this is where i put my "web finds"- i really only called this "web finds" because i don't know what else to call it. it's more like "stuff i think is cool". in any case, you'll find links or image sources here. oft-used resources include tineye, good old tumblr, and the wayback machine. i <3 the wbm...

the first day of my life

status of search is ongoing :(

putting this into tineye and looking for the oldest link takes you to a dead tumblr blog. the file itself on tumblr has been removed for "violating the communtiy guidelines". thank you tumblr. off to a great start.

i found a capture on the wbm of the file in oct 22 2015, but i couldn't navigate the actual blog very well. (say what you will about standardised tumblr blog themes, at least you can find everything). so i can't find the exact post, but it's fair to say that it was first reposted on tumblr on sep 21, 2015, (the date stated on the tineye results) and i can confirm it was posted at least by oct 22. okay.

maybe it's an aesthetic post made for that blog, or maybe not.

so i tried cutting down the image to just this:

because if it was a webpage that would probably be able to find it. searching that on tineye you get two results. oldest (feb 22, 2014) shares space with the second oldest, (mar 3, 2014) in the search results, both from worshipteamcoach.com. third oldest and second result (no, i don't exactly get why tineye sorts stuff like this either) is a heavily color adjusted version of the picture from jeanierhordes.com on Jul 18, 2014. okay.

ignoring the third oldest, because it's clearly not the source, i went to the url on the wbm. the most recent capture after feb 22 was nov 27. so not ideal, but, whatever. it's worth noting that clicking around any amount will likely get you a "hrm." unarchived message.

so i try the second-oldest link, which i guess is the author's blog. this url. best archive date is april 03 2014. unfortunately, it looks like this is the only guy who's ever written anything for this site. great.

so i ended up manually scrolling through everything he's ever posted. and lo and behold: WHAT'S THAT?

aaand. its unarchived.

going to the actual file url noted for the site on tineye, and putting it in the wayback machine, will get you this, which at least confirms that this file was ON this site. the archive date is dec 3 2013 though?

my friend so kindly listened to me rant about this coffee cup image and went and tried google images and got a blog post with the coffee cup image from NOVEMBER 17 2012 I LOVE YOU M YOU'RE A LIFESAVER DUDE !!!

so VERY VERY tentative conclusion as of 12/15/24 that this is the source for the image of the styrofoam cup. unfortunately i still have no clue about the text. reasons for tenativity: this is a blog post about why styrofoam is bad, and they use a lot of outsourced images of styrofoam. its possible this is a picture they took, but it's also possible it's something they searched for images of and copy and pasted.