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kwy
12-05-2011, 07:51 PM
Hopefully this hasn't already been posted. Did a quick search and came up with nothing.

Pretty interesting stuff..

The 45 Most Powerful Images Of 2011 (http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-most-powerful-photos-of-2011)

sindragon
12-05-2011, 08:04 PM
before checking it, i suspect the kissing from the riot picture

murd0c
12-05-2011, 08:05 PM
nice to see #25 there

murmur
12-05-2011, 08:06 PM
so many photos of natural disasters..

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2011/12/2/14/enhanced-buzz-wide-19951-1322854082-10.jpg

LSF22
12-05-2011, 08:18 PM
It's in the Powerful Pics Thread, but amazing nonetheless.

Excelsis
12-05-2011, 08:20 PM
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2011/12/3/20/enhanced-buzz-wide-26539-1322960640-2.jpg

lol

Death2Theft
12-05-2011, 08:29 PM
Bet they didn't include this one.
[WARNING] Children being hurt in Libya [RAW GRAPHIC FOOTAGE] - YouTube

Hope the US realizes this is what their tax dollars fund, and this is what the rest of the world sees.

Excelsis
12-05-2011, 08:31 PM
SPOILER THAT

GRAPHIC IMAGES

vyrospec
12-05-2011, 08:33 PM
OP, thx for sharing

twitchyzero
12-05-2011, 08:36 PM
huge internet meme potential :D
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web03/2011/12/2/16/enhanced-buzz-wide-27136-1322860134-8.jpg

Vansterdam
12-05-2011, 08:40 PM
http://i55.tinypic.com/wag3sm.jpg

kwy
12-05-2011, 08:46 PM
Some of the natural disaster pictures are so surreal.

XplicitLuder
12-05-2011, 09:00 PM
that dust storm... man oh man thats intense

StylinRed
12-05-2011, 09:06 PM
most those images were meh

kwy
12-05-2011, 09:18 PM
Come up with a better list then.

Timewav3zer0
12-05-2011, 10:06 PM
looks so crazy
http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web04/2011/12/4/12/enhanced-buzz-wide-5065-1323019200-17.jpg

StylinRed
12-05-2011, 10:13 PM
Come up with a better list then.

what i meant was they should shorten the list to like the 30most awesome pics

cuz it felt with some of them that they were just trying to fill space it loses the impact (which is what they're trying to maintain)

look forward to Time or Boston.com or APs list which always maintains the holy shit factor throughout

spoon.ek9
12-05-2011, 10:28 PM
As a dog owner, this one broke my heart the most:

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2011/12/2/15/enhanced-buzz-wide-2450-1322856749-40.jpg

Teh Doucher
12-05-2011, 10:47 PM
^ just blown away at that image.. wow.

tonyvu
12-06-2011, 01:45 AM
the dog picture got to me the most.... :(:(

hotjoint
12-06-2011, 06:58 AM
As a dog owner, this one broke my heart the most:

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2011/12/2/15/enhanced-buzz-wide-2450-1322856749-40.jpg

Same

melloman
12-06-2011, 09:11 AM
#30..

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web04/2011/12/2/15/enhanced-buzz-wide-7222-1322859319-47.jpg

First thought was the baby looks like an alien from the movie "Mars Attack"

Nlkko
12-06-2011, 09:28 AM
So the Van riot kissing pic turns out to be of a rioter knocked down by the police. I'm a little disappointed.

spoon.ek9
12-06-2011, 10:47 AM
So the Van riot kissing pic turns out to be of a rioter knocked down by the police. I'm a little disappointed.

yeah, the story was he kissed her to calm her down. but damn, that photo looked awesome! hah

Ronin
12-06-2011, 12:16 PM
#19 is fantastic. Great moment to have a camera.

StylinRed
12-06-2011, 02:44 PM
#19 is fantastic. Great moment to have a camera.

it was staged if i recall correctly from cnn

spoon.ek9
12-07-2011, 12:35 AM
Manic: you have a reason for failing my post? or are you just looking to lose that shiny fail button?

Manic!
12-07-2011, 01:28 AM
Manic: you have a reason for failing my post? or are you just looking to lose that shiny fail button?

:failed:

It's a dog. The only reason why people like the photo is because of the dog. If it was just a dead person with his family crying would you have picked it.

It's terrible that humans care more about animals than there fellow man.

bloodmack
12-07-2011, 01:49 AM
:failed:

It's a dog. The only reason why people like the photo is because of the dog. If it was just a dead person with his family crying would you have picked it.

It's terrible that humans care more about animals than there fellow man.

you've obviously never owned a dog before.

Manic!
12-07-2011, 01:58 AM
you've obviously never owned a dog before.

Yes I have owned a dog it was a German Shepard. A real dog not some force bread dog that's life expectancy has been shortened just so they can carry it in a bag.

Ronin
12-07-2011, 02:04 AM
you've obviously never owned a dog before.

A dog will love you unconditionally. People, for the most part, suck.

kwy
12-07-2011, 02:13 AM
^Good point.

AAnthony
12-07-2011, 09:35 AM
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Jsunu
12-07-2011, 10:12 AM
:failed:

It's a dog. The only reason why people like the photo is because of the dog. If it was just a dead person with his family crying would you have picked it.

It's terrible that humans care more about animals than there fellow man.

It just one powerful image that is included with other images in a list. It doesn't mean they should be ranked or somehow compared to the objective impact of the said image. Having the dog mourning his owner image is not mutually exclusive to the tsnaumi images nor does it take away the impact if say a human being was in the image.

Instead, the image highlights how living beings cross-species mourn a loss, which is more powerful considering how unconditional love is for a dog -> owner. Simply being part of an image collection shouldn't negate the impact of the other images.

spoon.ek9
12-07-2011, 10:19 AM
:failed:

It's a dog. The only reason why people like the photo is because of the dog. If it was just a dead person with his family crying would you have picked it.

It's terrible that humans care more about animals than there fellow man.

yeah, you really think a crying person in front of a dead soldier's casket doesn't have the same effect? wake up.

I agree with Manic. Some of these pictures represent the suffering of thousands. In the case of the tsunami were talking thousands of deaths + lives turned upside down. And the most moving out of all them is a sad dog?!??! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my doggy, but one sad animal shouldn't outweigh thousands of innocent people dying slow painful deaths.

And threatening to take away the fail button over one fail.....talk about getting butt-hurt. It's just a fail.

I said to me, personally, as a dog owner. Did I say it was the saddest, most moving photo out of the entire 45? No, so really, all you're basing your opinion on is an assumption. Read my post again and maybe you can comprehend what I was saying. Just maybe.

I asked him to explain why he failed me because I really could not find any reason for why a post like that would be failed and your guys' explanations just make me SMH. :failed:

triiippychiiink
12-09-2011, 08:41 AM
As a dog owner, this one broke my heart the most:

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2011/12/2/15/enhanced-buzz-wide-2450-1322856749-40.jpg

Me too.

originalhypa
12-09-2011, 10:45 AM
Manic: you have a reason for failing my post? or are you just looking to lose that shiny fail button?


Don't use your mod powers to further your own opinions, or you may lose your shiny mod powers.
Lead by example, not force.

Hondaracer
12-09-2011, 11:06 AM
There's alot of people in this world I'd prefer dead over the great dogs I've had that have passed away.
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spoon.ek9
12-09-2011, 01:06 PM
Don't use your mod powers to further your own opinions, or you may lose your shiny mod powers.
Lead by example, not force.

It has nothing to do with furthering my opinion dude. It has everything to do with forcing people to explain their reasons for failing a post. Otherwise, people just click on the button and never post in the thread. You really think he (or others) would have posted a response if I hadn't challenged him to? I've done this in a few situations already and it's proven effective.

Manic!
12-09-2011, 01:35 PM
It has nothing to do with furthering my opinion dude. It has everything to do with forcing people to explain their reasons for failing a post. Otherwise, people just click on the button and never post in the thread. You really think he (or others) would have posted a response if I hadn't challenged him to? I've done this in a few situations already and it's proven effective.


If everyone explained there fails there would be more posts explaining there fails than actual posts. But if that's what you want so be it.

This is my post explaining why I failed you again.

kwy
12-09-2011, 01:52 PM
I personally think certain fails should be explained. When you fail someone's opinion, you better be able to back up why it was failed..

bing
12-09-2011, 02:08 PM
^so if someone has 10 fails from a single post by different people, we should have 10 replies appear in the thread?

Everyone does interpret things their own way and there are so many things that could be disagreed on from attitude to the way it was written to what was said, blah blah.

kwy
12-09-2011, 02:23 PM
When 10 people fail one person on something, it was likely a fail worthy post. When you have a pretty rational post that gets failed by one or two people, there should be some sort of explanation. Most opinion-based posts should be pretty off limits to failing. We all have different opinions. In the forum rules, it even says that each fail should be explained. Of course, that's not always practical, and not many people follow that rule.
It's kind of common courtesy to explain a fail.

Hondaracer
12-09-2011, 04:35 PM
you all get fails.

kwy
12-09-2011, 04:56 PM
Grow up.

carisear
12-09-2011, 06:39 PM
lol at all the fail talk. *waits to get failed so i can feel part of the crowd*

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