Awkward Stock Photos
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Videodrome 2010
"Concept Image of a Young Girl" is the perfect title to this contemporary art piece
Grandma can't really swallow pills, but we need to get her out of the Matrix
Lucille Bluth vs. Mavis Beacon
I have never seen a DJ
Photoshop For Goths on Myspace, Chapter 1 Lesson 6: Eyeballs
posted by griphus at 1:54 PM on July 16, 2010 [12 favorites]
"Concept Image of a Young Girl" is the perfect title to this contemporary art piece
Grandma can't really swallow pills, but we need to get her out of the Matrix
Lucille Bluth vs. Mavis Beacon
I have never seen a DJ
Photoshop For Goths on Myspace, Chapter 1 Lesson 6: Eyeballs
posted by griphus at 1:54 PM on July 16, 2010 [12 favorites]
So much WTF all in one place! These are begging for captions, but somehow that could ruin them.
posted by Xoebe at 1:57 PM on July 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Xoebe at 1:57 PM on July 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
A lot of these seem to be from photos.com. Looking at their site, they do seem to have a lot of sort of off kilter photos.
I like this one: I alway eat my Activia in my underwear.
posted by jeoc at 2:05 PM on July 16, 2010
I like this one: I alway eat my Activia in my underwear.
posted by jeoc at 2:05 PM on July 16, 2010
How is the deer photo awkward?
posted by stavrogin at 2:05 PM on July 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by stavrogin at 2:05 PM on July 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
What in god's name would be the appropriate use for this one?
Gym teachers forced to teach geometry.
posted by mreleganza at 2:05 PM on July 16, 2010 [2 favorites]
Gym teachers forced to teach geometry.
posted by mreleganza at 2:05 PM on July 16, 2010 [2 favorites]
HA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHA HA HA HA ...HAHAHAHAHAHA HA HA ....haaaa
posted by Xoebe at 2:07 PM on July 16, 2010 [4 favorites]
posted by Xoebe at 2:07 PM on July 16, 2010 [4 favorites]
I think I've found a new profile photo.
posted by brundlefly at 2:08 PM on July 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by brundlefly at 2:08 PM on July 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
Oh my. The ham necklace one... that is some scary shit right there.
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 2:08 PM on July 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 2:08 PM on July 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
Whoa. I thought that was a creepy photo before you pointed out that was ham.
posted by brundlefly at 2:10 PM on July 16, 2010 [9 favorites]
posted by brundlefly at 2:10 PM on July 16, 2010 [9 favorites]
Aw dang, I thought these were going to be photos from this year's Awkwardstock Festival, the one dedicated to nerdy, socially maladjusted indie bands.
posted by Crane Shot at 2:10 PM on July 16, 2010
posted by Crane Shot at 2:10 PM on July 16, 2010
Yeah.."Woman with Meat Necklace" while completely ripe for it, utterly fails on the euphemism front.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 2:11 PM on July 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 2:11 PM on July 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
stavrogin: "Ve vant ze money, Lebowski."
...or a page from Julia Louis-Dreyfuss' ill-advised sequel to Madonna's Sex.
posted by griphus at 2:19 PM on July 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
...or a page from Julia Louis-Dreyfuss' ill-advised sequel to Madonna's Sex.
posted by griphus at 2:19 PM on July 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
These are begging for captions, but somehow that could ruin them.
Adding a comment ruins them. I like the dry "No Comment".
posted by jontyjago at 2:19 PM on July 16, 2010
Adding a comment ruins them. I like the dry "No Comment".
posted by jontyjago at 2:19 PM on July 16, 2010
I don't care for this BIG GRIN.
posted by found missing at 2:28 PM on July 16, 2010
posted by found missing at 2:28 PM on July 16, 2010
It's crazy that iStockPhoto doesn't want their images presented there, hell, this website may possibly be the only way any sales of those bizarro photos get any sales.
posted by wcfields at 2:30 PM on July 16, 2010
posted by wcfields at 2:30 PM on July 16, 2010
Surprised soccer kid about to be hit by a rally car is great.
posted by mrnutty at 2:31 PM on July 16, 2010 [6 favorites]
posted by mrnutty at 2:31 PM on July 16, 2010 [6 favorites]
I want this in a nice frame, above my living room couch.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 2:35 PM on July 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 2:35 PM on July 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
I want the one of an UNWRAPPED TAMPON placed on red underwear. To hang in my bathroom.
posted by peep at 2:36 PM on July 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by peep at 2:36 PM on July 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
It... it just doesn't let up.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 2:46 PM on July 16, 2010
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 2:46 PM on July 16, 2010
Cut it out guys, I am rapidly running out of my daily handful of favorites to hand out.
posted by joe lisboa at 2:46 PM on July 16, 2010
posted by joe lisboa at 2:46 PM on July 16, 2010
"Concept Image of a Young Girl" is the perfect title to this contemporary art piece
That one looks like an eastern European political comic that doesn't quite make sense outside of the Estonian indie art scene.
posted by Uppity Pigeon #2 at 2:47 PM on July 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
That one looks like an eastern European political comic that doesn't quite make sense outside of the Estonian indie art scene.
posted by Uppity Pigeon #2 at 2:47 PM on July 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
My boyfriend and I were actually just talking about how this pose plus an iPad would make the first accurate use ad Apple's ever put out. I swear I know more people who bought one to use on the crapper than for any other reason.
posted by phunniemee at 2:52 PM on July 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by phunniemee at 2:52 PM on July 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
So, he killed them by... uh... i don't want to say it.
posted by SmileyChewtrain at 3:36 PM on July 16, 2010
posted by SmileyChewtrain at 3:36 PM on July 16, 2010
This guy is bound and determined to have a bowel movement. Now! Could be an ad for laxative. For manly men.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 3:40 PM on July 16, 2010
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 3:40 PM on July 16, 2010
I get a really strong Dutch vibe from most of these photos.
posted by ryaninoakland at 3:48 PM on July 16, 2010
posted by ryaninoakland at 3:48 PM on July 16, 2010
I need a stock photo to advertise my hat and scarf shop for tiny nudists in peril. Too specific?
posted by taz at 3:59 PM on July 16, 2010 [4 favorites]
posted by taz at 3:59 PM on July 16, 2010 [4 favorites]
I love how the man on the toilet one has the tag "adversity."
posted by biochemist at 4:05 PM on July 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by biochemist at 4:05 PM on July 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
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Comment: Holy. Awesome. I. Want. One.
posted by not_the_water at 4:20 PM on July 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
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Comment: Holy. Awesome. I. Want. One.
posted by not_the_water at 4:20 PM on July 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
Here's a good image for promoting easy-to-clean vinyl flooring. So handy.
posted by taz at 4:26 PM on July 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by taz at 4:26 PM on July 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
I am rapidly running out of my daily handful of favorites to hand out ... you know, with my hands.
posted by joe lisboa at 4:40 PM on July 16, 2010
posted by joe lisboa at 4:40 PM on July 16, 2010
brundlefly, that guy is pretty much how I picture every newspaper comment board poster ever, unless the commenter specifies femaleness, in which case I would superimpose a T-shirt with kittens over the same image.
posted by Countess Elena at 5:52 PM on July 16, 2010
posted by Countess Elena at 5:52 PM on July 16, 2010
I don't know - why is Life like hanging upside down playing guitar with your head in a bucket of hyena offal?
posted by Greg_Ace at 5:58 PM on July 16, 2010
posted by Greg_Ace at 5:58 PM on July 16, 2010
Now *this* is the MeFi I know and love! Best of the web, indeed!
posted by five fresh fish at 6:34 PM on July 16, 2010
posted by five fresh fish at 6:34 PM on July 16, 2010
AT LAST! I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY REANIMATED THEM! DANCE MY GRINNING ELDERS! DANCE!!!
posted by blue funk at 6:58 PM on July 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by blue funk at 6:58 PM on July 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
i can't stop staring at this one. why the foot? is the surgeon or the patient? inquiring minds want to know!
posted by liza at 9:06 PM on July 16, 2010
posted by liza at 9:06 PM on July 16, 2010
What in god's name would be the appropriate use for this one?
Ash Wednesday - Caesar style.
posted by peppito at 10:17 PM on July 16, 2010
Ash Wednesday - Caesar style.
posted by peppito at 10:17 PM on July 16, 2010
"...the one of an UNWRAPPED TAMPON placed on red underwear..."
How romantic.
posted by iamkimiam at 11:08 PM on July 16, 2010
How romantic.
posted by iamkimiam at 11:08 PM on July 16, 2010
liza: "47i can't stop staring at this one. why the foot? is the surgeon or the patient? inquiring minds want to know!"
I think he's a yogi. It's flamingo pose...loosely translated as, "I'm about to fail out of med school."
posted by iamkimiam at 11:11 PM on July 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
I think he's a yogi. It's flamingo pose...loosely translated as, "I'm about to fail out of med school."
posted by iamkimiam at 11:11 PM on July 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
People with no taste or talent post pictures. Dullards have rights, too, you know.
posted by Cranberry at 11:29 PM on July 16, 2010
posted by Cranberry at 11:29 PM on July 16, 2010
"the girl with money" she looks like lady gaga.. i think she's very rich because her dress consists of dollars.
posted by JohnD at 1:26 AM on July 17, 2010
posted by JohnD at 1:26 AM on July 17, 2010
I need a stock photo to advertise my hat and scarf shop for tiny nudists in peril.
It boggles my mind that you would enter such an oversaturated, competitive market.
posted by mreleganza at 2:10 PM on July 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
It boggles my mind that you would enter such an oversaturated, competitive market.
posted by mreleganza at 2:10 PM on July 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
No pictures of cats in scanners. Disappointed.
posted by secret about box at 5:26 PM on July 17, 2010
posted by secret about box at 5:26 PM on July 17, 2010
Wow, I think I missed my calling in life!
posted by not_on_display at 5:41 PM on July 17, 2010
posted by not_on_display at 5:41 PM on July 17, 2010
A lot of these seem to be from photos.com. Looking at their site, they do seem to have a lot of sort of off kilter photos.
I used to work at photos.com, actually.... They were eventually bought by Getty Images, and I'm sure that is where Getty is dumping the horribad stuff they've acquired from their many buyouts.
posted by atomicmedia at 8:34 AM on July 18, 2010
I used to work at photos.com, actually.... They were eventually bought by Getty Images, and I'm sure that is where Getty is dumping the horribad stuff they've acquired from their many buyouts.
posted by atomicmedia at 8:34 AM on July 18, 2010
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