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[–] RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 65 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

I rotated the photo so that the runway in the background is aligned with the horizon. Also filled in the resulting gaps to not lose too much of the original photo. Looks like it was tilted on purpose. The rotated image is much less dramatic but also boring. I guess sometimes you don't need AI to manipulate people.

Edit: I don't get why people think it's necessary to resort to stupid little tricks like these. This is just dumb

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Was it to make the Trump side look taller?

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

Wow. Look at Trump's high heels. That's like... Insane.

[–] Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dk 7 points 4 days ago

Dont come here with reason and facts.

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I think they might have vertically aligned to Newsom because there isn't a good horizon in this photo, and trump is known to stand at an angle. I would have used the light post out of focus in the back, though.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Bit does he do it? Like the center of gravity must be shifted via a massive belt that has lead weights towards the butt side. Otherwise how can most of his body be leaning forward like that?

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 5 points 4 days ago

Do this experiment. Click on the image and then zoon into it such that you can scroll left and right. Then scroll to hide each person past the end of your screen. You will see that for everyone, their face and belly disappear the moment their shoes disappear. Except for his most respectful excellence. But I guess that's the trick. Most of the mass is on the shoes. Its only some that's leaning forward.

OK back to other things.

[–] CaptSneeze@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What’s with both of their shoes? Newsom looks like he has no toes and his shoes taper to nothing. Trump looks like he’s wearing construction boots with a heel lift.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 days ago

Newsoms shoes are in the shadow, so that's not anything. Donald j Trump, the child rapist, has lifts in his shoes to make himself taller, and to hide how much of a fat fuck he is.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago (2 children)

like... why is he diagonal

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Frontotemporal dementia symptoms

Physical issues

  • May develop a stooped or forward-leaning posture.
  • Reduced trunk flexibility and difficulty maintaining proper alignment are commonly observed.

Behavioral and Personality Changes

  • Increasingly inappropriate social behavior such as rudeness or impulsivity.
  • Loss of empathy and inability to read social signals, often seeming cold or selfish.
  • Poor judgment, loss of inhibition, and impulsive actions, including compulsive behaviors (e.g., tapping, clapping).
  • Loss of drive or motivation, withdrawal from activities, and lack of interest (apathy) that can resemble depression but without sadness.
  • Repetitive or ritualistic behaviors, such as walking the same route or humming.
  • Changes in eating habits, such as overeating, eating sweet foods, or compulsively putting things in the mouth.
  • Decline in personal hygiene and neglect of self-care.

Language and Communication Problems

  • Increasing difficulty using and understanding spoken or written language.
  • Loss of vocabulary, trouble naming objects, and forgetting word meanings.
  • Hesitant or telegraphic speech (using very simple sentences).
  • Getting words out of order or repeating phrases.[nhs]
  • Eventually, some may lose the ability to speak (mutism).

Any of this sound familiar…

[–] ILoveUnions@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Let's be fair. He never had any empathy to begin with ...

[–] oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

Born with dementia.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Lifts in the shoes. Why u think he was so worried about getting his shoes in the assassination attempt?

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You mean the staged photo op?

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hey, they had to kill some random trump supporter to make it convincing.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 20 hours ago

Hey, they had to kill some random trump supporter to make it convincing.

It's not as though he gives a shit about his supporters.

[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 29 points 4 days ago (6 children)

How does that thing stand leaning forward like that?

[–] Lon3star@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Titanium hamstrings, space shuttle grade

[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 5 points 4 days ago

It's not the Gavin on the left holding him up.

[–] troy_frizzell@mstdn.social 11 points 4 days ago

@Gnugit @just_another_person

Just like people can get accustomed to walking in high heels, a raging narcissist can get used to standing in the heel lifts that they use to feel tall.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Very strong plastic girdle holding in his enormous hamberder gut

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Michael Jackson is his idol.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 20 hours ago

"He was good with kids."

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I looks like everyone behind him is doing the same thing to an extent. Almost as if it made his look less obvious

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Look at the horizon.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 days ago

Are the other two leaning with him to make him look less tipsy? The only straight one in that image is Newsom.

[–] frazw@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Does this not destroy his argument or betray his own lies.

Either:

A. His assertion is that the FBI under Biden's direction or agents into the crowd to indie violence. This is demonstrably false since Biden did not control the FBI and therefore could not have done this. He could have said agents but he chose to lie that it was the FBI, and in doing so, crippled his own argument.

Or

B: There were agents in the crowds tasked with inciting violence. These agents must have been working under Trumps direction as it was his FBI. Therefore he is telling on himself. This time the lie is under whose orders the agents were acting.

I believe there were no agents there. Just a bunch of sycophants who revere trump so much they would be willing to root in jail for him and that their cause is so righteous that overruling democracy is fine.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 20 hours ago

they would be willing to root in jail for him

For many of them, jailhouse rootin' would be a benefit in and of itself.

[–] SparkyBauer44@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think that every criminal with an 'R' on his chest thinks that they will be pardoned for any and everything.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

So far so good!

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

I like this strategy, because in order to try to defend Taco, Taco or one of his dimwit supporters will say that of course Taco knew that, tacitly admitting Taco was lying.

It also reminds everyone that has fallen asleep that Taco was responsible for the terrorism of J6.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

The problem is that while trump may not know what he's talking about, his followers will believe him anyway. So it's important to loudly and repeatedly point these things out.

Of course the media should but won't do it, so it's good that Newsom is calling attention to it, but even then he has to be aggressive and sensationalist about it for the media to report what he says. It's a role he has taken on, possibly detrimental to his career (or maybe not--we'll see) but it's a role that someone with influence like his needs to play so I'm glad he's stepping up.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Isn't there some kind of protocol for when the president is mentally unable to do the job?

[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

Is this the new Smooth Criminal video?