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Dennis J. Squidbunny
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| and now I'd like to make a joke about how jpegs of people holding handwritten signs gave Darqcyde polio when he was a child. |
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Dennis J. Squidbunny
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| Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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ooookay and on further inspection that tumblr led to another tumblr that has several different pictures of who I believe to be the same girl -- but I guess it's still possible she wrote something different on the sign, and it was changed because of REASONS.
also figured maybe I won't put the link here because she probably doesn't need a load of referral traffic leading her to a forum full of douchebags debating over whether her sign is real or not. |
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Willem
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| Samsally wrote: | | Is it terrible just thinking about joining these discussions makes me feel tired and down? |
I think everybody has that to a certain extent about a lot of topics. It's part fighting against something that has no end in sight, part compassion fatigue, I think. It's mostly on the internet for me, though. I can still get animated about pretty much anything in real life. Online, discussions last for ages and the people with the worst opinions are also the ones that will keep spouting them until they 'win' by outlasting you. Or they use every dirty trick in the book and lie their arses off while you're trying to approach the whole thing in good faith.
It's all a bit depressing, yeah.
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Willem
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| Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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also, darq, /b/ will never be a valid reason to do, think or say anything. in fact, you should be doing the exact opposite of what they're doing. you're deferring your judgement to a bunch of 13-year olds
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Darqcyde
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| ShadowCell wrote: | and the point sails over his head like a Drew Brees pass...
riddle me this, though: what difference does it make what "the original picture" said? especially if you cannot produce said picture? refer back to willem's post |
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| Willem wrote: | why does it matter if it's real or not? i mean, it obviously is, but why are you so concerned with the possibility that someone took the time to photoshop something they could have easily faked in easier and more convincing ways? or they could've easily found an actually legit picture and just repost it
and why did you choose to share your concerns with the rest of the world? |
You all are missing my point. It's not 'obviously real', maybe 5-6 years ago, but image manipulation has come a looooong way and is ridiculous easy to do anymore. People fake this kind of stuff, with this kind of content ALL THE TIME. For no reason. For lots of reasons. For no good reason.
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| Quote: | darq, /b/ will never be a valid reason to do, think or say anything. in fact, you should be doing the exact opposite of what they're doing. you're deferring your judgement to a bunch of 13-year olds
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You're still trying to answer the 'why'. That's moot. It does happen, regardless of why it happens, what you or I think should happen, it is a commonplace occurance.
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That aside, with Dennis's post OMFG -- we have context delivered. That's what I said at the beginning -- without context it's suspect. A random picture not referenced to anything lacks context. Now knowing the blog exist, I'm no longer suspicious. Prior to that, regardless of what you think, there could have been any number of reasons that picture existed. Hell, for all I knew there was an entire blog made up of just her image with people replacing the message with different messages.
But none of that matters now, context was provided, so I now assume it's legit and that poor girl went through horrible shit and then again went through more horrible shit via people telling her to be 'thankful for being raped'.
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WheelsOfConfusion
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| Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe you're getting a little crazy. |
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Darqcyde
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| Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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Nah, overly pessimistic. I went crazy years ago. I couldn't find it, but I know I've read at least one story where someone went on a social media site and spread rumors about a girl being raped in order to humiliate and embarrass her. I've come to terms with the fact that I tend to assume the worse more readily than other people here on this forum.
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Snorri
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| Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Darqcyde wrote: | | ShadowCell wrote: | and the point sails over his head like a Drew Brees pass...
riddle me this, though: what difference does it make what "the original picture" said? especially if you cannot produce said picture? refer back to willem's post |
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| Willem wrote: | why does it matter if it's real or not? i mean, it obviously is, but why are you so concerned with the possibility that someone took the time to photoshop something they could have easily faked in easier and more convincing ways? or they could've easily found an actually legit picture and just repost it
and why did you choose to share your concerns with the rest of the world? |
You all are missing my point. It's not 'obviously real', maybe 5-6 years ago, but image manipulation has come a looooong way and is ridiculous easy to do anymore. People fake this kind of stuff, with this kind of content ALL THE TIME. For no reason. For lots of reasons. For no good reason. |
The point is is that that is not actually relevant. Even if it was fake, the message is still important and true (only perhaps not for the specific person). We need feminism because there is some fucked up shit in this world.
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Samsally
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Patty: *fistbump* While it's nice to know I'm not alone, it's not something I would wish on people.
Thy: It's all pretty terrible.
Dogen: Yeah, this keeps cropping up at work. I keep getting tricked into arguing and then realizing 'shit, this is not the time nor the place'.
Willem: I generally prefer online discussions because I'm pretty ass at arguing things in real life. I still default to avoiding confrontation (which I guess is probably for the best, considering this shit keeps happening at work). I have an abysmal memory, so I can't quote facts and I can lose my original point very easily.
But hey, I really appreciate all the responses.
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Willem
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| Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Darqcyde wrote: | You all are missing my point. It's not 'obviously real', maybe 5-6 years ago, but image manipulation has come a looooong way and is ridiculous easy to do anymore. People fake this kind of stuff, with this kind of content ALL THE TIME. For no reason. For lots of reasons. For no good reason.
You're still trying to answer the 'why'. That's moot. It does happen, regardless of why it happens, what you or I think should happen, it is a commonplace occurance. |
your entire point was that it's technically possible for images to be altered congratulations for pointing that out
here, i made an image to prove your point:
| Quote: | | Prior to that, regardless of what you think, there could have been any number of reasons that picture existed. Hell, for all I knew there was an entire blog made up of just her image with people replacing the message with different messages. |
Give me those reasons. And give me your reasoning for being suspicious about this at all. Tell me why it's important that you're 100% sure it's real. Also what snorri said.
Also you're an idiot
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Sam
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| this was some pretty good tea. It had some box jellyfish in it. I think there's like flooding in australia or something |
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Darqcyde
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Willem: When did you become illiterate? I've explained it. To death. Go back, read my posts, I've answered what you're asking. Multiple times.
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Dogen
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For the record, exif data is no reason to be suspicious of or to believe the authenticity of a photo. It's easy to fake and lots of programs strip the data (especially old software - there's no date on the photo to tell you it isn't mid-90s). Exif tells you nothing unless you have a reason to believe it (ie, you're looking at a photography website).
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Willem
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| Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Darqcyde wrote: | | Willem: When did you become illiterate? I've explained it. To death. Go back, read my posts, I've answered what you're asking. Multiple times. |
i asked you questions and you didn't answer them. you just offered irrelevant bullshit and vagueries. i didn't 'miss your point', i asked you different questions in the hope that thinking about them, you'd realise that:
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Sam
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| this is pretty good tea. It's made by grinding up the seed inside coffee fruit, then straining hot water through it. Anyway. is anyone as excited as I am for Avatar II. |
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