Something Completely Different

Post pictures of anything and everything. Memes, photos you took, food you ate, pets, selfies, artwork, literally anything.

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One of my hobbies is collecting original antique photos. Here's one I acquired a few months ago...






I don't know who the people in the photo were but it looks like it's from the 1920's and probably somewhere in the USA.

This is how muscular a chimp is. These are hairless.

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Wow!

I'm endlessly fascinated by the various shapes and adaptations various organisms have (especially invertebrates).

Here are some diatoms, single celled photosynthesizing algae that have hard shells, making them look very geometric.

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Snow leopard. These are amazing.

I wish big cats had been domesticated like dogs, I would absolutely love to have a big cat as a pet. Even just bobcat sized. But the ultimate would be a leopard or jaguar.

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Could you tell us a bit about these pictures please, Mindy? What are they?

Quote from: jimmy jazz on Mar 05, 2023, 02:20 AMCould you tell us a bit about these pictures please, Mindy? What are they?

1) living room at my Ripley street apartment in Davenport Iowa. Spent lots of time on that couch just typing and interneting.
2) library inside a house I visited
3) The door inside to that house
4) My old school tv I got from my grandfather but it couldnt connect to cable tv
5) old computer I had that I just had on the floor at the 9th street apartment I stayed at in davenport Iowa
6) living room at the apartment I lived at on 11th street in davenport iowa
7) living room where I drummed while drinking alcohol and interneted hard at
8) downtown davenport iowa's skate park in the winter of 2009
9) park with nice trees :)

Just saw this while I was searching for a different image. Could make a good avatar...

Took these. It's summer.

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Pictures taken moments before disaster. I will not elaborate, in the interest of preserving what's left of my dignity. I thought it was a funny shot even out of context.

Edit: God I must seem just so vain, posting my own mug in threads other than the dedicated member picture thread, haha.

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Those look like some kind of super-weed leaves. If I were blazed on that shit I'd probably end up looking like that guy too.

Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Jun 15, 2023, 04:22 AMThose look like some kind of super-weed leaves. If I were blazed on that shit I'd probably end up looking like that guy too.

You probably wouldn't look like him, but you'd probably feel like he looks  :laughing:

For those that don't know, it's an alleged photo of a "skunk ape", Florida's version of a Bigfoot. The story behind the photo is as follows:

QuoteOn December 29, 2000, the Sarasota Sheriff's Department received an anonymous letter with two enclosed photos from a woman purporting to show what her husband believed was an escaped orangutan that had been stealing fruit from their back porch. She never mentioned anything about a Skunk Ape, but the photo clearly shows a large primate that is definitely not an orangutan.

The letter began, "Enclosed please find some pictures I took. My husband thinks it is an orangutan. Is someone missing an orangutan?"

The woman wrote that for two nights it had taken apples her daughter brought down from up north off their back porch. The photos were taken on the third night after she went outside to investigate a repetition of deep woomp noises. She aimed her camera at something that moved in the darkness behind the saw palmetto bushes at the rear of their property. After quickly snapping two photos, each accompanied by a blinding flash, the creature retreated into the woods. The woman wrote that its "awful smell" lasted long after it left the area. She leashed their dog in their backyard and it never returned.

The woman signed-off, "God Bless. I prefer to remain anonymous."

She wouldn't give her name, but wrote that the incident occurred on their property near I-75, east of Sarasota in an area that includes the Myakka River and the Myakka State Park. The creature has since become known as the Myakka Skunk Ape.

The Skunk Ape – Florida's Bigfoot (https://www.westpalmbeach.com/the-skunk-ape/)

Just for fun I set my Microsoft Teams video chat background for work so it looks like I work in an indie record store. (I never really participate in video chats anywhere so this was a first for me.)

Within 15 minutes of my first day using it a coworker approached me and said, "my daughter left me a bunch of records - would you like them for free?" :)

I haven't taken a selfie yet this year so I thought I'd share the fun!

Sidenote: Someone asked me about the records, so I put together a list of nearly all of the pictured albums:

I see Various – The Rough Guide To Ethiopian Jazz, Prince's Purple Rain, Black Sheep – A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing on the Mercury label, Cam'ron's Purple Haze on Rock-A-Fella from 2004, the 2018 Legacy Records issue of Paul Simon's Graceland: The Remixes, Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells on the Virgin label, the Quatermass And The Pit soundtrack, a Suzanne Ciani 12" I can't quite place, Front 242 – Never Stop!, The Creatures – Standing There, Tracey Ullman – The Best Of Tracey Ullman: You Broke My Heart In 17 Places (a novelty record from 1992), Brian Eno's epic Another Green World on the Island label, Vangelis' Beaubourg from '78 with the alternate cover art, The Damned – The Light At The End Of The Tunnel, Marilyn Manson – The Pale Emperor, Philip Glass – The Photographer, Tangerine Dream – Cyclone, Amon Düül II – Tanz Der Lemminge, and The Leather Nun – Pink House.

That's all of the visible covers with enough surface area visible to identify them. (This is what I do best.)

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Nice photo, ISB ( or nice photoshop, as it's not real, right?)
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Here's a couple of pictures by Australian artist, Russel Drysdale. You need a couple of examples to catch his strange, atmospheric vision of everyday rural life, as it used to be:-

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Going To The Pictures, 1941

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Man Feeding His Dogs, 1941

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The Cricketers, 1948

What music should I be listening to, to really put me in the mood of these paintings ? I think this fits quite well:-

Disfarmer, ya no say daddy me snow I go blame
A licky boom boom down

That art is really cool, Lisna :)

Here's a few fun pics I found from a cursory look through my favorites on my phone.

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I took this at my old job, someone etched it into the dust on some old product box. Seems a bit sus if you ask me.

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I found this at a grocery store a few years ago.

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This fellow was the mascot of a resort hotel my family stayed in on our 1999 family vacation. Seems like a jolly chap, but his name is Gus Der Schweitzerboob and that was really funny when I was 10. And now.

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And here's yours truly! This was taken in winter 2001 or early 2002. I was in the early stages of my emo phase, hence the scowl, haha.

^Fun pics, @Mrs. Waffles 🙂

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Looking good, isb 😊😘

Pictured: The Fall's lead singer, Mark E. Smith, on his final tour with the band before his death:

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A painting from 1919, "Swan Upping At Cookham" by Stanley Spencer:-

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Although swan upping leaves most Brits as baffled as the swans, it apparently still goes on, according to today's newspapers:-


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So my sister linked me this super cute chibi style character art maker thing, so I made the closest approximation of myself I could with the included options. Came out pretty cute, if a bit too youthfully cutesy for someone of my mature aesthetic sensibilities, haha. Gonna use it as my avatar for now, I love the mouse but I needed a change.
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And here's a link to the site where I made it, if anyone wants to make their own.
https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/2069970 (https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/2069970)

That's nice, Mrs. Waffles ! I think my favourite detail is the little fork, bottom left. ;)

As you might guess, it's a little girly by my standards, but I notice that all the pink tones makes it really stand out in the avatar column of SCD's home page:

Most Jumps-Off-The-Screen-At-You Avatar Award: equal first place to Mrs. Waffles and jimmyjazz. Second place goes to Psy-Fi, with the blood-smeared, staring close-up which is very effective in an unsettling way.
 

Quote from: Lisnaholic on Aug 11, 2023, 05:10 PMThat's nice, Mrs. Waffles ! I think my favourite detail is the little fork, bottom left. ;)

As you might guess, it's a little girly by my standards, but I notice that all the pink tones makes it really stand out in the avatar column of SCD's home page:

Most Jumps-Off-The-Screen-At-You Avatar Award: equal first place to Mrs. Waffles and jimmyjazz. Second place goes to Psy-Fi, with the blood-smeared, staring close-up which is very effective in an unsettling way.
 

Thanks! And I love Psy-Fi's avatar haha. Somehow the image of blood splattered Willy Wonka just makes sense, it tracks with Wonka's cavalier attitude toward the suffering of children. And that boat scene? I always knew he had to be an inch away from snapping.

Thanks for the award. I'd like to thank SCD, the smiley face and my pet cat Cecil.

Quote from: jimmy jazz on Aug 11, 2023, 05:19 PMThanks for the award. I'd like to thank SCD, the smiley face and my pet cat Cecil.

 :laughing: Good one, jimmy jazz! A short and simple acceptance speech. There are a lot of Hollywood actors who could learn from your example ;)

Chris Chan looking like the average Montreal guy

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Quote from: jadis on Aug 12, 2023, 04:52 PMChris Chan looking like the average Montreal guy

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Is that the guy who had a sexual relationship with his elderly mom or something?

I heard something about it a couple of years ago or so and thought I should check it out, but then forgot about it.

Yeah one of those tragic internet characters.

This is where I learned of him

Quote from: jadis on Aug 12, 2023, 07:27 PMYeah one of those tragic internet characters.

This is where I learned of him

He brought shame to us Sonic fans.

Actually, probably not - Sonic fans make me ashamed to be a Sonic fan.

I like to think of myself as a peace-loving guy, but there is still a residual schoolboy in me that says "Wow" when I see a photo like this:-

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^ The Soviet era Kalinin K-7

Just a couple random pics I've taken these past couple days.

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The cat finally came out of hiding. I wanted to get a pic, but I grabbed my phone too fast and spooked her. Here she is fleeing in terror.

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The man of the house chillaxing for a bit before heading to work. This was all he'd let me photograph of him lol.

The view from my window two weeks ago
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Which toast do you prefer?

E-2 for me, thanks.

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Quote from: MonaSomona on Sep 10, 2023, 03:49 PMWhich toast do you prefer?

E-2 for me, thanks.

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Any choice in the 'e' column from 1 to 5.

Quote from: MonaSomona on Sep 10, 2023, 03:49 PMWhich toast do you prefer?

E-2 for me, thanks.

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C4

Quote from: Mindy on Sep 10, 2023, 06:09 PMC4

And I thought I liked light toast.  :P

Perhaps you remembr this scene from Friends, with the Geller siblings locked in a struggle that no-one else cares about. For some reason it came to mind as I read about Roger Waters issuing a new version of Dark Side of the Moon, just months after the official Floyd box set reissue.

Just let it go, guys!

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Quote from: MonaSomona on Sep 10, 2023, 03:49 PMWhich toast do you prefer?

E-2 for me, thanks.

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It doesn't even qualify as toast until D4

Quote from: MonaSomona on Sep 10, 2023, 03:49 PMWhich toast do you prefer?

E-2 for me, thanks.

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Isn't the second axis redundant?

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thats a cool photo

Once again a beautiful view from my terrace today

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A few photos from a local reptile park I went to a couple of months back. They also had an assortment of other animals including some bird enclosures.

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I was in a nostalgic mood last night so I decided to rummage through some old nostalgic photos from my past, mostly taken by me. I could be quite the little photographer back in the day.

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My family's first cat, Rosalie. Probably taken around 1997-98. She was a neurotic little kitty who was honestly probably traumatized by us kids, but we loved having her around.

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Autumn vibes, 1999.

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This was the lamppost from the house I lived in between 1991 and 2013. I think any one of these nature photos could be an album cover for some indie or midwest emo band.

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Looking out over the backyard of my grandparents' house. They were big bird lovers.

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10 year old me chooses my starter pokemon, 1999. Tough decision, had to sit down for that one.

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Yours truly, circa 1989-90. That green monster plush had a super unique texture I remember loving to squeeze as a kid.

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Norm: 'Ey!
Everyone: Who's that little old man?
Norm: Well, who is he?
Ringo: He belongs to Paul.

This is a lichen in bloom, growing on a corner of my roof. I spotted it one day and took a closer look to see what it was. I thought it looked interesting, so I took a pic of it.

Quote from: Psy-Fi on Dec 10, 2023, 05:16 PM

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This is a lichen in bloom, growing on a corner of my roof. I spotted it one day and took a closer look to see what it was. I thought it looked interesting, so I took a pic of it.

Nice one, @Psy-Fi 🙂

Lichens are quite interesting!

Quote from: Guybrush on Dec 10, 2023, 05:26 PMNice one, @Psy-Fi 🙂

Lichens are quite interesting!

That one in particular caught my eye. Not just because it was growing on a corner of my roof, but also because it was blooming and looked unusual to me.

I stumbled across this today while I was looking online for a door knocker. Somewhat amusing but how many people would actually put one of these on their front door?

Quote from: Psy-Fi on Dec 11, 2023, 02:58 PMI stumbled across this today while I was looking online for a door knocker. Somewhat amusing but how many people would actually put one of these on their front door?

HaHa! That's weird. Another question is who would actually use it ? If I was calling at that house, I don't think I would.
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Why are issues that should've been resolved by now troubling us anew ?

There's apparently a drama in France about this painting, which was shown to a class of 11-12 year-olds:-

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"...some pupils refused to look at a painting of nude women in class, sparking a teacher walkout."

Full story: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67691484

How this was not an issue in the past:
I went to an all-boys school and never in a million years would we have been shown that picture, on account of the tsunami of smutty remarks it would've generated. To refuse to look at the picture seems a pretty feeble response, but also, why can't teachers leave kids to do what they've always done: find pictures of nudes for themselves if they want to?

Quote from: Lisnaholic on Dec 13, 2023, 12:25 AMHaHa! That's weird. Another question is who would actually use it ? If I was calling at that house, I don't think I would.
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Why are issues that should've been resolved by now troubling us anew ?

There's apparently a drama in France about this painting, which was shown to a class of 11-12 year-olds:-

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"...some pupils refused to look at a painting of nude women in class, sparking a teacher walkout."

Full story: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67691484

How this was not an issue in the past:
I went to an all-boys school and never in a million years would we have been shown that picture, on account of the tsunami of smutty remarks it would've generated. To refuse to look at the picture seems a pretty feeble response, but also, why can't teachers leave kids to do what they've always done: find pictures of nudes for themselves if they want to?

My teachers used to take classes of us out to visit museums of various types when I was in school during my childhood. I can't remember how old I was when I first saw a painting similar to the one in that story, or if I might've seen it during a school outing, but that particular one looks quite mild to me as far as the nudity goes.

Before I clicked the link and read the story, my first thought was are the 11-12 year olds who complained about the painting, Muslims? The second sentence in the story confirmed my first thought. The teacher should've known that it would be considered inappropriate to show such paintings to Muslim children. Which leads me to wonder if the teacher was ignorant and committed a social faux pas or was the teacher deliberately being a provocateur?       

I think it's sometimes incredible how overly prudish people are. Everyone's got an ass and genitalia. Everyone's got breasts. How can a painting from ages past that depicts nudity be rationally considered too vulgar when the scene painted is not sexual, exploitative or otherwise obscene?

It's a bit like finding non-sexual National Geographic pictures from African tribes where women go topless vulgar.

Here, young people no longer dare to shower naked before entering the pool. They've become too prudish or something. I hope they still manage to wash their dirty butts.

All in all, I feel like many could benefit from being more relaxed about nudity and from not constantly sexualizing it.

Quote from: Psy-Fi on Dec 13, 2023, 12:13 PMMy teachers used to take classes of us out to visit museums of various types when I was in school during my childhood. I can't remember how old I was when I first saw a painting similar to the one in that story, or if I might've seen it during a school outing, but that particular one looks quite mild to me as far as the nudity goes.

Before I clicked the link and read the story, my first thought was are the 11-12 year olds who complained about the painting, Muslims? The second sentence in the story confirmed my first thought. The teacher should've known that it would be considered inappropriate to show such paintings to Muslim children. Which leads me to wonder if the teacher was ignorant and committed a social faux pas or was the teacher deliberately being a provocateur?

Haha! Now you mention it, I also remember scurrying around museums looking for the "best" statues, etc.
As to the teacher's motivation in this particular case, I also wonder. Perhaps it was also an attempt to follow what, on its face, is quite a reasonable proposition: the kind of free-thinking educational idea, started in the 1920s, that kids should not be shielded from nudity, etc.   

Quote from: Guybrush on Dec 13, 2023, 05:26 PMI think it's sometimes incredible how overly prudish people are. Everyone's got an ass and genitalia. Everyone's got breasts. How can a painting from ages past that depicts nudity be rationally considered too vulgar when the scene painted is not sexual, exploitative or otherwise obscene?

It's a bit like finding non-sexual National Geographic pictures from African tribes where women go topless vulgar.

Here, young people no longer dare to shower naked before entering the pool. They've become too prudish or something. I hope they still manage to wash their dirty butts.

All in all, I feel like many could benefit from being more relaxed about nudity and from not constantly sexualizing it.

You have a real talent for pin-pointing the fundamental truths that lie at the heart of an issue, Guybrush. I've noticed it before, and this is an excellent example of the same. :thumb:

Quote from: Lisnaholic on Dec 14, 2023, 02:57 PMYou have a real talent for pin-pointing the fundamental truths that lie at the heart of an issue, Guybrush. I've noticed it before, and this is an excellent example of the same. :thumb:

Thanks Lisna 😊

It probably wouldn't take me long to get into trouble if I were a teacher. I'd be teaching sciences, but I imagine there'd be trouble with the old anatomy charts or something.

In my old uni, they had jars with brains, fetuses and other fun things.