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  1. As the girl in this photo, I can assure you that it is not shopped (except to crop it and play with the lighting). Why did I crop it in Photoshop? Because I tend to keep Photoshop open a lot as I use it for image-editing in general pretty frequently. If you don’t believe me, check out my Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/allison.matus I decided to use my image for the reason that too many of the 53%ers just post text. I wanted this to seem more real. But, people will believe what they believe. Haters gonna hate. wearethe99thpercentile: This IS shopped.  Literally.  Once The53 was exposed for using fake images, or shopped images with old dates in the EXIF data, they pulled them off the site.  Now they’re trying to cover their tracks better, like this shot with a 10/13 date… taken in Adobe Photoshop CS4.  Please explain why you need Photoshop to crop a photo. Also notice how few of The53’s entries actually show people. Lots of words, which the same person could write over and over, but not many like the image above, with a handwritten sign. Which was shopped. I can tell by the pixels. the53: I come from a struggling middle-class family. My parents have virtually no money to send me to college. I worked my ass off in high school and graduated top of my class. I got into Wellesley College with a full ride thanks to the generosity of the wealthy alumnae — the 1%. So excuse me if I don’t whine about how the wealthy screw me over. I am the American Dream.

    As the girl in this photo, I can assure you that it is not shopped (except to crop it and play with the lighting). Why did I crop it in Photoshop? Because I tend to keep Photoshop open a lot as I use it for image-editing in general pretty frequently. If you don’t believe me, check out my Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/allison.matus

    I decided to use my image for the reason that too many of the 53%ers just post text. I wanted this to seem more real. But, people will believe what they believe. Haters gonna hate.

    wearethe99thpercentile:

    This IS shopped.  Literally.  Once The53 was exposed for using fake images, or shopped images with old dates in the EXIF data, they pulled them off the site.  Now they’re trying to cover their tracks better, like this shot with a 10/13 date… taken in Adobe Photoshop CS4.  Please explain why you need Photoshop to crop a photo.

    Also notice how few of The53’s entries actually show people. Lots of words, which the same person could write over and over, but not many like the image above, with a handwritten sign.

    Which was shopped.

    I can tell by the pixels.

    the53:

    I come from a struggling middle-class family.

    My parents have virtually no money to send me to college.

    I worked my ass off in high school and graduated top of my class.

    I got into Wellesley College with a full ride thanks to the generosity of the wealthy alumnae — the 1%.

    So excuse me if I don’t whine about how the wealthy screw me over.

    I am the American Dream.

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    1. corinna-gonzales reblogged this from wearethe99thpercentile
    2. prowthish-istoselidon reblogged this from the53
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    4. wearethe99thpercentile reblogged this from ipskaya and added:
      Thanks for taking...trouble to reply. Here’s a few things
    5. dreadfulpenny reblogged this from the53 and added:
      That’s something...99% tend to forget...1% of this nation...
    6. thelittlestonedfox reblogged this from dougy420 and added:
      How could this ignorant failure say such things? Oh what, because you had a free ride to college, the 1% aren’t...
    7. dougy420 reblogged this from spam420
    8. oldpewterkey reblogged this from ipskaya
    9. je77 reblogged this from the53 and added:
      There is something inherently wrong with the 1% controlling most of the wealth of the nation. It is not ethics, it is...
    10. jenniferpopa reblogged this from the53
    11. happyyellowbumblebee reblogged this from the53 and added:
      boy or girl i cant tell can someone help plz
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    13. ipskaya reblogged this from wearethe99thpercentile and added:
      As the girl in this photo, I can assure you that it is not...(except to crop it and...
    14. blimpsy reblogged this from the53 and added:
      99% is fighting against...business *men* of wall street, none of
    15. americaine-en-irlande reblogged this from the53
    16. hella-moments reblogged this from the53 and added:
      As the Occupy Wall Street movement grew, most people are out sharing their stories about poverty during this economic...
    17. willsmithsayingwoo reblogged this from spam420 and added:
      Silly middle-class white kids don’t realise that if the 1% had their way, they’d get utterly fucked over too
    18. spam420 reblogged this from the53
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    21. zombillymays reblogged this from the53 and added:
      So you’re saying all students...money is to graduate at the top of their class?
    22. not53 reblogged this from the53 and added:
      Trust funds are such a pain in...ass. But you really should be thanking your debt...
    23. hydrides reblogged this from amaeta
    24. amaeta reblogged this from the53 and added:
      lower-middle class...[college here] and was given the highest merit scholarship, which was...
    25. fallseven-standupeight reblogged this from visceral-beauty
    26. luboman411 reblogged this from the53 and added:
      a top liberal arts college fully funded by generous alumni. I am grateful for being given the opportunity
    27. aka-love-muffins reblogged this from visceral-beauty and added:
      I am the 99%. On paper, my family and I are middle class. I won’t deny that I had a privileged upbringing. My mom had a...
    28. utopiia reblogged this from visceral-beauty and added:
      ^^^^^^^That is why I follow visceral-beauty. O.P. is a fucking moron. I don’t even have the money for college. My mom...
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    30. visceral-beauty reblogged this from the53 and added:
      This is so fucking disgusting I can’t EVEN. The 99 percent are not WHINING! You are an EXCEPTION. You are the AMERICAN...