"Dr_Watson" (dr_watson)
02/07/2014 at 16:33 • Filed to: Formula1
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"Dr_Watson" (dr_watson)
02/07/2014 at 16:33 • Filed to: Formula1 | 4
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This morning I was scrolling through the usual self congratulatory F1 tweets and noticed that Lotus had tweeted something I thought was a hilarious jab at the Putin Gaystappo and celebrating the Sochi Olympics at the same time.
I didn't think this was odd since if you follow the @Lotus_F1Team they do tend to post more lively stuff than your average F1 feed. Unfortunately it was apparently seen as odd by the team themselves. By the time I was eating lunch and scrolling through more F1 tweets (that were decidedly less fun). The Lotus people had posted an apology.
As usual with Formula1 related tweets. Fake Charlie Whiting had the best reply.
I understand that it has nothing to do with the team itself and they would probably want to keep such political chatter to different data streams. But outside that point this does bring up lots of questions:
Is a photo of two dudes kissing more explicit than if it were a man and woman?
Is kissing somehow "pornographic" if it's same sex where it is a post-card love expression when heterosexual?
In 2014 should they really have to apologize for this?
ihm96
> Dr_Watson
02/07/2014 at 16:45 |
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I'm sure if they made a joke about something with a picture of a man and woman kissing they probably wouldn't have apologized. It could be that they didn't want to be involved in politics but I have a feeling that it was more due to the homosexual photo than anything else. I could be wrong, however, so nobody get really angry at me
Stef Schrader
> Dr_Watson
02/07/2014 at 17:32 |
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Y'know, it's close enough in tone to their usual posts that even if it was an accidental oopsie from their PR guy's account, meh. Keep it. Apologizing at this point just makes it look bad.
JACU - I've got bonifides.
> Dr_Watson
02/07/2014 at 17:58 |
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No, this would have been pornographic if the tweet was "Does this milk taste bad to you?" Otherwise it's just two dudes kissing. Better that than a picture of a woman in an abaya in Baghdad with the tweet "You da' bomb!"
CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
> Dr_Watson
02/07/2014 at 18:28 |
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Probably there is a F1 race in Russia and they don't want to get banned.
SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
> Dr_Watson
02/07/2014 at 19:12 |
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LOL the fake Charlie Whiting reply
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Dr_Watson
> CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
02/07/2014 at 20:20 |
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Yeah, I have strong feelings that the apology mind as well have been written in Russian.
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Dr_Watson
> JACU - I've got bonifides.
02/07/2014 at 20:21 |
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lol... Though I suppose they could have been wearing shirts.
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Dr_Watson
> Dr_Watson
02/07/2014 at 20:36 |
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For anyone that doesn't follow Fake Charlie Whitings joke, this is the referenced bunny tweet: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/17697…
Autolegend86
> Dr_Watson
02/07/2014 at 23:05 |
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I think Lotus is just so happy about their twin Penis car for 2014 they had to show off to everyone.
Saf1
> Dr_Watson
02/08/2014 at 07:52 |
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It's really disappointing they pulled this.