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erosomniac
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...with new HP slimming technology!

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The HP Website says:
They say cameras add ten pounds, but HP digital cameras can help reverse that effect. The slimming feature, available on select HP digital camera models, is a subtle effect that can instantly trim off pounds from the subjects in your photos!

Oh, the strides we make in combating the unrealistic body expectations! We don't need to fight this battle anymore, we can just fake it forever and ever!

Think you're too fat in that picture? No problem, slim it off! Slim off 10, 20, 30 pounds before you ever see your pictures, so you appear as beautiful outside as you are inside!

Met a new person, but all your friends are fat, fat slobs? HP's new firmware makes it easier than ever to slim them down, because who wants to hang out with someone who hangs out with fatties?


How did someone think this was a good idea?

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You know, I don't necessarily like this idea, but the lenses on most digital cameras stretch the objects at the sides of the picture out horizontally. All I'd like them to do is stop that from happening.
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Eeew, some of those After photos look really creepy. Haven't people ever heard of lighting and angles? [Razz]

Edit: and what Dag said. That was my first thought... why must they make it a "slimming tool" instead of a "correction tool"? I dunno. When people market things like this it makes me NOT buy it... same thing goes for food products.

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Curse you Harry Potter! How dare you...
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erosomniac
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quote:
Originally posted by Dagonee:
You know, I don't necessarily like this idea, but the lenses on most digital cameras stretch the objects at the sides of the picture out horizontally. All I'd like them to do is stop that from happening.

My issue is primarily with the way they're pushing this. 'Our cameras make you look skinnier!'

*sigh*

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What's the point anyway?

Eventually someone will actually LOOK at you and discover you don't look like that. It's not so much lowering your body image as it is giving a false positive images of the body you want but don't have. You'd almost think it might encourage someone to work to get that body image, but all in all I don't see how in any way or form this is a good advancement.

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I don't think it's a horrible concept, but, like you said eros, the marketing makes me scratch my head. What will make me scratch my head even more will be if it succeeds. Although I do know people who constantly complain about how they look fat in pictures ... [Dont Know]
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erosomniac
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quote:
Eventually someone will actually LOOK at you and discover you don't look like that. It's not so much lowering your body image as it is giving a false positive images of the body you want but don't have
Right - the eventual consequences of which would likely be lowered body image.

Or egomania.

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I don't know why... but first thing I thought when I saw topic title was HP Lovecraft.
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They've already seemingly used this very technology on promotional photos of Katie Couric.
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Now you can get all the hotties on Myspace!

...as if there weren't already enough deceptive camera angles. Emo camera above your head full body shot, anyone?

-pH

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Wow,
What an amazing choice. Either spend money to look slimmer unconvincingly or stop being a fatass, eat less AND save money at the same time.

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mr_porteiro_head
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Either that, or just use The Gimp to do the same thing.
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Anyone who thinks it's cheaper to be thin is not someone who's ever struggled with a weight problem. [Smile]
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Doing photomanipulation on the camera itself seems like a recipe for eating up battery life far too fast. I'll stick with messing with images on my computer.

Oh, and when it comes to the cost of being thin...
1 meal's worth of ramen: 10 cents
1 meal's worth of fresh fruits and vegetables: 10 dollars.

Yep, I can definitely see how it's cheaper to be thin.

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Ramen were on sale near me for 3, yes 3, cents a package. Wow... I was just thinking, though, that if I could find some fresh spinach to eat I'd definitely lose some weight.
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*snort*
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quote:
Haven't people ever heard of lighting and angles?
Exactly!
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quote:
Originally posted by Shigosei:

Oh, and when it comes to the cost of being thin...
1 meal's worth of ramen: 10 cents
1 meal's worth of fresh fruits and vegetables: 10 dollars.

Yep, I can definitely see how it's cheaper to be thin.

That would be correct if I said to "eat healthier". What I actually said was to "eat less".

Your logic is incorrect because while you'd be eating less ramen, you'd be eating more fruits and vegetables compared to your original diet.

The correction would be:
1 meal with one serving of ramen: 10 cents
1 meal with a half serving of ramen: 5 cents

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Malnourishment-related medical costs caused by eating nothing more than half a serving of ramen per meal: too much
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If you're fat enough to require a camera to make you look thinner AND you're already fat by eating nothing more than one serving of ramen per meal then I hardly think that malnurishment is an issue if you cut your ramen intake by half.
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As far as I can tell, this is just bringing us one step closer to the Future(tm) where it doesn't matter what you actually look like, as long as your Myspace photos are smokin'. Every self-conscious 13-18 year old will have one of these cameras. Generations from now, our ancestors will be dumbfounded by how we went from an incredibly overweight nation to "way hawt" so quickly.
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Who was it here on Hatrack (Dan_raven?) who wrote the story about the girl who decorated her apartment w/ mirrors and photos of furniture?

That's what this reminds me of.

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Yeah, that was Dan.
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Before

After

He looks so much better slimmed down, don't you agree?

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Mucus, I'm thin NATURALLY, and I still think it's way more expensive to stay in athlete shape than it would be for me to be "skinny-fat" (thin, but with a higher amount of body fat than would be expected).

-pH

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quote:
Originally posted by Q:
Before

After

He looks so much better slimmed down, don't you agree?

Oh, man... [ROFL]
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