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In 1992’s ‘Jurassic Park’, Jeff Goldblum’s character makes a scathing statement against the park’s owner for not considering the consequences of what they've created. He says, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.”

It’s a great line that also foreshadows the disaster about to unfold. However, nothing can prepare you for what you're about to see here, and clearly, the designers of these items didn’t ask themselves this question either.

We can’t fault them for their craftsmanship and skill though, just their lack of judgment for aesthetics. It can be summed up best as the phrase ‘Awful Taste But Great Execution’ (ATBGE) based on the subreddit of the same name. And Bored Panda has collected the most garish but technically flawless things from it for all to see. When you’re ready, check out parts one, two and three as well!

The subreddit currently has 1.5M members and counting, so it’s clear that people are enjoying the designs in their own special way. It’s hard to look away from some of the stuff, not because it’s great looking or anything. It’s more like watching a car crash—horrific but enthralling at the same time. 

The wreck of ideas and lack of taste makes us wonder what was going through the minds of the creators as they realized their ideas from start to finish. But we’ll never know for sure where they draw their inspiration from. The only thing that’s certain is that they have the skills to pull off their works.

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This “Up Cycled” Bathtub

This “Up Cycled” Bathtub

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Samantha Lomb
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't hate it. Just needs some drainage holes in the seat and a pillow

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It can take some time to learn a craft and become the master of it, but it’s rewarding in the end. In his book, The Story of Philosophy, writer and philosopher Will Durant wrote, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." 

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He probably never envisioned seeing every type of clothing imaginable rendered in denim and awkwardly renamed with the prefix from ‘jeans’. Now we have all kinds of fashion atrocities and things that should not be, with names such as jandals, joots or a jong (the last one is best left to the imagination).

But the creators here have practiced enough and, although questionable in taste, we can look at their work in a different light than what’s immediately in front of us. Either from their need to create within or even being commissioned to build something, they started from almost nothing and made something of it. And like it or not, you are seeing their works online.

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This Beard, Oh My God That Beard

This Beard, Oh My God That Beard

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hyperunknown
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Look it's Barbossa! · "For too long I've been parched of a shave and unable to quench it. Too long I've been twiddling to death and haven't died. I feel nothing. Not the wind on my beard nor the spray of the shaving foam."

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#7

Great Paint Job, Less Than Tasteful Color Palette

Great Paint Job, Less Than Tasteful Color Palette

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Samantha Lomb
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly I like it. And Victorians traditionally have a bright ( though admittedly not neon) color palette. Looks like a fun eccentric artist would live here.

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#8

This Family Photo. Sure It’s The Kid’s Gonna Be Posting It R/Blunderyears In A Couple Years

This Family Photo. Sure It’s The Kid’s Gonna Be Posting It R/Blunderyears In A Couple Years

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#9

This Rat Taxidermied As Gary Oldman's Dracula

This Rat Taxidermied As Gary Oldman's Dracula

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Lord Mysticlaw
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It looks like Stuart Little got a part in the school's annual Shakespeare performance.

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Salarmy Of The Dead

Salarmy Of The Dead

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Lauren MULLER
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hi can I pls have the severed arm on the left? Thx so much making a special dinner tonight UwU

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#11

Spine Candles

Spine Candles

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#12

Honey, Don’t Forget Your Jandals

Honey, Don’t Forget Your Jandals

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#13

A Well Executed Monster Truck Dad Joke

A Well Executed Monster Truck Dad Joke

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Samantha Lomb
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Still so much better than a lift kit and truck nuts, or the fiberglass bodykit for a Honda Civic

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#14

What Would You Call This Hairstyle? Because I'm At A Loss For Words Rn

What Would You Call This Hairstyle? Because I'm At A Loss For Words Rn

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#18

This Elvira Salt & Pepper Shaker Set

This Elvira Salt & Pepper Shaker Set

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Samantha Lomb
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok, honestly its so kitschy it's kinda cool. My friend would have totally owned this

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#19

Jellyfish Hair

Jellyfish Hair

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Samantha Lomb
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly it doesn't look terrible on her and clearly its supposed to be art, not practical fashion.

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#20

Atleast You Will Never Have To Tell Anyone You Are Certifiable...

Atleast You Will Never Have To Tell Anyone You Are Certifiable...

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#21

Found In A House That's For Sale Nearby

Found In A House That's For Sale Nearby

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#23

Reverse Mermaid Tattoo

Reverse Mermaid Tattoo

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Jace
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Far be it from me to question the anatomy of a reverse mermaid, but... whoever the artist is, they do NOT understand human anatomy, because the right leg, knee bent, makes no goddamned sense. There's no way a thigh bone works like that. Does an up-vote mean I hate this and the list is about horrible shite that gets voted as horrible, or do I need to down-vote this to show my dislike for the content???

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#25

Doge

Doge

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#26

I Saw The ATM Posts And I Thought Why Not Share This Gem From Mersin, Turkey

I Saw The ATM Posts And I Thought Why Not Share This Gem From Mersin, Turkey

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#27

Pregnant, Christian Mermaids. Too Many Questions

Pregnant, Christian Mermaids. Too Many Questions

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Samantha Lomb
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah either she should lay eggs like a fish and he fertilize them or he should be the pregnant one like a seahorse.

Troux
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My top question: What happens if you remove his belt?

Lord Mysticlaw
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How long are mermaids pregnant for because they have one baby and it looks like she's about to pop out another one?

Auntriarch
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Suddenly I'm looking back to the body part cakes with nostalgia

Chucky Cheezburger
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Never understood how merfolk get it on. I mean, it seems that there would be eggs and external fertilization, but somebody thinks otherwise...Is there like trap door scales that allow access or something? On a side note, how bad did Ariel freak out when she went from tail to legs and found hair and another orifice down there?

Jace
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wait. What. Why does he have a belt and loops? Is that keeping his ... uh... lower body attached?? How do they have a newborn AND a pregnancy? How is she pregnant? fish don't... Why are they xtian mermaid/men??

zims
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like someone's trying to counter the gay merman ornaments. Or cash in on the outrage.

Zet
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"i want a Mary maid statue for my baby..." *he said, in muffled voice* - "SAY NO MORE!" *said the artist excited*

GC Rovario-Cole
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My main question is why is he wearing a belt around his mermaid bottom. With belt loops.

Michigan Guy
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

so anatomically....this is a deepthroat situation? except with pregnancy rather than the O?

yeciye
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Could someone explain the belt? Especially the loops; where do they come from? What's the logic behind it!?

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L.a. Williams
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The baby he's holding is fairly young and she looks at least 8 months pregnant. I want their gestational period because it is clearly very short.

René Sauer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

everyone is talking about the pregnancy and eggs. I meanwhile wonder about her sideways cross-nacklace. The sign of something in the middle off god and satan?

I'mNotARoboat
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

(I've been a bp lurker for a few years with no account with which to comment but, of all posts, it seems THIS it's my breaking point.) So they are apparently a pregnant, Christian merfolk couple. Lots have pointed out that he is wearing a belt and that that baby is quite young for her to be ready to give birth again. I think they might have adopted the first one. No one has commented on the wedding rings these supposed "Christians" aren't wearing. Oh wait! It might be that they are possibly the merfolk version of Mary and Joseph but then that would suggest Merman Jesus has a younger sibling. The more I look, the deeper the rabbit hole.

I'mNotARoboat
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So they are apparently a pregnant, Christian merfolk couple. Lots have pointed out that he is wearing a belt and that that that baby is quite young for her to be ready to give birth again. I think they might have adopted the first one. No one has commented on the wedding rings this supposed "Christian" aren't wearing. I've been a bp lurker for a few years with no account with which to comment but, of all posts, it seems THIS it's my breaking point.

Bill Karp
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

it's a miracle, no need to question. they are all..................... almost HA HA HAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Lisa Chambers
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Took me minute to find the Christian reference....annnnnd there it is. LOL

JD Lee
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bigger question here, why are his scales held up.. on.. (?) with a belt?

Buzz Anderson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah I can see it happening The creepy part is he is wearing a cross.

Robecca Leyden
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I really like that they were just like ‘he needs a belt’.

Maria
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He's wearing a belt.... so his scales don't fall down?

ScarlettJoe Handsome
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The belt loops are obviously body modifications. Not at all unusual on a Christian conservative today. I can't see any belly button piercings however.

Banana Rama
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

1)he is wearing a belt on his tail? 2)I am half surprised they aren't wearing wedding rings.

Karen Fox
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok I am trying to figure out exactly what the tiny white thing hanging off of the loop on his head might be?!? ....um....possibly an insemination device? Could help explain at least THAT question...but would expect him to hang THAT from the belt...not the thing screwed into his head...

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#28

Moss Chairs For Some Reason

Moss Chairs For Some Reason

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#31

These Food Earrings

These Food Earrings

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#33

Crystal Basketball Chandelier

Crystal Basketball Chandelier

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#35

Fine China Envies This Decorative Toilet Bowl

Fine China Envies This Decorative Toilet Bowl

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Samantha Lomb
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly this was normal for the Victorian era and the Schiphol airport puts bug decals in the toilets to encourage men to aim better anyway

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#36

This "Pink Lemonade Lips" I Found On Instagram Makes Me Uncomfortable In A Herpes Kind Of Way

This "Pink Lemonade Lips" I Found On Instagram Makes Me Uncomfortable In A Herpes Kind Of Way

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#37

Moldy Fruit Made Out Of Gemstones

Moldy Fruit Made Out Of Gemstones

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#38

Is It Tuesday Yet?

Is It Tuesday Yet?

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#41

This Kitchen In An $8.6m Home In The Atlanta Area

This Kitchen In An $8.6m Home In The Atlanta Area

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#42

Yup. One Even Has A Filling

Yup. One Even Has A Filling

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Ben Press
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can tell this twat doesn't do any actual work. Probably sits around all day "influencing" people on TiKTok or some such

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Wicker Basket Toilet

Wicker Basket Toilet

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Foxxy (The Original)
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Clearly you aren't meant to use it as an actual toilet, but for the life of me I can't figure out what else it's meant to be used for. Except possibly a laundry basket.

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#44

This “Litter” Decoration That’s Made For An Aquarium

This “Litter” Decoration That’s Made For An Aquarium

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Troux
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm kind of upset that the coffee looks like pee. I'm pretty upset that litter in the ecosystem is being treated as decorative. I'm positively livid that this is what passes for a gnome doorway these days.

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#45

I Would Just Wear A Hair Net At This Point

I Would Just Wear A Hair Net At This Point

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#47

Forever Unclean

Forever Unclean

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Jace
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What misguided gimmicky gift-shop waste of plastics is this mess?

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#48

My Friend Went To A Wedding Where They Had A Guy Handing Out Martini Olives In A Bathtub Full Of Olives

My Friend Went To A Wedding Where They Had A Guy Handing Out Martini Olives In A Bathtub Full Of Olives

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#49

Buff Sugestive Olaf Cake...

Buff Sugestive Olaf Cake...

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#50

Double-Sided Western Boots By Shayne Oliver

Double-Sided Western Boots By Shayne Oliver

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#55

House Boat Car

House Boat Car

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Seán Baron
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There was an episode of Top Gear where they made a luxury yacht out of a SsangYong SUV. Ugly and funny!

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#56

When You Gotta Drop The Kids Off At Soccer At 6 But Be Part Of Vultron At 7

When You Gotta Drop The Kids Off At Soccer At 6 But Be Part Of Vultron At 7

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#57

I Saw The Tree Trunk ATM And I Had To Post The Pride And Glory Of Vienna Austria

I Saw The Tree Trunk ATM And I Had To Post The Pride And Glory Of Vienna Austria

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#58

I Think They Are Cups?

I Think They Are Cups?

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#59

This Is Being Sold On Fb Marketplace. It’s Masking Tape And Paper....

This Is Being Sold On Fb Marketplace. It’s Masking Tape And Paper....

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Jace
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For those materials, it's not exactly bad work. It will never look like something NICE, but, it's not like this took no skill at all.

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#60

I See Your Tree ATM And Raise This Pink Elephant ATM

I See Your Tree ATM And Raise This Pink Elephant ATM

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#61

I’ve Been Waiting For This Tuesday All Week. Behold- A Friend Of A Friend’s Tramp Stamp

I’ve Been Waiting For This Tuesday All Week. Behold- A Friend Of A Friend’s Tramp Stamp

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#63

This Reflected Pair Of Jeans I Found On R/Hmmm

This Reflected Pair Of Jeans I Found On R/Hmmm

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#64

These Adidas Shoes

These Adidas Shoes

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Lord Mysticlaw
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where does the hair go when you walk? Does it just drag behind you? Should you wash it? Does it need conditioner? What if someone steps on it while you're walking?

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#66

This See-Through Stormtrooper Armour I Came Across On R/Starwars

This See-Through Stormtrooper Armour I Came Across On R/Starwars

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#70

You’ve Heard Of Jorts Now Get Ready For The Jong

You’ve Heard Of Jorts Now Get Ready For The Jong

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#71

Imagine Getting Into A Fight With Someone And They Pull Out This Nightmare

Imagine Getting Into A Fight With Someone And They Pull Out This Nightmare

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#74

This Is The Future Liberals Want (According To My Uncle)

This Is The Future Liberals Want (According To My Uncle)

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Chucky Cheezburger
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Im all for love and let love, and try not to judge folks but...But aftwr the deed is done, this dude is dead...someone should warn the poor guy.

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#75

It Looks Like So Much Effort Was Put In For Something That Doesn't Look Great

It Looks Like So Much Effort Was Put In For Something That Doesn't Look Great

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#76

Technically Very Sound Tattoo, But...

Technically Very Sound Tattoo, But...

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Foxxy (The Original)
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But what? Not my style but I don't see anything wrong with it. Actually looks pretty good.

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#77

Would Have Given The Creeps During Late Night Fridge Excursions

Would Have Given The Creeps During Late Night Fridge Excursions

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#78

This

This

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DUN DUN
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can come up with hundreds of ways this person will get hurt due to that...whatever it is.

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#79

Another Instagram Find...

Another Instagram Find...

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#81

This Was On The Wall At A Coffee Shop

This Was On The Wall At A Coffee Shop

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Eva the Egg
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nothing like witnessing childbirth while sipping some good expresso

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#82

My Friend Found This In The Park And Set It In Resin. This Is The Result

My Friend Found This In The Park And Set It In Resin. This Is The Result

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Jace
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The dead bird isn't the real problem. The shape of the resin is making me wonder what random object or grocery package was used as a mould.

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#83

You Thought Trumps Golden Toilet Was Gaudy? Behold!

You Thought Trumps Golden Toilet Was Gaudy? Behold!

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