Saco Hardware is a retailer based in Saudi Arabia.
On Sunday, Twitter user @SilentRuins shared a screenshot of a Saco tweet about Intex swimming pools. They pointed out that the photo used was heavily photoshopped, turning a woman into a beach ball.
Saudi censorship is just fucking hilarious. The woman just became a ball.
BuzzFeed News has reached out to @SilentRuins.
And yes, the tweet is totally real.
للمسابح حصة كبيرة ضمن عروضات ساكو! لا تفوتوها وقوموا بزيارة معارضنا #الكل_للكل https://t.co/YwaR99o792
The before...
And after.
@SilentRuins' tweet went viral, and has been retweeted over 85,000 times. People were totally shocked by the side-by-side photos.
@SilentRuins My eyes just popped out. What on earth is this monstrosity?
Some pointed out that this is a very common thing in Saudi Arabia, with women regularly removed from catalogs, adverts, and other public photos.
@VishalManve12 @SilentRuins This happens a lot. In my translation class we talked about an Ikea catalogue where they had erased every woman.
@SilentRuins dude in the actual stores, they just put black tape everywhere 😂
Not only had the mother been turned into a ball, but the family was now fully clothed too.
Advert selling a swimming pool has family in it wearing swimming gear - for Saudi market they all wear proper cloth… https://t.co/FEPIgcKxeA
Others just found the photoshop job really funny.
@Pikaclicks @aliffahme @SilentRuins @Q_Lily Those kids smiling at the ball that raised them is hilarious
@SilentRuins Or did the ball just become a woman
And decided to make the best of a bad photoshop.
