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Jicragg Since: Jun, 2010
#26: Mar 9th 2012 at 7:17:00 AM

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edited 23rd Jul '17 2:34:43 PM by Jicragg

ShadowHog from Earth Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#27: Mar 9th 2012 at 7:34:18 AM

[up] You don't have to, I kind of figured we were gonna run with it anyway. I just wanted to get my two cents in. Only problem is that I can't think of a better caption to run with.

And yeah, no objections to updating the image.

Moon
ccoa Ravenous Sophovore from the Sleeping Giant Since: Jan, 2001
Ravenous Sophovore
#28: Mar 9th 2012 at 7:36:53 AM

What about "this is not a web site"? It's a link to a site, not a site itself.

Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
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Jicragg Since: Jun, 2010
#31: Mar 9th 2012 at 8:10:08 AM

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edited 23rd Jul '17 2:34:30 PM by Jicragg

CompletelyNormalGuy Am I a weirdo? from that rainy city where they throw fish (Oldest One in the Book)
Am I a weirdo?
#32: Mar 9th 2012 at 12:37:30 PM

Let's just keep it in English. People will get the joke better that way.

Bigotry will NEVER be welcome on TV Tropes.
Jicragg Since: Jun, 2010
#33: Mar 10th 2012 at 10:22:41 AM

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edited 23rd Jul '17 2:34:23 PM by Jicragg

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#34: Mar 11th 2012 at 12:04:27 PM

Added the link and the "don't change without a new thread" to the tag.

Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Gentleman Troper!
#35: Mar 14th 2012 at 5:34:59 AM

"Ceci n'est pas un website".

Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#36: Mar 19th 2012 at 9:37:42 AM

Bump...you know, I think I'm good leaving the page as is.

ShadowHog from Earth Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#37: Mar 19th 2012 at 11:04:38 AM

I'd rather we do the "not a website" thing than "not an image by", at least. French or otherwise.

edited 19th Mar '12 11:05:08 AM by ShadowHog

Moon
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#38: Mar 19th 2012 at 11:09:47 AM

What's the French at the bottom of the page?

ShadowHog from Earth Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#39: Mar 19th 2012 at 11:11:15 AM

"This is not a link", according to Google Translate. (Which is also wrong, because it is a link... I think people are missing what the original image was saying. It wasn't a pipe, it was an image of a pipe. If that's not a link, then what is it?)

edited 19th Mar '12 11:12:14 AM by ShadowHog

Moon
Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Gentleman Troper!
#40: Mar 19th 2012 at 1:24:21 PM

[up] Actually, I think you're missing the point of the painting.

Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!
ShadowHog from Earth Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#41: Mar 19th 2012 at 1:30:40 PM

[up] Am I? As far as I can tell, my interpretation is precisely the interpretation the artist gave:

The Treachery of Images (La trahison des images, 1928–29, sometimes translated as The Treason of Images) is a painting by the Belgian René Magritte, painted when Magritte was 30 years old. The picture shows a pipe. Below it, Magritte painted, "Ceci n'est pas une pipe", French for "This is not a pipe." The painting is not a pipe, but rather an image of a pipe, which was Magritte's point:

The famous pipe. How people reproached me for it! And yet, could you stuff my pipe? No, it's just a representation, is it not? So if I had written on my picture "This is a pipe," I'd have been lying!

(one of these days I'd like to know how to properly quote in here)

([down] Thanks!)

edited 19th Mar '12 1:42:57 PM by ShadowHog

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Jicragg Since: Jun, 2010
#42: Mar 19th 2012 at 1:38:59 PM

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edited 23rd Jul '17 2:33:54 PM by Jicragg

rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#43: Mar 19th 2012 at 5:12:23 PM

I don't see what is wrong with "image not by". So it's not the same joke.

[down] Interesting! They don't stop [[quoteblock]] if it has an end tag.

edited 19th Mar '12 5:35:45 PM by rodneyAnonymous

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
Jicragg Since: Jun, 2010
#44: Mar 19th 2012 at 5:28:32 PM

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edited 23rd Jul '17 2:34:02 PM by Jicragg

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