What does it say about our society when an apparently photo-shopped photo of the Bruins’ Tyler Seguin and his supposed groupies goes massively viral?
This image (above) of Boston Bruins’ Tyler Seguin has been making the rounds all week in our news feeds and email inboxes.
When we asked a famous Boston sports reporter about it, he said, “it’s a Photo shop….already been debunked…still, tough on those girls…”
It seems photoshopping has become the 21st Century version of prank phone calls… Except with much greater implications due to the potential for rapid-fire distribution.
But there’s something bigger here that we should be questioning.
The idea that the “sharing” of information is important—even if that information is wrong. Fake posts, false accusations, outing people who text sexy photos—people no longer seem to care if they trust the source or not, or what the consequences will be if they are wrong.
What do you think? Is this just a harmless prank or putting the reputations of people on the line?
What does the fact that this photo went viral say about what we value as a society, and what we think of men, women and sex?
I thought the sign was hilarious because it looked like It embarrassed him and was more of a women be empowered by their own sexuality. I like the 1st sign better, it’s alot more classy. Life isn’t fair and even. Stop wasting your time Talking about a concept that can’t exist. Men and women can never be Equal. I’ll never have a child or nurse, and you’ll never get a women pregnant. Is that equal? Give me a break. We compensate each other with our different Strengths. Stop trying to make a painter Into a mechanic and vice versa. Progressives… Read more »
i agree, but the girls might be become social bullying of their friends
you dont understand what equality means – it doesn’t mean exactly the same as.
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA i love this
The girls’ original joke (while crass and not my style) was at least more creative in it’s own right then a joke about sucking dick. It’s a shame that their own dirty joke couldn’t have been more celebrated among hockey fans that know the lingo without someone coming in and having to make it about a kind of “put those girls in their place thing” and make a joke about them servicing someone, especially has high school girls. And I really don’t how how to take it any other way because often when comments are made about girls sucking dick,… Read more »
Actually, I think this article says more about how much we overreact to the slightest bit of off colour humor. PC has gone too far.
…have you ever seen the “real” version of this sign?
http://www.hollywoodgrind.com/tyler-seguin-bruin-fan-sign/tyler-seguin-bruin-fan-sign-real-hollywoodgrind-1/
And how do we know this is the original version of the sign? Because another website says so?….
Epistemological crisis, here. How do we really know what we think we know?
I saw this image forwarded in an email by an old hockey teammate, and I laughed. I also instantly assumed it was probably photoshopped, because I’m tech-savvy enough not to believe every sign I see on the Internet is real, and this one did not seem very plausible. I don’t think it says anything about what society thinks of men, women, and sex. I think it says something about the age of instant mass communication we live in where every person is a broadcaster, and what gets broadcast is not subject to careful consideration or editorial review. I don’t think… Read more »
The viral version of the photo is also not believable because of the way that sporting events are managed today. You might be able to flash such a sign once for a few minutes before it gets taken away from you, and it might even get you kicked out of the rink. Is there a fan out there so eager to be funny that she will pay top dollar for on-the-boards seats and then get kicked out without a refund? Seems unlikely, so this kind of sign in that setting is highly unlikely. What does it say about our society… Read more »