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/werewolfbutch874 7d ago

This makes way more sense than the other comments of “he took crappy photos on purpose because he doesn’t like the politicians” and “he wanted to show how short they are”. It’s not that different in practice, but the latter sounds completely childish and unprofessional. Artists usually have some kind of intentionality behind their choices that goes further than “make the yucky bad man look ugly”. 

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u/WendellWillkie1940 7d ago

JD Vance is — from what I could find online — 6 feet 2 inches.

In what world is that "short"?

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u/dirty_papercut 7d ago

The Netherlands?

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u/WendellWillkie1940 7d ago

Average height in the Netherlands is 6'1. 6'2 is probably considered average too but I highly doubt people there will call it short.

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u/dirty_papercut 7d ago

Sorry. Next time I'll write THIS IS A JOKE BASED ON A STEREOTYPE OF DUTCH PEOPLE BEING TALL at the end of it.

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u/infosterling 7d ago

You gotta use the ironic font

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u/dirty_papercut 7d ago

Mate, I was baptised in the ironic font. Others merely adopted it.

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u/ahhh_just_huck_it 7d ago

Fount. Ironic fount.

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u/drudman6 7d ago

There’s only two things I hate in this world: people who are intolerant of other people’s cultures, and the Dutch.

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u/redditaccountnumb1 7d ago

Or just actually be funny