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Post by HMARK Center on Oct 19, 2007 18:57:12 GMT -5
Ok, we all know about these motivational posters that are all over the 'Net. In fact, plenty of us, myself included, really enjoy them, too. However, posters like this MUST stop now:See, this? It's not motivational. Ergo, it's not funny.The whole point of these posters is that they're supposed to be an ironic take on the actual motivational posters out there, with things like "LEADERSHIP", "INTEGRITY", or "CHALLENGES" on them. That's the entire joke, that it's a funny take on a serious thing by placing an image that you wouldn't expect to be there right in the frame. If all you're doing is naming whatever it is in the picture you're using (i.e. having a picture of a guy with a machine gun and making the title "MAN WITH BIG GUN"), you're defeating the whole joke. Now, the proper way to do a poster like this would be: I threw this together in two seconds, but at least there's still a joke that goes along with it. By just identifying the subject of whatever picture you're using when you make these posters, you're completely killing the entire joke you're trying to make.I'm sorry if I sound like a jerk here, but this is just something that's been nagging at me. I'm not trying to call anybody out, just trying to shed some light on what the intended joke is with these things.
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Post by bigHEADinc on Oct 19, 2007 18:59:40 GMT -5
Bitch Just wondering, because last time I heard the word b**** was censored here... But who am I to judge?
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Post by HMARK Center on Oct 19, 2007 19:02:09 GMT -5
Bitch Just wondering, because last time I heard the word b**** was censored here... But who am I to judge? Nah, we're letting that one go...for the time being. Hopefully it can stay that way.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Oct 19, 2007 19:04:16 GMT -5
So.......tempted......... to make....... bad...........posters.
Must fight it!
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Post by HMARK Center on Oct 19, 2007 19:05:55 GMT -5
So.......tempted......... to make....... bad...........posters. Must fight it! OUT, FOUL DEMONS!
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Post by Kash Flagg on Oct 19, 2007 19:05:56 GMT -5
So.......tempted......... to make....... bad...........posters. Must fight it! Every poster you make is bad, so don't worry. ZING!
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Not good! Not good! Not good!
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Post by erisi236 on Oct 19, 2007 19:06:20 GMT -5
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Oct 19, 2007 19:08:32 GMT -5
So.......tempted......... to make....... bad...........posters. Must fight it! Every poster you make is bad, so don't worry. ZING! Now I REALLY look like Deadpool, because I just got BURNED!
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Post by radicalbuttercup on Oct 19, 2007 19:11:47 GMT -5
..I'm sure that..someone..SOMEWHERE..finds this motivational..somehow..
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Oct 19, 2007 19:12:39 GMT -5
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Post by Square on Oct 19, 2007 19:13:03 GMT -5
A word on Motivatinal Posters: Badger
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Post by Tha Kid Joker on Oct 19, 2007 19:16:01 GMT -5
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Post by Psy on Oct 19, 2007 19:18:47 GMT -5
..I'm sure that..someone..SOMEWHERE..finds this motivational..somehow.. That's beautiful. Everything... it all makes sense to me now. Watermelons are to eat! They're not pants! Snakes aren't spiders! They're Mother Nature's Pasta! Soylent Green isn't processed seaweed! It's people! Soylent Green is people!
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Oct 19, 2007 19:18:55 GMT -5
Self reference? Don't mind if I do.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Oct 19, 2007 19:21:44 GMT -5
..I'm sure that..someone..SOMEWHERE..finds this motivational..somehow.. That's beautiful. Everything... it all makes sense to me now. Watermelons are to eat! They're not pants! Snakes aren't spiders! They're Mother Nature's Pasta! Soylent Green isn't processed seaweed! It's people! Soylent Green is people! *puts Psy in a straight-jacket and carts him off to be processed*
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Post by Insomniac on Oct 19, 2007 19:22:17 GMT -5
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Post by Square on Oct 19, 2007 19:24:35 GMT -5
That's beautiful. Everything... it all makes sense to me now. Watermelons are to eat! They're not pants! Snakes aren't spiders! They're Mother Nature's Pasta! Soylent Green isn't processed seaweed! It's people! Soylent Green is people! *puts Psy in a straight-jacket and carts him off to be processed* *Runs in rugby tackles Deadpool and lets Psy go off to other madcap posts* What its in my WC contract: Must make sure that the lunitics that we keep here are not let out in public Also to use the CHIBI *roundhouse* joke 3 times a day
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2007 19:28:58 GMT -5
I understand where you're coming from, but it sounds pretty whiny.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2007 19:47:17 GMT -5
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Post by TuneinTokyo on Oct 19, 2007 20:02:55 GMT -5
Motivational Posters One day even I will learn how to make one
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