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Ketriana
I Am Curious, Yellowtail


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A friend just sent me this one. It doesn't see real to me. Any thoughts?

I originally received it as a bit map. Click on the image below to see it bigger.

ETA: I am thinking fake, because when you zoom in, it is rather pixilated around all of the text. But, then again, I am not well versed in the art of spotting fakes, so I don't know if this is a good indication.
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Lainie
Ding Dong! Merrily on High Definition TV


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If I knew my husband were cheating and I wanted to deplete our joint banking account, I wouldn't waste the money on a billboard. YMMV.

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Ketriana
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Quazi-chow to myself.

This picture is featured on a website by a scorned woman (or most likely viral marketing) and that website is being discussed in another forum...

Oh well, it was worth a try, right?
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CheezeIt
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I say fake.

Looking closely at the image, the billboard itself is at a slight angle, but the text is straight.

The text is also pixelated (like a bad jpeg conversion) but only the text. The rest of the image looks fine.

The bottom left of the image is in heavy shadow, but the text doesn't appear to be darker there than the rest, it looks rather uniform all around.
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TuFurg
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I don't know the name for it but often dark text is pixelated when on a light background.

The second photo pretty much verifies that it's real. Funny as well.
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Brandi
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There's a blog as well; many people are beginning to suspect that it's viral marketing.

This blog makes a pretty good case for the marketing theory.
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