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Originally posted by VOL:
In conclusion, I think the yearbooks are just fine the way they are. Everyone stop whining and just accept them for what they are and live with them. YOU know what happened during your senior year and yearbooks just add to the memories. It shouldn't matter if they are perfect or not because life isn't perfect.
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It is my humble opinion that everything quoted above is a steaming pile of rabbit shit. Now I'll go ahead and tell you why.
In conclusion, I think the yearbooks are just fine the way they are.
Something tells me that your conclusion may show a
bit of bias. My guess is that, if you hadn't any ties to the book's creation, you'd be taking quite a different stance on the issue. Granted, it's quite possible that your stance would be one of not giving a shit (instead of the assumed "the yearbooks blow" stance)...but I really don't think you'd be defending them.
Everyone stop whining and just accept them for what they are and live with them.
I think it's fair of people to assume that something yearbookish in nature should maintain a decent standard of quality. When this doesn't happen, people who have lost money have a reason to bitch for a reasonable amount of time. This statement will eventually evolve into something that isn't steamy and horseshitty (once the "reasonable amount of time" has come and gone)...but, for now, it's just no good.
YOU know what happened during your senior year and yearbooks just add to the memories.
I agree. That doesn't mean a shitty yearbook is okay, though.
It shouldn't matter if they are perfect or not because life isn't perfect.
This is cummy on many levels.
To start the ball rolling, I don't think anybody expected a perfect yearbook. The book is never perfect. People are normally fine with that.
To keep the ball rolling, life and the yearbook's qualities don't really have anything in common. Just because life isn't perfect doesn't necessarily mean that the yearbook can't be.
To stop the ball's rolling...I don't know...but we can't just let the ball roll on forever.
To close things here...whether you'd believe it or not, I'm more aligned with the "who gives a shit about the yearbook" group than the "the yearbook sucks, I want a refund, fuck you all" group. In fact, I haven't even gone through the entire yearbook...nor do I plan to in the near future. I have thumbed through it quickly and seen many of the mistakes previously outlined in this thread...and I do agree that they justify those that do care about the yearbook in bitching.
So bitch on, I say. Bitch until you can bitch no longer.