# What's your first thought when you see this photo? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 4, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368 "2012-08-04T00:55:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OleOneEye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f14d63/32.png) [@OleOneEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OleOneEye)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/1 "2012-08-04T00:55:46Z")
[Photo of man and girl running](http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151026098176997&set=a.396506201996.182299.275733681996&type=1&relevant_count=1) I’m curious whether anyone else had the same (horrifying) thought when they saw this photo. I’m also curious whether other people would be horrified or heartwarmed by the idea. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/2 "2012-08-04T00:57:37Z")
A little glurgy, but shit, whaddayagonna do? Nothing spectacular nor horrifying about it for me. But, damn, am I curious to know what your interpretation is. ---
**Author:** ![OleOneEye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f14d63/32.png) [@OleOneEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OleOneEye)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/3 "2012-08-04T01:01:34Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > But, damn, am I curious to know what your interpretation is. I’d like to hold off - I want to see whether the (truly horrifying) idea occurs spontaneously to anyone else, or whether I’m hopelessly jaded. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/4 "2012-08-04T01:05:50Z")
Nothing horrifying comes to mind, and I tend to go to pretty dark places. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/5 "2012-08-04T01:06:42Z")
Sorry, my dirty (and horror-loving) mind doesn’t come up with anything. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/6 "2012-08-04T01:06:51Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > A little glurgy, but shit, whaddayagonna do? Nothing spectacular nor horrifying about it for me. This right here. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/7 "2012-08-04T01:09:24Z")
I can’t figure out what the horrifying thing about it might be. ---
**Author:** ![OleOneEye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f14d63/32.png) [@OleOneEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OleOneEye)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/8 "2012-08-04T01:10:39Z")
Okay, now I’m a little embarrassed… You know those stories about deaf parents deliberately trying to have a deaf child? Kinda like that. And the caption only makes it worse - if the kid objects, then she has a bad attitude. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/9 "2012-08-04T01:13:09Z")
> [@OleOneEye](#): > > Okay, now I’m a little embarrassed… > > You know those stories about deaf parents deliberately trying to have a deaf child? Kinda like that. And the caption only makes it worse - if the kid objects, then she has a bad attitude. Oh, god, that’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/10 "2012-08-04T01:14:34Z")
“I said run! Your attitude is for shit!” ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/11 "2012-08-04T01:17:03Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Oh, god, that’s funny. OK, I agree, that’s good. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/12 "2012-08-04T01:56:03Z")
I guess I’m neutral - my first thought was “Photoshop.” ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/13 "2012-08-04T03:16:09Z")
> [@OleOneEye](#): > > Okay, now I’m a little embarrassed… > > You know those stories about deaf parents deliberately trying to have a deaf child? Kinda like that. And the caption only makes it worse - if the kid objects, then she has a bad attitude. Wow…that is some serious sick shit right there. Will you be my best friend? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/14 "2012-08-04T03:42:00Z")
> [@OleOneEye](#): > > Okay, now I’m a little embarrassed… > > You know those stories about deaf parents deliberately trying to have a deaf child? Kinda like that. And the caption only makes it worse - if the kid objects, then she has a bad attitude. WTF is the matter with you? Do you have any idea what you’re looking at? Dude, if it’s possible to take a dump on your own karma, then you’ve just done it. If I were the Supreme Being, that photo is the only thing that would have stopped me from annihilating the planet today. ---
**Author:** ![OleOneEye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f14d63/32.png) [@OleOneEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OleOneEye)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/15 "2012-08-04T04:41:49Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > WTF is the matter with you? > > Do you have any idea what you’re looking at? My first thought was along the lines of daddy cut off her feet to handicap her in his image. I concede that it’s possible that she came about her loss honestly, but it wasn’t my first thought. Save me a seat on the bus to hell. I wanted to crawl under my bed this afternoon because it seemed plausible that the same people who would condone a deaf couple actively trying for a deaf baby might find the idea of a father removing his daughter’s perfectly good feet heartwarming. I wasn’t laughing when I saw this picture - I really was horrified. ---
**Author:** ![OleOneEye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f14d63/32.png) [@OleOneEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OleOneEye)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/16 "2012-08-04T04:52:35Z")
… although I did laugh later when I imagined the t-shirt: “My daddy cut off my feet and all I got were these lousy flip-flops.” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/17 "2012-08-04T05:00:02Z")
I’d never heard of deaf people trying to have deaf children. I just read an article about. I can’t believe that. I can’t believe anyone is seriously considering their twisted idea. I wouldn’t mind forced sterilization in this case. Now I can be very crude. Really, I’m often digusting. But I could not look at that picture and imagine what you did. I guess I’m not as warped as I thought. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/18 "2012-08-04T05:03:36Z")
[Here’s the story behind the photo](http://douglasbaderfoundation.com/2009/05/19/amputee-5-challenges-oscar-blade-runner-pistorius/). He’s Oscar Pistorious, a double amputee who’s running the 400m at the London Games. She is Ellie Challis who lost her lower legs and hands to meningitis at the age of 16 months. ---
**Author:** ![OleOneEye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f14d63/32.png) [@OleOneEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OleOneEye)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/19 "2012-08-04T05:11:34Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > [Here’s the story behind the photo](http://douglasbaderfoundation.com/2009/05/19/amputee-5-challenges-oscar-blade-runner-pistorius/). He’s Oscar Pistorious, a double amputee who’s running the 400m at the London Games. > She is Ellie Challis who lost her lower legs and hands to meningitis at the age of 16 months. Now, see, this story _is_ heartwarming. (Or at least it would be if I had a heart instead of a black hole where a heart would normally be..) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368/20 "2012-08-04T05:27:29Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > [Here’s the story behind the photo](http://douglasbaderfoundation.com/2009/05/19/amputee-5-challenges-oscar-blade-runner-pistorius/). He’s Oscar Pistorious, a double amputee who’s running the 400m at the London Games. > She is Ellie Challis who lost her lower legs and hands to meningitis at the age of 16 months. That’s pretty much what I guessed from the picture: amputee athlete mentoring a child with a similar disability. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368.md?page=2)