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Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#1: Feb 15th 2018 at 3:41:40 AM

I suggested this image for Trading Bars for Stripes in the Image Suggestion thread, but then it moved to a debate about JAFAAC and Not JAFAAC.

I don't think it is. Maybe it's a bit on the weak side, but I think there are more than enough visual elements of the trope on display here that a caption is allowed to support it to clarify exactly what is going on.

Thoughts?

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edited 15th Feb '18 3:43:17 AM by Morgenthaler

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#2: Feb 15th 2018 at 4:07:35 AM

Pending a better suggestion, a bit of dialogue could help that.

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#3: Feb 15th 2018 at 6:59:31 AM

I think it's fine. A good caption would help though.

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#4: Feb 15th 2018 at 8:31:39 AM

I agree with the above posts.

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eroock Since: Sep, 2012
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#6: Feb 15th 2018 at 2:09:20 PM

It looks like Military on one side, Jail on the other. The uniforms move it away from JAFAAC. However, it doesn't include the idea of a choice. "Military prison" is a reasonable deduction given the image.

(Edit: when I looked at it in the image pickin' thread, I first wondered if it was from a movie about the "internment camps" America used during WWII.)

edited 15th Feb '18 2:10:32 PM by crazysamaritan

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AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#7: Feb 15th 2018 at 3:42:34 PM

If it can be helped with a caption, what caption?

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#8: Feb 15th 2018 at 7:11:31 PM

It's better than nothing, maybe with a caption like, "It's your choice. Keep your uniform, or trade it for mine."

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#9: Feb 15th 2018 at 7:53:04 PM

[up] That works well enough for me.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
bitemytail from Arizona Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#11: Feb 16th 2018 at 6:39:56 AM

I like that caption.

Health sure is versatile. It's possible to be both light-headed and dim-witted. At the same time, no less.
TheUnsquished Filthy casual from Southern Limey Land (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Married to the job
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#12: Feb 16th 2018 at 8:55:42 AM

8 works, I think.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#13: Feb 27th 2018 at 7:16:20 PM

We've got enough consensus for the pic+caption, so they're up and tagged. Locking up.

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