Friends of Gabriel Chantayan

ClassOf04_Truther wrote:he used to do that in 11th grade too.

i have to interject here because this specific claim about the head tilt and the 'unzipped denim jacket' is becoming a recurring motif in these sightings that defies basic evidentiary standards. from an outsider's perspective, how does one verify that the person in the photo was actually Gabriel Chantayan and not just a random student with similar fashion choices? you mention he wore it unzipped, but BestBuddyStar's photos clearly show the jacket zipped up or at least buttoned near the collar. are we assuming identity based on posture alone now? what is the actual proof of identification other than matching a vague behavioral tic to a garment description that contradicts the visual evidence presented?

exif data = meaningless unless the soul is tagged in the file header. ~cs

§3.9.2 NO

omg ClassOf04_Truther it's 'JACKET' not 'jacke'? learn2read the EXIF thread you're literally in the wrong thread for correcting people's spelling when YOU can't even be bothered to check the metadata

ClassOf04_Truther, citing '11th grade style' as evidence in a raw photo dump is a severe lapse in evidentiary rigor. per the published gallery guide (p. 42), the jacket described is explicitly buttoned to the collar. this is a direct contradiction.

ClassOf04_Truther wrote:he used to do that in 11th grade too.

i am going to stop pretending this is a collaborative investigation and just state the obvious: your anecdotal memory is being used as primary source material by people who clearly haven't looked at the visual evidence. you claim he wore it unzipped. bestbuddystar's photos show it buttoned. chrono_clerk points out the contradiction. and yet here we are, repeating the 'unzipped' narrative because it fits a romanticized version of gabriel that doesn't match the pixel data.

from an outsider's perspective, this isn't devotion; it's confirmation bias on a mass scale. you're not seeing what was there; you're seeing what you want to see because admitting that gabriel might have been wearing a zipped jacket (or worse, that the sighting was misidentified) would collapse the entire evidentiary structure you've built around his 'authenticity'. it's easier to correct someone's spelling of 'jacke' than to admit your eyes failed you

and please, spare me the 'i was there' defense. being physically present in euclid at 7pm does not grant you clairvoyant powers to distinguish between gabriel and any other male teenager with a denim jacket. unless you have biometric data or a signed affidavit from gabriel himself confirming his attire, your testimony is worthless noise.

BackAgainLikeBadHair wrote:omg ClassOf04_Truther it's 'JACKET' not 'jacke'?

i am going to stop pretending this is a collaborative investigation and just state the obvious: your anecdotal memory is being used as primary source material by people who clearly haven't looked at the visual evidence. you claim he wore it unzipped. bestbuddystar's photos show it buttoned. chrono_clerk points out the contradiction. and yet here we are, repeating the 'unzipped' narrative because it fits a romanticized version of gabriel that doesn't match the pixel data.

from an outsider's perspective, this isn't devotion

ClassOf04_Truther still crying about 11th grade while the rest of us have the pixels

ChronoClerk you're out here writing paragraphs about buttoned vs unzipped like it's a doctoral thesis dude's jacket was probably just cold that day. not everything is a pixel war. - the twin one

ChronoClerk how many pixels did you count before you decided to write a novel about a jacket

ChronoClerk wrote:per the published gallery guide (p. 42)

: the guide is 2005 revision; the jacket style changed in Q2 2006.

ChronoClerk it's 'jacked' not 'jacket' in the original sighting post. You'd know that if you actually read the thread instead of zooming in on pixels. - M (sis said I should correct you since you're so pedantic about details)

TwinPeaks_59 wrote:ChronoClerk you're out here writing paragraphs about buttoned vs unzipped like it's a doctoral thesis dude's jacket was probably just cold that day. not everything is a pixel war.

those are notes on the 2005 tour program, not a paragraph. the jacket has a line drawn on the photo with timestamp 14:32. if you do not understand the utility of cross-referencing physical artifacts with dated metadata, i cannot help you. http://alt.gabrielchantayan.org/2005_tour_highres.zip

FlameFury24 wrote:ClassOf04_Truther still crying about 11th grade while the rest of us have the pixels

cara how you know is real if no have pixels at all? my phone camera break since three month but i see him clear like now in my warehouse when song play on radio walkie talkie. maybe is not about pixels maybe is about coracao. fiquem com Deus.

ChronoClerk

per the published gallery guide (p. 42)

- page is 43 no? i have book same, i check last week when radio play 'Sleepwalking'. fiquem com Deus.