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Yeah, NSFW, but I'm not at work.
Wow, what a strange fetish. I'm not sure even what to say. Dead fish, um... I don't know. I like octopi, very cool. I can understand the art and tatoos, but dead octopus drapped over naked female?
posted by tomplus2 at 9:45 PM on June 30, 2005
Wow, what a strange fetish. I'm not sure even what to say. Dead fish, um... I don't know. I like octopi, very cool. I can understand the art and tatoos, but dead octopus drapped over naked female?
posted by tomplus2 at 9:45 PM on June 30, 2005
Ok, that wasn't what I was expecting exactly.
But, ok.
posted by snsranch at 9:54 PM on June 30, 2005
But, ok.
posted by snsranch at 9:54 PM on June 30, 2005
Awesome, I am gonna start posting all my porn links to mefi!
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posted by nightchrome at 10:03 PM on June 30, 2005
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posted by nightchrome at 10:03 PM on June 30, 2005
IA! IA! Cthulhu Ftagn!
Phnglui mglwnafh Cthulhu Rlyeh wgahnagl Ftagn!
posted by gurple at 10:19 PM on June 30, 2005
Phnglui mglwnafh Cthulhu Rlyeh wgahnagl Ftagn!
posted by gurple at 10:19 PM on June 30, 2005
> but dead octopus drapped over naked female?
Dead? You sure?
posted by NewBornHippy at 10:44 PM on June 30, 2005
Dead? You sure?
posted by NewBornHippy at 10:44 PM on June 30, 2005
This is interesting, but I don't think it's really Metafilter material.
posted by greasepig at 10:52 PM on June 30, 2005
posted by greasepig at 10:52 PM on June 30, 2005
greasepig writes "This is interesting, but I don't think it's really Metafilter material."
It's odd. It's artistic in a twisted sort of way. AND it's interesting in a fetish sort of way. I would have thought those criteria alone make it an admirable post. 5 minutes of your time to be weirded out in a not-over-the-top-shocking way. Thanks growatentacle.
posted by peacay at 11:01 PM on June 30, 2005
It's odd. It's artistic in a twisted sort of way. AND it's interesting in a fetish sort of way. I would have thought those criteria alone make it an admirable post. 5 minutes of your time to be weirded out in a not-over-the-top-shocking way. Thanks growatentacle.
posted by peacay at 11:01 PM on June 30, 2005
Definitely more interesting than a simple porn site. I liked it. More weird links!
posted by agropyron at 11:13 PM on June 30, 2005
posted by agropyron at 11:13 PM on June 30, 2005
It's the 2nd link, Tonto, that weirded me out
posted by growabrain at 11:16 PM on June 30, 2005
posted by growabrain at 11:16 PM on June 30, 2005
I agree peacay. This isn't just porn. The images definitely have a disturbing quality and they are certainly in the realm of art in a way that most porn isn't.
octopus draped over naked female
Whenever I think I've seen all the really weird fetishes, a new one comes along....
posted by joedharma at 11:17 PM on June 30, 2005
octopus draped over naked female
Whenever I think I've seen all the really weird fetishes, a new one comes along....
posted by joedharma at 11:17 PM on June 30, 2005
The photography on the first link is actually rather interesting. The subject matter ain't much my thing on most of them, but it is still an interesting photographer.
What's up with the photog. I wonder? I naked woman with an octopus over here genitals. OK, weird fetish. Some naked, torpedo boob lady with a strange look on here face. A fairly normal shot of a fetching topless woman looking in a mirror. A naked woman with a strap-on that has a roll of toilet paper over the dildo.
What the hell is the common thread?
posted by teece at 11:34 PM on June 30, 2005
What's up with the photog. I wonder? I naked woman with an octopus over here genitals. OK, weird fetish. Some naked, torpedo boob lady with a strange look on here face. A fairly normal shot of a fetching topless woman looking in a mirror. A naked woman with a strap-on that has a roll of toilet paper over the dildo.
What the hell is the common thread?
posted by teece at 11:34 PM on June 30, 2005
What the hell is the common thread?
I'd like to know too....
posted by joedharma at 11:39 PM on June 30, 2005
I'd like to know too....
posted by joedharma at 11:39 PM on June 30, 2005
Times have been tough for the Suicide Girls, ever since their text ads were turned away...
posted by Rothko at 11:41 PM on June 30, 2005
posted by Rothko at 11:41 PM on June 30, 2005
Cthulhu thinks you would make a nice snack, indeed.
posted by loquacious at 11:56 PM on June 30, 2005
posted by loquacious at 11:56 PM on June 30, 2005
Best to perhaps peruse the introduction which gives a pretty interesting explanation of the photographer as well as the Carlton Arms Hotel where he took the pictures. Some very interesting and provocative stuff here, and the photography is very good even if you don't care for the subject matter.
posted by crunchywelch at 12:09 AM on July 1, 2005
posted by crunchywelch at 12:09 AM on July 1, 2005
It's the kind of thing I hoped for when I was 18 and went to Europe on a whirlwind Eurorail frenzy. Mostly it was me and Australian blokes snoring in bunk-beds at the hostel.
I think the photography stands on its merits, but some of it is definitely porn.
posted by bardic at 12:26 AM on July 1, 2005
I think the photography stands on its merits, but some of it is definitely porn.
posted by bardic at 12:26 AM on July 1, 2005
The Octopus blog is deeply strange: I was fascinated & slightly appalled by its tentacle-y contents. The first link isn’t working for me, but I think I’ve seen enough cepaholopods for one day already...
posted by misteraitch at 1:06 AM on July 1, 2005
posted by misteraitch at 1:06 AM on July 1, 2005
One of the links on that blog led me, by the way, to this list of books at what presumably is a Japanese book-collector’s site: they’re mostly old volumes of Natural History, and clicking on each title shows a small but quite interesting selection of images from the relevant book.
posted by misteraitch at 1:18 AM on July 1, 2005
posted by misteraitch at 1:18 AM on July 1, 2005
I am sure I have seen an octopus on someone's head in a famous image. Maplethorp?
Y'know like Whoopie in the bath of milk.
posted by asok at 2:47 AM on July 1, 2005
Y'know like Whoopie in the bath of milk.
posted by asok at 2:47 AM on July 1, 2005
BoingBoing post with links to all sorts of Japanese octopus-fetish goodness, starting with Hokusai.
posted by languagehat at 7:19 AM on July 1, 2005
posted by languagehat at 7:19 AM on July 1, 2005
I think this is friggin awesome. Arty octopus porn. I love it.
Much better than another Iraq/Bushsucks post, although I sometimes like those too.
posted by fungible at 8:05 AM on July 1, 2005
Much better than another Iraq/Bushsucks post, although I sometimes like those too.
posted by fungible at 8:05 AM on July 1, 2005
This is a pretty old 'fetish' (man, I hate that word) and it's not as strange as you might think. Most of those pictures are quite pretty and intense and I wouldn't consider them pornography. Ironically, I was just reading about how people claimed the original King Kong was pornography and 'twisted' because it had this big black animal grooving for this lilly white woman.
posted by nixerman at 8:31 AM on July 1, 2005
posted by nixerman at 8:31 AM on July 1, 2005
To whoever thinks this is NOT mefi material... Have you seen the crap littering the front page lately?
Sheesh, this is probably the most interesting thing poster here in weeks.
posted by eas98 at 8:40 AM on July 1, 2005
Sheesh, this is probably the most interesting thing poster here in weeks.
posted by eas98 at 8:40 AM on July 1, 2005
Great stuff (I like octopodes) and that's some interesting work by Bob Coulter. There are some other subjects that you can peruse from the Introduction link.
posted by PurplePorpoise at 4:02 PM on July 1, 2005
posted by PurplePorpoise at 4:02 PM on July 1, 2005
Thanks growabrain, that was really interesting. The octopus is an amazing critter. Loved the fifth image from the bottom by Ken Brown in the Octopus Blog. And languagehat, that Hokusai image is wonderful. There's another one along similar lines. And misteraitch thanks for the excellent link to those lovely old prints. Nice.
posted by nickyskye at 2:39 AM on July 2, 2005
posted by nickyskye at 2:39 AM on July 2, 2005
Very odd.
posted by _sirmissalot_ at 11:59 AM on July 14, 2005
posted by _sirmissalot_ at 11:59 AM on July 14, 2005
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