OCD nightmare on Morning Joe - Mara Gay's background

[underpants]

Mara Gay NY Times editorial board

[Celerity]

1. anti-feng shui

[hatrack]

8. Wrong Shui?

[Celerity]

10. if you ever are in Dudley (West Midlands), and want a quick pint

The Crooked House

[GoneOffShore]

20. Now I want a pint.

[hlthe2b]

2. She's going to have troops of watchers show up with

Levelers! Maybe a Stanley rep will see that....LOL

[underpants]

3. 😆 I can see them showing up and pushing their way in to fix it

I was watching and noticed the pic over her left shoulder first then as I looked across I was feeling people recoiling as they watched. Maybe it on purpose which would be cool too.

[CottonBear]

4. I can't look at that wall. I am an OCD picture straightening person.

She needs a full wall grid laser level.

[Buns_of_Fire]

5. I think there's an emerging market here for MyGreenScreen.

A few tweaks to the software, and you can have anything as your background. The Grand Canyon, an idyllic forest with Bigfoot walking by, an approaching tornado, scenes from the 2018 office party...

Well, maybe not the office party.

[Dave in VA]

6. I thought I was the only one!

Couldn't pay attention to what she was saying because my focus was on those crooked photos.

[underpants]

16. Honestly I missed it too

Just because I was trying to get a pic of it.

[leftyladyfrommo]

7. That is so funny

I have OCD that can get really bad but mine is checking things. It can get so bad I can't get out of the house. I wish I had more of the staightening up kind.

I don't mean to make fun of OCD people because it can be completely debilitating.

[underpants]

17. I saw it and thought "Oh that must be driving some people crazy"

As noted below it may be a false wall. An impromptu thing.

[PCIntern]

9. OMG...

Help me Rhonda!!!!

I wonder if somebody dared her to do that...or maybe she's being held against her will and is sending a message for help!

[Native]

11. I would purposely make things askew and force myself to deal with it.

I read that in a book somewhere, and started doing it after I noticed my 2-year-old wouldn't leave the house without straightening the rug in front of the door. Even with all my interventions, when her IQ was tested at 4, they diagnosed that as a disability even though she was extremely gifted.

[mopinko]

15. not uncommon. i have 5 gifted kids. they all have quirks.

they all had some kink as kids that made me look at them and go- you're gonna end up working the counter in a hot dog stand, kid.

[2naSalit]

12. Doesn't bother me a bit...

[bigtree]

13. are those glass bongs in the upper right shelf?

...

[Hugin]

14. It looks like maybe it's not a permanent wall.

I guess, it could be a board she's rigged as a background for remotes.

As evidence I point out the odd looking structure on the lower right to the left of the bookcase. The panel could be leaning against.

Here's how I think it went down. They called her and said, "You're on in 5... 4... 3... 2... "

She put the board in place at a minimum to eliminate the annoying Carlsbad Cavern effect and didn't have time to line everything up.

[underpants]

18. Could be.

It looks like there’s some distance there but I could be wrong.

[Blaukraut]

19. Yeah. Sort of like "Quick, pull the wall out to hide the piles of laundry" n/t

[Hugin]

21. COVID era problems.

This too, shall pass.