Image macros are the nuclear option when involving a discussion. In that they serve nothing but to shit up the entire thread for all involved just because you don't personally like it, and it'll take approximately a million or so years before the thread has any sort of relevance again.
In certain threads, where, y'know, it's what the thread's about? Sure. Any other thread and you're essentially saying "this thread is irrelevant to me and thus everyone else (as there's obviously no difference between the two). I'll therefore drop trou and defecate here."
Whether or not I agree with the rules on this is irrelevant - I'm using the forum, I'm expected to follow the rules of the forum. Same goes to you, the mods, etc. If someone breaks them, you report them instead of piling onto the stank already present here.
IMO they're frowned upon because people don't use them to create a lighthearted atmosphere but to add that extra spice of dismissal in their posting. If people were more responsible about the usage of image macros then perhaps that rule wouldn't be.
In certain threads, where, y'know, it's what the thread's about? Sure. Any other thread and you're essentially saying "this thread is irrelevant to me and thus everyone else (as there's obviously no difference between the two). I'll therefore drop trou and defecate here."
Whether or not I agree with the rules on this is irrelevant - I'm using the forum, I'm expected to follow the rules of the forum. Same goes to you, the mods, etc. If someone breaks them, you report them instead of piling onto the stank already present here.
IMO they're frowned upon because people don't use them to create a lighthearted atmosphere but to add that extra spice of dismissal in their posting. If people were more responsible about the usage of image macros then perhaps that rule wouldn't be.
