|  04-29-2013, 01:33 PM | #1 | 
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			I love this image: (Edited for NSFW content. The original (NSFW) can be found at http://i.imgur.com/QNe3wmg.jpg.) edit: Thanks to avantman42 and pdurrant for shedding some light on the original creator. Much appreciated. I'll leave my original request below for posterity. --- I'm not really sure where it originates from, searching online it's most often associated with demotivation.us, but it doesn't seem likely to have come from them. It's not very demotivational.  If you know who the original creator is, please share that and give them credit. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 04-30-2013 at 03:41 PM. Reason: Remove NSFW graphic. | 
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|  04-29-2013, 03:26 PM | #2 | |
| Frequent Flier            Posts: 1,282 Karma: 2058993297 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: KB kindle aboard, Galx Tab 7.0 Plus, trying out Droid 1 as mini-tab | Quote: 
 Wonderful. Inspiring! Last edited by WT Sharpe; 04-30-2013 at 03:34 PM. | |
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|  04-29-2013, 03:27 PM | #3 | 
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			Absolutely Awesome!!
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|  04-29-2013, 03:31 PM | #4 | 
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			I like the picture, but I think that with all the dystopias, books sometimes do the opposite.     | 
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|  04-29-2013, 03:44 PM | #5 | 
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|  04-29-2013, 04:56 PM | #6 | 
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			This ... is ... why ... I ... avoid ... modern ... science ... fiction. I guess dystopias add a bit of excitement for the protagonist, but I'd rather have my head in the clouds to see the sunshine on the other side since there is far too much to fret about down here on Earth. | 
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|  04-29-2013, 05:06 PM | #7 | 
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			I just wish the image had avoided the profanity. Yeah, I know, it's there for realism--but it makes the image unacceptable to many people, including me.
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|  04-29-2013, 05:33 PM | #8 | 
| Philosopher            Posts: 2,034 Karma: 18736532 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2 gen, Kindle Fire 1st Gen, Kindle Touch | 
			
			The language help make the point the picture is trying to make.
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|  04-29-2013, 06:07 PM | #9 | |
| Grand Sorcerer            Posts: 7,423 Karma: 52734361 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip | Quote: 
 And from a commercial standpoint, assuming a print/poster is for sale, why limit sales by including the profanity? | |
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|  04-29-2013, 07:39 PM | #10 | 
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			Your wish has been fulfilled:  Or there's this one:   Last edited by K. Molen; 04-29-2013 at 07:44 PM. | 
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|  04-30-2013, 01:17 AM | #11 | 
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			Agreed. I don't understand the inclusion of profanity in the image. It doesn't make sense to me and in my opinion not applicable to the general concept of the image. Perhaps I'm missing something?
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|  04-30-2013, 03:15 AM | #12 | 
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|  04-30-2013, 04:03 AM | #13 | 
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			It appears that the original was by Anastasia Gorbunov, and the original text was "Reading isn’t dangerous. Not reading is.": http://madartlab.com/2011/05/18/ai-w...in-it-for-you/ | 
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|  04-30-2013, 06:06 AM | #14 | 
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|  04-30-2013, 06:14 AM | #15 | 
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			Terrific! Thank you for sharing K. Molen    | 
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