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Comment author: Lumifer 29 October 2013 05:05:51PM 0 points [-]

Whereas images cannot be copy pasted as simple

Um. In Firefox, right-click on the image, select Copy Image. Looks pretty simple to me. Pretty sure it works the same way in Chrome as well.

This is the old problem that there is no graphical language.

I think you're missing the point of images. Their advantage is precisely that they are holistic, a gestalt -- you're supposed to take them in whole and not decompose them into elements.

Sure, if you want to construct a sequential narrative out of symbols, images are the wrong medium.

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 29 October 2013 07:50:02PM 0 points [-]

Um. In Firefox, right-click on the image, select Copy Image.

And how do you insert it into a comment?

I think you're missing the point of images. Their advantage is precisely that they are holistic, a gestalt -- you're supposed to take them in whole and not decompose them into elements.

That may be true of some images but not all.

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