We get that different cultures have different definitions of what is decent and what isn't -- wearing a thong could get you arrested in some parts of the world, while in others it's the accepted dress code for a dinner party. However, some governments seem to go out of their way to come up with the most ridiculous measures to preserve the modesty of their citizens, to the point where these "solutions" seem way more embarrassing to us than the thing they're supposed to prevent. For instance ...

5 Iran's Government Digitally Edits Hollywood Films to Add Modesty

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The Iranian government has a problem (well, many problems). The people of Iran love watching American movies, but the government has over three dozen ridiculous rules about what you can't show in a film. Rules like no close-ups of women's faces, no shots of men and women sitting close together, and no showing bearded men in a bad light (we actually agree with that one).

These rules would leave out most of Hollywood's output, but that wouldn't stop Iranians from getting their hands on such films through illegal means. So, rather than banning every movie ever, the government censors allow them to play in cinemas, but they use digital technology to modify anything they consider obscene. Like this lady's cleavage:



"Dude, check out those jugs!"

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That's a Kirk Cameron religious movie, by the way. Kirk Cameron is too raunchy for Iran. TV shows are made more modest, too: In Iran's version of Lost, one of the weird paranormal effects of the island is that cartoon shirts spontaneously appear on all of the female characters:



"Flawless work, great job."

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And just because Will Ferrell doesn't have boobs, that doesn't mean the Iranian government wants to see him naked -- in Iran's version of Talladega Nights, a fence grows 3 feet in order to cover Ferrell's bare chest.