#39: "Occupation: well, i don't really know...as you see, sometimes i scan my face" posted by LSK at 8:29 AM on August 3, 2010
That's... very... odd.
Mostly because a bunch of people voluntarily scanned their faces and their credit cards, with card numbers visible, and posted them on the internet. posted by verb at 8:29 AM on August 3, 2010
Creepy. Scanned faces always look dead to me. posted by aught at 8:36 AM on August 3, 2010
Do scanners use some sort of eye-damaging photon beam? posted by stbalbach at 8:37 AM on August 3, 2010
Psshaw, ant man, stick yourself in there and then we'll talk. posted by seagull.apollo at 8:37 AM on August 3, 2010
Scanned faces always look dead to me.
Yeah, reminds me of Tori Amos' cover for From The Choirgirl Hotel, where she had full-body scanner images made. Although she didn't have all the contents of her pockets spread around her. posted by hippybear at 8:38 AM on August 3, 2010
I'm fascinated! And Gator's Vanitas link just nailed it for me. Fantastic! posted by taz at 8:41 AM on August 3, 2010
If this were the contents of MY purse on a given day... wallet. iPhone. chapstick. hair ties. extra shirt in a size 3T. a board book about trucks. fake cellphone. crayons. dirty tissues. possibly also a stick.
do it, grapefruitmoon! It sounds completely charming. posted by taz at 8:45 AM on August 3, 2010
People really do carry bananas in their pockets. Who knew?! posted by heyho at 8:47 AM on August 3, 2010
People carry a lot of crap around, don't they?
Contents of my pockets today: £1.17 and a fuzzy receipt that went through the washing machine. I'm rubbish. posted by le morte de bea arthur at 8:47 AM on August 3, 2010
a lot of people with cheap ass phones out there.... posted by HuronBob at 8:48 AM on August 3, 2010
I'd need the full-body scanner to hold all the crap I keep in my bag. And the lint would just obscure everything.
The random few I clicked all had IDs. The US may not be the bastion of liberty some may tout it as, but I don't have to carry ID unless I'm driving. I have to carry a credit card, because MegaCorp requires it, though. In the US, it's all about the credit. posted by theora55 at 8:50 AM on August 3, 2010
Metafilter: Some sort of eye-damaging photon beam? posted by Chipmazing at 8:50 AM on August 3, 2010
I can clearly make out a someone's VISA card number on one of those. Not so great. posted by Burhanistan at 8:51 AM on August 3, 2010
Ooh, and there's a Mastercard number. posted by Burhanistan at 8:54 AM on August 3, 2010
Metafilter: a lot of people with cheap ass phones out there.... posted by CautionToTheWind at 9:08 AM on August 3, 2010 [1 favorite]
Yeah, I know a guy who manages for a catering operation, and they have special contracted phones with built in radios and email that he has to carry at all times. posted by codacorolla at 10:57 AM on August 3, 2010
I have no idea how these people got their heads wedged into their scanners, or why.
There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret. Not because I'm in here; because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try to talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone and this old man is all that left. I gotta live with that. Rehabilitated? It's just a bullshit word. So go ahead and stamp your forms, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit. posted by maxwelton at 12:43 PM on August 3, 2010 [1 favorite]
It's amusing that some people completely shove their faces into their scanners, while others seem to hover above them, wary of leaving a mark (so I'd guess).
posted by LSK at 8:29 AM on August 3, 2010