A friend sent me a funny picture in a text message. I uploaded it to imgbb, found a now-meme pic that it reminded me of and posted the two commenting “remember this guy? meet his kin!”
Another poster soon indicated that the 2nd image was 'shopped; my reply is included in the quote box above.
I was somewhat perplexed by the original wording of the Mod Note; thank you for correcting that, What Exit?.
I didn’t know the image was 'shopped until it was pointed out. I could not have labeled it as such when I posted. That doesn’t change the fact that my post was intended as a humorous post, however.
But as I read the Mod Note, nothing can be posted in GD or P&E that is intended as humor unless it is specifically labeled as an attempt at humor? Is this a rule for just me or is this a new board rule?
And lest it not be clear: I will follow the Mod Note and whatever direction I get here in this thread.
I fixed the shopped Pic issue with a small note in the post itself.
Once you found out it was shopped, in the future please flag it and let us know to add a note. I probably won’t be modding the rest of the day, I might be heading for the Doctor’s but I wanted to respond at least while I was sitting down.
In the “serious” forums, I can see that it does make sense to have a rule that 'shopped photographs should be annotated as such. With an image like a cartoon, it’s inherently clear that it’s expressing a point of view or a constructed joke; whereas a photograph generally purports to be documenting reality, funny or otherwise.
I was going to say that it was probably unnecessary here because this one is so obviously 'shopped - ironic, given Bo’s comments here. So I guess sticking strictly to a rule to annotate is best, either at the time of posting if the poster knows, or retrospectively when it’s discovered.
I’m always a little bemused when somebody quotes only the first part of what I wrote, then adds their own comment that paraphrases the part they snipped off as though it’s something I was missing. I mean, what do you think the point of me writing that paragraph was, when I used the word “ironic”, and then said strict annotation is best?
