• AFreeLarryHoover@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    This is one of those comedy grey areas.

    Like, I get the joke. I like the joke. But this is still likely a photo of a real person that probably never intended to be a throwaway meme.

    I voted neither for or against this post.

    Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

    • kamenLady.@lemmy.world
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      19 days ago

      It made me even more uneasy, that he’s not looking friendly at all at the photographer. This makes me think, that is not a loved one of his taking this pic and it somehow made its way here. I hope this isn’t a “straight to the Internet” picture taken without his consent.

      His face has “how dare you mf” all written over it.

    • Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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      19 days ago

      Yeah, like… This was absolutely me as a kid, I just imagined my fully grown dad but child-size, so I want to laugh…

      But I can’t laugh when it’s just a photo that’s essentially going “HAHA LOOK AT THIS ABNORMAL PERSON, LET ME BRING FOCUS TO THE ABNORMAL THING HAHA!”

      It feels gross.

      So I approve of the joke, just not the accompanying image.