The First Feebles

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MG 2.0 wrote:
Tue Oct 21, 2025 7:52 pm
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But, it is quite frank of you to admit that "these three gentlemen" don't look "very user friendly." The "incongruities" you see seem to be their unease with one another and the situation they find themselves in.
If the picture hasn't been doctored at all I would say that this snapshot is catching them at an inopportune moment. If you watch the complete news conference you find many other 'still frames' that portray them as being happy, smiling, and engaging.

Christofferson seems to be a bit off...more than the others. Shading is off. There does seem to be some A.I. manipulation as mentioned earlier. The armrest, hands/fingers, etc. A.I. has a difficult time separating what is real and what is not real when putting two human forms next to each other and contextualizing everything in between.

We can all be 'snapshot' at times when we may have a blank look on our face or other 'face view' that is less than appealing.

I think there could have been better representations/pictures to use. As I said, this one fit the bill for the purposes of the person that posted it.

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Christofferson seems to be the only one that knows what day of the week it is.
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MG 2.0 wrote:
Tue Oct 21, 2025 7:52 pm
sock puppet wrote:
Tue Oct 21, 2025 2:00 pm
But, it is quite frank of you to admit that "these three gentlemen" don't look "very user friendly." The "incongruities" you see seem to be their unease with one another and the situation they find themselves in.
If the picture hasn't been doctored at all I would say that this snapshot is catching them at an inopportune moment.
It’s the thumbnail image for the Church’s YouTube video, so you might want to take your complaint about it up with them.
Premise 1. Eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable.
Premise 2. The best evidence for the Book of Mormon is eyewitness testimony.
Conclusion. Therefore, the best evidence for the Book of Mormon is notoriously unreliable.
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I Have Questions wrote:
Wed Oct 22, 2025 4:24 pm
MG 2.0 wrote:
Tue Oct 21, 2025 7:52 pm
If the picture hasn't been doctored at all I would say that this snapshot is catching them at an inopportune moment.
It’s the thumbnail image for the Church’s YouTube video, so you might want to take your complaint about it up with them.
Indeed it does come from the 2:15 to 2:28 mark of the Mormon church's own Youtube posting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kPB8hFv4-s

So, MG 2.0, why did the organization to which you exhibit unfailing, knee-jerk loyalty do as you say, and doctor that?

Why did the LDS church reproduce the photo uploaded by a user of the Imgflip photo site?

Why did the LDS church make those three gentlemen look not very user friendly? Is that how the LDS church view these men?

Now that you know if was the LDS church, are you going to demonstrate your biases in spades and try now to claim there were no incongruities?
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sock puppet wrote:
Wed Oct 22, 2025 9:15 pm
I Have Questions wrote:
Wed Oct 22, 2025 4:24 pm
It’s the thumbnail image for the Church’s YouTube video, so you might want to take your complaint about it up with them.
Indeed it does come from the 2:15 to 2:28 mark of the Mormon church's own Youtube posting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kPB8hFv4-s

So, MG 2.0, why did the organization to which you exhibit unfailing, knee-jerk loyalty do as you say, and doctor that?

Why did the LDS church reproduce the photo uploaded by a user of the Imgflip photo site?

Why did the LDS church make those three gentlemen look not very user friendly? Is that how the LDS church view these men?

Now that you know if was the LDS church, are you going to demonstrate your biases in spades and try now to claim there were no incongruities?
Christofferson's hands are always clasped in that video.
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sock puppet wrote:
Wed Oct 22, 2025 9:15 pm
I Have Questions wrote:
Wed Oct 22, 2025 4:24 pm
It’s the thumbnail image for the Church’s YouTube video, so you might want to take your complaint about it up with them.
Indeed it does come from the 2:15 to 2:28 mark of the Mormon church's own Youtube posting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kPB8hFv4-s

So, MG 2.0, why did the organization to which you exhibit unfailing, knee-jerk loyalty do as you say, and doctor that?

Why did the LDS church reproduce the photo uploaded by a user of the Imgflip photo site?

Why did the LDS church make those three gentlemen look not very user friendly? Is that how the LDS church view these men?

Now that you know if was the LDS church, are you going to demonstrate your biases in spades and try now to claim there were no incongruities?
I'd love to see that too, given that he's on record stating this:
...I think there could have been better representations/pictures to use. As I said, this one fit the bill for the purposes of the person that posted it...
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Marcus wrote:
Wed Oct 22, 2025 9:47 pm
sock puppet wrote:
Wed Oct 22, 2025 9:15 pm


Indeed it does come from the 2:15 to 2:28 mark of the Mormon church's own Youtube posting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kPB8hFv4-s

So, MG 2.0, why did the organization to which you exhibit unfailing, knee-jerk loyalty do as you say, and doctor that?

Why did the LDS church reproduce the photo uploaded by a user of the Imgflip photo site?

Why did the LDS church make those three gentlemen look not very user friendly? Is that how the LDS church view these men?

Now that you know if was the LDS church, are you going to demonstrate your biases in spades and try now to claim there were no incongruities?
I'd love to see that too, given that he's on record stating this:
...I think there could have been better representations/pictures to use. As I said, this one fit the bill for the purposes of the person that posted it...
Maybe it was doctored, as MG 2.0 claims, by the Mormon church because they couldn't risk Eyring or Oaks falling out their chair, and couldn't get footage of all three of them upright in their chairs at one time.
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sock puppet wrote:
Wed Oct 22, 2025 10:28 pm
Marcus wrote:
Wed Oct 22, 2025 9:47 pm

I'd love to see that too, given that he's on record stating this:
Maybe it was doctored, as MG 2.0 claims, by the Mormon church because they couldn't risk Eyring or Oaks falling out of his chair, and couldn't get footage of all three of them upright in their chairs at one time.
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This is definitely the Greenland Shark phenomena. And a window into the pointlessness of the Mormon afterlife.
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Gadianton wrote:
Thu Oct 23, 2025 1:42 am
This is definitely the Greenland Shark phenomena. And a window into the pointlessness of the Mormon afterlife.
And these old goats look about as aged.
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Boy, oh boy, did MG 2.0 ever step into a pile of crap with his biases clearly driving him on this one.
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