YSaC, Vol. 414: Digital killed the film star.
2009 September 4
I didn’t get the subject line of this ad, but it hardly seems necessary:
minolla camera comes with its own case works good dont need it I have a digitall $60 firm
cash only please serious inquires only
susie or cliff xxx-xxx-xxxx
You sure you don’t need that Minolta, Sparky?
I’ve never gotten seasick from a picture before, but you’ve managed to do it somehow. The only way this is an acceptable picture to post on Craigslist is if you took it while riding the Tilt-A-Whirl at your local meth-freak-run carnival. In fact, that bedspread sort of looks like someone had too many blueberry Icees and cotton candy.
Thanks for the submission, Tyler!
That must be why they misspelled Minolta. The whirly ride was going too fast to see the print.
And it’s sad that their “digitall” camera took such a crappy picture.
Nope, Susie and Cliff don’t need another camera, but seems that adult education and photography classes should be required before they get to post the bedspread (with minor carnival damage.)
no no no it’s totally top of the line digital camera……..from 1990 all 1.5 mp
such an epic fail his sad digital camera takes lower quality pics than his old(minolla)
maybe next time he can try taking pictures on the kiddy rides they slower so maybe his digital camera can keep up with the speed
Does it use floppy disks for storage? Because it’s gotta be compatible with my Atari ST computer for me to buy.
whoaa there this isn’t back to the future technology
the floppy and atari are a little ahead of this piece of golden technology
“on the kiddy rides they slower”
They slower? I think you mean they slow down.
You should put up a craigslist, I mean with your 1st grade literacy level I’m sure you could totally get on this blog.
sorry I forgot a word it won’t happen again…..your highness..(bowing)
Now, now. We’re supposed to mock the ads, not each other. Play nice.
Wow, that seemed a bit harsh.
I don’t know if anyone else watches Home Movies, but the photo and drmk’s comment reminded me of a quote from one of the episodes:
Walter: Perry is gonna be sick.
Perry: I have seasickness!
Walter: I keep telling him we’re on land, but he won’t listen.
Perry: It doesn’t matter. Land or sea, I get seasick on the bus.
Dunno why, but this was getting flagged as spam. Fixed.
Probably because of the link; the spam filter sometimes gets overzealous when there are links in a post.
Ah, I see. One would think that at least Wikipedia would be recognized as being not-spammy. :O
YAY, someone else who likes Home Movies! High five!
I am hoping (pretending?) he took these pictures with his camera phone, because he wanted to use his new “digitall” for serious photos only.
Then again, nowadays even camera phones take better pictures than these.
I keep picturing as the cameraphone from “Flight of the Conchords”
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/04/cameraphone.jpg
best episode ever.
Serious photos. So he’ll be taking pictures of his feet and sad, lonely benches with long shadows, and extreme closeups of the vegetables at the farmers’ market.
Unfortunately, I have a slight, embarassing problem.
My cash is a bit floppy.
The doctor has given me some pills, but they don’t seem to be working.
*sigh*
Oh, that’s too bad. Hope your cash firms up soon!
Nothing like cold, hard cash!
I think the issue here is with his type of camera; if he’d had a digital, the pictures might have turned out fine. However, digitalls are clearly crap.
I can be firm for $60
(It’s a tough economy)
Before I got to the comments, I was actually thinking, “Huh, I’ve never heard of these Digit-All cameras; are they the Wal-Mart generic brand or something?”
I’m guessing that the subject line “Digital killed the film star” is inspired by “Video Killed the Radio Star”, the song by The Buggles (circa 1979).
Yup.
“We can’t rewind, we’ve gone too far!”
The only carnival is a meth-freak run carnival.
I had a couple of friends that tried to run away with the traveling fair.
I seemed to be the only one that recognized the ridiculousness of it.
I’m glad they got rejected.
How old were they? When I picture someone running off to join the circus or the carnival they are always 12 to 16. With adults I always think that the life of a carnie or a circus performer chooses them instead of vice versa.
I know people who’ve gone to clown college, but that’s a whole different animal.
I had to read that last scentence (mind you the word “scentence” is used lightly here) quite a few times before I understood it. They were very enthusiastic with their use of “only.”
That’s a good price for a genuine Minolla Blahnik.
I love you for your titles almost more than I love you for your snark.
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