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What about that time Australia hired a furry artist for the Olympics. Still better art than the ACT centennial hot air balloon.

2021: The Royal Australian Mint puts out a call for artists to submit portfolios of "Japanese style" cartoons, in preparation for a commemorative series of coins and artworks to be released for the Tokyo Olympics.

The campaign would have a cross promotional tie-in with Australia's largest supermarket, Woolworths where 24 million collectables themed on the artworks would be given away.

It wasn't until the final artist was selected that they realised the people at the Royal Australian Mint had somehow mistaken the anthropomorphised animal-humans that seemed popular on the internet for a popular children's cartoon franchise.

“They knew exactly what they wanted," explained the artist, "we worked together to make sure they got what they envisioned, I tailored what I made to their examples/feedback. They just didn’t know there was a word for it, basically, or that it was SO popular.”

Needless to say, when the artworks were released online people immediately called a spade a spade, headlines were made around the world, and the furry community expressed bemused joy that the Australian government had apparently just released an official fursona.

Unfortunately for those innocent soles that had planned the campaign, given they had just minted $24 million worth of furry coins they couldn't exactly scrap the whole thing, and they were forced to just push ahead while doing their best to ignore the large community of internet oddballs salivating at their every move.

Anyway, here's some of the art:

Here's some of the collectable cards given out free to kids by Woolworths:

#me scrolling this post: haha i remember the furry mascots- WHAT IN TARNATION #HELLO????? WHAT ARE CANBERRA'S VIRTUES EXACTLY #i thought it was all roundabouts and politicians and bad craft beer not BOOB BALLOON #DEEPLY UNSERIOUS COUNTRY #australia #auspol

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6 News Australia, run by 16 year old Leonardo Puglisi and his friends in between classes at school, is one of Australia's leading sources of political news.

The news outlet regularly breaks stories, and has previously interviewed many of Australia's leading politicians including the Prime Minister and opposition leader during the last election.

The outlet is currently in beef with the Queensland state government after publishing leaks that they are planning to sack the Premier.

#HELP IS THIS WHY SHE RESIGNED???? #IM MCFUCKING LOSING IT #leo is awesome btw he's one of the few valid teenage gunzels #the kids are truly alright down here #australia #auspol

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i hope you write (i hope we both write)

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No more apologizing for being horny on main. No more horny jail. We’re horny prison abolitionists. No gods, no masters! Wait. Okay maybe a few masters. Alright but no bars will hold us! No whips and chains will — fuck, hang on, let me start again.

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DID MY YAOI STICKERS ARRIVE

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he is jsut hes just going to go  trick or treating

#I BELIEVE IN HIM #pokemon #fan art

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EXCELLENT ABSOLUTE PERFECTION

patron request for RAYQUAZA WITH THE STEEL CHAIR

#this is his true form #pokemon #fan art #rayquaza

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I drew Rayquaza but a croissant

I failed the assignment it looks like a shrimp and has the name

Rayquaso

#INCREDIBLE #papa noodle but he went to kalos one time #pokemon #fan art #rayquaza

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important reminder: his eepy

#!!!!! #important content #pokemon #vaporeon

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Reblog if it’s ok for people to give you $599.99

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Melbourne Gothic

The seagulls know you have fish and chips, they can hear the rustling of the paper. The seagulls begin to gather. One lands next to you. You throw the bird a chip. You look down, blood pours from your hand. The bird flies off with your finger.

Your train is coming in ten minutes. Your train is coming in two minutes. Your train is coming in twenty-three minutes. A train moves through the station, driverless and empty. Your train is coming in ten minutes.

There’s a man playing bagpipes on Princes Bridge. There’s a man playing bagpipes at Flinders Street Station. You can hear them from your office. You wake in the night; they’re coming from your living room.

Your friend suggests a macca’s run, but you can’t move. Your legs have turned to lead. It approaches.

You topped up your MYKI online. It will take two days to process. You begin to grow weaker. The MYKI glows in your hand. The process has begun.

There are roadworks on the Monash freeway. The signs flash at you menacingly in the night; they suggest a detour. You take the detour, but nobody follows. You don’t know this route. The lines on the road disappear, your radio turns to static. You don’t have to look in your rear-view mirror to know that it’s there. It waits.

Everyone keeps talking about the cool new bar. Everyone has been there. You ask where it is, but no one can answer. But everyone insists you must go. You ask how to get there, but everyone is vague. Everyone has been there. You are the only one who has not. The only one left. You run.

You wait for the tram, but a bus approaches. The driver tells you that there’s track works. You get on the bus. The driver exits; he shuts the door. You hear something at the back of the bus, but the bus is empty. The sound moves closer. The driver never returns.

Your footy team is losing. They’re always losing. The draft brings new players, but they disappear. The footy record lists players that you vaguely remember; where are they? You attend the next match, your team has no men on the bench. You bite in to your meat pie and crunch down on something hard. You spit out a wedding ring, it gleams in your hand. More players disappear.

You sit in Hoddle Street traffic. Four lanes are at a standstill. There’s a man in the car in front of you. You check your watch. You glance up at the man, he has a family now. How long have you been here? The seasons change. Your engine rusts. Your wife is waiting at home. Isn’t she?

#I FORGOT ABOUT THIS #this post gets 10x scarier post pandemic #hey op you ever heard of a little place called Pentridge Prison? #because i have... #writing #australia #melbourne #not the vline announcement in the tags 💀

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Anonymous photographer, Japan, 1954. | Courtesy Galerie Lumière des Roses. | source

#photography #japan #so cute

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#LMFAO THE LAST ONE #memes #history #favourite

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some avatar

#atla #fan art #i dead ass thought sokka was raihan for a hot moment

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Why is this heat so hot 😩

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“The bisexual community should be a place where lines are erased. Bisexuality dismisses, disproves, and defies dichotomies. It connotes a loss of rigidity and absolutes. It is an inclusive term.”

— Martin-Damon, K., “Essay for the Inclusion of Transsexuals”. Bisexual Politics. New York: Harrington Park Press. 1995

#queer history #bisexuality

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I’ve had enough of you… GUARDS! Impregnate this man.