“Surfing the internet”
Here’s how BT chose to illustrate “surfing the internet” about five years ago. It has put a lot of effort into making it, but we’d be lying if we said we were impressed by the skills of the person or people responsible. At least the scene has been grounded in reality by using a fat man with a pained expression on his face.
That tidal wave of data will put him well over the “Option 1″ download limit.
filed in PROMOTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY on Nov.25, 2009
November 25th, 2009 on 11:11 am
Looks like they used plastic wrap filter on his wetsuit for some strange reason…
Poor attempt at shadowing underneath him too, but at least they tried I suppose. Think if they’d put some boobies in the water rather than circuitry they’d have been more accurate and would’ve scored higher.
3/10
November 25th, 2009 on 12:18 pm
Did the internet even exist back when mouses (or is that mice as well?) still only had the one button? It’s shit, but at least it features a blue sky.
4/10, cause I appreciate everything just a tiny bit more than Giger
November 25th, 2009 on 12:32 pm
I’d agree that it seems to be a fat man’s head, but it could just look like a fat head because it’s too large for the body by about 25%. The body itself is reasonably svelte, if my body looked like that in a wetsuit I’d be pretty pleased with myself. As things stand I’d bear an uncanny resemblance to a dugong.
2/10 because it’s very poor, and because I compare unfavorably to the ‘fat man’.
November 25th, 2009 on 1:05 pm
Last time I tried my old wetsuit on (which had been unused since I was about 18-19) I still fitted in it and it made me look reasonably svelt.
Unfortunately it was so tight and compressing I could barely breathe and I couldn’t put my arms down. So, swings and roundabouts really. I’d imagine it’s the same principle as those ‘shaping’ womens pants that are available.
November 25th, 2009 on 4:08 pm
Wouldn’t a cordless mouse make oh-so-much more sense?
Unless he is being pulled-into the wave and we can’t see the jet ski that towed him in?
Otherwise, he’s sure to surf over the cord and get tangled. Stupid data surfer. Hasn’t the surfing analogy worn out its welcome years ago? I know I have.
November 25th, 2009 on 5:24 pm
Would be more accurate if he was surfing on the orangey-brown fountain of shit emanating from tubgirl’s arse.
November 26th, 2009 on 12:27 am
Oh, have you been surfing in South Wales too, marimo?
November 26th, 2009 on 1:05 am
You bastards! You just made me do an image search for tubgirl. Now I’ve got to go and erase all my browser and search histories.
What did I ever do to you? This isn’t about that “tap” and “faucet” thing, is it?
December 2nd, 2009 on 1:13 pm
It looks real to me.