crotch is bigger than her tits, she's not exactly proportional from any perspective. I'm gonna go ahead and say that maybe we have no idea who made it and any argument concerning authorship is pure speculation.

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Catherine McCoid and LeRoy McDermott hypothesize that...

[–] Liz@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Speculation and a hypothesis are two very different levels of certainty in a claim. I suppose, though, that this area of research is somewhat forced to use more certain language than other areas would be comfortable with, given the same quality of evidence. Recognize that "we're just guessing here" also applies to the claim in the meme.

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've always liked me a big woman, but those ancient boys may have liked too big of a woman. Who am I to judge, though? Probably sign of a real good harvest, and I bet that made everyone horny back then.

[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Maybe women used to be more gigantic back them and we're nerfed across time or something. I unno. I am no xenobiologist

[–] Evrala@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

They were most likely made by women, the proportions make sense when you think of a woman looking down at herself. It is just that when the first men to uncover the artifacts looked at them they said "wow, these were obviously made by men and are ancient porn!"

There are ones that have been found at various stages of pregnancy so were likely an educational tool.

[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 year ago

Our biological weakness for an ample bosom transcends the ages.

[–] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Big booba good

[–] davitz@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago
[–] NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm using abnormous from here on out

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[–] boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Your turkey appears to be missing it's head

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The carving just looks like a whole chicken with lemons under the breast skin. 🤤

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