Meet Mr. Balls, Brazil’s Disturbing New Testicular Cancer Mascot

[HarveyDarkey]

A Brazilian testicular cancer awareness group has created a mascot for the cause that is beyond disturbing.

Say hello to Mr. Balls, or “Senhor Testiculo”, the wide-eyed, dual-toothed, rosy-cheeked, mole-sporting scrotum that will cause a lifetime of nightmares for anyone who lays eyes on him.

The little curly hairs are an especially nice touch.


http://digitaldeconstruction.com/meet-balls-disturbing-testicular-cancer-mascot/#.Umq0tPmmiwc

[1000words]

1. That's nuts!

He'll hang around for a while but in the end will be sacked.

[pinboy3niner]

3. Let's not get testy

It looks like he needs all the support he can get.

[1000words]

6. lol ... nice!

Seriously, this is pretty weird.

The only way this gets creepier is if the little girl was hugging Mr. Balls.

[0rganism]

89. you just hit on their next marketing move - Mr. Balls Plushy!

Seriously, i would get one for my child. Can you honestly say you wouldn't get one for yours?

[riqster]

9. Athletic support, perhaps?

[demwing]

17. Thats scrotally uncalled for

And this thread should be sacked !

[Aerows]

50. I usually chime in on these tete a testes, but

I can't find a single little pun to display. Guess I'm all spayed out, tonight. It's so ovary sad.

[pinboy3niner]

114. QUICK--somebody call the emballmer!!!

Okay, that's all I've got. I've already milked this joke for too much.

[riqster]

119. That is the funniest joke I ever came across.

A seminal work, in fact.

[pinboy3niner]

129. Gland you liked it

It wad my pleasure. Let's keep it a secrete, though.

[riqster]

130. Because of the "vas deferens" with which all here treat you, OK.

Urological guy, as well.

[pinboy3niner]

143. I'm known for thinking a head

And bringing important issues to the foresk...um, I mean to the fore.

[Coyotl]

31. DUZY that be.

[lpbk2713]

2. Someone is taking their new marketing job way too seriously.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Word!

[pinboy3niner]

146. Gives the term 'hanging out' a whole new meaning

[Warren DeMontague]

14. Can you imagine how hot it must be in that suit?

[demwing]

21. Can you imagine the after work chit-chat?

Boss: Good job today Jimmy. Wanna grab a few cervasas?

Jimmy: I'd love to come! Let me get these balls off first and then I'm all over it!

[pinboy3niner]

123. A lot of cursing like a sailor? I hear the guy in the suit is a former semen.

[RedRocco]

131. takes sweaty balls to a whole new level

[pinboy3niner]

150. Maybe it's another testament to the benefits of Vitameatavegamin

Or not.

[LiberalEsto]

4. Hmmm

MFM did drop some hints about starting a new position, didn't he?

[BlueStreak]

7. You often see him marching in parades alongside Senhor Ricardo

The Brazilians aren't nearly as prudish about their bodies as Americans, obviously.

[Skraxx]

8. Cumming soon to a health ed class near you!

Are we sure this isn't the Tea Bagger's mascot?

[Iggo]

10. "Your testicles and you."

[pintobean]

116. That was my first thought

[Warren DeMontague]

11. Slight correction: Mr balls is not "new"

he's been hanging- or bouncing- around since at least this summer.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/mr-balls-testicular-cancer-mascot-brazil_n_3231914.html

[BainsBane]

25. Then why haven't you updated your calendar?

[Warren DeMontague]

29. To be fair, senor testiculo does not seem to bring flamefests wherever he ... Rolls

In fact, the ludicrosity of that damn outfit may be one of the few things this place agrees on.

[BainsBane]

34. That's O Senhor to you

Mind your manners.

Young people these days. Sheesh.

[Warren DeMontague]

72. nuts!

[1000words]

115. Hard to recover from that boner

[pinboy3niner]

149. If he'd just relax for a bit he wood do fine

[Motown_Johnny]

12. Is no one concerned for that poor girl?

Just who the hell made her pose for a photo next to that thing?

[BainsBane]

27. Dare we ask what's on her face?

[MADem]

36. MY question, too--hope she didn't catch it from that lowdown specimen to the left in the pic! nt

[Motown_Johnny]

40. Looks like face paint / fake tattoo to me

Looks as if this could have been taken at some type of school event.

[pinboy3niner]

126. The poor guy must get tired of people grabbing him and saying, "Turn your head and cough."

That probably gets old real fast.

[nadinbrzezinski]

142. Why the concern?

It's human anatomy.

We have them hang ups, no pun, they write themselves, fortunately these are not shared everywhere.

If I might get serious for a sec, testes cancer is a serious problem, so is mammary cancer (breast). So having anatomically correct mascots are a-ok with me.

[Niceguy1]

154. she's

Happy, who cares

[riqster]

13. He needs a theme song. I have just the thing!

http://m.

&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DgJ3tqIukBKg

[nomorenomore08]

46. "Some balls are held for charity and some for fancy dress, but when they're held for pleasure

they're the kind that I like best..."

[trumad]

15. Just posted this on Facebook

Possibly the funniest thing I've ever seen.

[last1standing]

20. Hahahaha! An implied gay joke! How funny!

Can we start making jokes about Jews and money now? Or maybe a suggestion about fried chicken and African-Americans?

There's nothing more funny than perpetuating stereotypes on a supposedly liberal webforum.

[msanthrope]

23. No, an implied Balls joke. Greenwald lives in Brazil. And he's a guy.

Most guys have balls, right?

[last1standing]

33. Not even a good save. You posted a homophobic joke and now you're trying to justify it.

Disgusting.

[msanthrope]

37. No--in fact I said I wasn't posting the joke. But since you are offended, I will delete.

I can only offer you my sad sack apology.

[AtheistCrusader]

44. Your double entendre in this comment actually reinforces what may have originally been a

incorrect interpretation. And the wink-wink-nudge-nudge 'I won't post the joke' doesn't help either.

[msanthrope]

54. Well, the offended party has put me in a hard position. I deleted what caused them to prick up

their ears and have offered an apology. What more should I do?

[AtheistCrusader]

57. ...

Again, I totally give you the benefit of the doubt, and will tomorrow, but in this thread... not helping. I can infer the joke, from your continued jokes, but it is easily associated with what that poster also interpreted it as and objected.

The whole thread fork seems regrettable.

[msanthrope]

66. There's been a movement on this board lately to classify criticism of Mr. Greenwald as "homophobic"

per se, merely because it is criticism of him....

This thread might give you a bit of background of the silliness and jury abuse---
http://upload.democraticunderground.com/10023648837

There'sa thread in ATA where Skinner addresses this--

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12593382

[Rex]

88. I honestly tried and tried to see how that term could be considered homophobic

but alas I now have to say that I just don't see it. We need to get Woodward on the phone to see if he can see it! I agree with what Skinner said.

[MADem]

42. I think you're trying too hard to play the "J'accuse" game. Check out the avatar of the person you

are scolding, why don't you? And now repeat your charge of "homophobia" with a straight face.

You do know what that avatar is in aid of, don't you? Or maybe you don't?

When I think Greenwald, I think Rio (pssst--that's in Brazil). He speaks perfect Portuguese, you know--that's why the Libertarian CATO Institute was attracted to him and hired him when they wanted to do a study in Portugal.

[AtheistCrusader]

47. And?

None of that explains the scrotum correlation.

Like, I'm genuinely curious what possibly could be a funny joke that would link Greenwald to this OP. I can't see it from here.
I'd totally give that poster the benefit of the doubt, having seen posting history, quite apart from the avatar, but .... responses downthread actually reinforced it, which is probably not intended at all.

I can totally see where the objection came from. I cannot see where the Greenwald joke was going.

[msanthrope]

56. As a poster downthread explains it....Mr. Greenwald's residence in Brazil, and his personality is

what makes this funny.

You did know that he lives in Brazil, right....

[AtheistCrusader]

58. I do, and you have clarified.

But I understand the misinterpretation too.

[msanthrope]

69. Please see my post 66 about recent Grrenwald critique......

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3921775

[AtheistCrusader]

77. I agree with skinner.

Possibly I was just played. (You may have guessed that this thread attracted my attention because I was on a jury.) But I cannot know.

I wish I did know, because it is MIRT-worthy if your suspicion is true.

[msanthrope]

84. Jury for my post? Oh--I have noticed that Mr. Greenwald's supporters tend to have a very, very thin

skin when it come to him, much like Mr. Greenwald himself.

[AtheistCrusader]

87. No, jury for his post.

Full disclosure, I take a dim view of personal attacks on Greenwald (and other public figures, even ones I don't super-like myself) but I am completely open to factual criticism of Greenwald.

[msanthrope]

90. Oh...I tend to let personal attacks stand. They speak more about the poster than me. nt

[MADem]

59. You should read ATA more often.

Ted Cruz's name came up in a similar vein there. He's not gay, near as I can tell.

I can see a number of jokes, totally--having nothing to do with orientation. Sad sack, lying sack, take your pick.

Trying to make that kind of "you're anti-gay" accusation--without ANY proof, in fact, with proof to the contrary staring you right in the face-- is a bridge too far, IMO.

It is an OBVIOUS and blatant attempt to get a poster who supports equality a "Hide" with some faux outrage.

The doubling down, too, with insistent repeated carping (you will take my point!!!), is disruptive. No one here thinks msanthrope is homophobic or anti-gay in any way, and making that suggestion is what is offensive, not silly little jokes about meat and veg.

[msanthrope]

95. Thank you. nt

[MADem]

102. Anytime. You are being falsely accused on this thread, and I think it makes DU suck.

Chan790 got a chunk of it, too, and it's just not right.

What was that thing that Labor Secretary under Saint Ronnie of Warmongering said?

"What office do I go to to get my reputation back?

Toss enough shit and hope it sticks, that's what I'm seeing, and I don't like it.

People who fling out accusations had better be damned sure they have their facts straight. I find it really curious that anyone with YOUR good reputation down the years, sporting THAT AVATAR you've got going, especially, would be accused in the way you've been in this thread. Repeatedly--by someone who wants to shut you up because they don't like your opinions, not because you're bigoted in ANY way. It's outrageous.

[Rex]

103. In all the years here, I have never seen msanthrope say anything homophobic.

And after hearing such a claim - I went and looked all over DU, it would piss me off to no end if someone was using that avatar and a homophobic troll...nothing, nada, zip, ziltch.

It is simply not true. End of story.

[AtheistCrusader]

96. I didn't know about that ATA thread until msanthrope linked it.

[MADem]

104. I have seen msanthrope around here since the beginning of DU.

She's been here longer than most anyone. She has a great sense of humor.

She's not a homophobe, she's not a bigot. She never has been.

Everyone KNOWS this.

Even without her EQUALITY avatar, anyone who accuses her of bigotry is doing it for reasons other than any demonstration of prejudice. And doubling down on the accusations, repeating them over and over again, as if by repeating an untruth, it will suddenly become true? I think that is some seriously lousy conduct.

[Chan790]

32. See, I read that as "Glenn Greenwald is a scrote"

Which isn't so much funny as accurate. He is also a massive toolbox but nobody has posted a picture today of one of those. (yet.)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scrote

[msanthrope]

38. I offered my sad sack apology to the offended party--he seemed testy. nt

[last1standing]

41. So you delete one homophobic joke and make another?

Now you've decided to hit me personally with bigoted remarks. Nice.

[msanthrope]

52. Mistaking puns for jokes is no way to go through life---it's a prickly point of English usage, but I

cannot allow you to elevate my flaccid humor to something it is not.

[last1standing]

67. Nothing funnier than making penis jokes about gay men. HAHAHAHAHA!

Keep going. I believe in shining a light on bigotry.

[msanthrope]

73. Actually, it was a balls joke about a resident of Brazil, but I appreciate the opportunity you

have given me to expose an interesting trend regarding Greenwald critique and false allegations of homophobia.

As outlined in my post #66, some posters think using a political term like 'ratfucking' regarding Mr. Greenwald is homophobic. Do you agree?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3921775

[last1standing]

39. Always nice to see an enabler pop in.

So if it's fine to compare a gay man to a scrotum, is it alright to compare an African-American man with a monkey?

Or are only certain forms of bigotry acceptable in your mind?

[Chan790]

48. His homosexuality is irrelevant.

The guy's a jackass. Your complaint might have more credibility to it if you weren't looking for reasons to be outraged. Calling someone a scrote isn't homophobic regardless if they're gay or straight, male or female. It in no way makes them any more-or-less of one.

Calling Greenwald a scrote is so unlike calling Obama a monkey that you should be ashamed for making the allusion of comparison.

[Rex]

63. I got the joke (both from Brazil) but now I guess I should question

my whole worldview now. Unless people keep reminding me that GG is a gay man, I forget all about it. Some around here think he is a ball bag (thank you UK for that wonderful term) and some do not. I agree with you, those two comparisons are way way way off the mark.

[msanthrope]

75. "Ball bag?" From the wonderful culture that has already given us the term "wanker?" New favorite!nt

[Rex]

80. Got to love the UK! Sensible and honest!

[riqster]

121. Was it a joke about getting a "Brazilian?"

That would be hard to laugh at. Because I bet it would HURT when they removed the wax.

[whathehell]

64. Thank you n/t

[last1standing]

65. Ah. So you're not merely an enabler.

At least it's good to put it out in the open.

[Chan790]

82. Aw, bless your heart. n/t

[MADem]

76. Wow---you went there with the monkey thing? Now we know where YOUR head is at....

What made you use THAT example? What's going on in YOUR head?

See?

How do you like it? That "J'accuse" shoe doesn't fit so well on the other foot, does it?


You need to just quit. Msanthrope is no more a homophobe than you are behaving civilly in this thread.

[Rex]

81. Today seems to be a wacky day for some here, for some reason.

BBI!

[msanthrope]

85. I've noticed that when a big one goes down, shit gets weird. nt

[Rex]

91. It does!

Just noticing that myself.

[msanthrope]

93. Socks get pulled out of the dryer, and static electrcity that causes tends to send a ripple. nt

[Rex]

99. Too many socks and too many open browser windows imo!

nt.

[MADem]

100. Preach it, sister.

I hope Earl G has an eye out...

Not literally, of course....then he'd need an eye patch!

[msanthrope]

132. Shit---that was easy....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3923079

[MADem]

92. Ain't THAT the truth! nt

[MADem]

113. Sorta like "Ted Cruz is a dick." And we had an admin weigh in on that 'un!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12593745#post1

Skinner (58,433 posts)
1. The administrators don't hide posts. They are hidden by a jury of your peers.

When your post was hidden, you should have received a DU Mail message explaining why it was hidden.

The alerter said this: This is a sexist video of shot after shot of boobies. Even in the lounge, sexism is not allowed on DU.

Juror #4 said this: NSFW so I didn't watch it, but nonetheless it sounds inappropriate for DU. Recommend posting it on 4chan instead.

Juror #5 said this: Alerted is right. Lounge is for humor--not blatant sexist objectification of women.

As for the picture of Ted Cruz's head shaped like a penis, I suspect that was allowed to stay because Ted Cruz is a dick.

[Rex]

18. I saw a picture of his cousin the other day, in the middle of a parade no less.

[BainsBane]

24. No, Ted Cruz is Cuban

[Rex]

26. :Drumroll:

[MADem]

51. OK, my curiosity knows no bounds. Why are these Japanese people parading a pink penis through the

town?

Please don't tell me it has anything to do with the Cherry Blossom Festival....

[Rex]

55. You are kinda warm there!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanamara_Matsuri

Festival of the Steel Phallus!

[MADem]

60. Lawd hev mercy!!!!

I love DU--I learn something new every day....

[Rex]

70. It is a wonderful place!

I have to admit I've learned more from LBN over the years, than from any other website or news organization on the planet.

And I've had more real LOLs from posters on DU, then anywhere else. Hands down, we have the most creative bunch here then anywhere else!

GG and BB. Hey that rhymes!

[theHandpuppet]

53. Oh look! It's a memorial parade for Milton Berle!

... or was that Roddy McDowall?

[MADem]

79. Oh, stop....yer killin' me....!!!!

He was said to have quite the rubirosa, and cut a wide swathe in his younger years....

[Chan790]

19. I thought that was a Congressman from Texas?

[Rex]

28. Wait...which one is the mascot and which one...oh nm I see the text now.

DAM! It is like looking at twins!

EDIT - you should make this a separate OP! I still cannot believe how much they look alike!

[TeeYiYi]

35. Uncanny! ..nt

TYY

[GoCubsGo]

159. I really wish I could un-see that.

Pass the brain bleach, please.

[BainsBane]

22. Looks like a case for a Brazilian

wax, that is.

[Nye Bevan]

68. Yes, a modicum of "manscaping" would not go amiss (nt)

[Coyotl]

30. I want to take him on an Awareness Tour to fundamentalist mega-churches

[pinboy3niner]

43. He'd fit perfectly in a Creationism museum

[TheCowsCameHome]

45. Nice to see Ron Jeremy again.

[theHandpuppet]

49. I've got a neighbor with one of those...

... it's hanging from the trailer hitch on his pickup truck.

[whathehell]

61. Looks like someone's taken Realism a bit far..

:

[pinboy3niner]

147. This practice should be scrotinized closely before implementing it here

Or is it 'scrotumized'? Somebody borrowed my Roget's Testaurus.

[whathehell]

148. I agree, LOL!

be it "scrotinized" or "scrotimized"...FYI: I do believe it's the latter.

[Nye Bevan]

62. Well, if anything is going to remind me of the need for regular testicular self-examination,

it's a giant anthopomorphic grinning set of male genitals.

THANK YOU Senor Testiculo, for doing what you do.

[scheming daemons]

71. Señor Testiculo is a great username for my next account

..

[pinboy3niner]

78. You're going to register a sack puppet?

[MADem]

86. Ha ha ha! nt

[petronius]

98. It's difficult to stand out from all the other brilliant LOLs in this thread...

... but you have taken it to the next and highest level!

[scheming daemons]

111. you win the thread

[Chan790]

94. He's Brazilian.

No ñ. They use Portuguese vocabulary, alphabet and spelling.

It's "senhor" rather than "señor".

(Also, you might want to avoid the name. It's my new DU euphemism for Blake Farenthold and I expect it might catch on.)

[MADem]

106. So...Senhor Testiculo is .... BRAZIL NUTS!!!

[pinboy3niner]

107. We're gonna need...

...a bigger jockstrap.

[MADem]

112. .........

[Initech]

74. Oh nuts!!!

[bobGandolf]

83. No freaking way!!

That is ridiculous!

[Keefer]

97. This is an old story, but

It's still funny!

Posted: 05/07/2013 5:42 pm EDT | Updated: 05/08/2013 10:29 am EDT

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/mr-balls-testicular-cancer-mascot-brazil_n_3231914.html

[NuclearDem]

101. You know, when we say "grow some balls"...

Didn't mean it quite that literally, Brazil.

[bigendian]

105. Forget politics.

THIS is why I read DU.

[steve2470]

108. definitely no Puritan or fundamentalist Christian angst about testicles in Brasil no senhor

One thing I do like about Brasil lol

[pinboy3niner]

139. Pendulous observation!

[steve2470]

140. takes balls to say that :p nt

[MisterP]

155. but the UCKG likes to kick whatever it doesn't like...

[pinboy3niner]

109. If that's the mascot...

...I don't think I want to see the marching band...

[dogknob]

110. Oh hell yes. We have a weiner! n/t

[Ilsa]

117. I have to wonder if they create mascots

for STDs, cervical cancer, etc.

[pinboy3niner]

118. "Who ordered the super-sized Rocky Mountain Oysters?"

[nadinbrzezinski]

120. DUUUZZZZYYYYY

[pinboy3niner]

135. I suspect this whole thread will end up in the next edition

[nadinbrzezinski]

136. Yup

[riqster]

122. They always mind the bollocks! nt

[ohheckyeah]

124. We need to

snip this in the bud.

[pinboy3niner]

125. I vas going to agree, but now I recommend we remain neuteral on that

But I will deferens to whatever the majority decides.

[ohheckyeah]

134. I agree as long as it is

the vas majority.

[nadinbrzezinski]

141. That is vas deferens for you!!!

[pinboy3niner]

145. Urethra for it or against it--there is no middle ground

[Baitball Blogger]

127. I hear that his second job is playing the role of "The Blob."

[MrMickeysMom]

128. Hey... what's that smell?

It was inevitable in this thread....

[randome]

133. Is it any different from 'mamming'?

Progressives in general support having candid conversations about women's anatomy. Why not men's? Why would balls be 'disgusting'?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[Egalitarian Thug]

137. Makes me remember that it is that time of year again...

Shitty video, but NBC is one the world's largest assholes...

[pinboy3niner]

138. A classic!

[pinboy3niner]

144. Drawing a smiley face like that upside down is harder than it looks!

But at least I thought to use permanent marker, so I don't have to re-draw my health reminder after every shower.

[Jesus Malverde]

151. Needs to get together with the Healthy Penis Campaign

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/03/healthy-penis-campaign_n_3211652.html

[pinboy3niner]

152. Judging by his expression, he's seen Senhor Testiculo

[MADem]

153. Certainly a better looking specimen than Ted Cruz, I must say! nt

[47of74]

156. I see Mama mentioned Senhor Testiculo this morning...

...got a kick out of how much fun they had with Mr. Balls too!

[bullwinkle428]

157. That's why they call him...THE LEADER OF THE SACK!!

Directly stolen from Jim Ward on this morning's show!

[pinboy3niner]

158. Handling this subject in a mature, adult manner is a sackred trust

A responsibility that we take very seriously here, obviously.

[47of74]

160. Or how about "Weiner of the Sack?"

[pinboy3niner]

161. Well that gives 'sack racing' a WHOLE new meaning

[47of74]

162. Oh, you could not pay me to dress up as Mr. Balls for Halloween.

You could take every penny from every member of the one percent along with all Fortune 500 companies and offer it to me and that would still not be enough to convince me to dress up as Senhor Testiculo for Halloween!