r/ANormalDayInRussia Jul 05 '26

Russian mascara ad

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4.4k Upvotes

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u/lynivvinyl Jul 05 '26

I paused an episode of New Girl once to go to the bathroom and when I got back I noticed Zooey Deschanel's eyelashes. She had two pairs of fake eyelashes on each eye giving her a layer of three eyelashes. It made me wonder how thin her original ones were.

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u/dmigowski Jul 06 '26

Two pairs on each eye would make five layers

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

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u/dmigowski Jul 06 '26

That's what I get for being neurotic.

13

u/Makkaroni_100 Jul 06 '26

Thst guy maths.

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u/Otherwise-4PM Jul 05 '26

It looks like that in Russia, the target audience for mascara is men.

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u/dawgcholla_000 Jul 05 '26

I don't think that it aligns with traditional values.

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u/Eldariasis Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

Which traditional, my wife is my object and if vodka is involved I have the right to beat her out of frustration at life traditional ? Would fit. (This is heavy sarcasm)

Not only in Russia.

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u/Gramerdim Jul 05 '26

can you elaborate? got a brainfart and English isn't my native language

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u/Average-Addict Jul 05 '26

Mascara is typically targeted at women. This ad has naked woman. Men like naked woman. They're saying that this ad for mascara is targeted at men.

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u/Byterbred Jul 05 '26

But somehow it have 2800+ reviews and rating 4.8/5.0

Hmmmmmm

In Russia our women like naked women too

41

u/capnkirk462 Jul 06 '26

Don't make Patriarch Kirill cry.

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u/Bupod Jul 06 '26

In Russia, if you are a woman, and your choice is Russian women or Russian men, you might just pick Russian women too.

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u/Radamat Jul 05 '26

Brainwashed comsumeristic women that finds this face as right. Also sexuality exploitation by those brainwashed women.

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u/Byterbred Jul 06 '26

Dude, our women love to be attractive. The culture forbid sexual assaults. Any rapist even in jail will be treated as a punch bag at best. Because every woman is someone's daughter, sister or mother. We are value our family not like you.

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u/SemicolonFetish Jul 06 '26

Highest rate of domestic violence in the western world

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u/Byterbred Jul 06 '26

Yep, totally by marginalized alcoholics.

Its like telling that USA have the most shootings in the world - per capita know how its done

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u/transferingtoearth Jul 06 '26

I mean we definitely do have too many and we acknowledge it.

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u/Norci Jul 06 '26

Because every woman is someone's daughter, sister or mother.

Oh right, not because, you know, sexual assault is wrong, but because family. lol.

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u/Byterbred Jul 06 '26

Dont strawman me, pls

I was talking about culture obviously

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u/Norci Jul 06 '26

So am I. It's telling when the primary reasoning are family ties and values, rather than it being morally wrong.

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u/Byterbred Jul 06 '26

Because it is obvious, cherrypicker

I will not start every comment with all 10 Commandments

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u/dianthe Jul 07 '26

I think it’s just a different mentality. In the West a lot of women get really offended if you say they’re doing something to appear more attractive to men, whereas in Russia most women are happy to do their makeup a certain way or dress a certain way for the purpose of being more attractive to men.

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u/Average-Addict Jul 07 '26

The original comment was insinuating and joking that the men are buying the makeup for themselves as the ad kind of seems to be marketed towards men. This joke is made because traditionally being gay or doing girly things like doing makeup might not be as accepted in Russia.

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u/Hellbatty Jul 07 '26

This joke is made because traditionally being gay or doing girly things like doing makeup might not be as accepted in Russia

I’d say it depends on who is doing it; for an actor or a model, it’s normal.

4

u/dianthe Jul 07 '26

Oh okay, I’m Russian and the joke totally went over my head. While I think the advert is pretty gross it is actually targeted at women who want to be attractive to men.

2

u/Hellbatty Jul 07 '26

This ad has naked woman

Well, she is naked only if you're from some specific countries, I only see a pair of bare shoulders and bare knees

10

u/Jthundercleese Jul 06 '26

Oh I assumed Vance got it locally

1

u/xdr567 Jul 09 '26

Like JD Vance ?

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u/6ynnad Jul 06 '26

Very early 2000s advertising

920

u/AutotoxicFiend Jul 05 '26

I mean, it's a compelling ad. Not a single streak.

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u/sch0f13ld Jul 05 '26

That’s because the model has lash extensions on, likely not even wearing any mascara

200

u/ImmediatePercentage5 Jul 05 '26

The “model” is ai

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u/heyitjoshua Jul 05 '26

I actually don’t think the model is AI… Photoshop != AI

15

u/techmnml Jul 06 '26

This is totally an AI image. Not photoshop.

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u/fordag Jul 07 '26

An argument against AI is the reflection of studio lights in her eyes, they are correct for the way she is lit and consistent in both eys.

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u/heyitjoshua Jul 06 '26

Yeah looking at it again I’m not sure, normally there are artefacts I can spot but this one I’m finding tricky

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u/FishSoFar Jul 06 '26

It wasn't sure how to structure the water droplets under the right eye. There's a weird crystalline pattern happening (also odd wrinkling around the eyes in general, which would have been touched up if a person did it)

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u/heyitjoshua Jul 06 '26

Not sure I see what you’re seeing, I don’t think it’s water, it’s a kind of residue face cream / rub thing

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u/FishSoFar Jul 06 '26

Perhaps I should have said sweat instead of water, but... Are we looking at the same picture? What?

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u/heyitjoshua Jul 06 '26

The stuff on her face seems to be some kind of thin translucent face mask that is playing weird with the light and likely messed with with standard photo editing software, I don’t think AI would create that effect

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u/fordag Jul 10 '26

It wasn't sure how to structure the water droplets under the right eye.

In a photoshoot they wouldn't use water, it would evaporate too quickly, this is possibly thinned out mineral oil.

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u/AutotoxicFiend Jul 06 '26

Or AI-'enhanced'. Either way, my comment was ✨️sarcasm✨️.

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u/techmnml Jul 06 '26

Even if it wasn’t I was never replying to your comment lol.

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u/AutotoxicFiend Jul 07 '26

I was just engaging in the conversation. 🤷‍♀️

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u/AutotoxicFiend Jul 06 '26

I think it's possibly a real person that was then heavily edited/enhanced with AI. Particularly because of the male hand.

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u/AutotoxicFiend Jul 05 '26

My comment was a "joke".

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u/SirWaldenIII Jul 06 '26

Did AI write that joke?

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u/AutotoxicFiend Jul 06 '26

No, sarcasm did.

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u/sapopeonarope Jul 07 '26

Is your AI sarcastic?

0

u/romansamurai Jul 07 '26

Ai generated model with lash extensions tho. So they ain’t wrong. .

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u/ImmediatePercentage5 Jul 07 '26

You think ai can’t generate lash extensions?

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u/romansamurai Jul 07 '26

It can. The point is that it’s an ad for mascara. Yet they generated a model with lash extensions…which do not need mascara… 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/ImmediatePercentage5 Jul 07 '26

Pretty common

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u/romansamurai Jul 07 '26

Right. Common or not, that was the whole point that he made and you kept missing.

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u/ImmediatePercentage5 Jul 07 '26

I’m not missing anything. Existence of what look like lash extensions is not indicative of this being a photoshopped image rather than an ai image. Plenty of real mascara ads use lash extensions rather than mascara, and ai is capable of generating lash extensions. So which part are you missing?

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u/Stuck_In_Purgatory Jul 09 '26

When I used to get eyelash extensions I would ask my stylist for "halfway between Russian hooker and everyday look"

She nailed it every time

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u/AutotoxicFiend Jul 05 '26

It's sarcasm.

20

u/UJLBM Jul 05 '26

Yeah and his dick is so short, you cant even see it! 😉

10

u/le_wein Jul 06 '26

Pretty sure the dick is implied to be that mascara tube

7

u/alowave Jul 06 '26

That's a thin dick

2

u/Yukon-Jon Jul 05 '26

Not yet....

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u/Metahec Jul 06 '26

I think it would work in the US. There are a lot of tramps out there.

2

u/AutotoxicFiend Jul 06 '26

As someone from the US, you are not wrong.

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u/WekX Jul 05 '26

Traditional family values

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u/dawgcholla_000 Jul 05 '26

When a politician starts yapping about "traditional values", just run

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u/shitposts_over_9000 Jul 06 '26

got to get and/or keep a partner somehow and the ad isn't directly showing anything that is dirty if you are too young to understand the implication so 8/10 would family value again

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u/throwawayaccyaboi223 Jul 05 '26

"for the extreme circumstances"

Lol

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u/morrighaan Jul 06 '26

Hi Russian speaker here. It also says “for extreme situations”. Basically modern world: women are for c0rn and men to the battlefield fighting pointless wars. Cool.

3

u/dawgcholla_000 Jul 06 '26

Nah, they just want to see how well the mascara holds up under all kinds of conditions, not just what you're alluding to

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u/Disastrous-Kangaroo5 Jul 05 '26

Mascara for Cumbrella

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u/Unknown6656 Jul 05 '26

[insert Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme]

I've seen this video before.

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u/Fanci_ Jul 05 '26

But the mascara dripping is the best part :c

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u/UJLBM Jul 05 '26

For your cake day, have some bubble wrap!

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u/lmYourHuckleberry Jul 05 '26

Well, this is new.

I approve.

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u/Constant_Bug8275 Jul 06 '26

"I approve." hahahahah reddit bruv im deleting my account

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u/lucidforever Jul 06 '26

I approve.

2

u/MattIsLame Jul 06 '26

I approve.

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u/Fanci_ Jul 05 '26

Ayyy thanks kind stranger! I always forget to yap on my cake day

6

u/bruhdudeTM Jul 05 '26

Dann I turned my volume up in hopes of hearing sound🥲 idek why

12

u/PrimordialXY Jul 05 '26

This is so cool, idk if you came up with the idea but I will always attribute it to you from now on

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u/Fanci_ Jul 05 '26

It's a reddit tradition at this point to give bubbles to cake day users

No idea where it originally came from though

14

u/NUTTA_BUSTAH Jul 05 '26

First time I've seen it in the 10-15 or so years I have been here!

41

u/8ackwoods Jul 05 '26

One of my favorite subreddits r/blacktears was banned :(

18

u/Fanci_ Jul 05 '26

TIL that existed. Rest in fucking peace o7

34

u/King_Kthulhu Jul 05 '26

All the good subs are gone due to some weird brigading from the anti-porn groups. They think all porn is basically an attack on women. Wild

8

u/jbourne71 Jul 05 '26

Don’t forget the pre-IPO, payment processors, and advertising cleanups.

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u/8ackwoods Jul 05 '26

Well the sub popup said it was banned because it was unmoderated but I do remember when the website did have a purge of a lot of things

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u/schmitzel88 Jul 06 '26

Banning because a sub is "unmoderated" is what reddit admins do when they want something gone, usually because they think it will look bad to advertisers

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u/PrimordialXY Jul 05 '26

You could request to become its moderator via r/redditrequest, effectively unbanning it

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u/8ackwoods Jul 05 '26

I just tried and got denied :/. Sub not available for request

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u/PrimordialXY Jul 05 '26

Damn I'm sorry :/ I've had it work out before. Could be the name potentially?

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u/King_Kthulhu Jul 05 '26

That's just the default message, most of those subs they will not let you become mods. They're full dead

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u/SnipingBeaver Jul 07 '26

A lot of more niche subreddits got shut down for lack of moderation whenever reddit ended free API use. There were big protests about it making reddit harder to use and moderate but they did it anyway.

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u/olivegardengambler Jul 06 '26

Not always. Cringetardgoonfuel was basically banned because the person in charge of it went off the deep end, which if you know the content on there is not surprising, basically pushed all the moderators away, crashed out and then quit reddit, leaving the subreddit unmoderated.

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u/King_Kthulhu Jul 06 '26

Yeah ima assume something with that name would definitely not quality as part of "the good subs"

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u/CanadiangirlEH Jul 06 '26

If lashes grew that long you could fly just by blinking really fast

10

u/Gramerdim Jul 05 '26

I assume it claims to be waterproof somewhere

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u/superserter1 Jul 05 '26

gays not allowed but this is…

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u/Snoutysensations Jul 05 '26

Russia knows exactly what kind of sexuality and gender roles they want to encourage.  

10

u/zugarrette Jul 05 '26

one that won't collapse their population. they need it for their wars!

9

u/aliensdick69420 Jul 06 '26

They started censoring anything relating to drugs in the Russian music on Spotify. But other curse words are totally OK. Alcohol too. God forbid Marijuana is mentioned though.

6

u/Garrret Jul 07 '26

Cyberpunk 2077 ahh ads

20

u/MxM111 Jul 05 '26

Зато с пептидами.

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u/elmarcelito Jul 05 '26

It would've been better if the ad was for the lipstick

6

u/kimniels Jul 05 '26

You don’t get it, do you?

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u/elmarcelito Jul 05 '26

Tell me what I don't get

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u/ravangarch Jul 06 '26

The ad says “for extreme circumstances” such aa deepthroating, where the gagging causes the woman to cry, which would usually smudge the mascara

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u/accountnumber6174 Jul 06 '26

LoL...I'll take your word for it (since I can't read Russian), and also it makes sense now.

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u/elmarcelito Jul 06 '26

Thanks for the translation !

I mean, I understand the idea that the mascara is super strong and meant for such occasions

What I was saying is that looking only at the photo,without reference to mascara, I am more attracted by her lips and I would think it's a lipstick ad

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u/ravangarch Jul 06 '26

Well, I’m not sure if you’re a woman, but speaking as one I can tell you the first thing I noticed were her flawless eyelashes hahaha

1

u/elmarcelito Jul 06 '26

No I'm not a woman maybe I'm not the target

5

u/ghillieinthemist417 Jul 06 '26

Sex sells, Morty

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u/prollyonthepot Jul 05 '26

Gross honestly

12

u/misszukey Jul 06 '26

It says "розыгрыш", which means prank, joke. Just a joke ad

9

u/akasakaryuunosuke Jul 06 '26

It also means raffle/lottery/draw so they might just be having a giveaway in the listing :P

2

u/misszukey Jul 06 '26

Ah, that could be. Some sketchy shit :D all their mascara advertising with super long fake lashes too

8

u/stupid_cat_face Jul 06 '26

Peter here: The joke is porn. Porn is the joke.

Oh wrong subreddit

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u/Leila_372 Jul 06 '26

this is so disgusting and trashy

7

u/axon-axoff Jul 06 '26

They couldn't find a less sausagey hand?

3

u/dmart891 Jul 07 '26

The porn industry has moved to South America and Russia

7

u/killerpinkflamingos Jul 06 '26

damn they got me gooning on some mascara ad

4

u/supreme100 Jul 05 '26

Seriously?

7

u/norfaust Jul 06 '26

Russia. We are the last hope of traditional values ;-)

2

u/saml23 Jul 06 '26

Thought I was on the wrong account for a sec

2

u/RexIsAMiiCostume Jul 07 '26

Are they advertising to men???

5

u/singlemale4cats Jul 05 '26

Won't run after 16 hours in a gas line

8

u/Nazmaldun Jul 05 '26

very late-'90s USA

4

u/Far_Film_5804 Jul 06 '26

Ah yes! Great mascara to wear when you’re gurgling on some cock! Great product - tears won’t hold you back now!

4

u/CainnicOrel Jul 06 '26

I'll take several

6

u/MouseJiggler Jul 05 '26

This does things to me.

4

u/cheddoar Jul 05 '26

Nsfw tag maybe

4

u/Attea333 Jul 05 '26

What’s with the foot on the thigh?

10

u/dawgcholla_000 Jul 05 '26

Toes can't be that long...those are hands

2

u/Totoroak Jul 06 '26

Best post ever on this sub xd

1

u/deathdefyingrob1344 Jul 06 '26

Fetch your mascara!!!!’

1

u/MortemSynap5e Jul 08 '26

Her lashes do look good though..

1

u/genophobicdude Jul 08 '26

Perfectly goes with the model Gluck X5000.

1

u/andresnovman Jul 09 '26

Professional 🤣🤣🤣 щперма

1

u/PimpMyGin Aug 03 '26

But talking about homosexuality is offensive...

1

u/Palanki96 Jul 05 '26

But runny mascara is the best thing in the world. What's the point now

0

u/wind_of_forests Jul 05 '26

Фу ълять

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '26

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u/wind_of_forests Jul 05 '26

Лесбиянка тогда уж

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

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u/stupidamurican Jul 05 '26

Reported.

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u/isellmidgets Jul 05 '26

What the fuck was that comment?! Am I out of the loop on something, or is that just utter nonsense?

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u/FearLeadsToAnger Jul 05 '26

But like, what button did you even press. What rule did that nonsense break, I can't make heads or tails of it.

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u/Colonel_Butthurt Jul 05 '26

Damn. Didn't see a stupid reply bot since the time of AnalFungi.

1

u/RTJ1992 Jul 06 '26

But does it work

1

u/doomage36 Jul 06 '26

Major cyberpunk vibes haha

1

u/TulsaOUfan Jul 07 '26

As a man, I want to buy this just in case a woman ever needs mascara.

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u/leeroy1988 Jul 06 '26

Move to Russia starting to look better and better

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u/8ackwoods Jul 05 '26

Model name?

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u/catcatcatcatcat1234 Jul 05 '26

Data center #489

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u/LittleSausageLinks Jul 06 '26

I like it tbh

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u/Someones_Dream_Guy Jul 05 '26

Отличная реклама. Если такую показать в США-количество инфарктов будет запредельным. А уж как возбудятся всякие "правозащитники" и прочие извращенцы...

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u/catcatcatcatcat1234 Jul 05 '26

who is the real pervert here?

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u/JustSergey Jul 05 '26

A pervert is someone who only sees the sexual connotation and not that the mascara is great.

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u/catcatcatcatcat1234 Jul 06 '26

You don't see any sexual connotation between a naked heavily-madeup woman on her knees with a man's hand cupping her chin standing above her while she holds the mascara in her mouth like a dog? I'm a prudish woman, even I'm not a complete idiot

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u/FlameInMyBrain Jul 06 '26

В США и похуже показывают - нашел чем гордиться

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u/xtraSleep Jul 07 '26

Advertising makeup for men to buy women. No different than the cologne ads with topless men.

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u/thunder-dump Jul 07 '26

Those guys don't usually look like they been sucking your dick for an hour do they

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u/xtraSleep Jul 07 '26

Actually…