Seriously?? DPCers are happy people??

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10/07/2011 02:30:55 PM · #1

I was incredibly curious which posters would do better. There were some awesome motivational posters and there were also some awesome demotivational posters.

But seriously, folks? That many motivational posters beating out the demotivational ones? That makes it sound like we're the happy, sunshiney people instead of the cynical group I thought we were.

Really now...

:D

sinistral_leo

Nikon D5100

10/07/2011 02:32:46 PM · #2

That's demotivating! lol

Yo_Spiff

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10/07/2011 02:33:58 PM · #3

Idunno. In an odd way (that perhaps a psychologist could explain) I find the most of the demotivational posters are actually motivating. Perhaps because they are intended to be humorous, and the best humor always has an inner core of truth to it.

dtallakson

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10/07/2011 02:36:43 PM · #4

The true demotivation comes with the voting.

MargaretNet

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10/07/2011 03:09:18 PM · #5

None of the posters MOTIVATED or DEMOTIVATED me - what do I do NOW!!? ;)
(somewhat disappointed)

sinistral_leo

Nikon D5100

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10/07/2011 03:11:45 PM · #6

Originally posted by MargaretN:

None of the posters MOTIVATED or DEMOTIVATED me - what do I do NOW!!? ;)
(somewhat disappointed)

Go to counseling?

kirbic

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10/07/2011 03:14:03 PM · #7

In all seriousness, it's no surprise to me at all... images that evoke a positive emotion nearly always seem to score higher than images that evoke a negative emotion, even if the negative emotional connection is strong.

MargaretNet

Sony DSC-RX100 VII

10/07/2011 03:24:26 PM · #8

Originally posted by sinistral_leo:

Originally posted by MargaretN:
None of the posters MOTIVATED or DEMOTIVATED me - what do I do NOW!!? ;)
(somewhat disappointed)

Go to counseling?

Probably not. I just could not find anything that was really good which is interesting because I am still away from home with much less opportunity to participate in DPC so I am now looking at it more like an outsider. My current conclusion is that WPL is changing what people submit - winning is everything (good idea but it makes much less interesting entries).

PS And please, oh, please reply in full sentences. And think about it before you do. Thank you.

rooum

10/07/2011 03:33:26 PM · #9

I didn't enter because i couldn't be bothered to turn on the computer but if i did I can assure you it would have been Grim (with a capital G)

Art Roflmao

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10/07/2011 03:51:43 PM · #10

I thought mine would be threatening enough to evoke a high score out of fear. Sadly, nobody respects threats any more. *sigh*

TheDruid

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10/07/2011 04:00:27 PM · #11

Of the motivational/demotivational images, how many people contribute to the forums? Of that, what was the ratio of motivational to demotivational? What was the ratio of non-forums contributors to contributors?

posthumous

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10/07/2011 04:15:10 PM · #12

Originally posted by TheDruid:

define "contribute"

hahahahaha

raish

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10/07/2011 04:44:32 PM · #13

I'll not have the winners complained about.

10/07/2011 05:30:25 PM · #14

Originally posted by raish:

I'll not have the winners complained about.

????

The winners are truly fantastic!! (And you ended your sentence with a preposition :)

I was just curious, before the challenge even started, which would be more popular. I thought it would be a pretty even mix in the top 20. It wasn't even close. Then I looked at my own scoring, and even though I usually enjoy the demotivational posters so much more than motivational, my top 12 were 2/3s motivational, and 1/3 demotivational.

Just an interesting result.

Message edited by author 2011-10-07 17:35:14.

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10/07/2011 05:34:51 PM · #15

Originally posted by TheDruid:

Hehe... that would be an interesting study... :)

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

10/07/2011 05:58:20 PM · #16

Well;, I don't have the inclination to count them all, but 20 of the top 40 are more demotivational than motivational in my book, though some are kind of on the fence... So even if the top-20 were slanted, the 2nd 20 made up for the difference...

R.

BrennanOB

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10/07/2011 07:46:37 PM · #17

Only 5 in the top twenty were De-Motivational. I'm so depressed.

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10/07/2011 07:52:24 PM · #18

Originally posted by BrennanOB:

Only 5 in the top twenty were De-Motivational. I'm so depressed.

Cheer up!!

BrennanOB

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

10/07/2011 07:58:22 PM · #19

Originally posted by vawendy:

Originally posted by BrennanOB:
Only 5 in the top twenty were De-Motivational. I'm so depressed.

Cheer up!!

......Sometimes

I wonder why I find depression so uplifting.

ShutterRev

10/07/2011 08:28:16 PM · #20

+1 Wendy! There were some great de-motos in there (as well as the happy ones).

Originally posted by vawendy:

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10/07/2011 08:32:13 PM · #21

Btw, this wasn't a complaint thread, I was just curious how it would turn out, and thought it was funny that is was so positive. :)

sinistral_leo

Nikon D5100

10/07/2011 09:01:23 PM · #22

Originally posted by vawendy:

Btw, this wasn't a complaint thread, I was just curious how it would turn out, and thought it was funny that is was so positive. :)

Hey, if there were no "positive" posters, I would have been top ten!

BrennanOB

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10/07/2011 09:51:40 PM · #23

It might have helped that the images for the motivational submissions were so darned impressive as pure photographs, despite the depressingly up beat tone of the written messages.