Just Interesting
The “glossy magazine” category. Nothing too deep.
I have a (hopefully short) fascination with selfies and the templated, iconic poses that people use like symbols. I scanned a whole bunch using only black and white to see how simple the image can get and still easily be understood. The answer is pretty damn simple. These things are branding or logos to make us instantly recognizable to the “customers” browsing and swiping.
(Blue steel, Ferrari, Le Tigre, and Magnum are the names of poses from Zoolander.)
Meteor flame out off the coast of Australia
This video uses the “tilt-shift” effect to make the result feel like a miniature world. The essence of the effect is both foreground and background being slightly out of focus.
The Landlord’s Game is a board game patented in 1904 by Elizabeth Magie. The game was created to be a “practical demonstration of the present system of land grabbing with all its usual outcomes and consequences”
Greece or Italy 350–325 BC
Presented as a public service: Know the signs!
Icelandic Magic: Is it Weird? Yes. If you have a any doubts, read about Necro-Pants.
Sexualizing an innocent strawberry.
Hypno-animals
Freedom
The blessing of Saint Doggo be upon ye.
I suspect there are interesting things behind some of these.
It’s not hard to figure out what I’m feeling.
And now, this.
