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Despite all these issues, image pasters are not outright despised by the community. Many scripters still enjoy finding new ways to render images on the canvas, and the creation of new image pasters is usually received positively so long as it doesn't result in more spam. Nevertheless, there is an informal ban on the distribution of such scripts which [[Lemuria]] refers to as the "OWOT Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Image Pasters." | Despite all these issues, image pasters are not outright despised by the community. Many scripters still enjoy finding new ways to render images on the canvas, and the creation of new image pasters is usually received positively so long as it doesn't result in more spam. Nevertheless, there is an informal ban on the distribution of such scripts which [[Lemuria]] refers to as the "OWOT Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Image Pasters." | ||
At the same time, there are many users who tolerate image pasters even when they are used for spam, seeing it as an example of spammers exercising their freedom on the canvas. | At the same time, there are many users who tolerate image pasters even when they are used for spam, seeing it as an example of spammers exercising their freedom on the canvas.<blockquote>''I want to be clear about something. Image pasters are not a bad thing. Neither are colors. Both of these encourage more valuable members of the community who dilute some of the more toxic people.'' | ||
''It might seem counter-intuitive to have images on a text site, but I need to point to what happened during the color ban. The amount of racism, bullying, calling people pedos for no reason, etc… increased, and it slowly decreased as images started coming back. General anti-empathy propaganda was thriving.'' | |||
''As it is, the people using image pasters as a coding experiment or to show artistic creations are helping dilute the anti-empathy crowd, which does ruin a website. I think by now, images have proven to be the egg that holds OWOT together.'' | |||
''(I also suspect that some of the people making inappropriate image pastes are doing it specifically to target this)'' | |||
'''— [[WindowToaster]] on February 10th, 2026'''</blockquote> | |||
== Types of image pasters == | == Types of image pasters == | ||
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This type of image paster renders coloured images using URL and coordinate links. This allows coloured images to be pasted in worlds where coloured text is disabled, albeit you are limited to 4 colours: black, white, blue, and green. | This type of image paster renders coloured images using URL and coordinate links. This allows coloured images to be pasted in worlds where coloured text is disabled, albeit you are limited to 4 colours: black, white, blue, and green. | ||
First began popping off during the [[2025 color ban]].<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | First began popping off during the [[2025 color ban|2025/2026 color ban]].<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:Egg dithering.png|By [[e_g.]], red emojis are added in an attempt to render other colors via trichromatic [[wikipedia:Dither|dithering]] | File:Egg dithering.png|By [[e_g.]], red emojis are added in an attempt to render other colors via trichromatic [[wikipedia:Dither|dithering]] | ||
File:Kesherian skies 3.png|By [[Catzcute4]], dithering is used to render different (shades of) colors | File:Kesherian skies 3.png|By [[Catzcute4]], dithering is used to render different (shades of) colors | ||
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File:Sorrow for a bygone era.webp|alt=In pixel art, a crying stickman is against a blue & green checkerboard pattern. Tears are coming out of his eyes, more so from his closed left eye, and he says "The world used to be so colourful... now it's monochrome."|"Sorrow for a bygone era" | File:Sorrow for a bygone era.webp|alt=In pixel art, a crying stickman is against a blue & green checkerboard pattern. Tears are coming out of his eyes, more so from his closed left eye, and he says "The world used to be so colourful... now it's monochrome."|"Sorrow for a bygone era" | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== Trichroma pasters === | |||
Image pasters that use red, green, and blue to create the impression of other colors. This type of image paster briefly became widespread at the end of the color ban, when colors were being re-enabled one at a time. The term "trichroma paster" was coined by a user at Spawn on February 4th, 2026. | |||
[[File:Green dithering.png|center|thumb|By [[Grr.Z]] (February 2nd, 2026)]] | |||
=== More unorthodox characters === | === More unorthodox characters === | ||
Many unicode sets contain characters with varying amounts of negative space, allowing them to create different shades for image pastes. Most of these are incredibly fuzzy and stylistic.[[File:Weird thing made out of unicode.png|center|thumb|405x405px|Using various unicode and SLC, by [[Haster]]]]<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Using card unicode, by [[Banksy]]"> | Many unicode sets contain characters with varying amounts of negative space, allowing them to create different shades for image pastes. Most of these are incredibly fuzzy and stylistic.[[File:Weird thing made out of unicode.png|center|thumb|405x405px|Using various unicode and SLC, by [[Haster]]]]<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Using card unicode, by [[Banksy]]"> | ||
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File:Pokemon war 3.gif | File:Pokemon war 3.gif | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[File:Spawn pokemon timelapse.gif|center|thumb|Timelapse (January 31st, 2026 - February 4th, 2026)]] | |||
=== Mr. Black's image paster === | === Mr. Black's image paster === | ||
'''''<small>* | '''''<small>*Not all of these are confirmed to have been from [[Mr. Black]].</small>''''' | ||
An octant paster with a "grainy" effect. | An octant paster with a "grainy" effect. | ||
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The script was created during [[The Great Color Ban of 2025/2026]], so links were used for color. When text colors started being reintroduced one at a time they were also incorporated into the image paster. | The script was created during [[The Great Color Ban of 2025/2026]], so links were used for color. When text colors started being reintroduced one at a time they were also incorporated into the image paster. | ||
Mr. Black used this paster both unobtrusively and for spam, to paste images that were both beautiful and crude.<gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> | |||
File:Big kirk.png|Black and white paste (January 24th, 2026) | File:Big kirk.png|Black and white paste (January 24th, 2026) | ||
File: | File:Three eyes.png|February 4th, 2026 | ||
File: | File:Creepypasta spawn february 4 2026.png|Dark mode (February 4th, 2026) | ||
File: | File:Mr black image paster modes.png|Different modes (February 5th, 2026) | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== gimmickCellar's image paster === | |||
This paster does not support links. However, it does dynamically change based on the available palette. [[File:Gc Susie Paste.jpg|center|thumb|gimmickCellar's image paster being used.]] | |||
=== Miscellaneous === | === Miscellaneous === | ||
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File:Long legs.png|By Rscr (January 14th, 2026) | File:Long legs.png|By Rscr (January 14th, 2026) | ||
File:Kirk.png|By Rscr and one other user (January 24th, 2026) | File:Kirk.png|By Rscr and one other user (January 24th, 2026) | ||
File:Momo eye.png|February 5th, 2026 | |||
File:Loaf guy.png|By Rscr (February 7th, 2026) | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[File:Nalani proctor evolution.png|center|thumb|358x358px|[https://ourworldoftext.com/archivetests#x:87987988,y:87987978799 /archivetests#x:87987988,y:87987978799], by Guest-1052]] | [[File:Nalani proctor evolution.png|center|thumb|358x358px|[https://ourworldoftext.com/archivetests#x:87987988,y:87987978799 /archivetests#x:87987988,y:87987978799], by Guest-1052]] | ||
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File:Goo fp.png|By [[Rscr]] and Banksy (2025) | File:Goo fp.png|By [[Rscr]] and Banksy (2025) | ||
File:Moon face.png|February 2nd, 2026 | File:Moon face.png|February 2nd, 2026 | ||
File:Crazy looking woman.png|February 6th, 2026 | |||
File:Kkb yo.png|By [[kkb]] (February 6th, 2026) | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[File:Banksy owot coloring book.png|center|thumb|Banksy coloring in a monochrome image paste using their [[Banksy#Blobby Paint|paint script]] (January 9th, 2026)]] | [[File:Banksy owot coloring book.png|center|thumb|Banksy coloring in a monochrome image paste using their [[Banksy#Blobby Paint|paint script]] (January 9th, 2026)]] | ||