Ever owned or received a card that makes you feel embarrassed?

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It would fit well in my collection of rude and offensive cards. It does make me wonder why anyone would pay to print such cards.

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Heck, Iā€™m a hypochondriac and I love them! :sweat_smile:

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I own the syphilis plushie and I love them! A good example for people who have a weird taste I guess. :speak_no_evil::heart_eyes:

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I once came across a profile that requested erotic postcards, ironically I had one of a book cover (it came as part of a pelican book collection) it was titled girls and sex and the image was of a woman who was excessively naked. I was only to happy to remove it from my collection and the receipt was pleased :joy:

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I once got a postcard showing a fully nude man. :see_no_evil: Donā€™t get me wrong I love me some hot bods buuuuut not when I rely on my mum to collect my cards and took pics of them so I can register them. :see_no_evil:

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I only received 3 cards. Letā€™s see if anything embarrassing arrives! I love the odd and funny!!!

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I received one that I thought was very strange. It was of a celebrity (not one familiar to me) and it was a multi-view of her in a bikini from several different angles, some cropped rather specifically.

As for one I bought and still have because I havenā€™t come across the profile to send it to ā€“ one I bought in Rome of the statue of David or rather part of it :wink: with sunglasses and a speech bubble saying ā€œCiao!ā€ Iā€™m not exactly embarrassed, but I no longer remember where I thought that one would go!

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I recently received a card that I found really shocking. It was about an ā€œpompous manā€ who, on April 1st is taken with his wife to the mountains to see the elusive ā€œegg breading goatā€.
While he is distracted, you can see two men in the background groping his wife at her breasts and butt, the bubble says: Donā€™t worry, weā€™ll take special care of your little wife.
I think this was supposed to be funny?? While I appreciate the making fun of arrogant people, how did the sender not realize how misogynistic and sexist this card was?? Did the sender think molesting women is funny? I already reported it to the Postcrossing- teamā€¦

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I once bought a sauna postcard without realising that there were naked children in the picture, their private parts showing way too clearly. I guess the card was printed in the 1980s or earlier. I didnā€™t send the card to anyone but threw it away.

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Oh god, that is so brilliant! Now I know what to do if I ever receive a profile like that! I had a good laugh! :smiley:

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One of my brothers gave his girlfriend syphilis for her birthday one year and she loved it.

Aaaand Iā€™ll add that sentence to my list of things that should only be said with proper context :innocent:

Iā€™mā€¦a bit scared to ask. Did she still have her skin on at least? :stuck_out_tongue:

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The weirder the better for me. That would of been the perfect card for me.

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I love to send this one


Still have a couple of them.
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Probably this one. The ad says ā€œLooking for a lost puppyā€. I have another one which looks like a pile of sh_t but states that itā€™s a building.

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Ouch thatā€™s gonna hurt :rofl::rofl:

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Maybe I used the wrong word :joy::joy:she was extremely naked :joy::joy::joy:

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In the early years of postcrossing I received a card in lithuanian saying how hot are latin names and latin people kind of speech. Only knew it when I asked for a translation here in the forum. We had a good laugh.

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Well, I share with you a story that got me embarrassed. I once sent a postcard to China and drew some lines around the address that Iā€™ve written in red. The receiver told me that only names of dead people were written in red in China - the same thing with a square around a personā€™s name, so I got 100 points for a complete failure. :sweat_smile:
I have to admit, since Iā€™m not superstitious, I also had to laugh. :speak_no_evil:
BUT I apologised, of course! :slight_smile:
Thatā€™s why I only write the addresses in blue or black.

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Oh, this reminded me of the one time I came across nude cards in this book shop. I was happy that I would be finally able to send that kind of cards to people who like them. I took one of each picture there was. Maybe 10 in total and the only thing I bought. I felt so awkward handing them to the cashier!

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Oh holy macaroni! A Covid-19 Christmas ornament! Iā€™d love to have one of those! I imagine myself as an old grandmother, telling my grandkids ā€œoh, I got that one during the covid-19 pandemic back in 2020!ā€
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