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Buckwheat Offline
#1 Posted:
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This test only has one question, but it's a very important one. By giving an honest answer, you will discover where you stand morally. The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation in which you will have to make a decision. Only you will know the results, so remember that your answer needs to be honest.

THE SITUATION: You are in Florida, Miami to be specific. There is chaos all around you caused by a hurricane with severe flooding. This is a flood of biblical proportions. You are a photojournalist working for a major newspaper, and you're caught in the middle of this epic disaster. The situation is nearly hopeless. You're trying to shoot career-making photos. There are houses and people swirling around you, some disappearing under the water.

THE TEST:
Suddenly you see a man in the water. He is fighting for his life, trying not to be taken down with the debris. You move closer. Somehow the man looks familiar. You suddenly realize who it is. It's Donald Trump! At the same time, you notice that the raging waters are about to take him under forever. YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS: You can save the life of Donald Trump or you can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo documenting the death of the holder of the world's most powerful office.

THE QUESTION:
Here's the question, and please give an honest answer. "Would you select high contrast color film, or would you go with the classic simplicity of black and white?"

Have a good and safe weekend! fog Beer
Gene363 Offline
#2 Posted:
Joined: 01-24-2003
Posts: 30,669
It wasn't funny for Clinton, Bush or Obama.
ZRX1200 Offline
#3 Posted:
Joined: 07-08-2007
Posts: 60,476
Like lazy journalists use real film anymore.....

Media stages photos as much as possible. My uncle watched first hand working as a consultant on the Valdez spill, a journalist take a dead animal and dip it in oil then take a photo. He later saw that photo published.
CelticBomber Offline
#4 Posted:
Joined: 05-03-2012
Posts: 6,786
Gene363 wrote:
It wasn't funny for Clinton, Bush or Obama.



Nah it was funny for all of them;-p

For Trump, Clint and Bush I'd shoot color. For Obama, black and white.


Get it?! Hah! Uhoh.... be right back I've gotta go check my privilege and suppress my evil whiteness... This could take awhile.
Gene363 Offline
#5 Posted:
Joined: 01-24-2003
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CelticBomber wrote:
Nah it was funny for all of them;-p

For Trump, Clint and Bush I'd shoot color. For Obama, black and white.


Get it?! Hah! Uhoh.... be right back I've gotta go check my privilege and suppress my evil whiteness... This could take awhile.


Dammit! LOL
tonygraz Offline
#6 Posted:
Joined: 08-11-2008
Posts: 20,175
Definitely black and white for trump.
delta1 Offline
#7 Posted:
Joined: 11-23-2011
Posts: 28,754
nobody cares about sepia filters anymore...they've been cancelled
zitotczito Offline
#8 Posted:
Joined: 08-21-2006
Posts: 6,441
Buckwheat wrote:
This test only has one question, but it's a very important one. By giving an honest answer, you will discover where you stand morally. The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation in which you will have to make a decision. Only you will know the results, so remember that your answer needs to be honest.

THE SITUATION: You are in Florida, Miami to be specific. There is chaos all around you caused by a hurricane with severe flooding. This is a flood of biblical proportions. You are a photojournalist working for a major newspaper, and you're caught in the middle of this epic disaster. The situation is nearly hopeless. You're trying to shoot career-making photos. There are houses and people swirling around you, some disappearing under the water.

THE TEST:
Suddenly you see a man in the water. He is fighting for his life, trying not to be taken down with the debris. You move closer. Somehow the man looks familiar. You suddenly realize who it is. It's Donald Trump! At the same time, you notice that the raging waters are about to take him under forever. YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS: You can save the life of Donald Trump or you can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo documenting the death of the holder of the world's most powerful office.

THE QUESTION:
Here's the question, and please give an honest answer. "Would you select high contrast color film, or would you go with the classic simplicity of black and white?"

Have a good and safe weekend! fog Beer


So you have by your question made the decision to let the President, a human being drown and also asking others to make the same decision by answering the question. And in addition the decision is self-serving. My honest answer would be to try and save the person, no matter who it is!
izonfire Offline
#9 Posted:
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zitotczito wrote:
So you have by your question made the decision to let the President, a human being drown and also asking others to make the same decision by answering the question. And in addition the decision is self-serving. My honest answer would be to try and save the person, no matter who it is!

You betray your avatar...
Speyside Offline
#10 Posted:
Joined: 03-16-2015
Posts: 13,106
Funny! In all honesty I would do my best to save him or die trying. I loathe him in every way imaginable. But I hate the loss of human life.
xibbumbero Offline
#11 Posted:
Joined: 01-25-2002
Posts: 12,535
Speyside wrote:
Funny! In all honesty I would do my best to save him or die trying. I loathe him in every way imaginable. But I hate the loss of human life.


Me too but IMO letting him sink would save countless lives. So.I'd have to take about half an hour to think that over. X Boo hoo!
Gene363 Offline
#12 Posted:
Joined: 01-24-2003
Posts: 30,669
I'm no physiatrist, but some answers sound like they come from a person with narcissistic personality disorder.
clintCigar Offline
#13 Posted:
Joined: 05-14-2019
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White lives don't matter??
CelticBomber Offline
#14 Posted:
Joined: 05-03-2012
Posts: 6,786
zitotczito wrote:
So you have by your question made the decision to let the President, a human being drown and also asking others to make the same decision by answering the question. And in addition the decision is self-serving. My honest answer would be to try and save the person, no matter who it is!


It's a joke. It wasn't asked in a serious manner.... Doesn't anybody remember laughter? Brick wall
Gene363 Offline
#15 Posted:
Joined: 01-24-2003
Posts: 30,669
CelticBomber wrote:
It's a joke. It wasn't asked in a serious manner.... Doesn't anybody remember laughter? Brick wall


Nothing funny about the death of the POTUS, regardless of party.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#16 Posted:
Joined: 08-11-2017
Posts: 14,586
Holy chit! I'm sure this was the first joke in the history of this country based on presidential demise. Ya don't find it funny then don't laugh, but suspend outrage for crying out loud. If worried about the humanity then start a protest for the countless lawyers, bosses, ex-wives, etc who've been sacrificed in jest through years

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Whistlebritches Offline
#17 Posted:
Joined: 04-23-2006
Posts: 22,127
My favorite joke from 2016 was when the smartest woman in the world,Hilldog,jumped out the plane with only a backpack.We never spoke of her death,that would have been tacky,but we laughed our azzes off imagining her sudden stop at the bottom.
engletl Offline
#18 Posted:
Joined: 12-26-2000
Posts: 26,493
Go pro on a head mount and film the saving.

Afterwords, use editing software to present the background in b&w while only casting the rescued in brilliant color.
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