This is a thread to post images (with links for context where helpful) that you think best capture the immediate moment we're/you're living in. Let's get this started early.
http://i0.wp.com/d35xrqrpch32tl.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/26030125/Donald-Trump-Chinese-2018-New-Year-Dog.pnghttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/29/chinese-mall-unveils-trumpdog-statue-to-celebrate-lunar-new-year
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 29 December 2017 16:27 (eight years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1NmttCIYAAxdUS.jpg
trumps hair in general id say
― infinity (∞), Friday, 29 December 2017 16:54 (eight years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/lNUzxy4.jpg
― pplains, Sunday, 31 December 2017 03:55 (eight years ago)
http://intersectionssouthla.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Gunfire11.jpg
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Sunday, 31 December 2017 17:43 (eight years ago)
That's like every fucking year though.
― how's life, Sunday, 31 December 2017 17:56 (eight years ago)
http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/M.Add_.3_0.jpg
― a Rambo in curved air (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 31 December 2017 18:11 (eight years ago)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/f-uscold-a-20180102.jpg
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 1 January 2018 20:40 (eight years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/oghm089.png
― pplains, Monday, 1 January 2018 22:01 (eight years ago)
good one
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 1 January 2018 22:12 (eight years ago)
xp lol
― In space, pizza sends out for YOU (Ste), Monday, 1 January 2018 22:15 (eight years ago)
I see. pic.twitter.com/zoZI91a1JA— Roqayah Chamseddine (@roqchams) January 2, 2018
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 14:04 (eight years ago)
nyt's art installation that sums up 2017
Olağanüstü bir Performans.. pic.twitter.com/2uuvKa5SjF— Fuat (@fguzfguz) October 21, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNWWSf_NR4E
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/31/arts/mechanics-history-yoann-bourgeois.html
― infinity (∞), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 18:21 (eight years ago)
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/2018-01/2018-01-02_18-07-28-768x574.png
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 21:18 (eight years ago)
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSpgpeyVMAAMcS1.jpg
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 4 January 2018 18:41 (eight years ago)
set in 2018!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcb6R32fivw
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 4 January 2018 20:40 (eight years ago)
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSvhfYiVQAELjZa.jpg
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 5 January 2018 18:21 (eight years ago)
Text counts if it's in an image! We're in the future here!
would love some non-trump images in here, please send help
http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_960w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2018/01/04/National-Politics/Videos/Images/t_1515086557662_name_2018_01_04T170313Z_1335282259_RC136153EE40_RTRMADP_3_USA_TRUMP_IMMIGRATION.jpg
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Saturday, 6 January 2018 16:39 (eight years ago)
you're the one posting them.
― pplains, Saturday, 6 January 2018 16:44 (eight years ago)
The viral sledding dog from Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BdRQdLogZYH/?hl=en
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 6 January 2018 16:47 (eight years ago)
xp: file under "images that best capture the immediate moment we're living in," sadlyi very much welcome sled dog
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Saturday, 6 January 2018 16:49 (eight years ago)
my advice is to bookmark that dog's instagram page for whenever you and your loved ones are having a terrible day because of Trump or whatever, then pull that up and everyone will forget the rest of the world. that dog is incredible.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 6 January 2018 21:55 (eight years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/Csl3L2V.jpg
― pplains, Sunday, 7 January 2018 01:31 (eight years ago)
http://https%3A//cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/posts/2018/01/Lionstore-1/0ac3846d8.jpg
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 16:26 (eight years ago)
er
https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/posts/2018/01/Lionstore-1/0ac3846d8.jpg
got no context there for me
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 16:45 (eight years ago)
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/01/the-strange-brands-in-your-instagram-feed/550136/
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 17:01 (eight years ago)
wow, what a racket!
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 17:14 (eight years ago)
aha! I had suspected something like that when I started noticing like 20 different new watch companies in my facebook feed with strikingly similar products.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 18:37 (eight years ago)
never mind it's been outdone
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DTMn0ZTWkAAY3xl.jpg
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:25 (eight years ago)
who among us does not want a romantic relationship enforceable with a a single click
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 11 January 2018 03:09 (eight years ago)
in case you object on grounds that it isn't a real picture
App ‘screenshots’ (mock-ups, there’s no app yet) from the #LegalFling website. pic.twitter.com/zogmgMnmQq— Paul Kidd (@paulkidd) January 11, 2018
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Thursday, 11 January 2018 21:02 (eight years ago)
Dude in screenshot is an off-putting Hugh Jackman/Dax Shepard hybrid, he's gonna need that app.
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Thursday, 11 January 2018 21:03 (eight years ago)
http://sociorocketnewsen.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/21.jpg%3Fhttps://qz.com/1177249/japans-kasotsuka-shojo-the-worlds-first-cryptopop-group-sings-about-bitcoin-and-cryptofraud/
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 11 January 2018 21:49 (eight years ago)
staaaaaahp
― niels, Thursday, 11 January 2018 21:59 (eight years ago)
obligatory, sadlyhttp://i.imgur.com/gOJ3abJ.png
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 11 January 2018 22:52 (eight years ago)
maybe thread should be limited to real photos? leave room for the poetry of interpretation
― niels, Friday, 12 January 2018 08:06 (eight years ago)
what characterizes 2018, if not the anxiety about what is real
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Friday, 12 January 2018 17:32 (eight years ago)
haters gonna say this thread's fake
http://www.680news.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/2/2018/01/18296743.jpghttp://www.680news.com/2018/01/06/misery-march-browns-fans-brave-bitter-cold-0-16-parade/
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 12 January 2018 19:54 (eight years ago)
TV with the alert pic.twitter.com/VCZAtvyuzQ— Michelle Broder Van Dyke (@michellebvd) January 13, 2018
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 13 January 2018 19:02 (eight years ago)
computer voice does not inspire confidence in that situation
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Sunday, 14 January 2018 22:37 (eight years ago)
http://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/01/14/fashion/14bitcoinmillionaires2/14bitcoinmillionaires2-superJumbo.jpgthe background details of life at the crypto castle are really somethinghttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/style/bitcoin-millionaires.html
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 15 January 2018 16:31 (eight years ago)
prob worth opening pic in full btw
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 15 January 2018 16:32 (eight years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijUK3z5rt5s
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 06:56 (eight years ago)
xxp what is that stegosaurus thing to his left (next to the breakfast cereal)?
― soref, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:32 (eight years ago)
http://cdn.thisiswhyimbroke.com/images/dinosaur-wine-rack-640x533.jpg
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:40 (eight years ago)
Is that legalfling app actually legal? Could it be used in court? (What a fucking state we're in though where something like that is imagined to fill the gap where we wd hope to find people's respect for other people's bodies innit)
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:50 (eight years ago)
add your own caption:http://i.imgur.com/Olk7sfR.jpg
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 23:52 (eight years ago)
kinda would like to see a discussion of that gucci gang video on a thread of its own
― niels, Thursday, 18 January 2018 20:11 (eight years ago)
http://qzprod.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/rtx4dfny-e1516231502416.jpg
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 19 January 2018 17:11 (eight years ago)
Sarah Huckabee Sanders =
http://www.videoworthy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Foo-Fighters-Everlong.png
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BWzskrpIMAAh9mu.jpg
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Friday, 19 January 2018 17:17 (eight years ago)
http://randalrauser.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Arm-wrestling.jpg
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 19 January 2018 17:25 (eight years ago)
fisheye lens issue there i think
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 19 January 2018 18:18 (eight years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/WNf8cG5.jpg
― pplains, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 02:47 (eight years ago)
http://a.abcnews.com/images/International/mike-pence-western-wall-02-ap-jef-180123_3x2_992.jpg
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 15:42 (eight years ago)
I don't understand a single thing about pplains' image
― you can make fun of birthday parties all you want (ultros ultros-ghali), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 15:51 (eight years ago)
I guess the spaghet thing may have been more Week 52 of 2017: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/somebody-toucha-my-spaghet
― pplains, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 15:56 (eight years ago)
http://peopledotcom.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/peacock.jpghttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/01/30/a-woman-tried-to-board-a-plane-with-her-emotional-support-peacock-united-wouldnt-let-it-fly^video is worth a click
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 1 February 2018 01:39 (eight years ago)
also holy shit that the publication of Fire and fury is only three weeks ago, feels like months
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 1 February 2018 01:41 (eight years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVNpJsVUMAAKS2H.jpg
― soref, Monday, 5 February 2018 08:53 (eight years ago)
People are doing backflips and jumps off the Ritz-Carlton! #SuperBowl #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/rFOzhL1T0k— Melody Blockchain Starling 💸🌠 (@pixelyunicorn) February 5, 2018
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 17:14 (eight years ago)
I know we already did legalfling, but this is the best image
https://legalfling.io/images/banner/02.png
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 17:59 (eight years ago)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/world-press-photo-announces-photo-of-the-year-finalists/article37991224/
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 15 February 2018 19:04 (eight years ago)
First session of laser tattoo removal done on this pickle rick tattoo!— owned epic style (@eijirowokiri) February 24, 2018
― nxd, Saturday, 24 February 2018 15:13 (eight years ago)
https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1024w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2018/03/27/Interactivity/Images/restonshooting-note-homepage.jpg?uuid=VAnx4jFiEeiU-jLUhGC5VQ
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 23 April 2018 17:54 (eight years ago)
Lest you think that to be an ironic meme:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/her-son-facing-murder-charges-is-being-called-an-alt-right-killer-this-mother-blames-herself/2018/03/26/6e4326c4-02a9-11e8-bb03-722769454f82_story.html?utm_term=.a7d5be89fd6d
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 23 April 2018 17:55 (eight years ago)
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/08/06/briefing/06briefing-europe-slide-V0A3/06briefing-europe-slide-V0A3-jumbo.jpg
― niels, Monday, 6 August 2018 09:38 (eight years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/o46L0aL.png
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 14:54 (eight years ago)
oh god my eyes
― a space stewardess (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 14:57 (eight years ago)
http://a.abcnews.com/images/International/week-in-pics-world-cup-01-as-gty-180719_sl_16x11_1600.jpg
― Roomba with an attitude (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 21:57 (eight years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DkkLz_KWsAEiX0Z?format=jpg&name=900x900
― some kind of meunster (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 23:27 (eight years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/RBMyRNT.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/OHldD09.jpg
― pplains, Saturday, 15 September 2018 00:37 (eight years ago)
a whole thread of "posts I don't get"
― Dan S, Saturday, 15 September 2018 00:45 (eight years ago)
if there is any iconic image from 2018, it's the little girl crying while her mom is detained by ICE. was this posted? it's too painful for me to go through the thread to find out
― Dan S, Saturday, 15 September 2018 00:56 (eight years ago)
Crying girl in iconic image was never separated from mother, ICE says
― godless hippie skank (Sanpaku), Saturday, 15 September 2018 16:52 (eight years ago)
https://www.dailydot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sluggo-is-lit-nancy-meme.jpg
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 15 September 2018 17:32 (eight years ago)
https://assets2.thebureauinvestigates.com/uploads/_storyImageSmall/as_tlb_mk17.jpg?mtime=20180913145053
food delivery robot whizzing past homeless person's tent in Milton Keynes.
― calzino, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 19:16 (eight years ago)
rolling most jg ballard image
― heteroflexible pansexual polyamorous relationship anarchist (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 20:29 (eight years ago)
― niels, Thursday, 27 September 2018 06:46 (eight years ago)
https://image.nj.com/home/njo-media/width620/img/entertainment_impact/photo/flyers-2018-portraits-6a186581986cdf85.jpg
our new gritty overlord
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 20:28 (eight years ago)
gritty is practically the only good thing that happened this year
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 20:37 (eight years ago)
<3 gritty
― nxd, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 09:12 (eight years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dp216_GWsAA1EIC.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dp217RlWoAEc50V.jpg
― soref, Friday, 19 October 2018 10:05 (eight years ago)
paging tom d
― himalayan mountain hole (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 19 October 2018 10:07 (eight years ago)
lol! might have to watch that one.
― calzino, Friday, 19 October 2018 10:09 (eight years ago)
I would have laid money that a new post by Calzino in this thread was a picture of the Keighley offal spill.
But yeah Fizzles's retweet of this brightened my morning considerably
Bobby Gillespie regretting his decision to appear on this week while the others dance is my new jam pic.twitter.com/6z306L8ET2— Dave Gorman (@DaveGorman) October 18, 2018
― Tim, Friday, 19 October 2018 10:32 (eight years ago)
wow! I worked in Keighley for a few years, and rewired about 75% of the Guardhouse estate. I try to avoid any Keighley news at the risk of it being a spate of domestic house fires on the Guardhouse estate!
― calzino, Friday, 19 October 2018 10:36 (eight years ago)
https://www.keighleynews.co.uk/resources/images/8817680/
― calzino, Friday, 19 October 2018 10:40 (eight years ago)
the new Silent Hill movie has gone total Real England.
― calzino, Friday, 19 October 2018 10:42 (eight years ago)
keighley! where the streets are paved with organs!
― himalayan mountain hole (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 19 October 2018 10:45 (eight years ago)
david cronenberg's first musical keighley! is gonna be amazing imo
spare a thought for the Butchers at Keighley Market, slowest week of trading since rationing!
― calzino, Friday, 19 October 2018 10:54 (eight years ago)
https://i.redd.it/smk03l81ebw11.jpg
― They Bunged Him in My Growler (Sanpaku), Sunday, 4 November 2018 21:41 (seven years ago)
excellent
― niels, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 08:57 (seven years ago)
Biblical
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 13:44 (seven years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DrmJmHBVAAEDpPv.jpg
― They Bunged Him in My Growler (Sanpaku), Saturday, 10 November 2018 13:50 (seven years ago)
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/h5clwk7bsb7zuqarho5l.jpg
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 11 November 2018 10:32 (seven years ago)
Martha Stewart documenting her first Uber ride is the best thing on the internet today. pic.twitter.com/bcLH2Fknp8— corey kindberg (@coreykindberg) November 19, 2018
― adam the (abanana), Wednesday, 21 November 2018 06:56 (seven years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ds4rPMpVYAA8rXM.jpg
― Sanpaku, Monday, 26 November 2018 15:49 (seven years ago)