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That is a huge pet peeve of mine, using images for "illustrative purposes" does NOT mean "to illustrate, i.e. show in images, what we're talking about". Instea
by unwind 6y ago
That is a huge pet peeve of mine, using images for "illustrative purposes" does NOT mean "to illustrate, i.e. show in images, what we're talking about".
Instead, it means "to give you an image to rest your eyes on, so reading all of these annoying letters doesn't make them catch on fire" or something.
This is so weird.
- thgaway17 6y agoFrom MW Definition of illustrative : serving, tending, or designed to illustrate illustrative examples art that is illustrative of provincial life
- koheripbal 6y agoI agree, it annoys me too - especially in astronomy posts. ...but the point in this case is that it should not be used to discredit the Bloomberg article.
- bigbizisverywyz 6y agoI would agree, if you have no photographic evidence, then don't include a photograph, but instead make an illustrative diagram to show what you mean.