# Post a link to something beautiful. No arguing, no cheesecake, & no beefcake, please. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021 "2015-01-27T17:19:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/21 "2015-01-27T18:57:25Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Gerome’s Bathsheba? I just clicked it and it did. I’m not getting it. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/22 "2015-01-27T18:59:33Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I’m not getting it. [Here is a better link, I hope. To to page itself rather than a hotlink.](http://allart.biz/photos/image/jean_leon_gerome_123_bathsheba.html) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/23 "2015-01-27T19:18:25Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > [Here is a better link, I hope. To to page itself rather than a hotlink.](http://allart.biz/photos/image/jean_leon_gerome_123_bathsheba.html) Beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/24 "2015-01-27T19:20:43Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Beautiful! You’re welcome, and I have taken a fiver from your wallet for my trouble. PS: Who the hell writes their ATM PIN down and keeps it next to the card? Are you TRYING to enable my thievery? ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/25 "2015-01-27T19:26:44Z")
The works of **Paul Klee**. _Ancient Sound_: [http://pauledel.blog.lemonde.fr/files/2012/07/paul-klee.jpg](http://pauledel.blog.lemonde.fr/files/2012/07/paul-klee.jpg) _Fantastic Flora_: [http://stiftung-moritzburg.de/uploads/pics/gemaelde4.jpg](http://stiftung-moritzburg.de/uploads/pics/gemaelde4.jpg) _Prestidigitator (Conjuring Trick)_: [http://www.kunstkopie.de/kunst/paul\_klee\_11025/1-zauberkuenstler.jpg](http://www.kunstkopie.de/kunst/paul_klee_11025/1-zauberkuenstler.jpg) _Before the Snow_: [http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/531/1442/1600/paul\_klee-before\_the\_snow.jpg](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/531/1442/1600/paul_klee-before_the_snow.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/26 "2015-01-27T19:30:04Z")
[http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=frozen+waves+on+lake+michigan&qpvt=frozen+waves+on+lake+michigan&qpvt=frozen+waves+on+lake+michigan&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=0736D2F1150039E0967E82AAC4112D818F8AAA0C&selectedIndex=11](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=frozen+waves+on+lake+michigan&qpvt=frozen+waves+on+lake+michigan&qpvt=frozen+waves+on+lake+michigan&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=0736D2F1150039E0967E82AAC4112D818F8AAA0C&selectedIndex=11) This is my first go at posting a link. Hope it works. I grew up along Lake Michigan and was always enchanted by the way waves would freeze in action. Sometimes very dramatic like the pictures show, other times smaller, but still recognizable as waves. This was my “Frozen”, long before Elsa and the Disney movie came along. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/27 "2015-01-27T19:31:22Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > [Here is a better link, I hope. To to page itself rather than a hotlink.](http://allart.biz/photos/image/jean_leon_gerome_123_bathsheba.html) Don’t kid, Skald. 19th C. Orientalist painting had a _thick_ element of cheesecake to it. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/28 "2015-01-27T19:34:13Z")
> **[Randall Made Knives » Model 1 – All Purpose Fighting Knife](https://www.randallknives.com/knives/model-1-all-purpose-fighting-knife/)** An American classic. Its lines are as iconic as those of a 1963 Corvette Stingray. Bo Randall was an artist in steel and leather. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/29 "2015-01-27T19:34:48Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Don’t kid, Skald. 19th C. Orientalist painting had a _thick_ element of cheesecake to it. I just didn’t want an endless series of bikini pics. Also, there’s more to that picture’s beauty than the naked pic. I used to have a print of it on my wall, and on our third date, my wife saw it and expounded long and brilliantly on the many ways it is brilliant; Bathsheba’s ass did not come into it. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/30 "2015-01-27T19:39:02Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I just didn’t want an endless series of bikini pics. > > Also, there’s more to that picture’s beauty than the naked pic. I used to have a print of it on my wall, and on our third date, my wife saw it and expounded long and brilliantly on the many ways it is brilliant; Bathsheba’s ass did not come into it. Small world. I’ve been using that image as wallpaper for about 5 years or so. It is a beautiful painting. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/31 "2015-01-27T19:43:16Z")
[Friar’s Bay, St Martin](https://sxmworld.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/friars-bay.jpg). That’s Anguilla on the horizon. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/32 "2015-01-27T19:54:37Z")
You didn’t say “no cats”. [Snow Leopard in snow](https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10930113_756554474440370_3245451462121938514_n.jpg?oh=263f377b785a7e674d4ef46cf0188d30&oe=55595D1B& __gda__ =1428784071_f577b2646f42865977a2ee848fb298e1) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/33 "2015-01-27T19:54:38Z")
[Mother and child.](http://attorneynegotiationcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/florida-child-support-mother-and-child.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/34 "2015-01-27T19:56:37Z")
[Stars](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/0a/59/70/0a597008e2b8ef60f6efbe36b760adc4.jpg) - Maxfield Parish. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/35 "2015-01-27T20:05:07Z")
[The Second Largest Aquarium Tank In The World](http://youtu.be/u7deClndzQw). Lemme give some instructions for maximum impact:[ol] [li]Pause the vid immediately when the page comes up.[/li][li]Make sure you’re loading the HD version. If not, make the change and pause the vid again if it starts.[/li][li]Go full-screen.[/li][li]Wait a few seconds to load some data in the buffer.[/li][li]Make sure your speakers are on.[/li][li]Play the video.[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/36 "2015-01-27T20:14:15Z")
[http://www.universetoday.com/118500/super-saturn-has-an-enormous-ring-system-and-maybe-even-exomoons/](http://www.universetoday.com/118500/super-saturn-has-an-enormous-ring-system-and-maybe-even-exomoons/) Our universe is so beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/37 "2015-01-27T20:18:38Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > _Mary, Did You Know?_ by Pentatonix. Good choice. I’m not Christian any more, but when I heard their version I couldn’t stop crying. Such an amazing group. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/38 "2015-01-27T20:18:51Z")
[My Beloved.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E94iiHbLAJ8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/9AAWYu9VrE0/photo.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/39 "2015-01-27T20:27:31Z")
[Antelope Slot](https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=643&q=antelope+canyon&oq=antelope&gs_l=img.1.0.0l10.1678.4955.0.7911.8.6.0.2.2.0.208.855.0j4j1.5.0.msedr...0...1ac.1.61.img..1.7.891.KnoYgVJ3cyI) ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021/40 "2015-01-27T21:05:32Z")
[God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H6XEIEqYik) by Postmodern Jukebox. I think it’s awesome anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-link-to-something-beautiful-no-arguing-no-cheesecake-no-beefcake-please/711021.md?page=3)