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Tasmanian Devil

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26. Postimage sucks

Reply to orleans (Reply #24)

Wed Jun 17, 2026, 04:18 PM

Wednesday

Free images works for a little while, but if an image gets really popular it fails and demands that the hosting account be switched to premium. I think the applicable phrase is bait-and-switch.

They should be avoided for posting to DU (or anywhere else).

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I hope this has not been posted yet, because I am on the floor! Brilliant! [View all] OldBaldy1701E Wednesday OP

Hell to get out of sheets lame54 Wednesday #1

Oh for sure! OldBaldy1701E Wednesday #3

You can take them out of their sheets, but you can't get the shit out of them. erronis Wednesday #4

White rage. Traildogbob Wednesday #2

Orange Utang erronis Wednesday #5

your lobster is done nt eppur_se_muova Wednesday #6

'Ageing Orange' Jrose Wednesday #7

No pic??? madamesilverspurs Wednesday #8

Same here n/t malaise Wednesday #9

Ditto here KPN Wednesday #17

Same here MustLoveBeagles Wednesday #30

I am looking at it. OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #34

Is this what I'm supposed to see? ... aggiesal Wednesday #10

Looks Like Windows Mr.Bee Wednesday #21

That is the image, yes. OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #35

Please post the image again, copy/paste all the web addresses on your postimage page. CoopersDad Wednesday #11

No image. Charlie Chapulin Wednesday #12

How about someone post the actual image (that is "brilliant"), that isn't a blue box? liberalla Wednesday #13

You May Wish To Re-Post Your Selected Image (URL) (n/t) wyn borkins Wednesday #14

Same. No pic. Silver Gaia Wednesday #15

Well, there goes 60 seconds I will never get back. OMGWTF Wednesday #16

You're on the floor over a blue box? MineralMan Wednesday #18

It's Trump's fault. chouchou Wednesday #19

Use Imgur Sector 001 Wednesday #20

AND THEN click on the little green box (my computer shows it on the upper left) it has a plus sign in it orleans Wednesday #22

I wish those steps worked for me RussBLib Wednesday #23

what happened? nt orleans Wednesday #24

I wish I knew RussBLib Wednesday #25

are you doing this from a phone or your computer? orleans Yesterday #32

both phone and computer RussBLib Yesterday #41

Postimage sucks Tasmanian Devil Wednesday #26

Postimage sucks Sector 001 Wednesday #27

And no shame Tasmanian Devil Wednesday #29

i use imgur--never had anyone complain they can't see the image after i post it here nt orleans Yesterday #33

Nobody in the UK will ever see an IMGUR image nowadays. Emrys Yesterday #44

Imgur would not appear on the site in the past. OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #36

To all those only seeing blue boxes rather than images: welcome to DU life for UK DUers! Emrys Yesterday #43

I am not in the UK and I see a blue box. Sector 001 23 hrs ago #45

If anyone is interested. Sector 001 Wednesday #28

Thank you MustLoveBeagles Wednesday #31

I will post this again. OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #37

Nope, did not work. OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #38

How about this link? sl8 Yesterday #39

Finally, someone's posted what it is! And it turns out it's a word-based joke muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #42

Today I could see the image on both services... it's the general funkiness of the net questionseverything Yesterday #40

Yes, but I don't want him to die. OldBaldy1701E 9 hrs ago #46