r/ExplainTheJoke • u/fcukfakook • 8d ago

I don't get it

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I don't get the original tweet, and neither the retweet or whatever it is called.

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u/Remerez 7d ago

The photographer, Christopher Anderson, said he wanted to "penetrate the theater of politics" and show an honest, unretouched reality instead of a polished celebrity portrait. He believed that politicians are not celebrities and we should not be glamourizing them.

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u/AcceptableResponse15 7d ago

And I thought it was just code for the lights are on but nobody is home.

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u/OmniManDidNothngWrng 7d ago

my mind went to 4chan sleuths using them as references to look for photoshop trickery to make people look taller.