Flickr Photobomber Tagged Image Game
April 10, 2016 5:54 PM   Subscribe

Solve simple puzzles using tagged images from Flickr. That's it.
posted by MoonOrb (16 comments total) 9 users marked this as a favorite
 
The difficulty varies wildly. From "bad ___" with a picture of an egg to me trying to figure out that a picture of a rock in the ocean is "haystack". Really? You tagged your picture of the ocean as "haystack"?
posted by Justinian at 6:02 PM on April 10, 2016 [2 favorites]


The real question is why isn't there a song called Dog Photographer?
posted by phunniemee at 6:29 PM on April 10, 2016 [5 favorites]


honestly I kind of love this for how broken it very often is

my bf and i have decided "put your cat in your ice" is now replacing "put your foot in your mouth" thanks to some interesting tagging choices by flickr users
posted by suddenly, and without warning, at 6:37 PM on April 10, 2016 [2 favorites]


You tagged your picture of the ocean as "haystack"?

Probably because the picture was taken from, near, or of Haystack Rock. Which is part of the problem --- a picture's tags aren't necessarily the nouns the picture is of.
posted by jackbishop at 6:43 PM on April 10, 2016


I played several times before I noticed that it gives you a hint in the form of "category" at the top of the page. Although knowing that "[picture of path through meadow] of [office building with some lights on]" was a book didn't help me get Life of Pi.
posted by justkevin at 6:53 PM on April 10, 2016 [1 favorite]


If anything, this illustrates the futility of tagging.

I got one where the phrase was supposed to be "Full of hot air" The picture for "hot" was about a dozen women crowded into a pool. Okay...I kind of get that, but it wasn't the sort of image that would immediately make one think "hot."

But the pic for "air" was of what looked like a street riot, complete with cops. I still can't figure how anyone would tag that one for "air."
posted by Thorzdad at 6:57 PM on April 10, 2016


I had an alley bisected by a washing line, adjacent to what looked like a lake or placid river.

The clue was that it was the title of a book and the missing words were "In the".

The Wind in the Willows, obviously. Clothes dry in the wind, willows grow near water ...
posted by Joe in Australia at 7:05 PM on April 10, 2016


what's wrong, cat got your panda?

that guy is full of tiger lady
posted by suddenly, and without warning, at 7:39 PM on April 10, 2016


Air rifles or air raid, Thorzdad?

I just lost on one that was (close up of a feminine eye) that (sunset behind a bridge over a river). How does a beautiful eye burn, Flickr?
posted by Night_owl at 9:06 PM on April 10, 2016


I got one that was supposed to be Werewolves of London, where 'werewolves' was a bunch of guys sitting on the floor in some sort of conference room or something giving thumbs up signs.

I didn't get a screengrab, but I hope the description will suffice for cheating purposes.
posted by ernielundquist at 9:27 PM on April 10, 2016


the photo for "hotel" was... nsfw
posted by papalotl at 9:39 PM on April 10, 2016


Sorry I didn't know your dog's name, kirstyxo.
posted by the webmistress at 10:38 PM on April 10, 2016


ernielundquist: They were playing Werewolf. (Once I figured out "London" I knew exactly what that was.)
posted by Casuistry at 11:56 PM on April 10, 2016 [1 favorite]


Book: the [man standing half in shadow] [single tree against the horizon] = The Golden Compass
posted by tracicle at 1:33 AM on April 11, 2016


I gave up after the second round, because [blurry photo of woman holding sparklers at the beach] was tagged as "submarine".

If anything, this illustrates the futility of tagging.

I still try to be very vigilant in my Flickr tagging, but I realized quickly when I first joined that people don't understand tagging, so I stopped using tags to search Flickr, and started using Google, because for the most part Google cares more about titles and descriptions more than tags, and that usually works out better for searching specific words about photos.
posted by numaner at 6:23 AM on April 11, 2016


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posted by terrapin at 12:12 PM on April 11, 2016


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