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ceejeemcbeegee is not here
11/17/08

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She looks exactly the same in both pictures to me.
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yvanehtnioj
11/17/08

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Um, am I the only one that notices that that is NOT the American flag behind her? What's with the giant white star on a field of red? ... anybody?
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formergr
11/17/08

@yvanehtnioj: I think it's an American flag with another (the white star on a big red field) hanging right next to it. Is there perhaps some sort of Army flag like that?
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Maulleigh
11/17/08

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They manipulated the number of stars?

I don't think she looks completely retouched. If they did work on her, they did it very subtly.
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Sleuthy Sleuthstein
11/17/08

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This is one of the most counterproductive Photoshop jobs ever. She looks about 20 years older in the retouched picture.
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EkaterinaBallerina
11/17/08

@Sleuthy Sleuthstein: I was going to say that myself. She looks about a hundred times better in the original.
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Jessica
11/17/08

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PS I changed the wording so hopefully it's a little more clear now!
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formergr
11/17/08

@Jessica: Thanks, Jessica!
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xen
11/17/08

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I'm sorry, but there is no way these two images are related. The lighting on her face is too radically different, her smile isn't the same, her eyes are...

wait, wait. I just reread the article, it says "an" unphotoshopped picture. Ok, that makes more sense, my bad. It's just a bit confusing to have that unrelated image posted after having described the original picture of the photoshopped one.
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Jessica
11/17/08

@xenakis333: I know, but the unphotoshopped image isn't available. I just wanted to put up something so that people could see what she looked like without alteration!
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blackbirdfly
11/17/08

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About face!
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Mafalda para Presidente
11/17/08

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For those who are saying it looks so different:

I don't think the unretouched photo is the same one they used for the new photo on top. If you notice, they say "here's AN unphotoshopped photograph." Not "the" but "an."
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bluebears
11/17/08

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God forbid a woman actually show on her face years of what is no doubt a stressful job.
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SlappySquirrel
11/17/08

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That's a really impressive photoshopping job, I've got to say. The picture even looks like it was taken from a slightly different angle.
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Mafalda para Presidente
11/17/08

@SlappySquirrel: I don't think the unshopped photo is the same one they used for the photoshopped photo on top. If you notice, they say "here's AN unphotoshopped photograph."
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AuntieEm (robots from the year 2000 > zombies)
11/17/08

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I don't see the un-'shopped one. and clicking is doing nothing
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dirtybee
11/17/08

@AuntieEm: That makes three of us.
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Oranges w/ Cheese has 2 cats! ahahaha.
11/17/08

@AuntieEm: Read. It says they don't have it. The one given is an example.
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AuntieEm (robots from the year 2000 > zombies)
11/17/08

@Oranges w/ Cheese: wow, that was kinda rude. Excuse the crap out of me for misreading something on a monday morning.
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AuntieEm (robots from the year 2000 > zombies)
11/17/08

@AuntieEm: and they changed the wording on the article after I posted my original.
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morninggloria
11/17/08

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I bet this woman would be an absolutely terrifying high school principal.
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hatepaperdoll
11/17/08

@morninggloria: I think she was my high school principal. Can a nun be a General? Sister Conrad...is that you?
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cwisto moweina has got yer goat
11/17/08

@morninggloria: but an awesome German teacher
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ItchykooParker
11/17/08

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That is ridiculous! Why? What was the reasoning/motivation behind this?
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formergr
11/17/08

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Ha! So in addition to changing the background, they made her face paler, shinier, and gave her completely fake hair. It's the hair that's getting me-- it's like a virtual toupee!
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formergr
11/17/08

@formergr: And now I'm looking at it closer, and are we really sure that's the original picture?

There are too many things that are different between the two (and I'm having Highlights magazine flashbacks from trying to spot them, next I have to play Goofus and Gallant).
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jemandtheholograms
11/17/08

@formergr: it's like trying to play photo hunt drunk at the bar.
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formergr
11/17/08

@formergr: Yeah, that can't be the original picture, since the Army said, "In the original image, "The general appears to be sitting at a desk with a credenza and bookshelf behind her."

Might want to change the photo posted above...
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SisterMaryMartha
11/17/08

@formergr: No- I think the second pic is just an example of her- unphotoshopped. I had to read the post a few times to figure that out too.
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