Pakistani Government Officials Accidentally Turn On Cat Filter During Facebook Live, Hilarity Ensues
The provincial government of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has found a way to increase the ratings of their press conferences. By accident. The live stream of regional minister Shaukat Yousafzai speaking with journalists went viral on Friday after somebody who was in charge of it forgot to turn off the cat filter. As a result, Yousafzai and a few other politicians grew pointy ears and whiskers.
Pakistani politicians live streamed an official meeting on Facebook but forgot to turn off the cat filter
Immediately, Facebook users started flooding the stream with comments. There’s “a cat in the cabinet,” one said. Others were a bit more specific and poetic: “Shaukat Yousafzai looks like a cat – Meow meow meow.” The live stream, however, continued.
People started laughing at the very serious politicians growing pointy ears and whiskers
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Even an AFP reporter caught a glimpse of it but minutes after the press conference ended, it was deleted from the official Facebook page of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party which is in power in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The screenshots, however, will remain on the Internet forever.
Yousafzai confirmed the incident to AFP and said it happened by accident: “The cat filter was turned on by mistake, let’s not take everything so seriously.”
“I wasn’t the only one – two officials sitting along me were also hit by the cat filter,” he said. A press statement issued by the PTI party’s social media team described the incident as “human error.” “All necessary actions have been taken to avoid such incidents in future,” it read.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party released a “clarification” of the incident
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But the reactions kept pouring in
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That was my exact thought when i read this. It looks funny, yeah, but I bet the politics were not amused at all. I hope they did not fired the unfortunate employee...
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Yea! I think it was with Mikie Day portraying a journalist held up in a hotel room
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This is Pakistan, so I'm pretty sure that someone got de-cat-pitated for this.
If you were to cross a man and a cat, it would improve the man but degrade the cat. (probably paraphrased!)--Mark Twain. That said, EVERY political coverage should have a cat filter on.
They should have just gone with it and said they thought they would try something new to get more people interested in politics. LOL
Let's not take things so seriously? It's a govt meeting, it should be taken seriously but hey, we're not the one playing around with cat filters while we're trying to run a govt. Lighten up and laugh a little! After all, you're only human, Or feline. Or something. LOL. I already imagine trump like that anyway! What a kick it would be to see for real what I have up until now only imagined. Kind of undercuts the seriousness, huh?
I just laughed at this for way too long. I already know i'll think about this during serious times and then I will be unable to stop laughing.
Better watch out if POTUS Adolf Twitler visits Pakistan, he’s a known pussy grabber...to everyone but his wife!
Cats ARE a blessing! Good incident to lighten-up serious govt.office work mood!
You may well laugh, but, because it's Pakistan, I suspect heads will roll, literally, for this faux pas.
Better watch out if POTUS Adolf Twitler visits Pakistan, he’s a known pussy grabber.
Notice the tweet with the word 'paki' mentioned, that's seen as a very racist term over here.
That was my exact thought when i read this. It looks funny, yeah, but I bet the politics were not amused at all. I hope they did not fired the unfortunate employee...
Load More Replies... Yea! I think it was with Mikie Day portraying a journalist held up in a hotel room
Load More Replies... This is Pakistan, so I'm pretty sure that someone got de-cat-pitated for this.
If you were to cross a man and a cat, it would improve the man but degrade the cat. (probably paraphrased!)--Mark Twain. That said, EVERY political coverage should have a cat filter on.
They should have just gone with it and said they thought they would try something new to get more people interested in politics. LOL
Let's not take things so seriously? It's a govt meeting, it should be taken seriously but hey, we're not the one playing around with cat filters while we're trying to run a govt. Lighten up and laugh a little! After all, you're only human, Or feline. Or something. LOL. I already imagine trump like that anyway! What a kick it would be to see for real what I have up until now only imagined. Kind of undercuts the seriousness, huh?
I just laughed at this for way too long. I already know i'll think about this during serious times and then I will be unable to stop laughing.
Better watch out if POTUS Adolf Twitler visits Pakistan, he’s a known pussy grabber...to everyone but his wife!
Cats ARE a blessing! Good incident to lighten-up serious govt.office work mood!
You may well laugh, but, because it's Pakistan, I suspect heads will roll, literally, for this faux pas.
Better watch out if POTUS Adolf Twitler visits Pakistan, he’s a known pussy grabber.
Notice the tweet with the word 'paki' mentioned, that's seen as a very racist term over here.
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