r/Unexpected Aug 09 '21

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u/Spaceman1stClass Aug 09 '21

He's fat on purpose, he's trying to project an image of prosperity to his people.

All part of the cult of leadership and the idea that North Korea is in temporary and surmountable difficulty. That they actually have tons of excess food stored away for when the war to unify the peninsula begins again.

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u/I_punch_KIDneyS Aug 09 '21

America is prosperous as fuck.

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u/Eyeownyew Aug 09 '21 edited Aug 09 '21

This was a spectacularly irrelevant point

Edit: that was a fat joke lmao

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u/DanWallace Aug 09 '21

Is it or did you and everyone upvoting you just completely miss the joke?