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[ODDITIES OF THE INTERNET] Travel.StackOverflow has a monthly photo contest; it's always terrible

https://travel.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8595/december-2023-photo-contest-festive

These days it's easy for anyone to take a decent picture, even moreso if you're a nerd with expendable income. Therefore you'd expect Stack Overflow's Travel forum's monthly photo contest to be high quality.

You'd be wrong, they're always TERRIBLE. This month's theme is "Festive". The current winning picture is shit:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17022223406856658.webp

and third place is currently...

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17022223410029798.webp

Why would a StackOverflow power user be eating such a sad-looking Christmas dinner alone? It really makes you think.

Past contest entries (in various topics) include:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17022223418050907.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17022223429063616.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17022223438168976.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1702222345282567.webp

There's a suitably :marseyautism: list of suggested future themes including:

  • Officials (police, customs officers, diplomats etc)

  • Unusual modes of transportation

  • Construction (any work in progress that's meant to enable / enhance travel)

  • Holiday photos, in which you can recognize people traveling for their (yearly?) break from work

  • Civic buildings

You can find past contests on https://travel.meta.stackexchange.com.

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https://i.rdrama.net/images/17022223410029798.webp

this looks depressing not festive at all

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It's aesthetically pleasing, stop looking at the food in the picture lmao and look at the composition. It isn't a picture someone sent you to communicate something, you're the neurodivergents.

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It's aesthetically pleasing

:#marseycheerup: i respect your opinion

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It's Thanksgiving at the homeless shelter

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I could see an Indian tech worker in SF going to a homeless shelter for thanksgiving because he has no friends and wants a photo for the stackexchange photo contest :marseyxd:. I choose to believe that's what happened :marseyindignant:

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I can't see it being anything else now that you've said it

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https://i.rdrama.net/images/17022272747855194.webp

i fw this heavy

fully agree with it

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Overcooked veggies.

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That's actually his buttplug on the right

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Well it's currently third place in the festive photo contest so I'd say that you're in the minority here.

I like the Yorkshire pudding on a separate plate, in case it accidentally touches some gravy?

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you could post it on /r/depressionmeals i think :marseytroublemaker:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1702224940431951.webp

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the frick

lmao

how card can it be to be a TA? u just hand out papers and help with taking attendance sometimes

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That doesn't look that bad, lots of green veg and nothing hyperprocessed (assuming it's breaded chicken). The DS definitely makes it a depression meal.

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