Friday Q&A

Questionable Composition

Greetings, crickets and trolls. Welcome to another edition of the Friday Q&A. This regular feature covers issues relating to Fark's Photoshop community. As usual, I hope you had a great week. Assuming you agree with me, of course. If you don't, I sincerely hope we can come to some sort of mutual understanding about how wrong you are.

Q: What's your favorite kind of Fark contest?

A: I tend to prefer themes, simply because of the diversity in subject matter. Your basic "O" competition tends to get repetitive in my eyes. When everyone uses the same picture as a source, there's only so much an individual can do to stand out. Even the narrowest theme is going to have a broad level of interpretation.

Q: Why isn't there a better mix of contest types in the queue?

A: The ratio of themes to regular O-based contests seems to be in a constant state of flux. Sometimes it will be about 50/50, other times we'll be lucky to get one per week. It would appear that some admins remember to greenlight themes, whilst others clearly seem to forget they exist.

Q: Why not just approve themes exclusively?

A: Because no matter how strongly you feel about something, somebody else feels the exact opposite, and also thinks you're stupid for believing the way you do. As much as you love beer, there's always someone who prefers liquor. You might love the Picture Clinic (oh, say that you do), but there exists an embittered retard named TheSniperZERO, who would like to have a word with you about that. If only he could talk without spewing bile. In a similar fashion, there are people who hate themes. I don't claim to understand theses sad individuals, but they're out there. Fark exists for everyone, therefore both interests must be addressed.

That's all for this time, gentle reader. Thanks again for stopping by. And don't worry, TSZ. I know you don't really hate the Picture Clinic. If that were true, you would have taken your leave of this place a long time ago. I'm glad you stick around week after week. It would be sad to lose my favorite reader.
I would get over it, though.
Stay tuned for more reverse psychology from the Doctor!