Though The Spinoff hasn’t viewed them, it understands some were quite pornographic.

Sure you haven't.

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[–] 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Still, as is often the case with lust, the feeling petered out naturally. Likes stopped pouring in for Buck. The eruption of passion may have fizzled completely if it wasn’t for the events of September 16, when Kiwibank started sending out floods of legal notices aimed at scrubbing any images of Buck that were connected to a sexual thought, feeling or sentiment from the internet.

It's 2026, how do some people still not understand the Streisand Effect?

DMCA this, buddies.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    They got a bunch of people to watch their ads by doing this. What makes you think they don't understand it?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Any other business, I might think so. But they're a bank, and right now they're a laughingstock. This is not something banks generally want.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    we are never beating the sheep shagger allegations

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago

    Cmon Kiwibank, let people like the hot sheep!

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago

    I didn't realise we had so many Australians settling here.

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    [–] 9 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    If they didn't want people to lust after their mascot, they shouldn't have given her "fuck me" eyes and a sultry smile. How could they not know?

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