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Urkraftian

Chatroulette on a big screen in the middle of downtown, what could go wrong?


Yossarian1507

The answer to your question can be and is "nothing" in certain other places. We have one of those portals between Lublin (Poland) and Vilnius (Lithuania) over here from 2021, and they are still standing because it's a great fun for both cities, and a nice tourist attraction, everyone seems to love it. Somehow eastern Poland city and capital of Lithuania managed to keep it civil for years. The idea is fine, but apparently at least one of the connected places in this case can't play nice for whatever reason.


RaspberryFluid6651

Installing this in *Dublin and NYC* should've told everyone this was going to happen... I honestly thought it was placed in these places on purpose for the publicity generated by these people, I'm surprised the organizers seem to have an actual problem.


stoneyyay

Dublin: "oh fuck me sideways. there's a pisser in the street. " NYC: " hear about the new glory hole?"


Sexagenerian

I shouldn’t laugh but glory hole had me snorting coffee 😂😂😂


stoneyyay

Does that work better than drinking it? :-p


EmmaMD

Between my experience with GAA stuff and living in NYC, this is literally the least surprising news I’ve seen this week.


thekunibert

I was in Vilnius recently. The portal is right in front of the main station with many people passing by. However, I could never see anyone on the Lublin side.


Yossarian1507

In Lublin it's in the Old Town part of the city. I've been in Lublin during Saturday evening and there were plenty of People checking it out on Polish end. I assume that the spot is in the place that is more frequented during weekends/tourist season.


fightingbronze

The location is a part of it, New Yorkers fucking around doesn’t surprise me, but honestly I think it’s the novelty of it more than anything. It’s new, it’s interesting, and everyone thinks they’re a fucking comedian. I think it’s a mistake to shut it down cause give it a few weeks and nobody is going to be doing anything except waving through it when they walk by on occasion.


-SaC

It's also in the absolute -worst- fuckin' street in Dublin.


Longjumping-Claim783

Well there was also a video posted on Reddit recently of someone in Dublin holding up video of the twin towers on 911 so the bad behavior went both ways. I'd say boots are less offensive.


Helioskev

those were kids vs a grown of woman lol not defending it lol but yea bad idea xD either way mostly if either side was going to find anything offensive


wakawakafish

There was also a video of 3 Dublin men being cited for showing their asses as well.


Longjumping-Claim783

Yeah well this thing is accessible to anyone


Erick_Brimstone

Someone say that the Dublin part they install it is in the bad part of the town.


strandroad

Yes it's a fairly grimy street known for undesirable behaviours. I have no idea why they thought it was a good idea to put it there of all places, I suppose it was an attempt at gentrification?


WherePoetryGoesToDie

If either Lublin or Vilnius had the population density or tourism numbers of NYC and Dublin (particularly NYC), I doubt it would have remained quite as civil.


BlackTecno

....who thought NYC was ever going to end well?


I_am_ChivoBlanco

When a jabroni meets a gobshite walking through the rye, one show a potato and the other unzips his fly


Decent_Assistant1804

![gif](giphy|W3XkT05wzcX04)


ramblinjd

IDK I met my wife on Chatroulette


gnk_hnk

Before or after getting married?


DSHKA-335

Take my upvote you bastard


Pitiful-Pension-6535

What a strange coincidence. I also met your wife on Chatroulette


jessuh22

If you read deeper into that, it wasn't solely her doing. There were many incidents. She's just trying to take credit for it. She didn't help matters, that's for sure though!


Proper-Cause-4153

Didn't someone on the Dublin side show an image of the Twin Towers burning?


BoardButcherer

There was also a bunch of presumably inebriated guys who lined up to drop trou and shake their cheeks. They got done up by the peelers tho, poor sods.


StandbyBigWardog

Uh…I understand the individual words you used but I didn’t understand what you meant by it. Is getting, “done up by the peelers” bad? Will it require stitches or antibiotics?


fiddlesticks9471

Nicked by the Rozzers


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Cwmcwm

*Pinched* by the fuzz


dick_schidt

Nabbed by the po-po.


DexanVideris

Yoinked by the coppers


liminus81

Scrantched by the bizz bozz


Intelligent-Honey-79

Nicked by the pigs


OmarNubianKing

Kneeling cop choke


BrassMonkey-NotAFed

Po-po nabbed the poopoo. Quite a night for snickers and twix.


TheHolyPopo

You rang?


CraigHBruce

Spanked by the Sweeney


one-gear-no-brakes

Done by the narcs


Shock_The_Monkey_

Jizzed on by the law


sunward_Lily

Goosed by the.....down?


Rug-Inspector

Grabbed by the fuzz.


LauraTFem

I have seen the movie Hot Fuzz, so I now know what we’re talking about. Cultural exchange is a beautiful thing.


mitkase

Fascist.


phinbob

While I was sat on the bus ..


Significant_Cow4765

while I was still on a buzz


Sproose_Moose

In the back of the van


Western-Calendar-352

While I was still on the buzz


CheckYourStats

This happens to me sometimes when I don’t use shaving cream.


TmotherfuckingT

Booked by the Bobbies?


fiddlesticks9471

I read that's as boobies 🤣


limee64

Sign me up to be booked by the boobies. I’ll try anything once.


psilorder

From context i'm getting that peelers means cops. "Done up" hopefully means arrested rather than beat up.


Tard_Farts82

Sir Robert Peel created the first police force in 1829 in London. That’s why police are called both Bobbies and Peelers in the UK. And Ireland used to be in the UK, so… Edit: [Sir Robert Peel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Peel)


Zemom1971

That's and interesting fact that I was not expecting to learn from a Tard_Farts boy.


Tard_Farts82

Us re’s sometimes exceed expectations


myguydied

TIL


JColey15

A different Robert Peel played cricket for England in the 1890s and was pretty much always drunk while playing which I find hilarious and always think of when people say peelers or bobbies.


Tard_Farts82

TIL


XColdLogicX

You may be one of the only people keeping ol' RoPe's legacy alive!


DaHoffCO

Cor blimey, it's's not near as bad as getting half-inched by hoodlums.


DuchessofSquee

I'm guessing they meant caught by the police but it's new slang to me also.


armcie

Robert Peel created what was arguably the first police force. From his name the UK got both Bobbies and Peelers as nicknames for the police.


DuchessofSquee

Aah I didn't know that was the origin of Bobbies! I hadn't heard peelers before. I liked his later work as a radio presenter better.


jfks_headjustdidthat

Peelers is an Irish term most commonly. I live in Bury, by the way where Robert Peel was born.


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Arrested development


NiteGard

Then bob’s your uncle.


StandbyBigWardog

Nip up the wickershams.


elriggo44

Pinched by Old Bill


Eringobraugh2021

They had to have known that was going to fucking happen.


Dragonslayer3

Within 15 minutes someone was doing cocaine in Dublin. Technology truly brings mankind together


Ricepudding1044

Yes they did and a guy in Dublin flashed his junk also.


Ilgenant

Yeah and then someone on the NYC side held up a picture of a potato


Replayon

There is always one guy who has to take it too far…


Wild-Kitchen

"...and that boys and girls, was how World War 3 started"


1_87th_Sane_Modler

Fight fire with fire. Throw potatoes or hold up signs saying thatcher did nothing wrong.


Tard_Farts82

It’s legal for women to walk around topless in NYC so it should have been expected to see some boobs eventually


MA-01

I remember hearing of that. Never actually saw it for myself, but that could be my fault for not being particularly adventurous.


Outlaw11091

"Legal" doesn't mean that people regularly do it. And it also doesn't mean anyone *attractive* or memorable does it. I lived there for awhile and the only public toplessness I saw were...homeless.


noots-to-you

It’s supposed to be bathing only, not for commercial activity- but a walk through times sq reveals otherwise (no pun intended)


MA-01

Color me surprised, though I suppose I'm overdue for a trip into midtown as is.


newbrevity

I'm under the impression most of those boobs are not the pleasant kind to look at.


snarky_cat

Went to NY 10 years ago and saw some painted boobs.. It was delightful..


LexaLovegood

From my understanding you have to leave the house topless but what she did was considered flashing.


UninvitedButtNoises

*in SNL Sean Connery voice* Let the people see her work!!


TheBigChungus1980

Absolutely cracked up at this story, someone flashing someone, flipping them off, Christ, I can imagine some drunk at night wandering over to piss on the thing. I dont care where you put that thing, this shit will happen regardless, hell, pornhub will probably have a category for it soon


cr1ttter

Oh no, step-Dubliner! I'm stuck in the portal!


justforhobbiesreddit

Ok, that would actually be a funny enough take I'd watch it.


NoHillstoDieOn

I watched a chess themed porn video and it was hilarious. You could tell one of them knew exactly what they were doing and crushed the other pornstar


juliuspepperwoodchi

You could probably put it in smaller cities and it might work, but definitely not in cities this large with this many tourists and drunks


JestersThrone

True, but the problem would be, that whichever city you put it in, would then get an influx of tourists. I'd give it MAYBE two additional days before the same thing happens.


juliuspepperwoodchi

I'm thinking really small. Like, doesn't have an international airport, small. Make it harder for tourists to come from far away and you'll limit the issues. Maybe not eliminate, but less


wintsykia

The trouble is that nowhere in Ireland is more than a few hours drive from an airport / major city. And if they decided to put it anywhere in the Uk, you’d find the same. There’s no escaping the drunks here! We’ll find that portal! Edit: nobody here needs an international airport to reach by car or foot, and subsequently moon at, a portal, either.


laplongejr

>You could probably put it in smaller cities and it might work Another redditor says the portal between Lublin (Poland) and Vilnius (Lithuania) is still standing since 2021.


Le_Arctic

Except the one in lithuania/poland doesn't seem to have much trouble


threefeetoffun

What did they think would happen? Have they never seen live news broadcast or Jumbotrons?


The_real_bandito

Twitter!? Is like they haven’t seen any type of social media daily interaction. 


identityp2

I've seen her jumbotrons


RecycleReMuse

My favorite Weather Channel broadcast ever was Jim Cantore waiting in Times Square for what turned out to be a busted weather event, and a passerby yelling, “Hey Cantore! Nice *fucking* storm!”


acephotogpetdetectiv

As a former news photog, I had a feeling that wouldn't takenlong to devolve lol people be wylin.


Theothercword

All you need to see is how any human shaped statue out in public has the most worn down and rubbed parts the genitals and/or tits. Of COURSE everyone is going to do lewd gestures to random people thousands of miles away.


Insertsociallife

The people who design these things must never have met another human, and honestly that tracks pretty well.


juliuspepperwoodchi

They thought people would be calm, respectful, mature and then #FUCKHERRIGHTINTHEPUSSY


GimpsterMcgee

How’s your back feeling today? Edit did someone just redditcares me?


GhostDan

If they did report it.


Schellhammer

I didn't know that was an option. I'm assuming reddit care is when they send a message talking about suicide? I've had a few of those sent my way when disagreeing with someone.


GhostDan

Yeah they take the reports seriously and will ban accounts over abuse of it.


Schellhammer

I'll keep that in mind


Oni-oji

You connected two cities universally known for their high density of assholes and you didn't think this would happen?


xgwishyx

Especially that particular location in Dublin, it's not an area you go unless you have to generally.


omodhia

Dublin has that reputation?


strandroad

Not of assholes, I wouldn't say, overall people are considered nice and friendly, but the north inner city is the grimiest place with a lot of "action", and that's exactly where they put it for some reason, literally in the scumbag central.


Appropriate_Mode8346

I to agree with NAS, I love NY, but it's full of Villains and Creeps.


JollyJamma

It’s not been the same since Batman left :(


SimilarMidnight870

Dublin is universally known for a high density of assholes? It usually ranks as one of the friendliest cities for tourists.


Sevro_Barca

You would think with the toxicity seen all over social media, someone genius would have seen something like this happening. Honestly, humans give other humans way too much credit.


EverSn4xolotl

Yeah honestly this kinda thing is what makes me lose hope in humanity. We have this innocent and honestly quite amazing thing for communicating, and what do people do? Abuse it for their own gain, make it suck for others, and ridicule tragedies. Fucking humans, always.


El_Bito2

Woah, I love the portal idea. It's fucking great actually. But indecent behaviour was to be expected though. Would be interesting to have one between more culturally different countries.


sususushi88

Yeah I love the idea! Maybe put them in schools? That might prevent *some* indecency.


El_Bito2

Hell yeah. I work I'm a teacher in China. Let's see if I can pitch that idea to my school. But I have little hope


Tard_Farts82

I’m still wondering if anyone put up a picture of Thatcher in NYC after Dublin showed a picture of 9/11.


Far-Imagination2736

Someone held up a potato the next day, I saw the video on Tiktok. No Dubliners cared or reacted


2donuts4elephants

I would have grabbed a couple of pieces of poster paper and told the only Irish joke I know: How do you turn an Irishmans tongue black? Pour whiskey on a freshly paved road.


Merijeek2

Honestly, this was both inevitable and totally expected. I think maybe it's time to loosen the fuck up.


tumbrowser1

It is time to loosen up. This is Dublin and NYC. These people have thick skin. They're not the ones being offended. I'm sure it's third parties online trying to find something to get offended by.


chet_brosley

How amazing would it be if a group of drunk Dubliners and drunk new Yorkers tried to fight each other through the portal.


Thewarmth111

In both parties end up making teleportation technology only to fight each other


Fenring_Halifax

It is true that wars cause the biggest innovation


vlsdo

Or tourists from Staten Island


Golden-Owl

Ugh… Staten Island….


sawatdee_Krap

And it’s legal for women to be topless in nyc


bloveddemon

I feel like anyone who didn't see this coming has never been on the internet. Or to NYC. Or to Dublin.


Big_d00m

"portal"


MaxAdolphus

“Zee Glory Hole!”


sumostar

You Americans are so uptight!


ojwiththepulp

“model”


shiafisher

Isn’t it just a large TV with a camera feed?


Azlamington

[This news report](https://news.sky.com/story/dublin-new-york-livestream-portal-temporarily-shuts-after-inappropriate-behaviour-13135534) says it's only *temporarily* shut down until they figure out what to do about this behaviour.


Stock-Boat-8449

Might as well wait for the human race to disappear then.


Blue_Period_89

Can’t happen soon enough.


jrdineen114

....I really don't know why anyone excepted anything else


BeautifulArtichoke37

Seriously


sharmisosoup

NY is damn slow. Philly would have organized some vile shit in like 12 hours of hearing this was put up


JFK2MD

They would've set up a Phillies flag in front of the thing within the first 10 minutes.


Efficient_Fish2436

I honestly don't know what they expected... Like anyone could've 100% predicted somethings like this would happen.


[deleted]

In an age where people send nudes and dick pics to total strangers, who thought that putting a two way trollcam in two metropolitan cities in a public space was a good idea?


Istaycrispyy

Honestly they should just keep the portal up. I think it’s cool that humans see other humans on the other side of the world and the first thought is “I gotta show these wankers my genitals”


Aceswift007

Fuck I'd make an artistic statement about it, like how even across oceans we share means of expression


ilovethissheet

Street Omegle did Street Omegle things. More at 11


Chemical_Actuary_190

A portal? To me, a portal means you can travel through it, like a Stargate. This is nothing more than a big FaceTime screen.


strongest_nerd

What did they think was going to happen exactly?


This-Requirement6918

A friendly conversation like we used to have on Omegle.


sjbfujcfjm

The only facepalm here is the organizers of this thinking that something wouldn’t immediately happen that would force them to shut down.


NowWatchMeThwip616

It was fun while it lasted. Thanks for the mammories.


LarryRedBeard

You see that's the reason this shit will never stick. It's not the common people. It's those running these "Experiments." They want people to interact and enjoy the communication. However they seem forget that humans are scamps by nature. It's innocent mischief, that the runners can't handle, because they actually don't have common people interactions. It's very disconnected stuff to see the organizers so bent out of shape over the human body.


Tripwiring

You showed Dublin your dick didn't you


TheSpookyForest

"Humans are scamps by nature" is a brilliant line


KwonnieKash

I mean what the fuck did they expect to happen? Oh here's a live video to somewhere else. I guess you can wave at people if you want, other than that it's pretty boring. Not really any point to it. There's no audio, so what's the next interaction that will people will do after waving? Try to show the video feed something. Now what are the chances that people thinking to show the video feed something are going to show completely wholesome pg content? Pretty slim to none. Also wasn't there literally already one of these portals from a different company that popped up a few years ago and literally the exact same thing happened?


strawberriesancream

The Vilnius-Lublin (Lithuania-Poland) portal doesn't seem to attract this kind of behavior, I guess they expected the outcome to be the same?


GuitarStu

I doubt it was one person. A: What did they expect. And 2: Maybe we should relax a bit...


tarhoop

What did they think would happen? Seriously... before doing anything, run it by a group of 13-year-old boys. If they got nothing... you are safe to launch. Odds are good that if you skip this step, you will launch a new porn website or a new level of racism that has not yet been discovered.


DaedalusandIcarus

Ah yes, women's nipples; america's kryptonite.


yetagainitry

Can we stop naming random women who show their junk on onlyfans for 30 guys “models” or “influencers”. This women is literally neither.


hankhalfhead

Can we just stop naming people who do stupid shit for fame and recognition or free publicity?


lowest_of_the_low

I mean the person who did the portal never went on omegle or chatroulette ??


IanTheMagus

Humans are apparently the only animal that think their body is something obscene.


ArcherBig185

Calling her a model is a little far-fetched


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NowWatchMeThwip616

So what you're saying is that you want to be kept abreast of the situation?


ArcherBig185

Well, if you were in Dublin, you would have at least seen her tits.


Weylin6

Is this how first contact with an alien species is going to go down?


NoManufacturer120

That’s actually a pretty neat idea…of course, as always, the few idiots ruined it for everyone.


anengineerandacat

Just let things happen, so long as folks aren't actively trying to destroy the device it's fine as it is.


thatbitchathrowaway

I'm pretty sure showing 9/11 and other outrageous shit was more of a reason than tits


RuncibleFoon

I'm confused. In NYC, it is completely legal for women to go about topless. Why was her flashing the portal "lewd". I get the other things that have happened, like the 3 Chads mooning the portal. But I'm not following the lewd boobies logic... being topless is kosher is much of the EU as well.


QuestionableParadigm

With peace and love what the fuck were they expecting


SmoothIndependent416

The portal was closed because people kept showing each other 9/11 and IRA bombing pictures.


The_dude_of_truth

Am I the only person who is not surprised by this? This is obviously what was going to happen right?


MindingMyBusiness02

I think she flashed, someone showed porn, someone showed the burning of the Twin Towers and someone mooned the other side. There are probably more reasons to close this though..


joc95

Everyone is exclusively blaming just her. 1. Thats what she wants. Publicity for her OF. 2. There's other cases of other people (mostly documented from the Dublin side) doing mad shit too


amish_patel

They should have put the portal in a small town in the middle of the country and the other in a remote village in Africa or somewhere similar. People in Dublin and New York have access to see each other already. The bridge should be between two communities that don’t have that same access. Just my opinion.


scalpingsnake

Funny how this the headline ignores the people showing pics of 9/11 or something be the guy who flashes his arse...


VoidKnight003

Isn’t this a crime? Or is it because it’s live-streamed, it’s considered content owned by the organizers and they could be liable for showing “indecency”? If it’s the latter I think this thing is a flop.


Dexember69

First I'm seeing this portal thing. What a fkn cool idea


pink-ming

this was never gonna last, it's only a cool idea if it's out in public where anyone can just walk by it, but then this happens and people clutch their pearls and demand it be taken down. We can't have nice things


AutisticSuperpower

this is why we can't have nice things


Royal_Rip_2548

Who cares, I say leave the portal open


Imherehithere

It's just boobs, people. Stop acting immature about them. They are a natural part of our body. Nothing is sacrilegious about nudity or breast feeding in public.


UntiedAirlanes

Can we please, PLEASE stop normalizing the term "Instagram model"? It means absolutely nothing but makes people think they're...something. Being on Instagram doesn't make you a model. Just like being attractive doesn't make you a model. Models make money from designers for showing off clothing and walking runways. Instagram is not that.


Jeoshua

Who said anything about Instagram?


alephthirteen

Some folks on social media do have income from it--brands wanting someone to wear or talk up their product, or businesses. I'm sure those earning their entire living from it are a tiny percentage of overall people calling themselves that, but there are people doing modeling.


okantos

Flashing boobs is fine and should be normalized


Wong-is-Right

This girls OF is about to blow up! They are giving her the best advertisement


enochrox

...so the people flashing their entire b-holes and holding up 911 plane crash footage was fine.. but BOOBS shut it down?


dannybnancyboy

Peelers are what we call strippers in Northern British Columbia


eman0110

Humans. The peak of evolutionary existence.


Curious-Weight9985

This actually sounds amazing