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Deadlock Clock: Feb 3rd 2014 at 11:59:00 PM
KarjamP The imaginative Christian Asperger from South Africa Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
The imaginative Christian Asperger
#1: Jan 2nd 2014 at 2:30:38 PM

A literal Wall of Text.

I don't know what to suggest.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#2: Jan 2nd 2014 at 2:31:56 PM

Buh. It's also hard to read.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#3: Jan 2nd 2014 at 9:49:09 PM

Keep Until Better Image Suggested; no issues reading it, and after I read the caption it took about a second to get it.

KarjamP The imaginative Christian Asperger from South Africa Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
The imaginative Christian Asperger
#4: Jan 3rd 2014 at 2:41:09 AM

[up]Isn't something like this discouraged on How To Pick A Good Image, though?

edited 3rd Jan '14 2:43:06 AM by KarjamP

theAdeptrogue iRidescence Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
iRidescence
#5: Jan 3rd 2014 at 3:03:45 AM

...What the? This is literally nothing but text. How does it even qualify as an "image"?

m8e from Sweden Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#6: Jan 3rd 2014 at 3:42:49 AM

Just text, it doesn't even have Talking Heads or a Speech Bubble. Bad image quality too, jpg artifacts.

Matches four Bad image signs according to Too quick pulls, literalism in Image Pickin':

  • Bad picture quality (pixellated, blurry).
  • Visuals Add Nothing/Might as well be a page quote.
  • Wall of Text.
  • Text in the image is illegible or difficult to read.

edited 3rd Jan '14 7:19:57 AM by m8e

Leaper Since: May, 2009
#7: Jan 3rd 2014 at 3:55:09 AM

Never mind; apparently, Getting Crap Past the Radar was redefined...

edited 3rd Jan '14 3:55:37 AM by Leaper

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#8: Jan 3rd 2014 at 7:14:46 AM

Add my vote to the pull pool for reasons everyone stated.

Maybe this (caption: She's just scratching her eye)? And this is the clearest example from the webcomics section, but...

EDIT Maybe the second and third panels of this Dilbert strip.

edited 3rd Jan '14 7:20:10 AM by Synchronicity

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#9: Jan 3rd 2014 at 7:51:42 AM

[up] First link isn't working. The second could either be with panels 2+3 or 3+4. The third, I lean toward the first one.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#10: Jan 3rd 2014 at 9:24:39 AM

Honestly, I don't think a character just talking is less text-based than an image of a letter.

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Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#12: Jan 4th 2014 at 8:22:07 AM

[up] That's pretty good, too.

Rethkir A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies from the gap between dimensions Since: Mar, 2013
#13: Jan 4th 2014 at 9:59:56 AM

[up][up] What's the point of the first frame?

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#14: Jan 4th 2014 at 10:11:26 AM

[up] I don't mind it, it gives a little bit of extra context to the second...and, frankly, I love the name "Sex Bob-Omb".

edited 4th Jan '14 10:11:43 AM by Willbyr

treelo Since: Jun, 2010
#15: Jan 4th 2014 at 10:15:43 AM

I don't like it, kinda rams home the juvenile nature of the trope.

XenMon2 Since: Dec, 2011
BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#17: Jan 4th 2014 at 10:52:36 PM

That's pretty funny.

And good.

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treelo Since: Jun, 2010
#18: Jan 4th 2014 at 11:49:55 PM

That's so stealthy I'm not sure there is one.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#19: Jan 5th 2014 at 12:10:54 AM

Would need a caption explaining the insult? In this case, that might actually be preferable, since it emphasises the stealth part of the trope.

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treelo Since: Jun, 2010
#20: Jan 5th 2014 at 12:38:44 AM

I suppose but there's stealth and barely existing.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#21: Jan 5th 2014 at 12:42:14 AM

Caption will definitvely have to explain it to me.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
m8e from Sweden Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
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XenMon2 Since: Dec, 2011
#24: Jan 5th 2014 at 10:00:21 PM

Yeah, a caption would be helpful for those who don't get it. "He's the butt of the joke" or something like that.

theAdeptrogue iRidescence Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
iRidescence
#25: Jan 6th 2014 at 12:19:35 AM

The Dilbert comic is not loading here. What is it about?

ImagePickin: StealthInsult
31st Jan '14 6:34:08 AM

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