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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#1: Sep 1st 2014 at 9:19:26 PM

The current on Survivor Guilt was added without discussion, and after the previous pic was yanked. To me, it relies completely on the caption...moving to pull regardless of replacement.

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#2: Sep 2nd 2014 at 1:07:36 AM

Not impressed by the current; I am inclined to yank.

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AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#3: Sep 2nd 2014 at 3:25:37 AM

It's not better than any of the images in the last thread. I still have the same opinion. Pluck.

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#4: Sep 2nd 2014 at 4:34:54 AM

The caption does 95% of the work. Pull.

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#5: Sep 2nd 2014 at 9:38:34 AM

In the previous thread, the following image was proposed which I find a decent choice:

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#6: Sep 2nd 2014 at 9:42:46 AM

+1 to yank the current.

In the previous thread there were concerns about 5 just showing mourning without guilt, but I think it's still better than nothing.

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#7: Sep 2nd 2014 at 10:11:30 AM

I was going to suggest a picture of the Vietnam memorial [tup] for 5.

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#8: Sep 2nd 2014 at 10:30:07 AM

As I said in the last thread, I like the Vietnam memorial.

MrL1193 Since: Apr, 2013
#9: Sep 2nd 2014 at 2:58:14 PM

The Vietnam Memorial image does leave a bit of room for misinterpretation, but I think it should be clear enough in the context of the page. It's definitely better than the current image.

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#10: Sep 2nd 2014 at 4:59:59 PM

I'm not 100% sold on the Vietnam Memorial pic, but it's leagues better than the current so I'd support a swap in lieu of a better suggestion.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#11: Sep 3rd 2014 at 12:35:00 PM

Not sold at all on that one.

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#12: Sep 3rd 2014 at 1:47:06 PM

@5 may not be the best illustration of the trope, but I suppose it's way better than everything else suggested. And I think it's better than nothing.

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#13: Sep 18th 2014 at 7:42:58 AM

5 is OK, but I think it would be better to have an image that would not relate to war here.

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#14: Sep 18th 2014 at 8:44:28 AM

I am half-leaning towards 5.

Admittedly, yes, from the image alone, the image doesn't show any guilt, just mourning. But, as a page image for the trope, I think it gets the meaning across.

Also, I think it's a very poignant and beautiful picture. smile

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#15: Sep 18th 2014 at 8:47:03 AM

I wasn't sold by 5 in the last thread, but compared to current, it's great. But even so, I still don't think it's as great page image. It's always depicted mourning versus guilt, which are very different things to me.

Definitely yank the current. It just says guilt. And only because of the (hard to read) subtitles. Hell, the subs even say "They all feel..." which make it seem less likely that it'd be Survivor Guilt and more guilt over doing something wrong.

edited 18th Sep '14 8:47:53 AM by Larkmarn

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#16: Sep 21st 2014 at 7:42:15 PM

Pull current regardless of replacement.

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lexicon Since: May, 2012
#17: Sep 21st 2014 at 8:08:39 PM

It looks like nearly all of us think 5 is at least decent. Switch?

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#18: Sep 21st 2014 at 8:17:48 PM

5 is a pretty good image. I say pull the terrible current and add that one.

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#19: Sep 21st 2014 at 8:29:38 PM

5 is definitely better than leaving it blank, and current, while a great example, is a terrible image. I support the swap.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#20: Sep 21st 2014 at 8:33:57 PM

I found a better quality version of 5, and we've got enough consensus so it's up and tagged. Caption or no?

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#21: Sep 21st 2014 at 8:57:30 PM

The caption can pull it away from looking like just mourning. Maybe, "I should have died that day."

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#22: Sep 22nd 2014 at 4:05:26 AM

"The dead speaks to the living. The living misses the dead."

If that's too verbose:

"Have I earned this?"

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#23: Sep 22nd 2014 at 4:07:14 AM

I like @21.

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#24: Sep 22nd 2014 at 9:04:37 AM

Another take:

"Why only me..."

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#25: Sep 22nd 2014 at 10:17:29 AM

I like @21 as well.

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25th Sep '14 1:06:01 AM

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