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eroock Since: Sep, 2012
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#2: Aug 30th 2020 at 6:33:12 PM

Yep. It's gone and the page is tagged...BUPKIS?

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PlasmaPower Piece of Cake. Since: Jan, 2015
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#3: Aug 30th 2020 at 6:37:42 PM

What’s even wrong with a stock photo anyway? I don’t see the harm in it.

We didn’t even get a consensus to agree on its deletion.

Like, we’ve had this image for so long, I’d rather just keep it in all honesty. It’s a nice pun.

Edited by PlasmaPower on Aug 30th 2020 at 10:39:36 AM

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#4: Aug 30th 2020 at 6:39:36 PM

[up] The image isn't royalty-free.

PlasmaPower Piece of Cake. Since: Jan, 2015
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#5: Aug 30th 2020 at 6:39:57 PM

I thought stock photos were royalty free.

Edited by PlasmaPower on Aug 30th 2020 at 10:43:22 AM

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WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
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#6: Aug 30th 2020 at 6:43:57 PM

Nope; you gotta purchase them.

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PlasmaPower Piece of Cake. Since: Jan, 2015
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#7: Aug 30th 2020 at 6:46:13 PM

Purchase them? But that image was being shown on their websites. It’s their problem that they aren’t making money off the image because they freely let everyone copy and put the image anywhere.

Honestly, we’ve gotten away with the image for so long, I don’t know why we have to take it down. Nobody’s complained except for the paranoid OP.

Edited by PlasmaPower on Aug 30th 2020 at 10:47:58 AM

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#8: Aug 30th 2020 at 6:47:23 PM

...Bruh, it's still copyright. Just because you can do it doesn't mean it's legal.

Like...it's literally about obeying copyright law and not getting in trouble. We're not the "no fun police". You're the one getting super upset over a stupid stock photo, one we can probably replace super easily with another similar but non-copyrighted image.

Edited by WarJay77 on Aug 30th 2020 at 9:48:33 AM

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#9: Aug 30th 2020 at 6:51:06 PM

Surely there are a few hundred similar pictures that can effectively replace the current picture, of which at least one is royalty-free. Heck, somebody could just take a photo if necessary.

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#10: Aug 30th 2020 at 7:01:30 PM

Could this work?

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#11: Aug 30th 2020 at 7:02:37 PM

[up] Isn't that also a stock photo?

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#12: Aug 30th 2020 at 7:03:04 PM

[up] Read the license:

"Free for commercial use

No attribution required"

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#13: Aug 30th 2020 at 7:04:22 PM

Alrighty then. I was distracted by the "20%" thing at the bottom and missed that completely.

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PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#14: Aug 30th 2020 at 7:07:03 PM

That could work.

And I just realized that the old image was not just a stock photo, but seemingly an EDITED stock photo.

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#17: Aug 30th 2020 at 8:53:37 PM

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eroock Since: Sep, 2012
#19: Aug 31st 2020 at 4:17:13 AM

My problem with 10 is that there is no visible attempt to make it fit (as in the pulled one). It just sticks out like a sore thumb which is not at the heart of the trope.

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#20: Aug 31st 2020 at 6:26:25 PM

[up] I don't see that problem

[tup] to 10, although it could be cropped to give more focus to the titular square peg.

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Spark9 Since: Nov, 2010
#21: Sep 1st 2020 at 12:38:05 AM

I must say I find 10 positively hideous.

Let's throw up some alternatives. this, that, or this one.

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#22: Sep 1st 2020 at 12:47:21 AM

21.1 is the same stock image that got removed. I like 21.2 if it doesn't have the same copyright issues.

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#23: Sep 1st 2020 at 8:31:30 AM

21.2 is stock!

21.3 is also stock.

See? That's why I searched under the Google filter of "Labeled for noncommercial reuse".

Edited by PrincessPandaTrope on Sep 1st 2020 at 10:32:16 AM

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Dghcrh You can't escape this monster from Small country that looks like a fish Since: Dec, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
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#24: Sep 1st 2020 at 8:51:52 AM

Would it be better to use a fictional example? There were some scenes like this in one season 5 episode of Fairly OddParents!.

Edited by Dghcrh on Sep 1st 2020 at 6:52:05 PM

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#25: Sep 1st 2020 at 9:32:12 AM

I don't really like 10 because you can't see the holes very well, so it doesn't look like trying to fit something in. Also the lines of correct holes are a bit distracting (especially because some of the commonly shoehorned tropes would probably fill that entire board with square pegs) so even if we do use it, we should use a crop that better centers the square peg.

But I can't find a better free image either.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.

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