The bear on the Bern (Switzerland) coat of arms will keep its penis despite pressure to remove it.

5 months ago by Quilotoa to c/mildlyinteresting

The bear on the coat of arms of canton Bern will continue to display its red penis, the cantonal government has ruled.
ccunning 94 points 5 months ago

It should come as no surprise to anyone that the U.S. city of New Bern has removed the penis from its coat of arms.

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massive_bereavement 81 points 5 months ago

So progressive of New Bern, a transgender bear as a mascot.

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ccunning 32 points 5 months ago

Oh man - if I start spreading this around town it could be a good way to get them to put the penis back on.

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Poem_for_your_sprog 8 points 5 months ago

Who is to say the original isn't a futanari?

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couldhavebeenyou 3 points 5 months ago

Haz no tiddies

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phoenixz 24 points 5 months ago

God, Americans are such sad people.

Yeah yeah, not all of them, but prettyuch all of those with money or power

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finallymadeanaccount 15 points 5 months ago

Somehow the bear's eyerolling expression of despair looks more pronounced now.

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huppakee 12 points 5 months ago

Wait, they kept the coat of arms this entire time?

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SpaceNoodle 28 points 5 months ago

Well, technically they fixed it

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M137 7 points 5 months ago

What? They made it worse.

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SpaceNoodle 41 points 5 months ago

"Fix" is a euphemism for "neuter."

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Imgonnatrythis 12 points 5 months ago

Fucking fascistss

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hector 5 points 5 months ago

Boo to this new bern and their bear penis denial! Where the fuck is New Bern though? Got to be connecticut or some shit am I right?

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Dultas 6 points 5 months ago

North Carolina. Was the capitol once. Where Pepsi was invented.

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ccunning 2 points 5 months ago

Don’t sell us short. We also have the worlds largest Harris Teeters as well as the Guinness world record for largest open sandwich (a barbecue pork bun)

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Infinite 4 points 5 months ago

It's the right to bear arms, not bear dongs

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jwt 2 points 5 months ago

I wonder why they didn't also remove the 'Edward Penis-hands' while they were at it.

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SocialMediaRefugee 1 point 5 months ago

Just need a red magic marker to adjust them.

FYI, this design has been penisless since it was founded.

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SaveTheTuaHawk 1 point 5 months ago

So New Bern is pro trans? Will they replace the penis with a handgun?

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SocialMediaRefugee 1 point 5 months ago

The town where Pepsi cola was invented

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MushuChupacabra 79 points 5 months ago

I'd start a petition to have the penis drawn bigger.

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couldhavebeenyou 12 points 5 months ago

As a symbol of progress

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hector 6 points 5 months ago

Drawn dick and balls were a good luck sign in ancient days.

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mrsemi 4 points 5 months ago

And in modern toilets

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hector 3 points 5 months ago

Romans used to draw a cock and balls over their doorways for good luck.

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sundray 58 points 5 months ago

It's good to see Switzerland upholding the right to bear penis.

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Ribbons 36 points 5 months ago

Let it hang, Switzerland.

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Ibisalt 34 points 5 months ago

fun fact: the doblerone logo contains a hidden bear in reference to the city of bern

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Coyote 53 points 5 months ago

Toblerone has also hidden much of the chocolate that used to come in the bars. 

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huppakee 20 points 5 months ago

It used to, they had to stop using the Matterhorn in their logo because they left Switzerland

current and previous two logos

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ccunning 3 points 5 months ago path: 0 22608040 22614580 22614881, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 1
huppakee 6 points 5 months ago

I don't see much official about that website. This one seems a bit more legit if you ask me: https://www.mondelezinternational.com/...

But also feel free to look up their logo change, many websites reported on it.

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Vinylraupe 3 points 5 months ago

Deserved. The Matterhorn isnt in Bern.

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Ibisalt 3 points 5 months ago

oh wow... TIL

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Kazumara 2 points 5 months ago

The new font is still so ugly to me.

Besides everything else that's ugly about them recently. The shrinking is also embarassing, and the product not as good anymore.

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rosco385 3 points 5 months ago

Does the hidden bear still have it's penis?

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Ibisalt 1 point 5 months ago
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YaDownWitCPP 15 points 5 months ago path: 0 22606219, hotness: undefined, score: 15, children: 0
chicken 14 points 5 months ago

The bear has always been depicted on official documents with a red phallus. In view of this tradition, the cantonal government believed that it was reasonable to continue to depict the bear in this way. Nor did it wish to conduct an online survey on the bear’s future appearance. In its view, such a survey would not be representative and would have little informative value.

Normally I'm pro-democracy but they make some good points here

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holomorphic 11 points 5 months ago

This was officially brought into Parlament as a 'question'. Answering it without any aditional actions, is exactly how this is supposed to be handled.

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texture 14 points 5 months ago

imagine having so few real problems that you have time to be upset about coat of arms bear penis

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frustrated_phagocytosis 11 points 5 months ago

With that shape and color, It looks like a bear claw is stuck in his penis. No wonder he's making that face.

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Kolanaki 9 points 5 months ago

Now I understand why there is a claw on its crotch. It's not a claw.

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SubArcticTundra 7 points 5 months ago

Frankly, I am quite disappointed at what I was expecting to be a much more prominent phalus

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mech 8 points 5 months ago

depict the bear without its masculine attributes, so that the population as a whole would feel better represented

How would a bear without a penis represent more people than a bear with a penis?

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Texas_Hangover 3 points 5 months ago

I bet if the bear had tits nobody would be sniveling about it.

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hector 6 points 5 months ago

Did some prude have a hard on in removing it? Not going soft on the bear penis issue, the population erected a defense.

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starman2112 6 points 5 months ago

Woke leftists want to force trans ideology on swiss bears

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Mulligrubs 3 points 5 months ago

Dear God! No NSFW tag? That gigantic red bear penis is now seared into my memory until my dying day.

Please Mr. Trump, save us from the bear penis, send the seventh fleet to Switzerland!

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Proprietary_Blend 3 points 5 months ago

Where penis?

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Viking_Hippie 3 points 5 months ago

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HubertManne 2 points 5 months ago

its kinda funny because i may have seen that before and I don't think I would have ever noticed without it being pointed out. Now much like rita repulsas boob cones I can't unsee it.

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0x0 2 points 5 months ago

Not much to do in Bern politics it seems...

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finallymadeanaccount 2 points 5 months ago

Never noticed it until you pointed it out ...

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mech 2 points 5 months ago

Can't spell Bern (Swiss) without Benis

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Agent641 1 point 5 months ago

If a bear wore pants...

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SocialMediaRefugee 1 point 5 months ago

In an age where the internet is a sea of porn people are bothered by a realistic depiction of a bear.

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InvalidName2 1 point 5 months ago

Bern, Switzerland -- sponsored by Cialis.

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Blackmist 1 point 5 months ago

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GarboDog 1 point 5 months ago

Horay!! Look Berno, they’re not gonna give you a vasectomy! You’re gonna keep ur peener! :)

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3abas 2 points 5 months ago

Wait, they remove the entire penis in vasectomies now?

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SaveTheTuaHawk 2 points 5 months ago

You want a mistake child in this economy?

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GarboDog 1 point 5 months ago

No but you won’t be frolicking on the flag with a boner anytime soon

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TheV2 -1 points 5 months ago

The cantonal government was responding to a written question from Liberal Green parliamentarian Thomas Brönnimann, who wondered whether it would not be more appropriate to depict the bear without its masculine attributes, so that the population as a whole would feel better represented.

I wish progress was instead defined by people speaking up for themselves and privileged people only supporting them to raise their voice...

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TheReanuKeeves -7 points 5 months ago
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new_guy 17 points 5 months ago

They didn't have furry artists back then

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ImproperKeming 5 points 5 months ago

If that's true, who gave the bear an ahegao face?

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huppakee 10 points 5 months ago

That's just how they look there

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hector 2 points 5 months ago

I'd like to see you eat a bunch of fly agaric and draw a better one.

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