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09/30/2011 08:56:26 PM · #1
Ok... I didn't know this existed, but sinistral_leo posted it in another thread, and it really seemed like it should be a challenge suggestion...

people of walmart.com
09/30/2011 09:04:23 PM · #2
Seeing that there is now a Wal-Mart in town, could be a helluva lot of fun!! Note too that that site also includes vehicles in the Wallyworld parking lot.
09/30/2011 09:45:12 PM · #3
Originally posted by vawendy:

Ok... I didn't know this existed, but sinistral_leo posted it in another thread, and it really seemed like it should be a challenge suggestion...

people of walmart.com


Haha, thanks for the props!
09/30/2011 09:55:34 PM · #4
this is exactly my level. I would, however like about a month in which to shoot, since it would require me to cross the great water.
09/30/2011 10:05:09 PM · #5
Originally posted by tnun:

this is exactly my level. I would, however like about a month in which to shoot, since it would require me to cross the great water.


...which would be a 35-minute ferry to Vancouver Island, another 90 minutes more if you go to the Lower Mainland! :-)
09/30/2011 10:25:25 PM · #6
Bring it on! For those without a Walmart, you could substitute your nearest redneck department store

or...for our Canadian members "people of Tim Horton's"



Message edited by author 2011-09-30 22:26:52.
09/30/2011 10:46:00 PM · #7
Originally posted by snaffles:

Originally posted by tnun:

this is exactly my level. I would, however like about a month in which to shoot, since it would require me to cross the great water.


...which would be a 35-minute ferry to Vancouver Island, another 90 minutes more if you go to the Lower Mainland! :-)


It can take up to a month. It's all in the planning ....
10/01/2011 10:45:14 AM · #8
OMG I just went through 25 pages of Wal-Mart pix and had to stop. I feel like I need to rinse my retinas in Clorox or something.
10/01/2011 10:53:43 AM · #9
Originally posted by ShutterPug:

Bring it on! For those without a Walmart, you could substitute your nearest redneck department store

or...for our Canadian members "people of Tim Horton's"


People of Dunkin Donuts might be a good site.
10/01/2011 11:03:36 AM · #10
I have no less than 5 Wal-Marts within a 20 minute driving distance. LOL!
10/01/2011 11:09:47 AM · #11
Originally posted by Kelli:

I have no less than 5 Wal-Marts within a 20 minute driving distance. LOL!


7 within 30 mins :P and i do mean :P
10/01/2011 12:11:26 PM · #12
We have 'em but I avoid 'em like the plague. I'd rather take my shot at Costco. Think anyone would notice?
10/01/2011 12:47:01 PM · #13
Now I am truly depressed. THAT MANY walmarts in peepses' short radii? So OK, blitz em with exposure.
10/01/2011 01:29:30 PM · #14
No Walmarts in the citycenter close to me and that's the way I like it. You'd have to drag me into one kicking and screaming...
10/01/2011 01:34:06 PM · #15
No Walmarts in NYC but we have lots of people!!!
10/01/2011 02:08:32 PM · #16
No Walmart in Italy :p
10/01/2011 02:09:03 PM · #17
I'm trying to be charitable here, and assume people don't really understand this...

The linked website is one of the most mean-spirited exercises I have ever encountered; it's devoted entirely to the anonymous publication of sneak, phone-cam pictures of obese, ugly, oddly-dressed, or otherwise (apparently) ridiculous-in-the-poster's-eyes specimens of humanity.

Some respondents in this thread seem to think the challenge is about making fun of Walmart (currently a national sport of sorts, and with good reason IMO), but actually the referenced site's about being mean to people who aren't "normal" or "beautiful" enough for you.

I'd be the first to acknowledge that probably ALL of us, at one time or another, have looked at another human and said "Ewwwwww...." but still, come ON. Do we really want our site sponsoring an organized challenge that encourages us to make fun of people who don't meet our personal aesthetic standards?

R.
10/01/2011 02:16:00 PM · #18
Originally posted by Bear_Music:

I'm trying to be charitable here, and assume people don't really understand this...

The linked website is one of the most mean-spirited exercises I have ever encountered; it's devoted entirely to the anonymous publication of sneak, phone-cam pictures of obese, ugly, oddly-dressed, or otherwise (apparently) ridiculous-in-the-poster's-eyes specimens of humanity.

Some respondents in this thread seem to think the challenge is about making fun of Walmart (currently a national sport of sorts, and with good reason IMO), but actually the referenced site's about being mean to people who aren't "normal" or "beautiful" enough for you.

I'd be the first to acknowledge that probably ALL of us, at one time or another, have looked at another human and said "Ewwwwww...." but still, come ON. Do we really want our site sponsoring an organized challenge that encourages us to make fun of people who don't meet our personal aesthetic standards?

R.


In short. Yes... Yes we do.
10/01/2011 02:20:12 PM · #19
That's rather sad.
10/01/2011 02:21:38 PM · #20
Originally posted by Melethia:

That's rather sad.


that's an understatement.
10/01/2011 02:45:22 PM · #21
Originally posted by Bear_Music:


...I'd be the first to acknowledge that probably ALL of us, at one time or another, have looked at another human and said "Ewwwwww...." but still, come ON. Do we really want our site sponsoring an organized challenge that encourages us to make fun of people who don't meet our personal aesthetic standards?

R.

I think not.
10/01/2011 02:54:54 PM · #22
That's not what I was thinking at all at all. Honi soit qui mal y pense. But I suppose PEOPLE of walmart might imply that, and I didn't check out the link. I like shooting in these mega emporium set ups for the sheer meganese of it.
10/01/2011 03:05:05 PM · #23
Originally posted by tnun:

That's not what I was thinking at all at all. Honi soit qui mal y pense. But I suppose PEOPLE of walmart might imply that, and I didn't check out the link. I like shooting in these mega emporium set ups for the sheer meganese of it.


a MEGA challenge!!!
10/01/2011 03:44:53 PM · #24
Originally posted by tnun:

That's not what I was thinking at all at all. Honi soit qui mal y pense. But I suppose PEOPLE of walmart might imply that, and I didn't check out the link. I like shooting in these mega emporium set ups for the sheer meganese of it.


This is what I suspected. And I agree that a "Big Box Store" challenge could be a fun one, but I am adamantly against anything that encourages making fun of "weird people" the way the linked site does. I think that's just mean...

R.
10/01/2011 04:09:17 PM · #25
Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by tnun:

That's not what I was thinking at all at all. Honi soit qui mal y pense. But I suppose PEOPLE of walmart might imply that, and I didn't check out the link. I like shooting in these mega emporium set ups for the sheer meganese of it.


This is what I suspected. And I agree that a "Big Box Store" challenge could be a fun one, but I am adamantly against anything that encourages making fun of "weird people" the way the linked site does. I think that's just mean...

R.


I suppose there is always that danger in any public shooting. We have constantly to draw the line between appreciation and mockery; misinterpretations are bound to occur. And we ourselves morph in terms of sensitivity and taste.
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