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Re: Out of context and funny quotes thread. Where trying too hard becomes art.
« Reply #13500 on: February 28, 2017, 04:13:55 pm »
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Re: Out of context and funny quotes thread. Where trying too hard becomes art.
« Reply #13501 on: February 28, 2017, 04:22:19 pm »
I might be misremembering, but I don't think regular old imagespam threads are allowed on B12. Things like the art thread get a free pass, but a thread consisting entirely of random images that people find amusing? Probably not.
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Re: Out of context and funny quotes thread. Where trying too hard becomes art.
« Reply #13502 on: February 28, 2017, 04:33:17 pm »
Mind you, there's stuff like the desktop thread(s?), too. Images allowed probably wouldn't be that big of a deal.

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« Reply #13503 on: February 28, 2017, 04:34:51 pm »
I was more worried about a thread entirely dedicated to contextless images, actually.
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Re: Out of context and funny quotes thread. Where trying too hard becomes art.
« Reply #13504 on: February 28, 2017, 05:03:30 pm »
Quote from: Sirus on February 28, 2017, 04:22:19 pm
I might be misremembering, but I don't think regular old imagespam threads are allowed on B12. Things like the art thread get a free pass, but a thread consisting entirely of random images that people find amusing? Probably not.
That was due to it being imagespam :P If people have worries that they're posting too many images, they can link it instead--that's not what the imagespam threads had going for them (and instead were things filled with nothing but images).

However while I agree with you on the skepticism about it, I'd add that such an image thread should be also better off with additional rules (ie Link if image is too big, which generally goes for all images of 600 pixel sizes in either height or width or more) as no other imagethread ever had that kind of reasoning.
Quote from: Sirus on February 28, 2017, 04:34:51 pm
I was more worried about a thread entirely dedicated to contextless images, actually.
And this too. But let's test it...and probably ask Toady's opinion, because part of my agreement also goes to the idea that there are images that do help folks--as I've seen many places hosting images that have good ideas in them. :O
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« Reply #13505 on: February 28, 2017, 05:42:35 pm »
Quote from: IronTomato on February 28, 2017, 03:12:14 pm
Spoiler: image, for experimental porpoises (click to show/hide)
This is an amusing image, but it is most certainly not one that could be classified under "funny, and only funny when lacking context". A bad start to this experiment.
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Re: Out of context and funny quotes thread. Where trying too hard becomes art.
« Reply #13506 on: February 28, 2017, 05:51:17 pm »
I asked toady once about image only threads, and he said it was ok.

That said, yeah not a stellar start.

I think what image actually qualifies is rather vague as well...
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Re: Out of context and funny quotes thread. Where trying too hard becomes art.
« Reply #13507 on: February 28, 2017, 07:20:40 pm »
I would recommend allowing (ideally subtitled) screenshots from movies, TV, video games, and the like. The prompting post from HugoLuman is a perfect example of an image that works in the spirit of the thread--the humor couldn't have been conveyed through text alone, making an image necessary, but the scene and associated text in the depicted screenshot is weird and euphemistic in a way befitting the style of a normal post.
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Re: Out of context and funny quotes thread. Where trying too hard becomes art.
« Reply #13508 on: February 28, 2017, 07:48:58 pm »
Ah, but there's a slipperily slope there. Do we allow gifs?
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Re: Out of context and funny quotes thread. Where trying too hard becomes art.
« Reply #13509 on: February 28, 2017, 07:53:20 pm »
Only if they're static, imo. Probably should avoid animated stuff. That way lies madness and visually painful thread pages.
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Re: Out of context and funny quotes thread. Where trying too hard becomes art.
« Reply #13510 on: February 28, 2017, 08:21:00 pm »
Here are a couple of images that may count?  Offering as a test (not pure egotism I swear).
http://i.imgur.com/mqNs5zg.png
http://i.imgur.com/BGtLo74.png
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The first one is pretty confusing without context, the second is kinda self-contained without context...  Not sure which fits the goal better.
Actually, since screenshots of movies were mentioned, here's one of my favorites:
http://i.imgur.com/wDEC02K.png

I also have random images like an ogre riding a sparkly unicorn, but that seems way too vague.  Everyone has tons of pictures like that.  Maybe there should be an "original content" limitation?
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Re: Out of context and funny quotes thread. Where trying too hard becomes art.
« Reply #13511 on: February 28, 2017, 08:49:28 pm »
I think Tawa may be right, that out of context screenshots from movies/games/videos better fits the theme than just any random picture.
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Re: Out of context and funny quotes thread. Where trying too hard becomes art.
« Reply #13512 on: February 28, 2017, 08:55:08 pm »
Meanwhile imgur is 503'ing.
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Re: Out of context and funny quotes thread. Where trying too hard becomes art.
« Reply #13513 on: March 01, 2017, 06:53:22 am »
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Re: Out of context and funny quotes thread. Where trying too hard becomes art.
« Reply #13514 on: March 01, 2017, 11:55:38 am »
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