The problem is that just a picture with a funny caption is not a motivational poster in the making. There are maybe a dozen posters in the entire 27 pages of this thread that actually have anything to do with a motivational poster. Why not just slap a picture with a caption in any of the 8 million ways that aren't reminiscent of a motivational poster?Flagg wrote:That's your prerogative, and I sure as hell wouldn't mind it. I'd just like to see some originality. It's not that hard to find a funny picture and put an original caption on it. Even if it sucks, it's better than the same few posters posted a bunch of times. Even if it's the same picture with a different caption it would be better, I think.Darth Wong wrote:I'm tempted to go through this thread with a flamethrower and burn down 90% of it. Most of these posters are shit, with no sense of irony or satire at all. So much of it is goddamned computer game, anime, or comic book wankery.Flagg wrote:Can we have a new rule requiring the captions to be original? I'm kinda tired of seeing the same fucking poster 30 times.
If your caption actually buys into parody or satire of a motivational poster, sure, use the format...but most of these don't, and it's just sloppy or lazy design.