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This is how I view all religion, so this is fine.
Clearly it was working. If Shrek wasn't answering the prayers I think it would be obvious.
Shrek isn’t the worst idol.
He’s grumpy but he’s got layers, and is fairly accepting. And I think we can all relate to how far he’ll go for a bit of peace and quiet.
Honestly that's a far better idol than most religions.
Do other people not pray to Shrek daily?
I'm not devout, it's only once every 2 or 3 weeks for me.
Shrek is love, Shrek is life.
Onions!
I mean... there are worse options
Objectively not the dumbest religion I've ever heard of.
She isn't worshiping Shrek any more than someone praying at a cross worships wooden plus signs. Stupid article.
And? Why stop now that you know how good he is. Shrek provides for everyone.
The title literally says she was going to keep doing it.
Ah, I didn’t notice that. Well, all is good then. Shrek is love. Shrek is life.
The ears are literally the only thing making it Shrek.
Shrek is just Buddha with weird ears.
Well, I'd argue that Shrek's normal face is exactly halfway between Buddha and Sexy Human Shrek.
As a buddhist, that statue is most definitely something I want in my home.
Utah family worships a portrait of Obi Wan Kenobi thinking it's Jesus.
Is that worse or better than the other fake portrait of Jesus I saw growing up Catholic? The white, blue eyed Jesus that you've probably seen somewhere.
hahaha! I just saw the story about it: https://www.boredpanda.com/obi-wan-kenobi-jesus-portrait-mormon-parents-prank/
That is nothing, billions of muslims worships nonexisting god, billion+ christians worships same nonexisting god and milions jews worships same nonexisting god while killing eachother without remorse.
Hey now, she's an all-star!
As long as she does.not want to establish Shrekism as a state-religion...
I bought my friend a statue as a housewarming gift, told him to keep it in the kitchen next to the cooker.
So whens he's in the kitchen cooking he could say stuff like
"I'm just frying this up with a little bhudda"
It's not a Buddha statue, or based on one. It's based on Bodai, a monk from China. Actual Buddha statues are slim figured.
This is great material, A+ stuff
Ngl I thought this was a joke for a sec lol
[off topic]
Lynda Barry has a cartoon where one kid gets kicked out of Catholic school because he painted the Virgin Mary looking like actress Paula Prentiss
Shrek is love Shrek is life Shrek is god
can someone doing 3D printing take a look at the pictures? i have no idea about these things, but it looks like the ears would be some crazy overhangs.
from the reflection of the light i assume, the statue was printed bottom to top. so how did they manage to do the ears?
Decent modern printers can handle overhangs fairly well. If the overhangs get too big you can use supports. If you want to get fancy there are filaments meant to be used only as supports in a multi-material print that dissolve in water so they don't leave marks on the print.
FWIW I don't think it was printed upside down. It would complicate things and would require more supports for no benefit.
thanks
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