Did they though?
Twitter outrage of the day is this altered picture of Daniel Pretti. He’s been tweaked to make him ever so slightly more attractive and the altered picture has been used in several places, including MSNBC.
The buzz is, imagine dying for your cause and your comrades don’t think you’re attractive enough to be a martyr.
But there’s a twist. I can’t find the post, but somebody asked Grok whether the photo had been altered. Yes, Grok answered, it had – but it looked like the altered photo had been released by the White House.
Now, that there is some 4D chess.
I tried asking Grok myself, but it’s being a little bitch tonight.
Posted: January 27th, 2026 under personal.
Comments: 3
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Comment from Anonymous
Time: January 27, 2026, 8:06 pm
Has any altered the picture of his gun?
Comment from Uncle AL
Time: January 27, 2026, 9:26 pm
@Anon8:06pm — Which gun? The one he had or the backup gun he didn’t have? 🙄🙄🙄
Comment from durnedyankee
Time: January 28, 2026, 1:16 am
As a carrying gun owner…
He should have left his piece home that day. There’s no scenario where he could have used it, or even touched it, and lived to tell the tale.
I notice they changed his nose…interesting they thought it needed correction.
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