Slog - Comments on Flickr Photo of the Day

Comment by Big Sven

Big Sven — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:19:24 -0800

I nominate this for "Worst Flickr Photo of the Day." Boring and cluttered.

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:32:27 -0800

Reflections! Pretty! There's only one ingredient to a great photo: get a reflection in there. If there were no plate glass windows, photography wouldn't even be an art form.

Comment by Quit It.

Quit It. — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:11:17 -0800

Yeah, I'm calling bullshit on this "relfections in photgoraphy" meme.

Comment by mebbeyahoocanbuythestrangertoo

mebbeyahoocanbuythestrangertoo — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:16:44 -0800

How nice that Yahoo!-owned Flickr and the Stranger seem to have reached a mutually beneficial contractual agreement for the Stranger to include the brand name in one blog post per day. Journalism is awesome, no? Any Slog readers in China care to comment?

Reuters, Jan. 3, 2008:
"The effect of Chinese laws on American Internet companies operating in the country recently came under the spotlight as two Chinese journalists were jailed after Yahoo Inc. provided Chinese authorities with information about their online activities. Both journalists are serving 10-year prison sentences.

In November, Yahoo settled a lawsuit, agreeing to pay the attorneys' fees of the journalists. Yahoo also said it would "provide financial, humanitarian and legal support to these families." No other details of the settlement were disclosed."

Comment by mebbeyahoocanbuythestrangertoo

mebbeyahoocanbuythestrangertoo — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:22:22 -0800

(Ha on me: I posted @4 using a Yahoo! email account.)

Comment by uh..

uh.. — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:11:11 -0800

This is like a bad senior portrait... There has to be some better stuff in the flickr pool.

Comment by catalina vel-duray

catalina vel-duray — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:16:28 -0800

At first, I was excited to see Frederick & Nelson, then I realized it was The Bon Marche.

Then I remembered both of them are gone, and I was left with this mishmash of an 80's era senior portrait (uh_ beat me to that one, but it's very true, so I will repeat it)

Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball

Jubilation T. Cornball — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:17:37 -0800

When I dream of my woman, I am reminded of her ability to conjure civic flowerpots and schlumpy, balding lumpens in t-shirts and jeans.

Yes. My woman, she does this and more to me.

(All that said, the chick is pretty hot looking.)

Comment by Big Sven

Big Sven — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:02:15 -0800

If it's a real woman and not a doll, her head is pretty fucked up. Her eyes are much, much closer to her chin than the top of her head.

Comment by jzilla

jzilla — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:45:29 -0800

this picture is like my girlfriend in bed: ugly and boring.