It seems like the plagiarizing author was simply too arrogant to even consider a simple email outreach along the lines of, “Hi! We seem to share an interest her

It seems like the plagiarizing author was simply too arrogant to even consider a simple email outreach along the lines of, “Hi! We seem to share an interest here. Would you be willing to share what you have with me for my own work?” Which would both avoided the awkwardness (to put it mildly— academic integrity can be fragile… unless it’s a blog you plagiarize? Anyway…) and resulted in a higher quality work by the plagiarist who might have obtained access to more portions &/or higher resolution images. Placing arrogance as some flavor of pride— the overly proud and prideful of the world are in some circle of a Venn diagram that overlaps significantly with the set of people that make the world a shitty place at times.