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[–] wha@lemy.nl 1 points 9 hours ago

Im new to Lemy, this is a top post on my fyp... Is everything supposed to be that bad?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 163 points 6 days ago (2 children)

OK? So don't make it so fuckable

[–] PoastRotato@lemmy.world 100 points 6 days ago (4 children)

This is the green M&M all over again

You can't tell me it wasn't intentional

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 86 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (6 children)

investigates

I dunno if a beauty salon was maybe the best setting to use for your ad, Kiwibank.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 33 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Considering I've never heard of Kiwibank until now, the advertising is working.

Maybe just not working as they intended...

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[–] ours@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

John Oliver is going to run so hard with this.

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[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 42 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Bluesky’s thriving furry community started posting their own images of her. Though The Spinoff hasn’t viewed them, it understands some were quite pornographic.

Journalism is dead

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago (3 children)

This isn't journalism, it's an ad. I hadn't heard of Kiwibank until right now.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's a bank owned by the New Zealand government, so if you're not based in New Zealand, that's not a surprise.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Kiwi should've given that away, duhhhh.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I assume that unless someone lives in New Zealand, that they probably aren't going to be using Kiwibank. They appear to only do business there.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

There's something people here don't understand

When something happening in New Zealand gets global attention, everyone in the country takes notice

Kiwis wouldn't pay attention to the ads, but the instant that they get overseas eyes involved, they'll be all over it

Source: am Kiwi

Also, WOULD

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[–] Godric@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I didn't go to school for 4 years for a dying field to stare at degen porn of bank mascots

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

If you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 40 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

The CEO presses pause, the mascot sheep looking over the boardroom in coquettish freeze-frame. "Guys, you've gotta tell me, nobody thinks this sheep is fuckable, right? We didn't put a CM out with a sexy sheep on purpose, did we?"

The VP loosens his collar. The marketing team fidget and look around the table, anywhere to avoid the gaze of the CEO.

"Guys? It's not fuckable, right?"

A junior exec caves. "M-maybe a little bit?"

"God FUCKING damnit!"

[–] Napster153@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

The CEO is upset at being the only Scalie in the room

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[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 124 points 6 days ago (16 children)

Anyone remember Erin for Esurance? There's a reason you don't see her anymore...

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 39 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 32 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wait… I haven’t seen it. Can someone post it. For research purposes.

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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 102 points 6 days ago (2 children)

This media has been disabled in response to a report by the copyright owner

Other Bluesky furry accounts have accused Kiwibank of censoring sexy sheep art that wasn’t even connected to Buck in any way, essentially making their work collateral damage in a war over a reputably fuckable farm animal from New Zealand.

The DMCA is out of control

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[–] CedricWhaley@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

If this doesn't make it onto John Oliver's show at some point, I will be very disappointed.

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[–] db2@lemmy.world 108 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] silver@das-eck.haus 92 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The fallout appears to be spreading. “I want to fuck the National Bank horse,” says one account.

I'm fuckin dead

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Something about beating a dead horse

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[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Said it in another thread with the same thumbnail:

If they didn't want people to lust after their mascot, they shouldn't have given her "fuck me" eyes and a sultry smile. This is the internet, they should have anticipated this.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They knew exactly what they were doing

We're talking about it, aren't we?

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[–] TrackenDaKracken@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Maybe don't show her out on a date, then?

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago

Oh c'mon, that's not fair, that's not a date. That's very obviously a hotel lobby, this is the morning after hooking up.

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But for every lustful post killed by a legal threat, another 10 take its place.

For every deranged penis they cut off, two more take its place! Hail Hydra!

[–] mult@sh.itjust.works 68 points 6 days ago (9 children)

New Zealand never beating the allegations

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[–] Kintarian@lemmy.world 66 points 6 days ago

Kwikbank: where men are men, and sheep are nervous

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 50 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 49 points 6 days ago

…for recruiting.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Kash Patel has entered the chat.

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[–] Heikki2@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Anyone else think this a ploy to find candidates for the FBI on the US? If you open an account do you also get a job there?

[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 35 points 6 days ago (4 children)
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[–] YaksDC@sh.itjust.works 42 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (12 children)
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[–] Davel23@fedia.io 38 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Eh, she's ok but she's no Judy Hopps.

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[–] the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (4 children)
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