A comment on the nature of Internet opinions, with a photograph even!

[DS1]

A few years ago a FlickR user *FlickR is a photo community ran by Yahoo, where people can share, talk, discuss photography* uploaded a famous photographic masterpiece and called it "Mario's Bicycle", without any hint of its history. It's by Henri Cartier-Bresson.

After it was voted that it should be deleted, the ensuing pile-on about it being crap, is blurry, not composed well, uninteresting, not sharp enough, contrived is not only amusing, but highlights the fact that often times so-called experts on the Internet don't know shit about shit.

Here's your photo:



Here's the discussion:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrerabelo/70458366/

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So, there's a grain of salt to help ease down all the shit-flinging going on here tonight.

[ClassWarrior]

1. Nice.

NGU.

[jpgray]

2. The problem with the internet is, any jackass can and will ape the weighty tones of an expert

And can two-minute-Google himself out of any thorny questions people ask to test his "expertise."

[zorahopkins]

3. Crappy Pic

What's with all those stairs?

And the dude on the bike is blurred.

I could have done better.

;)

[Sugar Smack]

6. THAT'S a badly-pieced-together JAB AT HUMANITY.

:grr: :nuke:

[alfredo]

4. Like my ole dad used to say, "opinions are like assholes, everybody's

got one."

[Solly Mack]

5. K&R

[Hoof Hearted]

7. It's worth keeping in mind, that's for sure. n/t.

[Mojorabbit]

8. This particular photo

does nothing for me but I looked up some of his other work and he was a wonderful photographer.

[DS1]

9. I like the motion in it

it would work rotated in any direction :)