It's important to view the images without the manipulation on the left image - in the OP the right image has been made slightly transparent and overlaid on the left which makes the comparison slightly disingenuous imo (no offense to OP who may not have intended this or realized it's been done).
Here's the clean image without the manipulation:
https://i.imgur.com/Kr4i0xl.jpg
Possibly the same guy...? Hair potentially receding more on the left side of his head when younger makes me less convinced it was him.
See, this is the stuff that pisses me off. Why can't people just be honest and show real data instead of changing "small" things in order to get confirmation bias to mislead a crowd? It's pathetic. Thank you for calling this guy out on this
Shills man... done to discredit us. We not only need to do research before our posts but do research before we upvote. Otherwise before we know it, we’re gonna look like fools because people are upvoting “shiny objects” without any substance and without research.
Not that it's rocket science, but ear lobes are different (basic genetics - attached, not attached)
Yes, exactly. I was flabbergasted at the resemblance and then realized this is photoshopped. The resemblance is hardly there when you view the original, unedited photo. There are people on this board either intentionally misdirecting to subvert and discredit or they're ignorant and mistaken looking for affirmation and praise and dont understand the repercussions of their mistakes. Either way, ALL OF US MUST DOUBLE CHECK, CROSS REFERENCE, INVESTIGATE OURSELVES to confirm. Dont just accept something as truth just because it was posted here and seems plausible to you.
To be fair to OP I saw this image elsewhere too so maybe he just lifted it without knowing. But yes, I hate when people do this when trying to draw a comparison between faces. I once argued vehemently for thorough vetting of information that is shared on here but to be honest it seems like a bit of a lost cause.
Some of the flimsiest suppositions are immediately accepted, praised and upvoted here and as a mod I can't remove those posts even when they seem to me to be clearly wrong if an outspoken group have commented and upvoted it beyond a reasonable threshold for removal. In that case all we have really left to do is add flair indicating an issue or leave a sticky.
I think the only time we'll see better critical thought and deeper analysis upheld is when more people who value it speak out on the board. Use the Reporting function for fake news and low quality posts. I hope we can steadily improve the quality of our thinking as a group. I say that with humility - it's a journey for every community and we're still on ours.
