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Anaheyla Since: Jan, 2001
#1: Sep 2nd 2010 at 10:25:36 PM

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This picture is pretty vague, the caption doesn't help either. There's a small conversation in the discussion page wondering just what the hell it's supposed to be depicting.

edited 2nd Sep '10 10:25:55 PM by Anaheyla

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#2: Sep 3rd 2010 at 5:32:34 AM
Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#3: Sep 3rd 2010 at 5:52:26 AM

Agreed, image pulled. Previous:||

Three guesses which country the artist lives in.
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Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
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#4: Sep 3rd 2010 at 5:56:48 AM

... I'm still guessing.

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cntrational Since: Oct, 2009
#5: Oct 14th 2010 at 6:42:45 AM

The main discussion says that the Eiffel Tower is the only visible landmark, so the creator is French.

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#6: Oct 14th 2010 at 6:47:29 AM

Something from [1] this strip that was linked on the page?

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carla Since: Jan, 2010
#7: Oct 14th 2010 at 7:12:41 AM

wow. i mean, the eiffel tower is barely visible there. what. surprised

yeah, definitely needs a new image.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#8: Oct 14th 2010 at 8:02:10 AM

What.

The Eiffel tower is barely visible in that picture. We need a different one.

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suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
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#9: Oct 14th 2010 at 9:09:05 AM

How about this famous New Yorker cover illustrating New York provincialism?

Might not scale well to our image size, though.

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#10: Oct 14th 2010 at 9:22:09 AM

It scales ok. Some of the tags are hard to read, but the proportions still make it pretty clear — (remember, the forum is limited to 300 pixels wide, the wiki will go to 330.)

One New York writer's view of America.

suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
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#11: Oct 14th 2010 at 9:38:28 AM

I thought the forum went to 350? (I may have made a few images a little too big....)

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#12: Oct 14th 2010 at 9:48:00 AM

I thought page images could go to 350. Maybe I just misremembered.

edited 14th Oct '10 9:48:38 AM by JapaneseTeeth

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#13: Oct 14th 2010 at 10:28:52 AM

The forum software automatically squishs it to 300 — the caption box is the size the picture can be on a wiki page.

Rhatahema Since: Sep, 2010
#14: Oct 14th 2010 at 11:25:57 PM

The New Yorker cover is already the page image for Fly Over Country.

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#16: Oct 15th 2010 at 7:33:47 AM

I like the Newyorker pic better. Wonderella might make a good quote though.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#17: Oct 15th 2010 at 8:50:29 AM

^^That's a bit too reliant on text. Would make a good quote though.

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#18: Oct 15th 2010 at 11:01:21 AM

The New Yorker image is better for this trope than for Flyover Country. That one is "there's nothing important between New York and Los Angeles".

SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#19: Oct 15th 2010 at 11:11:37 AM

^It also notably doesn't depict LA at all.

suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
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#21: Oct 15th 2010 at 11:31:47 AM

There's one I've been looking for that would be perfect for Flyover Country. The AAA map still shows too many highways and such in the center of the country

suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
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#22: Oct 15th 2010 at 11:34:25 AM

Also, Flyover Country doesn't say "there's nothing there" so much as "there's nothing important there." You do have to spend time flying over it, after all.

edited 15th Oct '10 11:34:46 AM by suedenim

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this-guy Since: Jan, 2001
#23: Oct 18th 2010 at 2:39:06 AM

If we're using the Wonderella image, we'll need a new image for Wonderella's page.

suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
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#25: Oct 30th 2010 at 6:02:33 AM

I think it's too America-bashing (and more importantly, rather witless America-bashing), but on top of that, I doubt it'd be legible at a 330 pixel width.

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