3-21-07 – 7 deadly sins

I’m seriously disappointed that a sloth has taken the lead. There are many great representations of the 7 deadly sins and using a sloth, literally, just took the fun right out of it. It’s so far off topic and sarcastic that it’s almost an insult to the integrity of the contest, if there ever was any. Is this going to be the trend?

That seriously took the fun right out of the contest for you? An extremely well photographed picture of a literal sloth just ruined the contest? As I said in the thread and here, I myself was going to do a sloth picture, but there were none at the local zoo. It’s *funny*. Besides, there are plenty of other animal pictures in the thread depicting the various sins–do they insult the “integrity” of Farktography as well? Or only when they’re winning?

As for being “off topic”, I’d say a picture of a sloth, the very embodiment of, you know, sloth, is completely on topic, and certainly moreso than, say, pictures of windows posted to the Doors theme (yes it happened).

Just my .02 but keep in mind I’m grumpy in the mornings.

Methinks you’re taking this far too seriously. Have more coffee. Or sleep in a little later. 😉

/also grumpy in the mornings

thanks for the props, diggin!

re: sarcastic/funny photos winning farktog contests….it happens all the time. 2nd place in ‘our bodies ourselves’ was a blurry picture of some guy’s thumb sticking out of his fly. the winner for valentine’s day was a shot of Foobies with a bottle of lotion and a kleenex (still think that’s hilarious btw miller) etc etc. it’s not always the best-executed photo that wins, but the one that strikes the right chord with the most people.

/not putting your pic down, miller, just using it as an example of cynicism winning a contest.

//also not putting down ‘zard’s pick – i think it’s a great picture.

I understand sarcasm will be in the photo contests and I believe thats part of what makes it fun. The others you mentioned were great too and I agree they were on-topic but I’m trying to be more specific by saying a Sloth (animal) is not a seven deadly sin. To me, the picture of a sloth in a “7 deadly sins” contest could be compared to someone submitting a picture of Rick Ocasek in a “The Car” contest. Or Larry Byrd in “The Birds” contest.

/Blah

What am I doing? I’m not arguing or even trying to. It’s not in my nature. Fuck it, the Sloth is funny and I need to get laid.

Fuck it, the Sloth is funny and I need to get laid.

But… I thought that was just a photo op?

*grin*

Hey Everyone,

I’m sorry for putting that photo of the sloth up there – I just thought it would be funny and get people to look at an actual sloth that was found in the wild. I guess I didn’t realize how these contests work. Is there a way to retract my photos? I guess I can get a mod to delete them if that’s what people want. I really do not care about winning a contest. I’m just not a competitive person, but I should have realized that others may not share that view. I thought my photos from my perspective were on topic, but I have a weird perspective. Every contest I would be in would have some sort of wildlife photo because that’s my thing, but if these contests are really serious, then I just won’t play in them or I could just post the photos without the ability to vote.

I’m sorry for causing trouble. It wasn’t intentional.

Oh no, I should have realized that my photos would not be considered on topic for many TFers and I do apologize for that. My enthusiasm for biology and wildlife may get the best of me on occasion and I do like to share that with other people, but I think I may go too far sometimes.

I didn’t mean to cause any trouble, really.

I won’t take the photos down if you don’t want me to. I also didn’t mean to imply that the contest wasn’t important to me – it’s just that winning isn’t very important to me, since I’m just not a competitive person by nature. I should have realized that other people may not share that view.

Anyway, I promise to not be a doodiehead next time 🙂

Anyway, I promise to not be a doodiehead next time 🙂

Awww but I don’t want to be the only doodiehead here 😥

Funny interpretations of the topic tend to do well, just look at the v-day comp (just using that as an example, not saying there is anything wrong with it!)