My God, it's full of THREAD BOMBS!
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I'm sure you meant to say "behind some tapestry."
But...but it was on a blog...
I almost wrote that. It just seemed too obvious.
Holy shit
Has anyone posted a link to the tapestry creation webbysite yet?
'Cos if they have, here it be again.
'Cos if they have, here it be again.
Here's the collection it came from:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/08olympictorchrelay/pool/page20/
The page of the person who took the photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dead-ro/page9/
And the comments on the photo itself, including one from the person who took the shot:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dead-ro/2403957312/
Now, why he'd photoshop that specific picture when he has several others in the same style posted sequentially and clearly has no agenda against the protesters, I don't know. And considering that the shadows covering the lettering line up with those in the background of the picture, and the writing has a distinctly handwritten quality, I'm going for it being real.dead-ro 님의 덧글:
Oh yeah. Completely. Lowered the intelligence of the whole thing by several notches there
There's the possibility of it being a counter-protest sign designed to make the surrounding protesters look like idiots, but that theory is kind of blown out of the water by the fact that the sign has Tibetan prayer flags on it (the tape-like things along the top).
The funny thing is, Berlin was awarded the 1936 Olympic Games in 1931, two years before the Nazis rose to power, so technically the person who made the sign is correct, though obviously not intentionally.
I can confirm however that there were in fact no large yellow letters floating through the air at the time, so those were clearly added after the original shot was taken.
In closing, I'd like to give a hearty "fuck you" to Photoshop, for making me actually search for the Flickr page the original shot came from, and for destroying our faith in basic human stupidity.
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^ You should surround him with some of the corpses.
Yes, we got that, thank you.
Here's the collection it came from:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/08olympictorchrelay/pool/page20/
The page of the person who took the photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dead-ro/page9/
And the comments on the photo itself, including one from the person who took the shot:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dead-ro/2403957312/Now, why he'd photoshop that specific picture when he has several others in the same style posted sequentially and clearly has no agenda against the protesters, I don't know. And considering that the shadows covering the lettering line up with those in the background of the picture, and the writing has a distinctly handwritten quality, I'm going for it being real.dead-ro 님의 덧글:
Oh yeah. Completely. Lowered the intelligence of the whole thing by several notches there
There's the possibility of it being a counter-protest sign designed to make the surrounding protesters look like idiots, but that theory is kind of blown out of the water by the fact that the sign has Tibetan prayer flags on it (the tape-like things along the top).
The funny thing is, Berlin was awarded the 1936 Olympic Games in 1931, two years before the Nazis rose to power, so technically the person who made the sign is correct, though obviously not intentionally.
I can confirm however that there were in fact no large yellow letters floating through the air at the time, so those were clearly added after the original shot was taken.
In closing, I'd like to give a hearty "fuck you" to Photoshop, for making me actually search for the Flickr page the original shot came from, and for destroying our faith in basic human stupidity.
Thanks for clearing that up Locutus! -You must really have been bored…
But tell me; how does one go about searching for an image -or rather- an original image? -I've been trying that on many different occasions but only been able to find obvious 'fakes' or copies without any mention of who made them originally.
Do YOU get it?
Yes, we do. The Olympics were hosted by Nazi Germany in 1936.
However, Berlin was selected to host them before the Nazi party rose to power.
Yay, history. Now can we move on?
^ ...What?
Sorry 'bout that
Wrong image; I didn't know how long it would take me to make the right one so I deleted that post. But here it is again (with the right image):
Just goes to show; we can all be cheated by our very own eyes. Now for something completely different:
It is! -a speed trap that won't ruin your car!
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