Incomprehensible

Something else that I don't understand about people. (seems like I'm starting this year with rants. Too bad... but this actually happened last year, if that helps)

There is this person, whom we shall call F, who is always comparing photo quality. Be it of cameras or smartphones. He even complained that his phone camera quality wasn't good enough (compared to another phone).

But the thing is, when people take photos these days, they like to send them through Whatsapp. I may have mentioned it here before (I can't find it though, so maybe not), but it is the same for people who share photos on Facebook and don't send the original file to you any more. Be it on Whatsapp or on Facebook, these photos are resized! They are smaller than the originals, so of course they lose some quality. And if you happen to want to print them out? They will not work. (of course, we seldom want to print out photos these days... but if there's a nice group photo maybe I'll want a print of it, right?)

That's why I have never considered putting photos on Facebook as "giving" people the photos. It is "sharing" the image, but you are not sharing the actual photo.

So once, when someone shared a photo through Whatsapp to a group of people, I asked, why do you guys like to share photos through Whatsapp? The picture is resized. And someone asked, why do you want such a high-quality photo for? Unfortunately I didn't think of the above argument at the time; I actually just wanted to zoom in and see some details of the photo, because in group photos, the faces are really small, you know?

But even before I could answer, F decided to joke, WP wants to print the photos as wall posters. -_- Yeah, right, very funny. Not.

Which brings me to the question: Why do people search for high-quality cameras/camera-phones if they only plan to share the resulting photos through Facebook and Whatsapp? Why take quality photos if only you will see it, while everyone else sees a lower-resolution version of it?

What a waste.

P.S.: And that is why, whenever I actually want to pass photos to someone, I will send them an e-mail. Either attaching the photos, or attaching a link to some file-sharing site where I've uploaded the photos. (gosh, this post must have a lot of mentions of "photos" :P )

Stuff that bombs are made of

I saw WW doing something at the washbasin.

So I asked, What are you doing?

He replied, Cuci (washing)

Cuci apa? (washing what?)

Cuci la-sam (washing dirt)

Of course you're washing dirt off something; why would you be washing something if it's not dirty? -_-

So I prompted him for more info. Can't remember what I said, but it was probably along the lines of What dirt?

And he said, Using toothbrush to wash, otherwise I cannot reach some places.

But washing what, for goodness' sake?!?! Again not in these exact words, but I was already frustrated.

Only after that did he say, Washing my drinking bottle.

And he says I get mad for no reason. -_-

This always happens, by the way. I always have to ask multiple questions to get an answer that could have easily been given at the first question. Aaargh!!! So annoying. Not to mention a waste of time.

Language packs

This is the latest drawing on my whiteboard.

Why do so many people insist on using the half-installed language pack, rather than choose among the four functional ones? Beats me.

I need a t-shirt with this printed on it. Or a cap, though that can probably only fit in the Mandarin one. :P