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Originally posted by TheSubversiveOne
This site brings up a glaring issue:
What's with the cheesy format of using a stock photo with some thought-provoking yet overused platitude overlaid across? Has the masses reached such a low level of concentration that this is now our reading material? I see these everywhere on the internet and they are becoming a hazard.
Is it because we cannot quite muster up the confidence to ask questions ourselves? Do we really rely on the out of context quotes of others for our inspiration, but further botch it by placing it over a stock-photo with illegible badly-leaded typography making it completely void of art?
Very thought provoking OP.edit on 10-7-2012 by TheSubversiveOne because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by 1littlewolf
Originally posted by TheSubversiveOne
This site brings up a glaring issue:
What's with the cheesy format of using a stock photo with some thought-provoking yet overused platitude overlaid across? Has the masses reached such a low level of concentration that this is now our reading material? I see these everywhere on the internet and they are becoming a hazard.
Is it because we cannot quite muster up the confidence to ask questions ourselves? Do we really rely on the out of context quotes of others for our inspiration, but further botch it by placing it over a stock-photo with illegible badly-leaded typography making it completely void of art?
Very thought provoking OP.edit on 10-7-2012 by TheSubversiveOne because: (no reason given)
Maybe the use of cheesy stock photo's with over-used platitudes is the first step in motivating the lowest common denominator of the masses to be something better than what they currently are.
Keep in mind that prior to these 'inspirational quotes' making it big on the interwebs all they had was some feel-good story at the end of the 6 o'clock news to keep them going...
Originally posted by TheSubversiveOne
Originally posted by 1littlewolf
Originally posted by TheSubversiveOne
This site brings up a glaring issue:
What's with the cheesy format of using a stock photo with some thought-provoking yet overused platitude overlaid across? Has the masses reached such a low level of concentration that this is now our reading material? I see these everywhere on the internet and they are becoming a hazard.
Is it because we cannot quite muster up the confidence to ask questions ourselves? Do we really rely on the out of context quotes of others for our inspiration, but further botch it by placing it over a stock-photo with illegible badly-leaded typography making it completely void of art?
Very thought provoking OP.edit on 10-7-2012 by TheSubversiveOne because: (no reason given)
Maybe the use of cheesy stock photo's with over-used platitudes is the first step in motivating the lowest common denominator of the masses to be something better than what they currently are.
Keep in mind that prior to these 'inspirational quotes' making it big on the interwebs all they had was some feel-good story at the end of the 6 o'clock news to keep them going...
Very possible. I enjoy the optimistic outlook. But I wager the lowest common denominator will only be motivated enough to hit the 'like' button, rather than seek further inquiry into the subject.