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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#1: Oct 5th 2010 at 10:52:18 AM

Be back later, doing something.

Pulling image, previous (after gutting and desecration):

Next time, buy the fucking cookies.

edited 5th Oct '10 11:06:52 AM by Deboss

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FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#2: Oct 5th 2010 at 10:56:54 AM

If what you are doing is cropping off the borders and making the caption a caption, I say bravo.

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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#3: Oct 5th 2010 at 11:07:43 AM

I was moving Green Eggs And Ham to I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham and then changing the wiks. Since it took me by that page, I dropped a thread here so I wouldn't forget.

Swapped demot for image and caption, placeholder though.

edited 5th Oct '10 11:08:53 AM by Deboss

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#4: Oct 24th 2010 at 10:57:22 AM

I know that picture has led to some great Memetic Mutation and has some recognition... but can we at least have a picture of someone dressed as a girl scout?

FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#5: Oct 24th 2010 at 11:36:15 AM

Really no need. The readers are not stupid.

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#6: Oct 24th 2010 at 11:56:33 AM

^Yeah, and not being stupid, they may wonder what a picture that's commonly associated with a minor meme that has nothing to do with girl scouts is doing on the page.

The supposed "evil" in the picture is, literally, just a face, and actually requires the caption to make the picture about girl scouts.

edited 24th Oct '10 11:58:59 AM by SeanMurrayI

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#7: Oct 24th 2010 at 4:34:26 PM

[1] [2] are the best images GIS spit out for "evil girlscouts"

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#8: Oct 24th 2010 at 4:55:42 PM

#1 would be better if she wasn't so clearly well above the age limit for beign a Girl Scout, and I'm not seeing anything evil about #2

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#9: Oct 24th 2010 at 5:06:27 PM

Most of the others were just pictures of girl scouts, or women in tight girlscout uniforms for Rule of Sexy.

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FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#10: Oct 24th 2010 at 5:14:01 PM

I really don't see what the interest in changing it might be. It's funny. Anybody too thick to get the connection to Girl Scouts isn't going to get anything else on the wiki, either.

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#11: Oct 24th 2010 at 5:39:52 PM

^But there IS no connection to girl scouts in the picture; it's all the caption's doing.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the only thing this community looks for in images is that it can effectively represent a trope well enough on its own—even without a caption. If that's the case, then I feel like pointing out that there is nothing in the picture itself that suggests an "evil girl SCOUT." The only thing with any context related to girl scouts is the image caption—not the image—which we've added on our own and has nothing to do with the picture. The caption may as well just be put to use as a page quote (or re-included in a demotivator image on the page again).

edited 24th Oct '10 5:57:15 PM by SeanMurrayI

FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#12: Oct 24th 2010 at 6:01:30 PM

The connection is that of having a seemingly wholesome small girl being up to skulduggery. The image sells that underlying element extremely well without being literally an image of a Girl Scout.

Put it this way. There nothing about the picture that would prove that she isn't a Girl Scout, and it pegs the trope.

A picture can need a caption to make the final leap, as long as it tells the story right up to the point where the caption closes the gap.

No burning building in the picture here — just the face — for example, and the story isn't told.

edited 24th Oct '10 6:04:27 PM by FastEddie

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#13: Oct 24th 2010 at 6:19:33 PM

There nothing about the picture that would prove that she isn't a Girl Scout, and it pegs the trope.

You're saying that the picture is suitable because nobody can prove a negative. That's never been a valid point in any argument.

I may as well argue that this picture then would be as equally valid a replacement as the current picture because nothing about the picture would prove that she isn't a Girl Scout, either.

edited 24th Oct '10 6:20:19 PM by SeanMurrayI

FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#14: Oct 24th 2010 at 6:24:29 PM

The reasons given to invalidate the picture's use aren't sufficient, nobody has come up with anything better, and there really isn't a problem. Why are we here?

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#15: Oct 24th 2010 at 6:34:16 PM

^But sure they are sufficient. The picture doesn't convey the trope. It's not just a trope about evil girls; it's about evil girl scouts. Nothing in the image itself shows anything to do with girl scouts, unless we all assume everyone who looks at it is going to follow the inaccurate logic that "all girl scouts are girls; therefore, all girls must be girl scouts."

If the only acceptable goal we strive for is objective clarity, certainly we could try to find a more explicitly clear image.

edited 24th Oct '10 6:44:57 PM by SeanMurrayI

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#16: Oct 24th 2010 at 6:56:01 PM

Two more options: [1] [2]

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shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#17: Oct 24th 2010 at 6:58:16 PM

The first one is more weird than evil and the second one is a demotivator and doesn't work without it.

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ShadowScythe from Australia Since: Dec, 2009
#18: Oct 24th 2010 at 7:20:52 PM

What about those crazy girl scouts from psychonauts? Would they work?

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#19: Oct 24th 2010 at 9:14:06 PM

We can chop up the demot, I just didn't want to download something if I wasn't going to use it. She's got the glowing eyes of evil going on at least.

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#20: Oct 24th 2010 at 9:18:21 PM

^And holding a very intimidating needle.

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#21: Oct 24th 2010 at 9:31:10 PM

Next time, buy the fucking cookies.

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FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#22: Oct 24th 2010 at 9:36:12 PM

Not remotely funny.

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Edmania o hai from under a pile of erasers Since: Apr, 2010
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#23: Oct 24th 2010 at 9:40:52 PM

How is that supposed to look like a girl scout anyway?

Wait, thinking about it, is there even a stereotypical image of girl scouts?

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#24: Oct 24th 2010 at 9:41:02 PM

^^But it is acceptably clear.

^She's wearing the green, badged vest that is signature to the Girl Scout uniform.

edited 24th Oct '10 9:42:32 PM by SeanMurrayI

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#25: Oct 24th 2010 at 9:42:13 PM

Thats worst than the current image. WTF does the giant needle or Big Daddy have to do with Girl Scouts? Heck, that gets even more confusing when you know Bioshock has this has nothing to do with girl scouts.

edited 24th Oct '10 9:43:18 PM by Ghilz

ImagePickin: GirlScoutsAreEvil
20th Apr '10 12:00:00 AM

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