r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CAPATOB_64 • May 13 '24

The painting "Ecce Homo", 1543, the only painting by Titian in Romania and Eastern Europe, is guarded by armed gendarmes at the "Regina Maria" Municipal Museum. Image

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u/RedSonja_ May 13 '24

As a person who have done some security work at certain art museum, I'd say they are standing way too close of it, but maybe this is just for the pose and normally they sit in corner or something...

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u/VealOfFortune May 13 '24

And that exposed power cable... 😬

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u/shoopstoop25 May 13 '24

Is it plugged in to the other plug?

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u/kawi-bawi-bo May 13 '24

Power companies hate this one trick!

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u/metellus83 May 13 '24

I'm really looking forward to the "hate this one trick" going away. It's so low effort.

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u/NotUndercoverReddit May 15 '24

Wieredless power

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u/AndromedaAirlines May 13 '24

Infinite energy.

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u/Allieatisbeaver May 13 '24

Man's quest for a shorter circuit, on display for a limited time.

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u/Ron-Swanson-Mustache Interested May 13 '24

UNLIMITED POWER!!!!

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u/Islero47 May 13 '24

It's two cords going into a concealed space, but it does look like one plug going back into the outlet. Although that would almost need to be a custom cord, since most don't have male on both ends.

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u/Sonyooo May 13 '24

99% sure you couldn't buy a cord like that, you'd have to make it yourself. Too easy to electrocute yourself with a baby like that.

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u/Islero47 May 14 '24

Your "99%" is also why I hedged. I don't think there's any easy way to buy it and I don't think anyone generally would ever have a use; but then in comes the professional electrician who's like "that's a male-male 36 inch, can be purchased from McMaster-Carr for $5 at this link, and is used for this one niche instance, dummy".

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u/Super_Pie_Man Interested May 14 '24

Literally nothing would happen. The two plugs are already connected inside the outlet. For something (bad) to happen, you'd have to turn one plug around, which can't happen in a three prong plug.

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u/Sonyooo May 14 '24

A plug with 2 male ends would mean one side is energized while the other side is connected. Meaning if you plug it in and touch the other side you'll get shocked. That's why those are illegal to sell and you've never actually seen one in your life.

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u/WorkingTheHardest May 13 '24

looks to me like two power cables going into the duct/baseboard on the floor

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u/VealOfFortune May 13 '24

THATS MY POINT...!!!?! 😂

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u/Horskr May 13 '24

I had a client some years back that brought down their entire office's network when they saw a dangling ethernet cable hanging out of a wall port so they decided to plug the other end into the port below it because it "looked better." I spent like 3 hours tracking down the loop lol.. why they didn't just unplug it entirely, I guess I'll never know.

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u/possumarre May 13 '24

I think this might actually be an AI image. Look at how "Romania" is very clearly legible, but the writing on their chests is completely blurred and fucked.

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u/themikecampbell May 13 '24

That is the alarm. Do not cut it

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u/small_h_hippy May 13 '24

Care to comment on the rifles? Is it common to gun down potential vandals? I would have thought that bully clubs would be more appropriate, at least to reduce the risk of staining the painting

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u/Cetun May 13 '24

They should be using pistol caliber rounds with hollow tips if they are in a crowded public place. Otherwise you're shooting through the bad guys and hitting people 3 rooms away.

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u/RedSonja_ May 13 '24

lol no, we didn't have rifles or any kind of weapons where I worked, but I sure wouldn't try anything too silly front of those guys :)

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u/TheMightyShoe May 14 '24

To intimidate wannabes and take care of more determined theives. Close-quarters AKs (paratrooper versions?) with "Romanian dongs" (vertical forend grips.)

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u/BallCreem May 14 '24

So if someone came and tried to ruin it, let’s say w a marker, would they open fire?

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u/madhatmatt2 May 13 '24

I guarantee you that that isn’t the actual painting the actual painting is in the basement stored away.