• Trump used Obama inauguration image as cover for @POTUS twitter
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[QUOTE]Donald Trump changed the image at the top of his new @POTUS account after Twitter users spotted it was from Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration. Mr Trump inherited the official presidential account as he was sworn in as America's 45th president. The original image showed flag-waving crowds in front of the US Capitol. But it was changed about an hour later, amid claims from Mr Trump's opponents that crowds at his inauguration were not as large as in 2013. Trump supporters on social media branded claims Mr Trump was trying to make his inauguration appear better-attended "pathetic" and a "non-story". The header image has since changed again from a stock picture of an American flag to an image of the new president gazing out of a window. Mr Trump's @POTUS account has gained millions of followers since its launch, as all 13.6m followers of Barack Obama's account - now archived at @POTUS44 - are in the process of being ported over to the new Trump account. The new president's first tweet was a link to a Facebook post of the full text of his inauguration address. His former twitter account still has more than 20m followers.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38698837[/url]
[img]http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/00DE/production/_93722200_comparisonsocial.jpg[/img] hahahahahaha
SAD!
[QUOTE=Lazore;51703447]SAD![/QUOTE] [B]LOW ENERGY[/B]!
[QUOTE=DOG-GY;51703431][img]http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/00DE/production/_93722200_comparisonsocial.jpg[/img] hahahahahaha[/QUOTE] I also just want to say Look at how it's fucking colorful in the 2009 inauguration with the sunshine and shit compared to the 2017 inauguration. 2017's fucking dull! Is this a message?
[QUOTE=PsycheClops;51703481]Is this a message?[/QUOTE] that everybody needs to lighten up
[QUOTE=PsycheClops;51703481]I also just want to say Look at how it's fucking colorful in the 2009 inauguration with the sunshine and shit compared to the 2017 inauguration. 2017's fucking dull! Is this a message?[/QUOTE] Are people seriously forgetting it was raining that day or not? :v:
What a goof!
also it all depends on the camera settings and the post-processing afterwards here's a different comparison of 2009 v 2017 [IMG]http://static.snopes.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/a17.jpg[/IMG]
Who cares really. Better they had an image there than nothing at all, especially considering they switched the Twitter handle @POTUS from Obama to Trump straight away at noon. Should they have had a picture of an event in the future when they were preparing the switch?
[QUOTE=dai;51703521]that everybody needs to lighten up[/QUOTE] I mean, if he launches nukes, we'll light up alright :v:
[QUOTE=DogGunn;51703548]Who cares really. Better they had an image there than nothing at all, especially considering they switched the Twitter handle @POTUS from Obama to Trump straight away at noon. Should they have had a picture of an event in the future when they were preparing the switch?[/QUOTE] speaking of which has trump shitposted on twitter yet since he's been potus?
[QUOTE=SenhorCreeper;51703543]also it all depends on the camera settings and the post-processing afterwards here's a different comparison of 2009 v 2017 [IMG]http://static.snopes.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/a17.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] those are exactly the same two photos with some ugly contrast and the bottoms cut off, it doesn't exactly change much save for exemplifying this building [t]http://i.imgur.com/aAeO1yn.png[/t] the big points that aren't being made enough is that the weather sucked, there was protesting blocking one of the entrances to the location (and the photos were taken a bit before the event started), and certainly a bit of fearmongering making people shy away from the idea of going. It was a totally different day and both people have more than enough broad supporters who'd have happily turned up and filled that place front to back on any day of the year, but couldn't make it under just as many varied circumstances
[QUOTE=dai;51703559]those are exactly the same two photos with some ugly contrast and the bottoms cut off, it doesn't exactly change much save for exemplifying this building [t]http://i.imgur.com/aAeO1yn.png[/t] the big points that aren't being made enough is that the weather sucked, there was protesting blocking one of the entrances to the location (and the photos were taken a bit before the event started), and certainly a bit of fearmongering making people shy away from the idea of going. It was a totally different day and both people have more than enough broad supporters who'd have happily turned up and filled that place front to back on any day of the year, but couldn't make it under just as many varied circumstances[/QUOTE] I think the largest fault here is that we are comparing a republican presidents inauguration to a democrat in Washington DC where 90% of the people voted democrat. The crowd numbers at the inauguration of George W. Bush would be a much more suitable comparison.
[QUOTE=dai;51703559]those are exactly the same two photos with some ugly contrast[/QUOTE] Nah, you're kinda wrong on this one dai. They're not exactly the same two photos. They're 2 different photos taken with 2 different cameras [IMG]https://my.mixtape.moe/qyikdd.gif[/IMG] And there's not much of a contrast difference with the photos, you're thinking more of a more tinted picture rather than contrast. My point that any scene can also look bad and "liveless" if the camera you use happens to be shit. better cameras can capture more lively colors and contrast while others can make any scenario look rather dull and ugly.
[QUOTE=SenhorCreeper;51703543]also it all depends on the camera settings and the post-processing afterwards here's a different comparison of 2009 v 2017 [IMG]http://static.snopes.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/a17.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] It's just that the left one is zoomed in so it looks like bigger crowds. :v:
I've been seeing those photos so much that I can't help but just see a massive nest of daddy longlegs spiders
[QUOTE=!LORD M!;51703614]It's just that the left one is zoomed in so it looks like bigger crowds. :v:[/QUOTE] Except the left one is actually slightly zoomed out in comparison. Trump's inauguration simply wasn't nearly as popular as Obama's. It's almost like he was an incredibly divisive and unpopular candidate who lost the popular vote by millions. Hillary's inauguration wouldn't have fared much better considering how unenthusiastic most of her voters were. [video=youtube;PdantUf5tXg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdantUf5tXg[/video] [url]http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/comparison-president-trump-and-barack-obamas-inauguration-crowds/[/url]
[QUOTE=!LORD M!;51703614]It's just that the left one is zoomed in so it looks like bigger crowds. :v:[/QUOTE] I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not but if you look at the landmarks in both images there are clearly more people in the left hand image.
[QUOTE=Anderan;51703648]I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not but if you look at the landmarks in both images there are clearly more people in the left hand image.[/QUOTE] I was mocking those medias with an agenda who have had deceptive angles and views of crowds when reporting, making them look larger. Only a fool would believe it was not sarcasm.
[QUOTE=!LORD M!;51703670]I was mocking those medias with an agenda who have had deceptive angles and views of crowds when reporting, making them look larger. Only a fool would believe it was not sarcasm.[/QUOTE] Well I guess anyone who can read is a fool then
[QUOTE=zakedodead;51703675]Well I guess anyone who can read is a fool then[/QUOTE] Why yes, if you avert your eyes from the very clear photographic comparison pictures quoted.
I doubt Trump even knew/cared about what his new twitter handle's first cover image was going to be. Give his team a break, they and twitter had to scramble to get his new account up
[QUOTE=!LORD M!;51703670]I was mocking those medias with an agenda who have had deceptive angles and views of crowds when reporting, making them look larger. Only a fool would believe it was not sarcasm.[/QUOTE] Sarcasm doesn't translate well over text. There's a reason people tend to put /s when they're being sarcastic. [editline]21st January 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=RocketSnail;51703708]I doubt Trump even knew/cared about what his new twitter handle's first cover image was going to be. Give his team a break, they and twitter had to scramble to get his new account up[/QUOTE] It's not exactly like this was a sudden event nobody knew was happening.
[QUOTE=!LORD M!;51703670]I was mocking those medias with an agenda who have had deceptive angles and views of crowds when reporting, making them look larger. Only a fool would believe it was not sarcasm.[/QUOTE] its hard to detect sarcasm when half your serious posts could be a joke anyway
[QUOTE=Crumpet;51703729]its hard to detect sarcasm when half your serious posts could be a joke anyway[/QUOTE] Not many knows how to read between the lines.
[QUOTE=!LORD M!;51703743]Not many knows how to read between the lines.[/QUOTE] This is text on the page. Texts themselves cant indicate tone. If you want to express a joke, at least use /s or something
[QUOTE=!LORD M!;51703743]Not many knows how to read between the lines.[/QUOTE] Are the lines the part where you get proven wrong and then claim it's sarcasm?
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I thought it was just a generic American pride photo, didn't think it had anything to do with Trump's inauguration. But this is 2017 now, and every single breath Trump takes will be getting a news article for at least the coming months.
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