Caption of the Day: Man Finds Perfect Photo Photo Caption, Twitter Helps Improve It
Last night, Alan Ferrier from Edienburg, Scottland, did the impossible: He improved the perfect wikipedia photo caption. With the addition of the word “right” to this photo of a man playing bagpipes and an “indifferent” penguin, Ferrier showed the world the power of editing Wikipedia for hilarious, and factual, gains.
That’s when things took a turn. Twitter began editing this picture of Piper Kerr, who is on the right, ok?
@alanferrier Alright, who did this? pic.twitter.com/eYfXZAt9P9
— brentitude (@brentitude) December 13, 2016
Then found other pictures that could use more facts, like this one of seated economist Guy Standing.
@alanferrier @DianaKristinne I was always parcial to this one pic.twitter.com/kHX52qguGA
— Alejandro Ispani (@jajandio) December 13, 2016
Users found numerous captions in need of extra truth, like this one of Cecil the Lion’s brother, Jericho the Lion, who is also a lion.
@alanferrier @StephenFleming pic.twitter.com/ZxfVrwRe0i
— Joel Engel (@joelengel) December 13, 2016
And some they didn’t have to caption at all:
@alanferrier @YoorWullie at last a challenger for this 'un pic.twitter.com/3dtDI1qM9I
— Rorebhoy (@rorebhoy) December 13, 2016
@alanferrier @vrcsports reminds me of this pic.twitter.com/UmaQphtSfj
— Alan (@AjdeAlan) December 14, 2016
It just goes to show that there can never be too much truth in the world.
