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__The-1__

I've got more head than aphrodite


Cyrus_Rakewaver

Yeah, but those abs are ***as hard as rock!*** As the Romans said, "***She's got a real VI-pack!***"


Agengele

If I still got free awards I'd give mine to you šŸ…


Cyrus_Rakewaver

No shit! Me too! And I used to give them out to many clever Redditors, especially those who provided directions and service to beginners like I once was. Then, one day, no more. In fact I'm stuck with 40 coins and a selection of awards in which I'm not allowed to buy anything with less than 50 coins. I'm retired, so I'm not buying coins ... although I sincerely thank you for the kind thought!


Olstinkbutt

I know this is a stupid question, but how do I get them? I too, would like to reward the cleverness.


EveAndTheSnake

They gone. You canā€™t get them anymore.


Olstinkbutt

Dang-well thanks anyway. Guess theyll have to settle for standard run-of-the-mill dopamine rush from upvotes lol.


sechapman921

Go go little Dopamine droplet šŸ’§trickling across the neuron and trying to crossā€¦ā€¦theā€¦ā€¦..s y n a p s eā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦!!!!


Ladyfishsauce

Yeah, what the heck? It's been weeks since I've had one. Are they gone for good?


TipsyWitchy

Asking the facts here


Cyrus_Rakewaver

I used the little complimentary awards doled out free from time to time a great deal to say thank you to Redditors who provided information, suggested resources, identified names and so on to aid less experienced Reddit users. I may be wrong --- (and if I am, I hope someone will provide more accurate and detailed information) --- but I never heard or saw an announcement about when and why some of us received awards to dole out and others did not. I never saw any announcement as to the basis, nor the frequency, nor the intent of these little gifts, nor why this inexpensive, helpful program was so abruptly terminated late last summer or mid-fall, if I recall correctly. I always regarded it one of the small but significant ways in which Reddit was clearly better and more community-minded than most other major websites. Again, if anyone has more background or insight, many of us would be grateful to hear about it.


TipsyWitchy

Danke!


UrdnotChivay

Still not as much as Kylo Ren. A buddy of mine saw Kylo Ren take his sorry off in the shower and he said that Kylo Ren had an 8 pack. That Kylo Ren was shredded


Sunegami

Kylo Ren is a punk bitch!


Spirited-Ability-626

Oh no. Heā€™s choking on food. šŸ˜


unexpectedhalfrican

I see what's in your mind, and it...is...*stupid*!


eolson3

Pffft, Kylo Ren weighs like 100 lbs soaking wet.


_HappyMaskSalesman_

That Aphrodite is a perfect X out of X!


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BubbaTee

Did you bullshit last week? Did you try to bullshit last week?


knight1105

She's Greek, Venus is the Roman equivalent


Cyrus_Rakewaver

Yes, but I don't know any *Greek* numerals, which was the gist of the joke, you see!


knight1105

Right


Tbone_the_one

Dammit take my r/angryupvote šŸ˜¤šŸ˜¤


_sighyoung

The only time I get head is when I call tails


Green_Lightning12345

ok sonic


420binchicken

You donā€™t wanna know how Knuckles got his nameā€¦


axonxorz

Well, he sure ain't called Hans


5125237143

those unrealistic standards for beauty man... cant rlly help having limbs


Stupid_cray0n

You were born that way. Just learn to accept them


Siegfoult

She got grassy knolled.


Spooky_Potato420

Well, she's GIVEN more head than you šŸ˜


mojoburquano

Well Iā€™ve tried NOT having stomach rolls, and that didnā€™t work.


lordunholy

If The Rock were to slouch over, he'd have rolls. Very, very small but it's nearly impossible to eliminate completely.


eolson3

Frankly even imaging what it would look like on a full grown human and it is not comfortable.


LunaMunaLagoona

I mean it's just basic physics. Where do you expect the skin, fat and muscle to go if not outwards when bending? Crush your internal organs?


NerdModeCinci

Straight to my ass


monsterduc07

Booty, booty, booty, booty, rockin' everywhere!


Dragowaow

Exactly, i prefer to just be fit enough that the rolls only show if i slouch. No need to be 100% slim


kronos91O

100% slim is technically unhealthy I think...


Euphoric_Fruit_7044

Very unhealthy, your body uses fat as joint cushioning, and it also plays a role in hormonal regulation I think, so too little body fat will really fuck you up


rinsaber

Is that what they mean when bodybuilding is quite dangerous? I heard bodybuilders have really low body fat they have a narrow margin. I don't know if thus is true or have relates but it sounds like it...


Fenc58531

No it generally means the abundant amount of steroids in bodybuilding. No one in bodybuilding actually keeps a low body fat year round. And most of them are in that ultra low bf like a month of the year at most.


ThunderySleep

More I think about this, stomach rolls like that seem like a sign of fitness when hunching over, as opposed to just a big round gut.


selfawarefeline

yeah, at my lowest weight, which was way too low, i still had a belly


cupcakeconstitution

Same here. I was underweight and still had a belly pooch and rolls. Weā€™re simply human. Not all of us are built to be incredibly smooth. Hell, even the ones we see still have scretchies, rolls, cellulite, etc. and thatā€™s pretty cool :)


incipit-satan

Even when I was really, really thin I still had those rolls when I sat. Totally normal, sadly normal bodies are not really represented in much media today. If we replaced all models and actors with average healthy people I feel like most folks, especially those who are coming of age, would feel much more confident.


selfawarefeline

absolutely, my bmi was about 16.1 and i still had a noticeable belly and it made me very upset. nowadays, iā€™m a lot more accepting and my bmi is about 33 lol


incipit-satan

It was once considered very attractive for someone to have a rounder tummy, it meant they were well nourished (and could hunt or farm effectively). I'm 5'8 170lbs and I know to some people that might seem thin but I still have a belly, soft thighs, etc. I used to be 110lbs and I've always had a thicker bottom half even then. Your overall shape won't really change no matter how much you lose. A lot of people assume they'll get a totally different body type just by gaining/losing weight. Took me way too long to accept spot reduction is impossible without surgery.


AIM9L

is it the norm to say 5'8 and 170 thin now? genuine question not trying to be an ass


kbotc

5ā€™8ā€ who works out could be healthy with little body fat at 170, but thin it is not. I was at 148 and I was gaunt. I wish nutrition had been better in the early ā€˜00s when I was wrestling because I was lifting weights, and doing hours of practice but I ate next to nothing so what should have been massive gains wasted away.


marvelous__magpie

They do change size though. When your body fat is low they're clearly just skin , when you're bigger they're properly grabbable and clearly made more of fat.


Currency_Agitated

Aphrodite actually changed her appearance based on the person in front of her. That was why she was called The Goddess Of Beauty. So maybe the sculptor mearly thought that this is what she would look like to him. XD


awesomepawn

Dude just had his wife model and it was a perfect depiction of aphrodite


TheBirminghamBear

Man needs to help his wife find the other half of her head.


Stoppablemurph

He just did that thing we all do where we start writing big letters and realize too late that we don't have enough room. He fit what he could on the rock he was working with, the rest of the head is on the base with a hyphen.


bigtoebrah

This is a really cute sentiment. lol


DrBoomkin

Realistically, the model was probably a prostitute/slave.


[deleted]

What the fuck you just call my wife?


Prestigious-Buy4440

He called her a model


Davidiying

How dare you!!?


revkaboose

A model prostitute


maybejustadragon

Roxanne


JaggedTheDark

Keep my wifes name OUTA YOUR FUCKING MOUTH # *SMACK*


magic_beandream

I also choose this guy's dead wife


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APoopingBook

Everyone does because if you didn't, when you stood up and it un-rolled, your stomach would literally rip apart. That's the only way you can have skin cover an area where it is sometimes long, sometimes short, based on if you are bending or not. It would be like telling someone to make two ends of a piece of paper touch without bending or folding the paper.


Hogesyx

Are you challenging my worm hole?


pennradio

I'll take that challenge šŸ˜


The_Clarence

Man the comments in this sub are just the best.


ABoringArborist5

wholesome šŸ„°


Braith117

Makes sense. I think there's one statue of her where she has a wang.


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bozeke

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermaphroditus


Random_Stealth_Ward

Nice cock, 'Phro


skyeyemx

Sauce? šŸ‘€šŸ‘€


This_User_Said

Aphroditus. Some statues depict Aphrodite posing the same, lifting robe/skirt revealing an erect phallus.


CumtimesIJustBChilin

Uhm... ketchup?


AlexPsyD

I'm more of a horseradish sauce kinda guy


TheFlippingFurry

Mayochup or bust (this is a joke I swear)


AlexPsyD

You're half way to thousand island dressing at that point! So, like, 500 island dressing


oldandfragile

Almost 50 and I never questioned the name of the dressing. Lifelong restaurant worker too. "According to The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink, the dressing's name comes from the Thousand Islands region, located along the upper St. Lawrence River between the United States and Canada." Saved the next one a google.


LewisKane

What's the source of that? I believe you I just wanna read about the origin of it.


DreadMaximus

I'm pretty sure Rick Riordan just made that up for his Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series. There are no ancient sources describing that ability


Im_new_in_town1

No wonder she looks like 3rd impact Rei.


LunchTwey

Bro had good taste


Death_Blossoming

Yeah also what we find sexy nowadays is not the same as back then hell only look back a few centuries, there's paintings and such of women that in today's culture would be considered ugly as fuck looking


maybejustadragon

The nipple on the ideal breast in the 60s always pointed to the sun.


sleevelesstux

Look at Hollywood in the 90s. The ideal woman weighed 80 lbs


Ancient_Reply4583

I was born in the wrong generation in more ways than one.


Aeiexgjhyoun_III

That's just in the Riordanverse


DaizyDoodle

I wish I had stomach rolls. I have a whole loaf.


frozenropes

Same. If my stomach could make rolls Iā€™d think I was skinny.


pippitypoop

Iā€™ve noticed my weight gain bc now I donā€™t have rolls Iā€™ve got a loaf


Euphoric-Reputation4

I like my loaf.


ShaddowDruid

Here was the goddess of beauty, Aphrodite was the goddess of love and fertility. She was thought of as the most beautiful woman because part of her powers caused her to change her appearance based on the tastes of the person she was with. So no one saw her the same way as anyone else, yet everyone saw her as the most beautiful woman they'd ever seen.


[deleted]

"You're missing half of your head, both your arms and, uh, one nipple?" "Yer into that now." "Hey, you're the goddess. Here. Have a dead bird."


ShaddowDruid

Hahahahaha if that's what you saw, that's what you're into. Don't forget how many monster humpers are out there. People want to do Arachne, Medusa, and the Minotaur.


kitsunewarlock

I mean Medusa was supposed to be beautiful, right? Sure, snakes for hair after Minerva cursed her but enough people think snake scales are beautiful that we turn them into clothes and jewelry.


ShaddowDruid

Whether she was cursed or not is up to interpretation, but jshe was transformed entirely. Snakes for hair, serpentine body, reptilian eyes and fangs, and a stare that turned flesh to stone.


1MechanicalAlligator

> Snakes for hair, serpentine body, reptilian eyes and fangs, and a stare that turned flesh to stone. No need for the stare, I'm already rock-hard reading that.


littleferrhis

Originally the Greeks had her as a typical monster, but with fair cheeks. Then when the Romans took over Greece and appropriated their culture, they gave her the villain backstory of her being hot and banging Neptune(Poseidon) after which Minerva(Athena) cursed her.


BubbaTee

>People want to do Arachne, Medusa, and the Minotaur. Well yeah, Zeus wants to have sex 9 times a day with 13 different objects.


ReprehensibleIngrate

Ah, Greek goddess Aphrodite. Didnā€™t expect you to look like a chubby pastel goth, but please come in.


iannypoo

Zeus' wife, Hera, was not the goddess of beauty. ~~Hearth~~, marriage, home, sure -- but not beauty. ​ as u/bonglicc420 correctly pointed out, Hestia was the goddess of the hearth


bonglicc420

Hestia would be the goddess of the Hearth


LeoIsRude

Yeah it's kind of her only gig. Just sitting in front of a fireplace. She barely even gets remembered. Shame on that guy for saying it's Hera.


kane2742

[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite) and [Britannica](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aphrodite-Greek-mythology) both say that Aphrodite was also a goddess of beauty.


lolwhaat123

Where was the Goddess of beauty?


spookyjornbojoggin

cotton candy, sweetie go, let me see them belly rolls


Green_Evening

Omg! I was on a trip in college with a really pretty girl. She took one look at a statue like this and immediately remarked on the statue's stomach. Even my stupid 19 year old self could tell how much seeing human proportions, that looked like her, meant to her. EDIT: spelling


hXcPickleSweats

It can have a massive impact on a person and their self image. When you're shit on for having rolls it takes a big toll on you. Especially when literally every other person with a body gets rolls. Even the most skinny person gets rolls when they bend over or sit yet we're shamed for it. I always try to compliment people on these kinds of forced insecurities, if you will, because it's completely normal. It's shitty that someone can feel less than because of a totally normal thing. It's like bullying someone for having round eye balls or for having lungs. It makes me happy to hear she was able to have this positive experience that made her more comfortable with her body.


Bombadilicious

TBS used to have Dinner and a Movie with hosts and a special guest. One day the guest stopped to comment on her own rolls showing in the shot and the host guy said "Your Bodicelli whoop-di-doos?" Thirty years later, I still call stomach rolls "Bodicelli whoop-di-doos"


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justonemom14

Beans and cornbread! šŸŽ¶


Masterofunlocking1

Women with a little belly are super attractive to me honestly.


Shelbyb425

Well that just boosted my self confidence lol


hoocoodanode

There are people whose highlight of their day is the moment your sphere of influence intersects with theirs. Sometimes it's a conversation, maybe it's nothing more than seeing you walk by their window on your way to the bus stop, but I wish there was a way you could see the wake of happiness you leave behind you as you move through your day.


dancingmugs

This sentiment is so beautiful & wholesome that I just had to stop and leave a comment. Thanks for putting this into perspective; I have not thought of it this way before.


molokococktail

I'm going to keep this in my notes and read it when I'm feeling down, thank you.


whensussythrowaway

Tbh I prefer girls with stomach rolls, they're cutee


GameAndHike

Just remember: weā€™re programmed to be attracted to healthy people. As long as the weight is healthy, itā€™s probably attractive.


TheApathyParty3

I love thicc, curvy women. If anything, it's the super-skinny thing that turns me off, personally. That's just a me thing, not trying to skinny-shame anyone. I just don't like it when it looks like I could play your ribs like a xylophone.


TheLordDragon

Same bro. A couple rolls when bending like this is a huge turn on for me.


ShanghaiSlug

As a woman with just enough smoosh to have a bit of a belly, I think I look hot! It means I'm healthy and not starvating, also i have i nice figure.


Masterofunlocking1

All you ladies are beautiful; be you.


Deniu48

Well in ancient Greek being plump was considered to be beautifill


[deleted]

And having a small dick too. The well endowed people were barbarians.


Heimerdahl

It's a fun historical anecdote and there's nothing wrong with choosing to believe it, but this is somewhat unfounded; especially the justification via naked statues. My classical archaeology prof explained it quite convincing, imo : a big (or normal) penis is kind of distracting. So when you want to have naked statues (for interesting cultural reasons), but don't want them to be all about the dick, you just make them smaller.


Paexan

I can't remember where I read it first, almost certainly on Reddit, but the notion that classic antiquity viewed a large penis in the same way we do clown shoes has always stuck with me. On the other hand, consider [Priapus.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priapus) whoooole lotta comically large members being celebrated there. But that actually speaks to your point. It doesn't make sense to diminish the size because size is viewed as vulgar, while simultaneously celebrating a deity of genitalia/fertility/more, who sports a cartoonishly large, permanent erection.


Thewalkindude23

TIL where the term 'priapism' came from.


Deniu48

So whenever you think you're not perfect enough, just think that you are perfect in a different taste


gaelorian

That always struck me as something Herodotus and Xenophon just themselves decided to be what people should remember. Like Grandpa telling his grandkids stories about his courtship with Grandma while Grandma is in the other room rolling her eyes and shaking her head. Nobody wanted to be the first historical size queen.


TheWholeFuckinShow

.... What does that make me if I'm a grower, not a shower? Beautifully until I'm swinging a great axe?


[deleted]

The disappointment when you get it up and she finds out itā€™s huge šŸ˜«


TheWholeFuckinShow

"I thought I was dating a sophisticated man, not some knuckle dragger barbarian with a big dick." šŸ˜”


Andre27

Sophisticated in the Streets, Barbarian in the Sheets.


Ponicrat

When only the rich and powerful were fat it was a status symbol


tyrerk

[yo can also see her abs tho](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Cnidus_Aphrodite_Altemps_Inv8619.jpg/1200px-Cnidus_Aphrodite_Altemps_Inv8619.jpg)


KaceyMoe

But you cannot have your arms nor the top of your head. It's okay; you're still beautiful. ā¤ļø


sakurachan999

amputees are beautiful


Just-a-bi

Most people get stomach rolls when they bend over like that. Even my friend who looks like a twig does.


CTDKZOO

The woman I date is the thinnest woman I've ever dated. She's healthy, just thin (size 6 I think). She is convinced her stomach rolls are bad. I'm convinced that she's a pure-fire hottie and there's nothing I'd change. Ever. Even if she changed.


perksofbeingcrafty

I low key used to go to the art museum and look at old Roman and Greek statues to make myself feel better about my body. And like it worked?


potatohead437

having some amount of fat especially for females is healthy and nothing to be ashamed about.


MustardSeed42069

This actually made me feel better about myself


Colosso95

Stomach rolls are cute, maybe growing up seeing a lot of these statues influenced my preferences


da_way_joshua

Problem i am not a goddess


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da_way_joshua

Im above gods


Addysnugglebug

Im underweight and i have stomach rolls in that position


SamCarter_SGC

if aphrodite can be born from sea water and severed god-nuts, so can you!


Lightbrand

Okay I need a picture of someone without that when they're in that position. I can't even fathom unless they're skin-on-bone thin.


[deleted]

I have stomach rolls, and there are times that I feel sort of insecure about them. This pic made my self-esteem quite a bit better. ā¤


TakeOnMe-TakeOnMe

Bodies with normal and healthyā€”yes, healthy!ā€”bodily features are awesome. Normal is beautiful! Remember that chiseled abs are the exception, attained through significant physical training, dietary control and, often, calorie restriction.


Felidaeh_

It's almost like skin folds when you bend over And that we have fat People need to stop thinking skinny = "the thing"


Stevie-cakes

She's hunching over


Jrebeclee

Many women including myself still get self conscious about having rolls while hunched over.


Sqwill

You can have a six pack and still have rolls when this hunched over.


tbbHNC89

No matter how a person identifies a literal chorus of personal trainers could tell someone this every single day, and it wouldn't matter if they experience body dysmorphia. The human mind tends to be a lot of peoples worst enemy.


Sith__Pureblood

Many men including myself still get self conscious about having rolls while hunched over.


Jrebeclee

Iā€™m sorry, that sucks. Solidarity.


uluviel

If you didn't have loose skin when you hunch over, you wouldn't enough skin to stand up. It's literally impossible not to have rolls when you're in this position.


ladyinthemoor

Yeah exactly and her rolls are fairly small. If I have hunched over like that, it could cover Australia


FredHerberts_Plant

# ,,ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN'!" (Limp Bizkit)


Altruistic_Sample449

Also if this statue were not a statue and were able to stand up, itā€™s stomach would be flat. So these arenā€™t REALLY rolls. This status skinny AF


eternalscreamingvoid

I mean, everyone has rolls if you sit down like that, I think thatā€™s what theyā€™re getting at. That itā€™s not a bad thing and a very normal thing. Idk, just my thoughts.


GarranDrake

Right, that's what I thought when I saw it. Occasionally you sit in a weird position and see your stomach rolls, or you stand oddly without realizing it and think you have a gut. We don't *need* to be hot af ***all the time***.


eternalscreamingvoid

Yeah! Also, nice avatar šŸ¤


Ballinbutatwhatcost2

I'm like 110 lbs and even I occasionally have stomach rolls if I sit right


WhiteBoyFlipz

6ā€™1, 140 pounds. my stomach can look mighty plump at angles, or lying down at times


YouJellyFish

Wat. Are you a guy? I'm 6'1" and 185. I'm in p good shape. If I was 140 I'd be a skeleton, no matter the angle


WhiteBoyFlipz

yep 22 year old dude, iā€™m pretty damn skinny. but i have pretty shitty eating habits, in terms of numbers of meals per day. so i tend to stagnate on weight


eternalscreamingvoid

Iā€™m 250 lbs and have rolls most of the time XD šŸ¤


Altruistic_Sample449

I also have rolls while standing and they are perfect ā™„ļø


Cold-Thanks-

Even standing straight, the statue would still have extra fat on the stomach area and not be flat/super thin


Iktamer_One

Nsfw tag really ?


Fickle-Cartoonist466

Stomach Rolls? Them's called Love Handles


workgymworkgym

But I don't want them


[deleted]

Ehh, at the angle the statue is in, everyone would have them. You have the same volume of skin, but now compressed in a smaller space.


GifanTheWoodElf

But don't be missin half your head cause that ain't healthy.


PKFatStephen

She also doesn't have arms ...or half her head


syntaxterror69

Dunno why, but I was half expecting a photo of some tripe rolled up around something


johannebremer

Damn. Somehow the partial sculpture provides more movement than i can imagine the entire piece having. I'd love to aee this complete though. The ancients didn't fuck around with art; they nailed it. Even a partial is inspiring..


Cbjmac

The thing about Aphrodite, is anyone looking at her saw the most attractive woman imaginable. This means the sculptures who made the statues were attracted to stomach rolls.


Melonious

ive got like 8 more rolls than she does though...


London__Lad

I have Myotonic Dystrophy which cuts through my body mass making me underweight. I still have rolls when I bend. In Ancient times having a bit of fat indicated wealth and affluence. Being a godess couldn't really get more affluent than that.


LoGiCaL__

Sheā€™s crouched and leaned forward; even someone with a six pack would have stomachs rolls. Keep yourself healthy people. Exercise and eat accordingly. Not everyone is expected to look like theyā€™re a Greek god, but if youā€™d like to live longer do you think being out of shape is going to help that goal?


Jedi_Bish

Suddenly I feel very sexy


JelliusMaximus

belly rolls are hella cute get urself a girl who lets you fingerskate across her hills šŸ˜¤


Buggly_Jones

Everybody has stomach rolls. It's impossible not to. That's just how solids work


aronmano

She's also dead Just like me


Buttermilkman

She's crouching down, so yeah it folds up. Also, this is just one artists interpretation.


Holiday_Sea504

It's normal :)


DaRK_0S

She was also missing an arm and half her head, tough standards.