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9 Responses to “Kids!!”

1. Jakartass says:

   January 18, 2012 at 5:49 am

   Source of pic unknown, but probably in Jakarta.

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2. susie says:

   January 18, 2012 at 12:18 pm

   setelah saya melihat gambar ini, saya tidak yakin bahwa foto ini adalah foto asli. saya pikir, foto ini adalah hasil editan program komputer atau sejenisnya yang dengan gampang dibuat oleh seseorang dengan tujuan hanya sekedar iseng atau mungkin juga mencari sensasi dengan berharap akan mendapat banyak komentar dari orang-orang yang melihatnya. perhatikan letak dan bentuk jempol kanan si anak, terlihat aneh, dan warnanya pun sangat kontras. jadi saya pikir foto ini adalah hasil editan. tapi yah…memang anak-anak jaman sekarang memang sudah berkurang sopan santun dan etika nya.
    

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3. Jakartass says:

   January 18, 2012 at 5:48 pm

   Maybe the pic is photoshopped, Susie – the middle finger is suspiciously straight. However, why, like you, would I not be surprised if it isn't faked?
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   I received it from an American friend, married to an Indonesian, who now has an M.A in Urban Studies – his subject being Jakarta. He wrote: "The photo is very charged I think. So, sad too."
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   We can but agree.

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4. db says:

   January 19, 2012 at 12:02 am

   It's been fiddled with that has…

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5. Jakartass says:

   January 19, 2012 at 12:09 am

   Yes, db, but isn't it sad that we can accept that it might not have been?

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6. db says:

   January 19, 2012 at 3:09 am

   It says more about the person who made it, and what they're expecting of our reactions.
   If it is real then you have to say it's just a little girl who doesn't know better, like the anak kampung who try to connect with you via a big smiley "Eff you mister!" 

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7. ultratupai says:

   January 19, 2012 at 11:45 am

   It actually never occurred to me that the photo was photo-shopped. I didn't think twice that such a thing actually did not happen. After looking at it again I suppose the photo is actually faked but I do not have the expertise to actually prove it beyond a doubt. The photo was not sourced so maybe that indicates a bad provenance. the odd thing is, if it is not faked, that would not surprise me a whit.
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   In any event, as they say, a photo is worth a thousand words…

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8. ultratupai says:

   January 19, 2012 at 11:58 am

   I tracked down the photo source. It appears it is not faked at all. It's real.

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliomartinez/5286825165/in/photostream/

   photo title is  niñas traviesas
    
   I found the source by using

   http://www.tineye.com/search/1f5090e9358fc1a077566cc91e6de5b08c773486/?sort=score&order=asc

   a photo image search site

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9. db says:

   January 19, 2012 at 5:06 pm

   I take it all back. Naughty little girl.

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