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This is the thread to use if you feel that the page image itself is good but the caption needs help.

If you think that both the image and the caption are poor, please make a thread in Image Pickin' for the page, and we'll work on the image and caption both at the same time.

As with other TRS and IP threads, please state your reasons and make your case in your first post. Don't make the other posters spend time trying to pry it out of you.

Edited by Willbyr on Jun 21st 2021 at 9:42:03 AM

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#4452: Dec 14th 2022 at 8:08:55 AM

On second thought, it might be meant as a pun on Flipping the Bird. Do I cut it, or do I pothole it to that?

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MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#4453: Dec 14th 2022 at 10:26:53 AM

[up] I don't think it is. I don't think that would make any sense in that scenario. I say cut it.

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#4454: Dec 14th 2022 at 10:48:08 AM

[up] Yeah, I'm not seeing it either.

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#4456: Dec 14th 2022 at 12:07:03 PM

Suggestion for Elliot Moose:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_2717.JPG
Elliot Moose is on the loose!

[down][down] Exactly, Fernando.

Edited by SkyCat32 on Dec 14th 2022 at 5:13:17 AM

Rawr.
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#4462: Dec 15th 2022 at 7:14:15 AM

It came up in the meta thread that there are a lot of users who can't actually recognize what a film negative is in the Accentuate the Negative image. Would adding a note to the caption work?

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#4463: Dec 15th 2022 at 3:16:30 PM

I'd rather add a line about "no one even knows what a film negative is, or notices the accent mark, so it's only funny to a photographer who is also a linguist".

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Khoshekh6 Since: May, 2022
#4464: Dec 15th 2022 at 4:12:13 PM

Id be down with fully replacing the current caption with that

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#4465: Dec 15th 2022 at 4:47:46 PM

[up][up] Yeah, making it work with the trope is even better

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#4466: Dec 15th 2022 at 5:26:02 PM

[up][up][up] Great one. Replace the previous.

Rawr.
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#4468: Dec 16th 2022 at 11:33:00 PM

[up]I feel that's an easy cut.

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#4469: Dec 16th 2022 at 11:50:18 PM

(Replaced the Accentuate the Negative caption.)

[up][up] Agree with cutting.

Edited by Noaqiyeum on Dec 16th 2022 at 7:50:55 PM

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#4470: Dec 18th 2022 at 5:54:15 PM

Just noticed that the caption on Elite Mooks was changed unilaterally in October from this:

To this:
"ARC troopers, you were selected for this task because you are the best; the elite. You all know what to do."
With the explanation "Arc troopers from clone wars obviously tended to hit their targets so the joke doesn't work".

I feel this is beside the point and personally enjoyed the joke, can this be switched back?

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#4472: Dec 18th 2022 at 6:40:32 PM

Same.

135 - 169 - 273 - 191 - 188 - 230 - 300
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#4474: Dec 18th 2022 at 11:50:26 PM

I guess revert, though I actually feel either work.

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