←back to thread

What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)

(history.stackexchange.com)
540 points napolux | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 13:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
Show context
bbqfog ◴[20 Nov 24 15:21 UTC] No.42194644[source]▶
That's a meme? I've never seen that photo before in my life and I'm pretty aware of most memes.
replies(9): >>42194683 #>>42194691 #>>42194756 #>>42194796 #>>42194854 #>>42194900 #>>42195997 #>>42196285 #>>42197000 #
jt2190 ◴[20 Nov 24 15:25 UTC] No.42194691[source]▶
Yeah and I seriously question what feels like “I couldn’t find anything about this in Google therefore nobody knows anything about this”. [1] I worked in a specialized reference library for a while and it was very eye-opening to see university students fail to find, say, 90% of our materials.

[1] Quoting: > However, no-one seems to know the origins of the image

replies(1): >>42196278 #
1. swores ◴[20 Nov 24 17:33 UTC] No.42196278[source]▶
Do you have a go-to bit of advice you give to students who you've spotted are lacking research (and just plain search) skills?

(i.e. Something to kickstart them in the right direction, not just a way of saying "learn how to search better!")