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Image fakery
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Re: Image fakery
All images are somehow fake.
Re. stock photos, one of my gripes is the way they are used by those lazy journos to "illustrate" an article. Example: even when the text itself is pro-vaccination, a lot of press articles show something more or less scary (the BBC recently had a swell picture of a little girl literally terrorized by a ginormous syringe; judging from my recent inoculation, that's not how things happen).
Which is not innocent either, even if done unconsciously.
Re. stock photos, one of my gripes is the way they are used by those lazy journos to "illustrate" an article. Example: even when the text itself is pro-vaccination, a lot of press articles show something more or less scary (the BBC recently had a swell picture of a little girl literally terrorized by a ginormous syringe; judging from my recent inoculation, that's not how things happen).
Which is not innocent either, even if done unconsciously.
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Re: Image fakery
When I was a little kid (2 to 4ish) I too was genuinely terrified of getting a shot (or a finger prick, which they used to draw blood at the time). I think the syringes they use nowadays are smaller and also probably hurt less than in the early 70s. I think that was before single-use syringes became the norm. But yeah, a photo like that one probably isn't helpful.
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Re: Image fakery
I used a stock image for my Linked In account. He is a hell of a lot younger, thinner, better looking than I. People that know me will laugh at my puckish wit. Everyone else? Well, fuck everyone else.
https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C4E03 ... pV_ReTR2_I
eta. No job offers but 18 women and 15 men contacted me for a date. :D
https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C4E03 ... pV_ReTR2_I
eta. No job offers but 18 women and 15 men contacted me for a date. :D