Hubi@feddit.org to Facepalm@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoRomanian far-right candidate prematurely and falsely declares himself the winner of the election, proceeds to confuse the flags of Romania and Chadfeddit.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: europe@feddit.org
arrow-up1105arrow-down1external-linkRomanian far-right candidate prematurely and falsely declares himself the winner of the election, proceeds to confuse the flags of Romania and Chadfeddit.orgHubi@feddit.org to Facepalm@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: europe@feddit.org
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/12678851 https://xcancel.com/georgesimion/status/1924166718122783128#m
minus-squareMudMan@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up25·5 days agoTo be clear, these are the two emojis in question: 🇷🇴 🇹🇩 I mean, when you’re running for president you should probably double check, but… you know, he’s done far worse today.
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-25 days agoSo uh… without alt text I can’t honestly tell the difference. I wonder if it’s cause my blue light filter is on, or they are just that similar?
minus-squareMudMan@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up18·5 days agoNope, they’re nearly identical. The yellow and blue are ever so slightly different, but… yeah, the bad part about that tweet wasn’t the flags. The flags were the funny part, though.
minus-squareMudMan@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 days agoI don’t think so, that’d be Moldova 🇲🇩, about which he seems to have… eh… interesting ideas. It’s a popular set of colors. And that’s before you get into 🇧🇪.
To be clear, these are the two emojis in question:
🇷🇴 🇹🇩
I mean, when you’re running for president you should probably double check, but… you know, he’s done far worse today.
So uh… without alt text I can’t honestly tell the difference. I wonder if it’s cause my blue light filter is on, or they are just that similar?
Nope, they’re nearly identical. The yellow and blue are ever so slightly different, but… yeah, the bad part about that tweet wasn’t the flags.
The flags were the funny part, though.
He actually used both in the title
I don’t think so, that’d be Moldova 🇲🇩, about which he seems to have… eh… interesting ideas.
It’s a popular set of colors. And that’s before you get into 🇧🇪.