this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2024
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[–] Tyoda@lemm.ee 51 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gorgeous! You can see people keep touching his little paws!

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

wear patterns on statues is my favourite thing

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm sorry, I'm really sorry... I love the tribute, it's very sweet, but I really can't stop seeing the cat version of the Ronaldo bust.

[–] tiramichu@lemm.ee 25 points 2 weeks ago

I see the sculptor was flattering, and portayed him as in his younger and less chubby days.

[–] moon@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Without access to the meme, this is going to be so confusing for people in the future

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.run 22 points 2 weeks ago

Most statues are confusing to people who know nothing about them.

[–] NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Go place a plaque that says "Mustafa Ataturk" and watch people's heads expose that he was actually a very small cat and not a normal sized human.

[–] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I think if I saw a statue of a cat just chilling, I'd get the vibe. Humans have been entertained by animals doing human-like stuff since we first developed the brains to recognize it.

[–] BurnedDonut@ani.social 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I know for a fact the name is Dombili. There is no such thing as tombili and I don't know why the wiki page says Tombili is Turkish for fatty.

There is Tombilik which is a small tuna fish and there is Tombik which is similar to Dombili but it's used for cuter things. While Dombili is more like slang in way you would jokingly say fatty. To sum up there is no such thing as Tombili. I wish you all a great life.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Turkish wiki also says Tombili, and these Turkish articles also uses Tombili?

[–] BurnedDonut@ani.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Well I'm Turkish and used to live in Kadıköy. I never heard anyone calling this cat Tombili. It was always Dombili. It seems someone made a mistake and it stuck with it.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe this is how you find out you've been switched to an alternate universe.

[–] BurnedDonut@ani.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is there a help line I can call or support website? Help me please.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago

Contact your local Foundation outreach center, where you can be logged and contained.

[–] Nfamwap@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe you were making the mistake?

[–] BurnedDonut@ani.social 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well anyone can make a mistake. But for this kind of a mistake I should be first forgetting my mother tongue so that I wouldn't know if the word "Tombili" is in the language and secondly I would have to start having memory problems about this very cat and where I've been living at the time. So yeah anything is possible.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

I believe you, be the change

[–] jittery3291@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this not an insane tripping hazard?

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

hahahaha the whole city is an obstacle course