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@Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago

Velvet paintings of anthropomorphic poker-playing dogs. Is this still a part of public consciousness, or is it an extinct meme?

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Velvet paintings of anthropomorphic poker-playing dogs. Is this still a part of public consciousness, or is it an extinct meme?

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@Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago
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  • @CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world
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    39•2 years ago

    If it’s referenced in the early seasons of The Simpsons, it is timeless.

    • @son_named_bort@lemmy.world
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      2•2 years ago

      They’re Dogs! And they’re playing poker!

  • SeaJ
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    27•2 years ago

    I never thought of it in velvet. That adds a whole new dimension to it.

    • @Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      8•2 years ago

      Always velvet, baby 👉

    • @watson387@sopuli.xyz
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      6•2 years ago

      It’s gotta be velvet yo

  • @Dad2DnA@lemmy.world
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    26•2 years ago

    My grandpa had this exact print hanging in his garage. I always loved it, wonder where it went…

  • @deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    20•2 years ago

    Titled “A Friend in Need”

    • @averagedrunk@lemmy.ml
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      1•2 years ago

      deleted by creator

  • Kalkaline
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    20•2 years ago

    Great for a well placed reference in a show or comic.

    • @cmhickman358@thelemmy.club
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      7•2 years ago

      Fallout: New Vegas also had a reference to this in the Old World Blues DLC

      • andrew_bidlaw
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        4•2 years ago

        Serious Sam: TSE has a secret with it too, and they are like 10+ years apart.

    • @Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      2 years ago

      But just for boomers and maybe Gen X?

      • @spittingimage@lemmy.world
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        10•2 years ago

        This is what we had instead of memes.

      • @watson387@sopuli.xyz
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        3•2 years ago

        Maybe? Gen X and I’m all over this. XD

  • reboog42
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    19•2 years ago

    I have a poster like this, but they are playing magic the gathering.

  • @XTornado@lemmy.ml
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    17•2 years ago

  • @slurpeesoforion@startrek.website
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    13•2 years ago

    My family has had many dogs over the years. I’ve always wanted to have one of these made with each depicted, but they’re playing Uno.

  • Naja Kaouthia
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    This, along with velvet Elvises (Elvii??) are peak art.

    Edit: Autocarrot doesn’t like elvii.

    • @Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      11•2 years ago

      That’s because Elvises is correct. And yes, velvet Elvises too.

      • @fubo@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        One Elvis, two Elvīs.

        • @spittingimage@lemmy.world
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          1•2 years ago

          How would you pronounce that?

          • @toasteecup@lemmy.world
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            4•2 years ago

            Elvis

      • @slurpeesoforion@startrek.website
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        2•2 years ago

        Unless they are different Elvises, then it’s Elvi. Presley, Costello

    • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
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      3•2 years ago

      As a Latinist, neither do I. It should be third declension, so the plural would be Elvēs.

      • @novibe@lemmy.ml
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        2 years ago

        elf Elvisanother elf Elvis I guess

        👇happy?

        • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
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          3•2 years ago

          need at least two to be plural

          • @novibe@lemmy.ml
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            3•2 years ago

            I fixed it just for you. For no one else.

    • Deconceptualist
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      1•2 years ago

      https://youtu.be/Cz3CKAZ3eSQ

      • @FMT99@lemmy.world
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        1•2 years ago

        I was hoping this was the link and I was not disappointed.

      • @PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksB
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        1•2 years ago

        Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

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    • @yemmly@lemmy.world
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      1•2 years ago

      Lest we forget velvet Selleck

  • @WarmSoda@lemm.ee
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    11•2 years ago

    My brother had this hanging in our room when we were kids lol.

    The background was green though.

  • @watson387@sopuli.xyz
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    I’m always hoping to find an old one at a flea market or yard sale. It’d be my most prized possession. Edit: Gen X, just to add context.

    • @toasteecup@lemmy.world
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      7•2 years ago

      I’d gladly have it in mine, gen y

  • @cheese_greater@lemmy.world
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    10•2 years ago

    Not extinct anymore

    • @cloudy1999@sh.itjust.works
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      11•2 years ago

      Just one more day and it would have been gone forever.

  • @Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world
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    8•2 years ago

    Somewhere in storage I have a tapestry of dogs playing pool.

  • @Zahille7@lemmy.world
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    I’m not entirely sure what you’re asking, but the game Psychonauts from 2002 has a reference to this kind of thing.

    In one of the minds you go into, there are a group of dog characters that represent that person’s subconscious psyche. After you finish the level, you can go back and find the character who’s mind you’re in playing poker with his subconscious dogs. The level is even called Black Velvetopia, and the character is looking for certain playing cards.

  • @spittingimage@lemmy.world
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    7•2 years ago

    You’ve reminded me that now I have a man-cave, I want one of those paintings to hang in there.

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