Anyone remember this photoshop adventure on Metafilter a while back? February 25, 2010 6:03 AM   Subscribe

Looking for something I saw on Metafilter ages ago: A man posts a picture of himself and his nephew (possibly) on a digital photography forum. The photograph was badly scanned and has white pixels on it, and he's asking the forum members to correct this for him. Instead of doing this, they have all sorts of other photoshop fun with it, warping the image and adding all sorts of inappropriate content. The original submitter keeps imploring them to stop, to no avail. I don't remember the details, so it's tough to google. Anyone remember this? Thanks!
posted by Cantdosleepy to MetaFilter-Related at 6:03 AM (32 comments total) 11 users marked this as a favorite



Original thread (has been edited a bit since the lulz.)
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 6:09 AM on February 25, 2010


(User was banned for this post (Reason: Can't help? Don't reply.) [event] 67708 [/event])
posted by cjorgensen at 6:18 AM on February 25, 2010


You are all dicks.
posted by pracowity at 6:20 AM on February 25, 2010 [2 favorites]


epoch
posted by DU at 6:23 AM on February 25, 2010


That's the one. Thanks guys!
posted by Cantdosleepy at 6:32 AM on February 25, 2010


I'm so glad you asked about this. Otherwise I would never have known about or seen that thread.
posted by orange swan at 6:57 AM on February 25, 2010 [2 favorites]


The fact that you need an archived screenshot to figure out what in the hell ever transpired in that thread is a perfect example of why the ability to edit comments is evil.
posted by Rhomboid at 7:15 AM on February 25, 2010 [1 favorite]


..the ability to edit comments without that editing being visible to the reader is evil.

FTFY
posted by DU at 7:20 AM on February 25, 2010 [6 favorites]


If there was a higher resolution of that photo it could actually be made into a decent shot. Some extreme cropping and some minor cleaning up and it would be nice.

That whole thread is sort of the anti-metafilter.
posted by cjorgensen at 7:54 AM on February 25, 2010


"Wrong place wrong time dawg"

My mission for the day: figure out a justifiable way to say this in any meeting where my boss is present.
posted by quin at 7:57 AM on February 25, 2010 [17 favorites]


"Wrong place wrong time dawg"

My mission for the day: figure out a justifiable way to say this in any meeting where my boss is present.


Start working for Randy Jackson.
posted by sallybrown at 8:02 AM on February 25, 2010


Or Deputy Dawg.
posted by i_cola at 8:14 AM on February 25, 2010 [3 favorites]


Or deputize Randy Jackson when you discover a murder in the American Idol mansion. Simon Cowell in the studio with the Grammy award? Unfortunately Jackson doesn't work out as a cop because his close ties to the accused prevent him from being impartial. Wrong place wrong time dawg.
posted by haveanicesummer at 8:18 AM on February 25, 2010


The poignancy is really enhanced by the requester posting every other comment.
posted by OmieWise at 8:33 AM on February 25, 2010 [1 favorite]


I wonder if he ever got the help he was looking for. Goddamn it—we need an internet Paul Harvey!
posted by Atom Eyes at 8:37 AM on February 25, 2010 [1 favorite]


OmieWise: "The poignancy is really enhanced by the requester posting every other comment"

Yeah, it is almost an instruction manual for getting people to mock you.
posted by idiopath at 9:47 AM on February 25, 2010 [1 favorite]


On the last page of the thread, Sasupoika posts the photo as originally asked for - white pixels removed and corners fixed.

A man posts a picture of himself and his nephew (possibly)

FYI, the OP (Peaveh) was the little boy in the photo, and he's sitting on his father's lap.
posted by iconomy at 9:50 AM on February 25, 2010


Incidentally, this is how any "photoshop this for me" thread goes on Something Awful.
posted by smackfu at 10:03 AM on February 25, 2010


I am just looking for a used car...what is all this?
posted by ALongDecember at 10:53 AM on February 25, 2010 [1 favorite]


But was there an actual Metafilter thread? I couldn't find anything related around that time tagged with "Photoshop."
posted by ActingTheGoat at 11:18 AM on February 25, 2010


Oh, oh my, that was good. I need to go have a smoke now.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:25 AM on February 25, 2010


"Wrong place wrong time dawg"

My mission for the day: figure out a justifiable way to say this in any meeting where my boss is present.


Take on a guide dog puppy.

Then have it hump your leg in the meeting.
posted by UbuRoivas at 11:58 AM on February 25, 2010


What led him to believe he could get constructive help from a site called facepunch.com?
posted by ardgedee at 12:01 PM on February 25, 2010 [2 favorites]


He got help of a sort. He learned an important lesson about the Internet.
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:09 PM on February 25, 2010 [8 favorites]


I would have helped him. But I'm a sap.
posted by iconomy at 12:29 PM on February 25, 2010


That was hilarious.
posted by everichon at 12:30 PM on February 25, 2010


Yeah, that was awesome. Thanks for posting this question, even if I can't find the original Metafilter thread about it (which I would love to see)!
posted by k8lin at 1:27 PM on February 25, 2010


But I'm a sap.

Somewhere, Admiral Akbar twitches then settles down.
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:40 PM on February 25, 2010 [4 favorites]


It was everything that's wrong with the internet and I could not stop laughing.
posted by batmonkey at 3:22 PM on February 25, 2010 [3 favorites]


no more white spots.
posted by exlotuseater at 7:38 PM on February 25, 2010


Rhomboid: “The fact that you need an archived screenshot to figure out what in the hell ever transpired in that thread is a perfect example of why the ability to edit comments is evil.”

DU: “..the ability to edit comments without that editing being visible to the reader is evil. ¶ FTFY”

... and the fact that you had to FTFH is a perfect example why comment editing, even with visible changes, is confusing as hell and not really worth it at all.
posted by koeselitz at 2:04 AM on February 26, 2010


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