FermiEstimate

I think video art and art commentary is great, but lumping it all in here would make this place less interesting to me. I'm also not sure anyone looking for video art would think to look here for it. Maybe having periodic threads to post commentary or non-image art could be a good compromise?

I acknowledge that's somewhat arbitrary, but I don't think we can ever eliminate that entirely where art is concerned.

Maybe a controversial suggestion, but my advice is to ignore the Minutemen stuff until late in the game. Just don't even go to the museum until you've followed some leads and want something else to do for a bit.

This is definitely not the intended way to play, but I promise the story flows so much better without it. Setting out to find your kidnapped son just to immediately get sidetracked helping some uncharismatic misfits set up mattresses is just an underwhelming start to an otherwise decent game.

Doing all this stuff later on, when you've actually demonstrated you're a badass survivor and the OP gear you get free from the Minutemen quest actually feels earned, just feels much smoother. It's a great coda that they unf put two minutes into the game for some reason.

It's safe to say it's better, though I couldn't tell you if it's actually fun yet. For one thing, they've moved away from some of the wackiest design decisions, like the lack of NPCs.

Oh, he must have grabbed one of the barrage gunner helmets by mistake.

Spotlights on photographers or projects would be really cool, though I know they're a lot more work. It's really interesting seeing how someone works and how they came to see a particular photo where someone else wouldn't have.

I'm always pumped when an article titled "Beast/Monster of <location>" is an actual cryptid and not just the nickname for a serial killer. This is way more interesting!

I'd really like that. Enriching posts with this kind of metadata is what sets this apart from just a Google Image search, IMO.

Like you said, it's important context, and it's really helpful to have when I want to learn more about an artist or image. I'm way more likely to revisit something if I have more than just a title or author to go on, especially since traditional art isn't guaranteed to be online or easily researchable.

While the adulteration surely didn't help, I don't think I'd trust pure milk from these cows, either:

Swill milk dairies were noted for their filthy conditions and overpowering stench both caused by the close confinement of hundreds (sometimes thousands) of cows in narrow stalls where, once they were tied, they would stay for the rest of their lives, often standing in their own manure, covered with flies and sores, and suffering from a range of virulent diseases. These cows were fed boiling distillery waste, often leaving the cows with rotting teeth and other maladies.