# Image code **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 29, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/image-code/541237 "2010-05-29T22:39:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/image-code/541237/21 "2010-06-02T02:14:58Z")
> [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](#): > > Interestingly enough, I read this thread via tapatalk and the linked image of Gary Sinise appeared as if it was embedded via [image] tag. Wouldn’t that be great if all regular browsers could make up for a site’s shortcomings like that. Indeed. Tapatalk does honor the tag. Maybe that’s the first stage of support for having inline images here. Have people use the image tag instead of a link. Most people will just see the link. Some will see the image if their browser/scripts allow it. Sounds like win win to me. People who want to see them can see them and people who don’t won’t. By the way, I presume that if the image tag was allowed, users would be able to choose seeing them or not (like signatures, avatars, etc). Just make not seeing them the default and that way only people who want to see them will see them. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/image-code/541237/22 "2010-06-02T05:59:06Z")
> [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](#): > > How do you know it’s a man? Can you see his adam’s apple too? He’s bent over far enough that his balls hang down. If it was a woman, her vulva would show. He’s cleanshaven, by the way. Or at least that end is. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/image-code/541237/23 "2010-06-03T23:14:36Z")
> [@srzss05](#): > > You said this a lot nicer than I would have. I would have said that people at work should be working, not worried about inappropriate images popping up. Since the 1800s jobs have evolved gaps between periods of work where people can do things like browse the web or empty their bladders. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/image-code/541237/24 "2010-06-03T23:28:27Z")
…and wear only underwear to work and smoke pot in their offices and steal office supplies… ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/image-code/541237/25 "2010-06-03T23:36:59Z")
> [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](#): > > …and wear only underwear to work and smoke pot in their offices and steal office supplies… What address do I send my CV to? ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/image-code/541237/26 "2010-06-04T17:33:42Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Since the 1800s jobs have evolved gaps between periods of work where people can do things like browse the web or empty their bladders. My point was if they are so worried about “inappropriate” pictures popping up, then perhaps they shouldn’t be browsing at work in the first place. But you knew that when you quoted me out of context. Besides, images can be turned off on the client’s side, so if they do show up it is their own fault. I really don’t care one way or the other, but I am amazed that people keep forgetting this simple thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/image-code/541237.md?page=1)