r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CharmingFucales • Feb 04 '23

The winning sand sculpture of 2019’s Texas Sand Sculpture Festival Image

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u/IfIKnewThen Feb 04 '23

The cracks in the foundation. What a masterpiece.

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u/Mar-san Feb 04 '23

This, as well as the way that the cracks begin travelling up the chair.

There is alot of meaning here along with the amount of detail, indeed a masterpiece.

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u/TheBootySAWN Feb 04 '23

But the contest was in Texas, so you know that all of that beautiful nuance was completely overlooked.

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u/Specialist-Listen304 Feb 05 '23

Not sure why this is getting downvoted.

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u/TheBootySAWN Feb 05 '23

The nuance was completely wasted in this subreddit?

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u/littlebuett Feb 05 '23

Because it's wrong?

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u/Specialist-Listen304 Feb 05 '23

He’s making a joke that the right favored Texas populous would not understand what this statue really means. How’s that wrong?

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u/littlebuett Feb 05 '23

Because it's entirely possible that they do and disagree, or reintepret. I thought that's what art was for, interpretation?

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u/Specialist-Listen304 Feb 05 '23

He’s making a joke, dude, get over it.

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u/littlebuett Feb 05 '23

Seemed like a tasteless joke calling a large amount of people stupid for no reason

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u/Specialist-Listen304 Feb 05 '23

My sister lives in Texas, I promise she would laugh at the joke.

Clearly you must be a conservative or your “littlebutt” wouldn’t be hurt so bad.

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u/YazzArtist Feb 04 '23

They... Instilled those values in the country. We really need to stop mythologizing the rich slave owners who signed into law that only land owning white men could vote.

They set the country up that way that because if the other races were even human, they weren't intelligent enough to vouch for themselves. And if women were even intelligent enough, they were far too emotional beings to have a say. They hunted for excuses not to address the human trafficking and slavery they all knew was wrong, so they could personally keep their own slaves. They were the elite establishment wanting more power from the top. They did some good things with that desire, they did some terrible things with it.

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u/a_d3vnt Feb 04 '23

They were some of the most progressive of their time and borrowed a lot from the world around them.

Following your logic, absolutely no historical figures existing prior to 1900 should ever be considered insightful, wise, or of any value whatsoever because they fail to meet the standards of cultural progress centuries or millennia after their deaths.

They spelled out what they wanted knowing full well they weren't going to get there in their lifetime, but hoping the country the founded might. Shitting on them just to put yourself on a pedestal or to denigrate them is shitting on the hopes and dreams that one day, we would know true equality.

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u/JoeFortune1 Feb 04 '23

They were progressive for their time(arguably) but not for our time.
The reason we believe there were no leaders who represent our “modern values” of equal rights for all races, gender, etc is because our history is whitewashed. We never learn about the people that don’t support our capitalist, white supremacist system

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u/a_d3vnt Feb 04 '23

So then we judge anyone from history by modern standards, forever dooming them? It's unbridled arrogance and almost none will pass that test.

To suggest that we currently have a white supremacist system or to decry capitalism makes me pretty sure you think you're far more sophisticated or moral than you actually are.

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u/JoeFortune1 Feb 04 '23

Dooming them? They are already dead. I don’t claim to be sophisticated. I believe capitalism is destroying the whole planet, not just our “democracy”. Does that make me smart? Idc. Capitalism thrives on racist ideas which why it is so deeply imbedded in our “exceptional” society.

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u/a_d3vnt Feb 04 '23

The notion that people can own businesses and goods has absolutely nothing to do with racism. At all.

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u/JoeFortune1 Feb 05 '23

Yet racism dividing the working class makes it nearly impossible to organize and take down the current system

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u/YazzArtist Feb 04 '23 edited Feb 04 '23

They were some of the most progressive of their time and borrowed a lot from the world around them.

You've clearly never read about, much less writings from Founding Father Thomas Payne. There was an abolitionist advocating for universal suffrage to George Washington. The claim that these ideas didn't exist at the time is a myth perpetuated to prop up the image of the founding fathers that you have

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u/Toro8926 Feb 04 '23

That's incredible!

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u/thndrstrk Feb 04 '23

Did you say hey blinkin?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '23

God bless him

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u/littleponchos Feb 04 '23

Thing only got worse from then.

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u/littleponchos Feb 04 '23

Since 2019 when this was built dumb ass.

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u/fillyharemkeeper Feb 04 '23

This, 'joke', only has one ending - Elaborate and prove you're not being a dog-whistling prick.

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u/2x4x93 Feb 04 '23

Never heard "dog-whistling prick" but i like the way it sounds. Would you tell me what it implies so I don't use it incorrectly please?

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u/lovelette_r Feb 04 '23

A dog whistle is "a subtly aimed political message which is intended for, and can only be understood by, a particular group" like implying America was "better back when"

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u/2x4x93 Feb 04 '23

Thank you

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u/littleponchos Feb 04 '23

You missed the point boomer. The sculpture is to represent how fucked up things were in 2019. Lincoln with his head in his hands. Things have only gotten worse since 2019. You are an idiot.

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u/One-Guilty-Finger Feb 04 '23

The guy’s a right wing troll. He gets off on this kind of argument. Let him go.

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u/TheCorruptApostle Feb 04 '23

So the 1860s where black people were property, is not as bad as today?

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u/littleponchos Feb 04 '23

Since 2019 when this sand sculpture was built dumb ass.

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u/Specialist-Listen304 Feb 05 '23

Seriously, why all the name calling from everyone. Just make your point, otherwise it just makes you sound unintelligible.

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u/OutAndABoot Feb 04 '23

Copy paste bot, downvote and report.

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u/Lovemybee Feb 04 '23

And this is BEFORE Covid!

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u/Designer-Worker9580 Feb 04 '23

Abe is still doing that to this day

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u/WerewolfHowls Feb 04 '23

The founding fathers would hate what America has become - not just the outdated values against women and pro-slavery but the corporate Oligarchy and joke the people's vote has become.

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u/djquu Feb 04 '23

Modern GOP has more in common with the British empire than the founding fathers

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u/TerrorsOfTheDark Feb 04 '23

Which reminds me of a fun joke. What would you call a conservative fighting in the revolutionary war? Redcoat

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u/aspenseedswork Feb 04 '23

I think the cracks forming idea is a cool touch.

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u/ZystemStigma69 Feb 04 '23

Me when I see comment sections that make no sense.

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u/Superb-Possibility-9 Feb 04 '23

Texas fought for the Confederacy against Lincoln

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u/PDXalreadtused Feb 04 '23

I’ll bet many Texans misunderstood this as the damage and horror brought on by demoncrats/librals

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u/MrPickles84 Feb 04 '23

Funny part is, he’s probably thinking about Texas.

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u/DigNitty Interested Feb 04 '23

Every viewer will agree and nod their heads thinking Lincoln is frustrated with “the other” political party.

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u/sorefoot66 Feb 04 '23

Abe cannot believe what the gop has descended into.

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u/northforthesummer Feb 04 '23

Fitting that Lincoln is face-palming in texas...

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u/_on_the_level_ Feb 04 '23

and this was before a pandemic divided us more

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u/Skirt_Thin Feb 04 '23

"Oh God, just shoot me."

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u/Flat_Bodybuilder_175 Feb 04 '23

This is fucking STUNNING

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u/Mecha_Tortoise Feb 04 '23

It's not a facepalm. He just has sand in his eye.

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u/Melodic-Award3991 Feb 04 '23

This is Lincoln reflecting on what the presidency has become (circa 2019…)

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u/Grouchy_Reward Feb 04 '23

As a Canadian who visited texas last summer, you all are the weirdest mix of American and toxic American values. This sculpture nails it.

Y’all got your state by stealing it, you won the space race, developed the true mode of public education, and now are against women’s rights….

Amazing thing to do in less than 150 years

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u/AlabasterPelican Feb 04 '23

Just to clarify, missions are launched from the Kennedy space center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. While mission control is at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. You're right though Texas is a soup sandwich.

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u/Grouchy_Reward Feb 08 '23

I mean, yes, but the control is Houston. And that disconnect is the most American thing.

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u/AlabasterPelican Feb 08 '23

I mean would you rather have Florida man or a Texan controlling the mission? 😂 I mean you're strapped on top of what is essentially a bomb aiming to hit a rock that's hundreds of thousands of miles away. And for Apollo 11, no human has ever done this before.

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u/TheCorruptApostle Feb 04 '23

How did we “steal our state”?

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u/Local_Debate_8920 Feb 04 '23

I'm assuming he means from Mexico. Tons of American immigrants come to Texas which was part of Mexico then decide they don't want to be part of Mexico and form their own country.

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u/StuckInGachaHell Feb 04 '23

Tons of Mexicans also fought to be free because santa ann was putting down rebellions all over Mexico against his Napoleon wanna be rule.

Texas is just the only rebellion that os know about.

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u/pburnett795 Feb 05 '23

Guess why Texans revolted against Mexico? Because slavery was illegal in Mexico.

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u/MidnightFireHuntress Feb 04 '23

Love how overdramatic you Americans are lol

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u/yes1856 Feb 04 '23

Are you joking? Democracy here is shaken to it’s root here.

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u/MikeyTbT123 Feb 04 '23

Wow omg a sand sculpture from not this year

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u/CaptainAksh_G Feb 04 '23

I relate to this artist on so many levels

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u/dvlwatson Feb 04 '23

I can relate...

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u/Legitimate_Bird_5712 Feb 04 '23

That's sand-tastic!

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u/Kozzzman Feb 04 '23

Kinda racist if you think about it.

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u/sMileHighCity Feb 04 '23

I saw a shirt once with this exact same picture and the caption read;
'I freed who'?

People are disgusting, in plain sight.

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u/fillyharemkeeper Feb 04 '23

It depends really on who's making the statement. As a progressive, it could mean he's ashamed of that the Republican party has become. BUT it could have a completely different meaning

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u/AFriendlyRedditUser2 Interested Feb 04 '23

What

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u/Kozzzman Feb 04 '23

Think about it.

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u/SirRipOliver Feb 04 '23

You mean, we still don’t have electricity?

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u/OzzieGrey Feb 04 '23

Poor Abe..

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u/Free-Feeling3586 Feb 04 '23

Wow! Spectacular♥️♥️♥️

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u/KingKaos420- Feb 04 '23

Is this from Sand Castle Days on South Padre? Or is it the Galveston one?

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u/ScarTheGoth Feb 04 '23

I saw one of these at a hotel once but it was not this impressive. These ppl are truly talented. I feel like the texture of the sand would affect their ability to built it upwards with stability

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u/ScarTheGoth Feb 04 '23

This must’ve took them so long, although there may have been multiple ppl working on it to speed it up

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u/KrazyTheKid Feb 04 '23

Anybody know how long it took?

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u/mrbbrj Feb 04 '23

He's thinking " why didn't I just let Texas secede?"

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u/iammabdaddy Feb 05 '23

This, sadly, would be his disposition now.