Posted by Dinah on September 8, 2004, at 20:25:24
In reply to I have a theory, posted by partlycloudy on September 8, 2004, at 20:15:34
I'm going to reply seriously, only because so many people seem to have this lab rat image going with Dr. Bob.
Dr. Bob wouldn't do that. He wouldn't run a Rorschach test on the members of this board. Especially not in such a way as to cause alarm and distress.
Dr. Bob does have a playful side. And he's used the imagery of paperwork in his photos before. I'm guessing he really does feel overwhelmed by paperwork. Perhaps feels way behind. And was sharing that with us playfully. Seems like something I'd do at times at work when I feel stressed out and overwhelmed.
I'm sure he's as distressed as anyone that people were upset by the image. If you do art or photos and you know what was in the picture, you just don't see it the way others who weren't there when you took the photo and didn't see the whole picture, just a bit of it, see it. You know what was in the photo, and you can't see it with fresh eyes. So when someone points out what it looks like you can be completely surprised.
I know that happens with my posts sometimes. I know what I mean when I write them. Then someone gets offended and I go back and look and say oooooh, I can see now how it might be taken that way. But before someone else pointed it out, I could have read it a dozen times and not seen it.
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