The “before pornhub” one really bothers me, because it seems to be implying that walking up to random women and assaulting them is something that should happen more.

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    Wait the sailor and the woman weren’t lovers? It was always implied to us that they were…

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      The kiss was forced and the woman had no say in the matter. They didn’t know each other and never even said a single word to each other, before or after.

      Even better? The sailor had a fiancé and was engaged… and decided sexually assaulting a random woman was a good choice. Really a stand up era.

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        That’s so much worse eew. He was just so “caught up in the moment” that he sexually assaulted a random woman and probably pissed off his wife in the process. What are the chances that his wife didn’t see one of the most famous pictures of the 20th century??!

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        Well the good news is that they’ve stopped using this image so much despite being so iconic.

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        That’s fucking awful, I always see that picture used as like a stock image for romance 🤢

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        seriously? I thought they would have at least known each other. I had no idea she was just a random woman.

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          Yep, apparently he just liked her Dental Assistants uniform since it reminded him of a nurses uniform. That was his only reasoning behind sexually assaulting a random woman on the street.

          A whole week after the surrender of Japan

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      I think the woman accused the man of assault.