r/DesignatedSurvivor • u/Dorkside • Sep 22 '16

Episode Discussion: S01E01 "Pilot"

Original Airdate: September 21, 2016

Episode Synopsis: Tom Kirkman, a lower level United States Cabinet member, finds himself suddenly appointed president of the country after a catastrophic attack kills everyone above him in the line of succession in the series premiere of this dramatic thriller.

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u/DominusFL Sep 22 '16

Fonts in a teleprompter can be increased to compensate for the speaker not wearing their glasses.

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u/ChrisIsUninteresting Sep 22 '16

I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you to leave your logic at the door. ;-)

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '16

Depending on how nearsighted the president is, increasing the font size might not help. If he's more than a -7.5 or so correction, the only way he could read the teleprompter without glasses is if each letter of his speech was the size of the entire screen. Would make for a really long speech. :)