I assumed the caption was what was written on the back of the photo -- no?
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Jesse - Feb 03, 2006 2:36:14 pm PST #5378 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Topic!Cindy - Feb 03, 2006 2:39:15 pm PST #5379 of 10001
What is even happening?
I assumed the caption was what was written on the back of the photo -- no?If it was, that's different (and funny, if the woman wrote it about herself). It didn't read to me like it was.
Jesse - Feb 03, 2006 2:40:46 pm PST #5380 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
(and funny, if the woman wrote it about herself).
Yeah, that was my assumption.
deborah grabien - Feb 03, 2006 3:08:50 pm PST #5381 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I'd automatically assumed she'd written it; it has the sort of sharp-sour self-deprecation women in this society are taught to whip themselves with.
Connie Neil - Feb 03, 2006 4:09:57 pm PST #5382 of 10001
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I don't think any of the captions come from anywhere but the photos themselves.
Topic!Cindy - Feb 04, 2006 12:55:59 am PST #5383 of 10001
What is even happening?
To submit a photo, you send a jpeg (or whatever) attachment in email. If a caption is submitted, it's submitted by the person who sent the photo.
deborah grabien - Feb 04, 2006 6:32:19 am PST #5384 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
See, there's a story in and of itself. Another layer on the question of how much you can trust anything you're/we're told.
Because we have no way of knowing whether any of these captions are real, then, do we? Whether they could be written on the back of the original, or added by the sender? And even if written on the back of the original, no way of knowing who wrote it.
So there's a whole deeper level to it: the captions. Because something as innocuous as "Sammy, Lucy and Chris, Manhattan Beach, 1933" could be completely inaccurate, in all innocence or by malice. What would the story be behind that?
Not going to tackle that one - hell, I just did, in all four Haunted Ballads novels, since that's the big underlying theme, apparently - but the question is one I find fascinating.
SailAweigh - Feb 04, 2006 7:59:01 am PST #5385 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Too true, deb. I think #4 is an interesting picture, but the caption blocks me from really being able to write something. Not that I've written on any of them so far, but it makes that one that much harder.
deborah grabien - Feb 04, 2006 8:04:59 am PST #5386 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
See, I don't even look at the captions, generally; I keep forgetting to, especially if the background composition of the photo shows me something obvious. I just go with the visual.
But photo captions as spin, or deliberate obfuscation? This is why I never believe a news story. One person's take is simply not possibly a full or balanced look at anything, is it?
Steph L. - Feb 04, 2006 8:05:26 am PST #5387 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
To submit a photo, you send a jpeg (or whatever) attachment in email. If a caption is submitted, it's submitted by the person who sent the photo.
Huh. I was pretty sure that any captions are only what was written on the photos themselves. From the website: "When you click "Send your Photos" your email program will open, please, enter your name and any text written on the back of the photo."