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Because the obscure site had not existed for years when the copypasta first appeared. So someone would have had to have found that obscure site and then saved t
by sparky_z 2y ago
Because the obscure site had not existed for years when the copypasta first appeared. So someone would have had to have found that obscure site and then saved the image for years before using it.
Honestly, both options (website or archive) sound pretty unlikely to me. I'm wondering if instead it was a third option: maybe the originator of the copypasta was the person who originally took the photo. It would make sense for them to remember the event and go pull a good image out of their photo folder.
- b112 2y agoOr a fourth. The world is filled with a myriad of people, and we all have weird hobbies and drives. I can see an 'artistic type' of person, seeing an image and thinking "Oh, that's grungy" or some other label to the room/etc. And "collecting" it. EG, saving it. Some people will stare at live ants for hours, others collect rocks. I can imagine a person out of billions, liking "weird, musty rooms" or some such. But who knows, heh.