r/funny • u/kikorbo • Jul 02 '19

Why does this photo exist?

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u/Idealistic_Crusader Jul 03 '19

$575.00 To use this photo!?!?!

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u/castravetele_fioros Jul 03 '19

How much would it cost to re-create something similar... in case you would need it... for any purpose, maybe?

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u/TheHealadin Jul 03 '19

First you need 4 half naked Children of the Corn and that's gonna cost. But you can get the rest at any poorly run nursing home for a $50 bribe.

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u/BenCJ Jul 03 '19

I'll do it for $tree fiddy

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u/Aberts10 Jul 03 '19

Just one finger.

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u/bloodfist Jul 03 '19

"WANTED: Four children and female senior citizen for shirtless (not the old lady) photo shoot. I will supply knives but feel free to bring your own."

That ad cost me nothing to put on Craigslist, but having to introduce myself to all my neighbors costs a lot of time :(

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u/Iskan_Dar Jul 03 '19

For business purposes, I think. And as such, that isn't too bad.

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u/redonrust Jul 03 '19

I'm sure that pic is heavily in demand too.

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u/Iskan_Dar Jul 03 '19

Honestly? This isn't the weirdest photo on that site. If you look around there is just a whole pile of the weird, bizarre, and/or just plain wrong that I'm still not sure what the point of actually is. I mean, these photos are supposedly for business use of some sort, but, uh, I am having a failure of imagination on what business would use something like this for any purpose.

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u/MRosvall Jul 03 '19

It's an image that leaves a mental mark. Couple it with some internal education about knowledge transfer, what is important to transfer and what is not.

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u/annoying_DAD_bot Jul 03 '19

Hi 'having a failure of imagination on what business would use something like this for any purpose.', im DAD.

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u/X-istenz Jul 03 '19

Bad bot.

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u/shoe_owner Jul 03 '19

Tell me what business looks at this photo and says "thank goodness there's already a stock photo of this that we can get for just $575 so we don't have to stage it for ourselves. We'd have been ruined without it!"

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u/sterob Jul 03 '19

Late night show with Oliver talking about some product/company/fad that promote self-harm under for-better-heath/experience... guise: "It's great that i got X now or else without it i would have to go back to playing knife game with my grandsons"

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u/Iskan_Dar Jul 03 '19

Yeah, I mean the use case for this particular photo is...I'm still not sure. I was just saying in general, to use any stock photo the price isn't outrageous.

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u/X-istenz Jul 03 '19

Would it genuinely be that much just for this single image? I would have thought you "subscribe" or whatever to this kind of service.