why do i hate that artist thing that people keep posting on my facebook so much? why am i such a jerk?

my guess is this thread barely scratches the surface of the world of horrible macros

is that what these are called? macros? cos to me a macro is a thing in microsoft word.

they are, but I don't understand why. I don't see what the link is between these and macros as commonly understood in computer programming talk.

macroni cheese

"image macros" because people basically made shortcuts to generating these images

they are called "macros" because a big block of code can be expanded from a small sequence of characters, seems wikipedia has yet to learn of this exciting new usage though.

that's cos this exciting new usage is an 'image macro'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_macro

One of the more famous image macros is "O RLY?" O RLY is often used on the internet as an abbreviation for the phrase "Oh, really?" Originally started with a snowy owl photograph (which is the classic O RLY image macro),[4] it spread out over the Web quickly and was followed by other macros that convey a wide range of emotions. Another style of image macro that has amassed its own separate subculture is the "lolcat", an image combining a photograph of a cat with text intended to contribute humour. The text is often idiosyncratic and grammatically incorrect, and its use in this way is known as "lolspeak" or "kitty pidgin".

When our civilization is excavated by archaeologists in the distant future, they are going to be so confused.

Nothing to do with this guy then

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naevius_Sutorius_Macro

Macro "ordered the old Emperor to be smothered under a huge heap of clothes."

most of these don't really fit within that definition though. they're more like, I dunno, greetings cards. homespun "wisdom"/"philosophy".

xxp

Unless someone decides to start carving these macros into stone they will disappear into nothing like every other ephemeral bit of data currently flying through the air.

nooooo

before learning about how these macros are automated, I actually imagined that the images were sculpted bit by bit out of a raw block of fresh pixels.

I keep trying different keyboard shortcuts, but none of them put treacly gibberish into stock photos.

control-q

http://www.iwantcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Your-Worst-Day-With-God.jpg

holy crap it worked

religion?

your worst day with bob marley is better than

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/559897_10151945969257137_484007721_n.jpg

i made that.

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/315868_468743113168412_1256319360_n.jpg

esteban hostessez

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/21691_537360799608746_760704495_n.jpg

uh. ok?

things will happen in the future, possibly involving you

don't forget:

LIVE. LAUGH. LOVE.

Boobs. Butts. Doesn't Matter.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/481422_454656187924865_583021719_n.jpg

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/481687_10151115419026160_1704778477_n.jpg

that is batshit

good god

POLYFACE FARMS, Y'ALL

Cancer is only expensive if you treat it.

-- Bob Marley --

reads like an implied threat

haha aimless

what's the going price per pound for organic cancer

it's the guy's thousand yard stare that really makes it special

man i'd like to punch him in his polyface

it's the guy's thousand yard stare that really makes it special

well, he IS a "self-described Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic"

http://www.polyfacefarms.com/speaking-protocol/daniels-speaking-topics/

oops, i mean this one: http://www.polyfacefarms.com/speaking-protocol/joels-speaking-topics/

What an embarrassment to polyfaces everywhere.

The Sheer Ecstasy Of Being A Lunatic Farmer

Lunatic Farms,
I know you're out there

the great ecstasy of the lunatic farmer salatin

i've been seeing the debunked "justin bieber helps a rape victim whose mom died while she wandered the city in a 72 hour post-rape daze" story floating around a bit on FB lately.

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/399364_4389097679353_320508378_n.jpg

might steal that

awesome!

ugh

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/312705_538727549488135_1456848016_n.jpg

My first thought was yeah, men would have to shit babies and that would hurt tbh.