A Nice Picture

by John Holbo on November 10, 2009

But I’m never going to read a long post on typography and philosophy, you object. There’s life! The whole world awaits me! Well, alright. Just look at this, then.

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mds 11.10.09 at 6:30 pm

Well, there’s a photograph that is absolutely fraught with metaphor.

Meanwhile, could someone more Flickrish than I explain what the deal is with all of the invitations to join this or that group? Does that earn someone Flickr Points? Gold coins? The ability to hijack someone’s personal Flickr account? What?

This is prompted by the (so-far only) comment at the linked photo, namely:

Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Vintage Background People, and we’d love to have this added to the group!

Vintage Background People? Seriously?

Anyway, sorry for the microrant.

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EMG 11.10.09 at 8:43 pm

A lot of us use Flickr groups to find the kinds of images we like and interact with people who share the underlying interest. Vintage background people may not be your bag (or mine), but hey, different strokes (besides, I can think of several obvious reasons why people might find a collection of unposed human groups from previous eras interesting or informative). Does the fact that other people have innocent interests you don’t happen to share even merit so much as a microrant?

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Scott 11.10.09 at 11:45 pm

Well, that was a disappointment. I was expecting a long post on typography and philosophy.

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John Holbo 11.11.09 at 12:51 am

I think that The Vintage Background People would be a good band name. Or a Kinks song.

We are the vintage background people
preservation society
God save lady wrestlers
And those who like to watch those who like to watch them, like me!

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mds 11.13.09 at 2:36 pm

Does the fact that other people have innocent interests you don’t happen to share even merit so much as a microrant?

(1) Yes.

(2) I was uncertain about the “innocent interests” part, since many a Flickr thread has multiple invites from admins of the Turnip Twirlers or the Beautiful Women Hiding Behind Ostriches group. If such things showed up in an e-mail inbox, or a blog comment thread, they would be spam. I just wanted reassurance that there was no ulterior motive for complete strangers to urge people to add their photos to a group. Which you helpfully provided by noting, essentially: “People who share common interests form groups, and everything on the internet should be presumed innocent and aboveboard.” I can agree with part of that.

(3) “And those who like to watch those who like to watch them, like me!” is composed of win down to the atomic level.

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