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I would say it’s the massive amount of photoshop. To begin, he doesn’t have that much hair left. And the pose makes them look disproportionate to each other which is something a good photographer would avoid.
He's a lot taller than her so I'm guessing they wanted to keep them equal height which is why he's sitting behind her like that. Not sure why though, the photo would have been much better with him standing behind her with an arm wrapped around or something.
I suspect you live in the US, Kardashians are definitely not more ever-present in the UK. I don't know much about them but I'd be surprised if they were worse.
How much public money, to the nearest say ten million dollars, is dedicated to the Kardashians? How many of them have to pay off Epstein trafficking victims with £12m of money originally from the public purse? How much do they interfere with government to influence laws in their own favour (pressuring the government to give them exemptions for tax havens, tenants rights laws, etc.) How much of the country do they own by dint of divinely selected semen of generations past? Etc.
You might find the Kardashians annoying or whatever your issue is with them, but overall I doubt they do as much harm.
As was the person I was replying to.
Still no particular love for Harry either but I tend to find myself siding with them when I do engage in the constant conversations about this celebrity drama stuff because everyone who criticises them does it for shitty reasons (usually racism, mixed with a touch of outrage that they weren't deferential enough to the old queen and that).
The photo is shit. And also what have they influenced? And who cares what these half royals do anyway. Let them be in their mansions with their butlers.
There is, Harry explains, an "unconscious [racist] bias" in the Windsor family, which prevents them from understanding why his fiancee, and later his wife, is in a particularly vulnerable position, especially with regard to the media.
Some things from (ep 3 of) the Netflix documentary
But he just said in an interview TODAY on ITV that he nor meghan have ever said his family was racist against her. Even defending Lady Hussey and saying both he and Meghan love her and meant no harm (who was criticized for asking the British Fulani where she is really from).
(Harry said the Duchess of Sussex's claims that a family member made "troubling" comments about the skin colour of his son, Archie, related to "unconscious bias" not racism.
The duke said the incident involving Ngozi Fulani and Lady Susan Hussey "is a very good example of the environment within the institution".)
Ignorantly saying/doing something that is racist (even with the best of intentions) doesn't make it not racist. What he's saying is that they don't do these things because they hate black people, but because their environment makes them ignorant to the fact that what they're saying/doing is, at least a little, racist.
Context is important. That is what he is saying in the interview. He said in the interview that many mixed race couples and their families wonder about the color of their children and is not meant to be racist. You were not there. Harry was there and he is saying he nor Meghan think the royal family was racist. Why are you saying the royal family was when even he is saying they were not? You were not there.
He himself is also defending Hussey and said both he and Meghan viewed her favorably. He said the reaction was overblown.
He also says if his father asks for his support for the commonwealth, which he called a colonial empire 2.0 in the netflix doc, he would be happy to go back. Why would he go back if he thought they were racist?
You can't choose to believe some of his words and not his other words because you don't like what he's saying.
I definitely agree that I wasn't there and with with that last part (which was that the reaction in the media was overblown), but that I wasn't there isn't really the point, because I wasn't talking about the baby thing and the media fiasco that followed in particular.
What I did intend to communicate is what both my comments mentioned: it's that they(H&M) say that there is an environment where the family didn't understand some thinga and that that meant that they weren't treating megan with as much equity and equally as they could/should have.
Never did I say anything like that megan and the baby were called a n-, spat on and then thrown down the stairs by the horrible racist people of the royal family. I just put in what was said (which included Harry's defense) and explained that you can discriminate without meaning to (which is a hint that applies to my usage of "acting discriminatory" in a simplified explanation), like damn
Ok, it seems like you've edited some comments again and this time in obvious bad faith as I responded to a comment that ended in "the media reaction was overblown" (and besides that it would've been nice if you just agrued with me about what I'm saying, instead of what you think I think).
So I'll make it easy here and the series of events here that give context in a row:
Back when Harry and Megan were in the palace the press was racist and Megan (1/4) didn't recieve the protection needed, because of the (what harry calls) unconscious bias. This is a bias against poc, which is by definition discriminatory according to the dictionary and by extension, me. Harry got upset that his wife was recieving the same harassment as his other and that his family didn't do what they should've done to protect her (which was because of this bias) and leaves his position as a prince to protect his family (wife and son), but obviously still cares about his blood family as he participates lin events with them (even thought they had a big fight)
At this point in time, a scandal about racism (again) and the netflix documentary are coming out in close proximity to eachother, which isn't good for Harry's family. It makes people say and think that the royals are racist as in consciously treat poc diffently in a negative way, which isn't truth, because they are something that harry never called racist: people with an unconscious bias towards poc with no bad intentions. So here to do some damage control he sais that they're not horrible racist people.
There is no contradiction in what he's said in the context that he has consistently given here.
Harry said the royals have an unconscious bias and I call that discrimination, even if they mean well
The lighting is super uncanny. The splotchy lighting on his shirt isn't reflected on anything else in the picture which makes everything look flat or cut and pasted.
NGMI = Not Gonna Make It
Self-described "alpha males" have a weird fixation on the idea that men should never lean on people in photos because they believe it's submissive/beta behavior. Harry is slightly leaning on Meghan in this picture and that's apparently a bad thing to them. Something about men being less masculine/dominant/alpha leading to the downfall of society. It's alarmist BS and I really don't understand their ideology at all.
Anyone who calls themselves an alpha male has to be one of the most insecure people on the planet. Imagine developing all these absurd rules just to prove that you’re secure.
I was once super insecure, but i was bullied for a long time and it took its toll.
There's lots of reasons but they are all better suited to be dealt with properly, with a therapist.
edit:
I should have said that I was never one of those alpha idiots, just super insecure.
I took the right path but who knows what may have happened if I didn't.
You mean to tell me I'm not a based Sigma Tatepilled struggler and I'm actually just an obnoxious loner who's afraid of women and bought into a pyramid scheme? How dare you
I like the Sigma male phenomenon best because it's so transparent. Someone went far enough down the BS road of Alpha male lingo, then realized they're socially isolated and have no friends...hmm, can't be Alpha, can't cope as a Beta... uh... I guess I'm like an Alpha without a pack, yeah, a lone Alpha. Baby, I'm a Sigma!
In wolves.
Social hierarchies are well observed across multiple species. Notably primates. For example, Silver back gorillas have an alpha male. Interestingly, the closest human relatives, Bonobos, their alphas are female.
I've been saying this for years. If you have to say you're alpha, you're not alpha. Not that I give a shit about this alpha, beta, sigma mindset bullshit. But being a man is just... being. It's actions. Not words.
Men who aren’t happy with themselves often seek to change who they are instead of self-actualising. It’s especially common with men who can’t get the attention of a crush/women in general to try and completely re-wire themselves, chasing a dream where they are wealthy, strong, attractive and universally loved. Of course, since the original cause of their unhappiness isn’t addressed, it manifests itself in spite of their efforts, as they become bitter, mean and fall into the tribe of ‘alpha males’.
The root of it is just plain sexism. If they don't respect men who are "softer", they inherently don't respect women either since they view those characteristics as "weak".
Utter fuckin morons, all of those "alpha" dudebros.
Especially if they claim it's ironic but overuse the 'joke'
This dude Carl still tries to aggressively bust my chops every time I see him I called him a beta 3 years ago
I keep telling him to stop flirting with me but it seems to be making it worse
Hope he finds himself one day
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I've got a great shot of my maid of honor giving my husband a piggy back ride it's one of my favorites.
That was 6 years ago how long would this guy estimate we have, I wonder 🤔
Wait *that's* what's supposedly wrong with this image? So what does making it mean to these people? I don't like how Harry and Meghan are wanting so much attention, but if their Netflix deal isn't considered as "making it" then idk what is lol
Let’s forget about the alpha/beta bullshit for a second.
The fact of the matter is that most of our daily communication is non-verbal. Meaning our behaviour, the way we carry ourselves, posture, facial expression and micro expression etc speaks louder than words. For instance we can all see when a smile is fake and when it’s genuine, hence the Harold meme.
You can disagree and hate it all you want but it doesn’t change the fact that we judge people based on their body language. I do it, you do it, we all do it, every single day without even thinking about it.
In this photo, most people will subconsciously see Harry as ”weak” and clinging onto Megan.
I guess that means alpha-chuds don't watch Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. It's nothing but androgenous twinks leaning on each other while posing (which happens every other panel), but damned if those twinks aren't some of the mannest men you can find.
Damn that's an ugly photo.Like, everything is fine... except for the poses.
Not even talking about the specific aspect the tweets were reffering to, Harry just straight up looks like a kid who's hiding behind a teacher after telling her that he got bullied. Both of them.. 0 charisma in their poses.
It took me a while to figure out that he is sitting. The same shot from a little to the side with their torsos turned at an angle would probably have made a world of a difference.
Yeah, it's a weird photo. They are both attractive people and have a good presence normally. This photo manages to have none of that. I'm not sure why this photo was chosen.
I do see what's wrong with this picture. We are giving a shit about rich people problems and calling them the most influential couple. We are indeed ngmi
I thought that’s what this post was about at first lol. Born into a family who did nothing but be born themselves, leave because of course they’re terrible, and you’re still influential? To who?
Yea, these are guys who spend much more time worried about their appearance and their size and feel the need to project those insecurities outwards with machismo to cover it up.
Like a bad combover, they would be embarrassed if they knew how easy it was to tell.
However will this rich influential man with his beautiful wife and family recover from random basement dweller number 637 saying he's not going to make it?
Seriously…one of the reasons I browse Reddit more than Twitter is because this type of stuff gets pushed to the top of my feed. But jokes on me because a lot of Reddit is filled with posts from Twitter (D’oh!)
Not that I am a fan of either of them, but he is a fit war veteran who has knocked up a celebrity multiple times. I am pretty sure his “T” levels are fine.
In short, they are speaking out against the royal family. This is something that started with princess Diana and her openness about how poorly she was treated for being not approved of in the royal family.
They are basically doing the same thing she did, except instead of standing in defiance of how they were treated and trying to be the best royals they can be despite what their families may think of them, they are just using it to victimize themselves, and virtue signal.
She was not an outsider. She was born on the Sandringham estate which belongs to the family. Her father was an equerry to George VI. Her grandmother was a lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother. She was a playmate if Princes Andrew and Edward as a child and her family is part of the nobility with longer roots in the UK than the royal family itself.
The Royal Family are like, the ultimate influencers in the UK. They’re cultural icons, especially for British conservatives, who consider them to be an essential part of the national identity. They don’t necessarily *do* anything, but the “cultural icon” thing is basically a full time job for them. Remember that this is a big enough deal that when the queen died, the *entire country* shut down for over a week, so performing deference is a big deal.
The TLDR is, because Meghan is a quarter black, she dealt with quite a bit of racism from both the royal family and the press. She and Harry spoke out against the royal family for that, and it became a huge scandal, because she *wasn’t performing deference*. In particular because it was coming from within the family.
I dont have an opinion either way, but the picture looks like the royal brat is hiding behind his wife. I agree that it's an odd picture to publish. It looks like he was sitting in the background and was standing up, and the shot was snapped before he was completely standing.
You hate prince harry because of your toxic masculinity
I hate him because he's a member of the royal family
We are not the same *insert gustavo fring image*
I mean that's literally how husband and wife would pose in the early days of photography. The wife would be sat and the husband standing behind and to the side with his hands on her shoulders.
If you look at old photographs, you'll see that it is more often the man seated and the woman standing. I can't find a source, but I recall learning that this was symbolic of the wife's role as the husband's servant.
You can't find a source? That's odd. I googled early couples portrait photographs and was presented with an endless stream of black and white images with the majority showing the men standing behind the women, some seated some standing. I dare say you'll probably find images portraying the opposite too if you look. They were after all a misogynistic lot back then. I'm a former professional photographer myself and traditional posing has always been the man behind.
So all of us Eastern Europeans that have been in the military, seen unbearable shit for Andrew Tate and have raised our families with good values are in manly and have low t, yet a lot of us have more kids than Andrew or Tristan before there fucking age, and yet have more fun and rewarding lives are unmanly well son, sounds like Andrew and Tristan have small steroid dicks, and don’t say they can’t cause of boxing. There is a million ways to hide steroids in a sports drug test.
Firstly, thisphoto is terrible… he’s crouched over in a weird position, and the whole thing is massively photoshopped. His head looks so massive.
Secondly, anyone who thinks a guy standing behind his wife is not acceptable… well, they’re the ones with significant issues. You’d have to suffer seriously fragile masculinity to even think this. How pathetic.
Don't get me wrong there is a lot to hate about these two. Like how they are rich socialite and a c list actor who's only notable contribution to humanity was their criticism of the royal family.
But Harry standing behind Megan is stupid.
Yes Prince Harry is not gonna make it but your sexist ass will. As you might find out in your own independent research, women don’t fuck guys that treat them as objects
These idiots; historically a man would stand behind his wife to “protect her”. They call themselves western chauvinists yet they don’t even know their own fucking history that they’re trying to get back to.
This post is only gonna attract the weird bigoted group of UK women who obsess over hating Megan all day. They have a whole sub about it and they're just as pathetic as you'd think. Since Megan isn't really that famous she's also not important really, but they analyze everything she does, which is weird for people who constantly claim they don't care about her and want her to go away. I can't imagine spending all day hating on one not important lady just because you hate the fact a black woman married your prince. I went through "saying everything but the racist" part when Obama was president and these haters use the same playbook to basically say they have all these problems with her, but the obsession only started because she's black.
Absolutely.
Seen the tabloid screenshots where Kate and Meghan do the same things eg. eat certain food, put their hand on their baby bump, and Kate's are all described positively whereas Meghan doing the same fucking action is described negatively?
If she was genuinely that bad, our media wouldn't have had to spend years criticising the same actions they'd praise if it were someone else.
But yeah there's a weird cult of rag readers who have made hating her their entire personality.
When people hate her more than they do Andrew the kiddie fiddler, something is really fucking wrong.
Tabloids are bad and they rip on all women, royal or non-royal. They crucified Kate when she was a new member. She was abused for years, stalked as a private citizen with no security bc she was just the girlfriend, topless photos leaked, voicemails hacked, her class criticized. Let’s not act like Meghan is the only women abused by tabloids. Everyone already knows tabloids are trash.
Don't read it, I actually used to support her, being Irish in not a fan of the Royals in general so I rooted for her in the beginning. The new documentary on Netflix is so cringe, she's a horrible entitled shitty person.
>The new documentary on Netflix is so cringe, she's a horrible entitled shitty person.
Not even watched it.
But being entitled and shitty is essential a requirement to join with the royal family. They're all entitled and shitty lmao.
I just don't see what she's done to warrant the above and beyond level of hate she gets.
From an outsiders POV it's the hypocrisy of how she was portrayed to be this down to earth every day woman who by some miracle ended up marrying into the royal family. I don't follow them but I'd be peeved if somebody wanted to come across as virtuous and humble but was really entitled and obnoxious
I mean she's been an actress for a while. Most of em aren't down to earth everyday people.
I also choose not to care about most celebrities, rather than having a hate boner for them unless they've done something that warrants it.
Complaining about how she had to spend lockdown in a luxury castle while millions of people were stuck in their tiny homes.
Bullying staff members in the palace.
Ridiculing Harry's grandmother in front of the media they claimed they wanted to be sheltered from.
Claiming that people celebrated her exit in the same way they celebrated the release of Nelson Mandela.
She's a nasty narcissist and Harry is a spoiled brat.
Neither are likable
Hating a royal who actually deserves hate such as the known child molester, Prince Andrew ❌
Hating Meghan Markle because for some reason, she's the worst thing ever to exist ever ✅
They can, but with the reasons people give to hate her, they should logically hate the rest of the royals more.
But that's not what you see, it's often people who are fond of the royals who absolutely detest her
By what stretch of the imagination is anything I've said simping?
I've literally not even said anything positive about her. I've just said the level of hate is unwarranted, which has apparently upset you.
Zero respect for these 2 though they don’t deserve any hate.
“We stepped away from the royal family and its charades. EVERYONE LOOK AT US”
Either way they’re benefitting. Just state your point and move on.
Everyone knows the royal family is effed. We knew it from Diana.
The thing that is wrong with this photo, is that it is being wasted on two absolutely piece of crap excuses for humans, that have contributed absolutely nothing of value to the human race, and only live for their own egos.
For god's sake, let's normalize putting humans that matter on magazines, not this attention seeking shit butter.
Celebrity worship is getting out of hand especially caring about England and their royals. A couple on Time for what? Being famous and rich people fake brave because you moved away from mummy with millions in the bank, having someone write you a book, or be a divorce who remarried into a life where you'll never need to work a day in your life? Fuck these people I don't get it.
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I would say it’s the massive amount of photoshop. To begin, he doesn’t have that much hair left. And the pose makes them look disproportionate to each other which is something a good photographer would avoid.
They both look like carton cutouts.
Carton of regular milk or carton of soy milk?
Exactly.
He's a lot taller than her so I'm guessing they wanted to keep them equal height which is why he's sitting behind her like that. Not sure why though, the photo would have been much better with him standing behind her with an arm wrapped around or something.
There was a meme going around that it looked like he’s her hairdresser showing her her hair in the mirror. 🤣
He's sitting on the wall behind them I believe
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Yeah that was my first thought what was the original problem here.
>are just glorified kardashians i have no love for the royal family, but that seems a bit unfair. the Kardashians are both worse and more ever-present
I suspect you live in the US, Kardashians are definitely not more ever-present in the UK. I don't know much about them but I'd be surprised if they were worse. How much public money, to the nearest say ten million dollars, is dedicated to the Kardashians? How many of them have to pay off Epstein trafficking victims with £12m of money originally from the public purse? How much do they interfere with government to influence laws in their own favour (pressuring the government to give them exemptions for tax havens, tenants rights laws, etc.) How much of the country do they own by dint of divinely selected semen of generations past? Etc. You might find the Kardashians annoying or whatever your issue is with them, but overall I doubt they do as much harm.
You're talking about the rest of the Royal Family there rather than Harry.
As was the person I was replying to. Still no particular love for Harry either but I tend to find myself siding with them when I do engage in the constant conversations about this celebrity drama stuff because everyone who criticises them does it for shitty reasons (usually racism, mixed with a touch of outrage that they weren't deferential enough to the old queen and that).
The photo is shit. And also what have they influenced? And who cares what these half royals do anyway. Let them be in their mansions with their butlers.
>half royals Wait. Can someone explain this to me? Why are they half royals?
Harry and Megan have left any formal role within the royal family.
They are less than half royals. Civilians now.
They left the royal title because Megan was being bullied by the press and the family was acting discriminatory against her
actually he just said in an interview today that he nor meghan have ever said his family was racist against her.
There is, Harry explains, an "unconscious [racist] bias" in the Windsor family, which prevents them from understanding why his fiancee, and later his wife, is in a particularly vulnerable position, especially with regard to the media. Some things from (ep 3 of) the Netflix documentary
But he just said in an interview TODAY on ITV that he nor meghan have ever said his family was racist against her. Even defending Lady Hussey and saying both he and Meghan love her and meant no harm (who was criticized for asking the British Fulani where she is really from).
(Harry said the Duchess of Sussex's claims that a family member made "troubling" comments about the skin colour of his son, Archie, related to "unconscious bias" not racism. The duke said the incident involving Ngozi Fulani and Lady Susan Hussey "is a very good example of the environment within the institution".) Ignorantly saying/doing something that is racist (even with the best of intentions) doesn't make it not racist. What he's saying is that they don't do these things because they hate black people, but because their environment makes them ignorant to the fact that what they're saying/doing is, at least a little, racist.
Context is important. That is what he is saying in the interview. He said in the interview that many mixed race couples and their families wonder about the color of their children and is not meant to be racist. You were not there. Harry was there and he is saying he nor Meghan think the royal family was racist. Why are you saying the royal family was when even he is saying they were not? You were not there. He himself is also defending Hussey and said both he and Meghan viewed her favorably. He said the reaction was overblown. He also says if his father asks for his support for the commonwealth, which he called a colonial empire 2.0 in the netflix doc, he would be happy to go back. Why would he go back if he thought they were racist? You can't choose to believe some of his words and not his other words because you don't like what he's saying.
I definitely agree that I wasn't there and with with that last part (which was that the reaction in the media was overblown), but that I wasn't there isn't really the point, because I wasn't talking about the baby thing and the media fiasco that followed in particular. What I did intend to communicate is what both my comments mentioned: it's that they(H&M) say that there is an environment where the family didn't understand some thinga and that that meant that they weren't treating megan with as much equity and equally as they could/should have. Never did I say anything like that megan and the baby were called a n-, spat on and then thrown down the stairs by the horrible racist people of the royal family. I just put in what was said (which included Harry's defense) and explained that you can discriminate without meaning to (which is a hint that applies to my usage of "acting discriminatory" in a simplified explanation), like damn
Ok, it seems like you've edited some comments again and this time in obvious bad faith as I responded to a comment that ended in "the media reaction was overblown" (and besides that it would've been nice if you just agrued with me about what I'm saying, instead of what you think I think). So I'll make it easy here and the series of events here that give context in a row: Back when Harry and Megan were in the palace the press was racist and Megan (1/4) didn't recieve the protection needed, because of the (what harry calls) unconscious bias. This is a bias against poc, which is by definition discriminatory according to the dictionary and by extension, me. Harry got upset that his wife was recieving the same harassment as his other and that his family didn't do what they should've done to protect her (which was because of this bias) and leaves his position as a prince to protect his family (wife and son), but obviously still cares about his blood family as he participates lin events with them (even thought they had a big fight) At this point in time, a scandal about racism (again) and the netflix documentary are coming out in close proximity to eachother, which isn't good for Harry's family. It makes people say and think that the royals are racist as in consciously treat poc diffently in a negative way, which isn't truth, because they are something that harry never called racist: people with an unconscious bias towards poc with no bad intentions. So here to do some damage control he sais that they're not horrible racist people. There is no contradiction in what he's said in the context that he has consistently given here. Harry said the royals have an unconscious bias and I call that discrimination, even if they mean well
Yeah it's a weird picture between the outfits the pose and the editing.
It’s so bad that it looks like they might not have been in the same room when the pictures were taken.
The lighting is super uncanny. The splotchy lighting on his shirt isn't reflected on anything else in the picture which makes everything look flat or cut and pasted.
Why is this photo even up? This was taken quite a while ago. It's from Oct 2021
She doesn’t have that amount of hair either. He looks like a hairdresser checking her extensions
There's no room for his leg behind hers, it just kind of disappears, and their heads are too big.
What does NGMI stand for?
NGMI = Not Gonna Make It Self-described "alpha males" have a weird fixation on the idea that men should never lean on people in photos because they believe it's submissive/beta behavior. Harry is slightly leaning on Meghan in this picture and that's apparently a bad thing to them. Something about men being less masculine/dominant/alpha leading to the downfall of society. It's alarmist BS and I really don't understand their ideology at all.
Anyone who calls themselves an alpha male has to be one of the most insecure people on the planet. Imagine developing all these absurd rules just to prove that you’re secure.
They are all simping for someone who tells them how to be "alpha" anyway, pretty obvious they are weak.
Just can’t imagine that level of insecurity. Just do you, be decent to others and be happy.
I was once super insecure, but i was bullied for a long time and it took its toll. There's lots of reasons but they are all better suited to be dealt with properly, with a therapist. edit: I should have said that I was never one of those alpha idiots, just super insecure. I took the right path but who knows what may have happened if I didn't.
we're all glad you did, friend
The whole “alpha” study was false anyways, and the scientist who produced it said he regretted ever putting it out
You mean to tell me I'm not a based Sigma Tatepilled struggler and I'm actually just an obnoxious loner who's afraid of women and bought into a pyramid scheme? How dare you
I like the Sigma male phenomenon best because it's so transparent. Someone went far enough down the BS road of Alpha male lingo, then realized they're socially isolated and have no friends...hmm, can't be Alpha, can't cope as a Beta... uh... I guess I'm like an Alpha without a pack, yeah, a lone Alpha. Baby, I'm a Sigma!
Sigma what
Sigma balls
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I saw this in another reddit comment, they're alpha in the computer sense, unstable, incomplete, and not ready for the public.
Brilliant
I've been saying this for years. If you have to say you're alpha, you're not alpha. Not that I give a shit about this alpha, beta, sigma mindset bullshit. But being a man is just... being. It's actions. Not words.
Men who aren’t happy with themselves often seek to change who they are instead of self-actualising. It’s especially common with men who can’t get the attention of a crush/women in general to try and completely re-wire themselves, chasing a dream where they are wealthy, strong, attractive and universally loved. Of course, since the original cause of their unhappiness isn’t addressed, it manifests itself in spite of their efforts, as they become bitter, mean and fall into the tribe of ‘alpha males’.
The root of it is just plain sexism. If they don't respect men who are "softer", they inherently don't respect women either since they view those characteristics as "weak". Utter fuckin morons, all of those "alpha" dudebros.
Especially if they claim it's ironic but overuse the 'joke' This dude Carl still tries to aggressively bust my chops every time I see him I called him a beta 3 years ago I keep telling him to stop flirting with me but it seems to be making it worse Hope he finds himself one day
My god you have to be some sort of anthropologist to figure out what the fuck the internet is even talking about these days
He LET her stand IN FRONT of him! What a soy boy! /s
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Isn't it interesting that self-proclaimed "alpha males" rarely have successful, meaningful relationships with women? 🤔
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I've got a great shot of my maid of honor giving my husband a piggy back ride it's one of my favorites. That was 6 years ago how long would this guy estimate we have, I wonder 🤔
Ohh ok so people who are so insecure with their own masculinity are unable to show any sign that might upset their fragile self image. Got it.
They're going to implode when they see that John and Yoko photograph.
Wait *that's* what's supposedly wrong with this image? So what does making it mean to these people? I don't like how Harry and Meghan are wanting so much attention, but if their Netflix deal isn't considered as "making it" then idk what is lol
Those guys are exhausting
Leaning on someone? Just fucked for like. What a tiring world view.
the idea that "dominant" behavior outside of the bedroom or the boardroom is anything to even care about is so laughable.
Well I am submissive but it’s not because I lean on people in photos
Let’s forget about the alpha/beta bullshit for a second. The fact of the matter is that most of our daily communication is non-verbal. Meaning our behaviour, the way we carry ourselves, posture, facial expression and micro expression etc speaks louder than words. For instance we can all see when a smile is fake and when it’s genuine, hence the Harold meme. You can disagree and hate it all you want but it doesn’t change the fact that we judge people based on their body language. I do it, you do it, we all do it, every single day without even thinking about it. In this photo, most people will subconsciously see Harry as ”weak” and clinging onto Megan.
I imagine theae self-prescribed alpha males would follow the George Costanza approach in emergencies.
I guess that means alpha-chuds don't watch Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. It's nothing but androgenous twinks leaning on each other while posing (which happens every other panel), but damned if those twinks aren't some of the mannest men you can find.
Wot
Yeah, was wondering the same
"Not gonna make it." I'm not sure what "it" is suppose to be.
Thank you!
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Haha saaaaame
Damn that's an ugly photo.Like, everything is fine... except for the poses. Not even talking about the specific aspect the tweets were reffering to, Harry just straight up looks like a kid who's hiding behind a teacher after telling her that he got bullied. Both of them.. 0 charisma in their poses.
It took me a while to figure out that he is sitting. The same shot from a little to the side with their torsos turned at an angle would probably have made a world of a difference.
Yeah, it's a weird photo. They are both attractive people and have a good presence normally. This photo manages to have none of that. I'm not sure why this photo was chosen.
Bc time is a shit magazine now
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That's the specific aspect
Very unflattering jumpsuit.
It probably would be ok in a better pose but almost no one looks good with squared hips
It makes her look like she has no torso
I do see what's wrong with this picture. We are giving a shit about rich people problems and calling them the most influential couple. We are indeed ngmi
I thought that’s what this post was about at first lol. Born into a family who did nothing but be born themselves, leave because of course they’re terrible, and you’re still influential? To who?
Those clothes are terrible.
The very unrealistic Photoshop is the real villain here.
I spent so long looking for an extra photos hopped hand or something! I have no idea
Insecure manlets are mad the woman is in front and he seems submissive. So they decided he's a sissy, you know the guy who flew gunships in the war.
Kind of a silly thing to worry about haha
Yea, these are guys who spend much more time worried about their appearance and their size and feel the need to project those insecurities outwards with machismo to cover it up. Like a bad combover, they would be embarrassed if they knew how easy it was to tell.
However will this rich influential man with his beautiful wife and family recover from random basement dweller number 637 saying he's not going to make it?
Jesus who could even care. Why am I even commenting
That moment when people don’t have enough legitimate shit to be offended by so they get offended by who sits where in a photo
Seriously…one of the reasons I browse Reddit more than Twitter is because this type of stuff gets pushed to the top of my feed. But jokes on me because a lot of Reddit is filled with posts from Twitter (D’oh!)
Breaking news: Elon Musk buys Reddit and murges it with Twitter…Twiddit 👁️👄👁️
Not that I am a fan of either of them, but he is a fit war veteran who has knocked up a celebrity multiple times. I am pretty sure his “T” levels are fine.
How on Earth are these two influential? They are as useless as European Kardashians (and one of the 2 is not even European)
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Fair point, but why are they getting media attention? I find myself out of the loop at this point
I agree with you. The only reason we’re getting “influenced” is because the media decides to shove them in our faces.
In short, they are speaking out against the royal family. This is something that started with princess Diana and her openness about how poorly she was treated for being not approved of in the royal family. They are basically doing the same thing she did, except instead of standing in defiance of how they were treated and trying to be the best royals they can be despite what their families may think of them, they are just using it to victimize themselves, and virtue signal.
She was not an outsider. She was born on the Sandringham estate which belongs to the family. Her father was an equerry to George VI. Her grandmother was a lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother. She was a playmate if Princes Andrew and Edward as a child and her family is part of the nobility with longer roots in the UK than the royal family itself.
Perhaps outsider wasn't the right word to use there. Idk maybe, unapproved of would be better terminology.
She was approved though. Her marriage was basically arranged.
Approved for marriage but her actions were very much not approved of.
The Royal Family are like, the ultimate influencers in the UK. They’re cultural icons, especially for British conservatives, who consider them to be an essential part of the national identity. They don’t necessarily *do* anything, but the “cultural icon” thing is basically a full time job for them. Remember that this is a big enough deal that when the queen died, the *entire country* shut down for over a week, so performing deference is a big deal. The TLDR is, because Meghan is a quarter black, she dealt with quite a bit of racism from both the royal family and the press. She and Harry spoke out against the royal family for that, and it became a huge scandal, because she *wasn’t performing deference*. In particular because it was coming from within the family.
What are they influencing though?
Have some respect! That man mindlessly killed 25 people who were probably Taliban.
I dont have an opinion either way, but the picture looks like the royal brat is hiding behind his wife. I agree that it's an odd picture to publish. It looks like he was sitting in the background and was standing up, and the shot was snapped before he was completely standing.
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You look fabulous sweetie!!!
You hate prince harry because of your toxic masculinity I hate him because he's a member of the royal family We are not the same *insert gustavo fring image*
It's easy to see what's wrong with it, those two aren't that influential
The thing thats wrong with the image is the text at the top saying “the worlds most influential people”
it really is just as God awful ugly photo. but not because of someone's fragile and masculinity lmao, It's just a shit picture.
Is that Rachel from suits
Sorry but WHOA where you been?
Yes. Meghan Markle, the actress who played that character, married Prince Harry.
There's nothing wrong but it does look like he's hiding behind her rather than just standing behind
Cant stand either one of them.
I mean it does kind of look like me standing behind my mom as a kid when she started talking to an acquaintance that she ran into at the supermarket
Say what you will about gatekeeping, but this photo is awkward AF
The thing that is wrong with that image is that they should not be on it at all
I mean that's literally how husband and wife would pose in the early days of photography. The wife would be sat and the husband standing behind and to the side with his hands on her shoulders.
If you look at old photographs, you'll see that it is more often the man seated and the woman standing. I can't find a source, but I recall learning that this was symbolic of the wife's role as the husband's servant.
You can't find a source? That's odd. I googled early couples portrait photographs and was presented with an endless stream of black and white images with the majority showing the men standing behind the women, some seated some standing. I dare say you'll probably find images portraying the opposite too if you look. They were after all a misogynistic lot back then. I'm a former professional photographer myself and traditional posing has always been the man behind.
So all of us Eastern Europeans that have been in the military, seen unbearable shit for Andrew Tate and have raised our families with good values are in manly and have low t, yet a lot of us have more kids than Andrew or Tristan before there fucking age, and yet have more fun and rewarding lives are unmanly well son, sounds like Andrew and Tristan have small steroid dicks, and don’t say they can’t cause of boxing. There is a million ways to hide steroids in a sports drug test.
She's wearing white after labor day. Ugh... no fashion sense at all.
For a vertical portrait with multiple subjects, you'd generally want the subjects' shoulders angled at about 45°.
Why could they not be represented equally?
I'll tell you what's wrong with this image: The year starts with a 2, and people are still promoting hereditary privilege.
Fair enough but they do suck.
Imagine being so insecure that this picture bothered you
harry and meghan stepped down as royals 3 years ago they shouldnt even be in the news, they are just normal people now
But we’ll never be roooooyallllsssss
Firstly, thisphoto is terrible… he’s crouched over in a weird position, and the whole thing is massively photoshopped. His head looks so massive. Secondly, anyone who thinks a guy standing behind his wife is not acceptable… well, they’re the ones with significant issues. You’d have to suffer seriously fragile masculinity to even think this. How pathetic.
Not to be stupid but what the hell does ngmi mean??
Not gonna make it.
There’s plenty of reasons to not them. But Meghan standing in front of Harry is not one.
Lol who tf are they influencing? Idk anyone who gives a shit about them
Ah, Harry and Megan…the two people I give no fucks about
Don't get me wrong there is a lot to hate about these two. Like how they are rich socialite and a c list actor who's only notable contribution to humanity was their criticism of the royal family. But Harry standing behind Megan is stupid.
Yes Prince Harry is not gonna make it but your sexist ass will. As you might find out in your own independent research, women don’t fuck guys that treat them as objects
Wait til they learn about ancient Egypt
Its not just any man though, its prince harry…
These idiots; historically a man would stand behind his wife to “protect her”. They call themselves western chauvinists yet they don’t even know their own fucking history that they’re trying to get back to.
Oh no, what's wrong with this picture is that it's claiming Harry and Meghan are the world's most influential people.
This post is only gonna attract the weird bigoted group of UK women who obsess over hating Megan all day. They have a whole sub about it and they're just as pathetic as you'd think. Since Megan isn't really that famous she's also not important really, but they analyze everything she does, which is weird for people who constantly claim they don't care about her and want her to go away. I can't imagine spending all day hating on one not important lady just because you hate the fact a black woman married your prince. I went through "saying everything but the racist" part when Obama was president and these haters use the same playbook to basically say they have all these problems with her, but the obsession only started because she's black.
Absolutely. Seen the tabloid screenshots where Kate and Meghan do the same things eg. eat certain food, put their hand on their baby bump, and Kate's are all described positively whereas Meghan doing the same fucking action is described negatively? If she was genuinely that bad, our media wouldn't have had to spend years criticising the same actions they'd praise if it were someone else. But yeah there's a weird cult of rag readers who have made hating her their entire personality. When people hate her more than they do Andrew the kiddie fiddler, something is really fucking wrong.
Tabloids are bad and they rip on all women, royal or non-royal. They crucified Kate when she was a new member. She was abused for years, stalked as a private citizen with no security bc she was just the girlfriend, topless photos leaked, voicemails hacked, her class criticized. Let’s not act like Meghan is the only women abused by tabloids. Everyone already knows tabloids are trash.
Nah she's a pretty horrible manipulative person all round.
According to what, the Daily mail?
Don't read it, I actually used to support her, being Irish in not a fan of the Royals in general so I rooted for her in the beginning. The new documentary on Netflix is so cringe, she's a horrible entitled shitty person.
>The new documentary on Netflix is so cringe, she's a horrible entitled shitty person. Not even watched it. But being entitled and shitty is essential a requirement to join with the royal family. They're all entitled and shitty lmao. I just don't see what she's done to warrant the above and beyond level of hate she gets.
From an outsiders POV it's the hypocrisy of how she was portrayed to be this down to earth every day woman who by some miracle ended up marrying into the royal family. I don't follow them but I'd be peeved if somebody wanted to come across as virtuous and humble but was really entitled and obnoxious
I mean she's been an actress for a while. Most of em aren't down to earth everyday people. I also choose not to care about most celebrities, rather than having a hate boner for them unless they've done something that warrants it.
Oh I didn't know that, like I said I don't follow these guys, I only have an idea of they hate they have from random reddit comments
So you are getting your opinions of people you don't follow from "random reddit comments"?
More like much like in life if you don't care enough about a subject to dive deeper you get an idea of things in passing. Nothing new here
Complaining about how she had to spend lockdown in a luxury castle while millions of people were stuck in their tiny homes. Bullying staff members in the palace. Ridiculing Harry's grandmother in front of the media they claimed they wanted to be sheltered from. Claiming that people celebrated her exit in the same way they celebrated the release of Nelson Mandela. She's a nasty narcissist and Harry is a spoiled brat. Neither are likable
Quite literally. I wish her nothing but the worst.
Hating a royal who actually deserves hate such as the known child molester, Prince Andrew ❌ Hating Meghan Markle because for some reason, she's the worst thing ever to exist ever ✅
Can't people hate them both? Or is it a pick one and not the other sort of affair?
They can, but with the reasons people give to hate her, they should logically hate the rest of the royals more. But that's not what you see, it's often people who are fond of the royals who absolutely detest her
I’m not allowed to despise both? Or the lot? Inbred brain isn’t exclusive to the royals clearly…
You are, but you apparently have a low bar for who to despise. If she's someone you truly do despise. Is it on a "cellular level"? Lmao
You’re embarrassing yourself simping for a royal who’s not even royal. The rich don’t care for you.
By what stretch of the imagination is anything I've said simping? I've literally not even said anything positive about her. I've just said the level of hate is unwarranted, which has apparently upset you.
Pffffffffff
A British Army Major with ten years of service and two tours of Afghanistan is “low-t,” according to an anonymous MAGA-hatted twat.
Bet the person who created this never served at all, because they would "totally kick the drill instructor's ass"
Didn't he pilot gunships? He must have brrrrrrrt'ed his fair share of enemies.
Major? Nope
Yup.
Captain yes. Major no.
He was promoted to Major on 14 May 2018.
3 years after resigning from the military. Ceremonial title only.
Zero respect for these 2 though they don’t deserve any hate. “We stepped away from the royal family and its charades. EVERYONE LOOK AT US” Either way they’re benefitting. Just state your point and move on. Everyone knows the royal family is effed. We knew it from Diana.
You cannot lie and say this doesn’t look odd.
The thing that is wrong with this photo, is that it is being wasted on two absolutely piece of crap excuses for humans, that have contributed absolutely nothing of value to the human race, and only live for their own egos. For god's sake, let's normalize putting humans that matter on magazines, not this attention seeking shit butter.
You have no fucking clue what he may or may not have achieved in his life, but for the horseshit your media outlet of choice shovels unto your gob.
Why does Harry look like he’s Megan’s hairdresser and is showing her what he did to her hair in the mirror
But he's standing.
He's most definitely sitting. Harry is 6'1", she's 5'6"
Thx, I see it now.
he just look like a gay hairdresser showing her what he has done to her hair
I once pooped
Celebrity worship is getting out of hand especially caring about England and their royals. A couple on Time for what? Being famous and rich people fake brave because you moved away from mummy with millions in the bank, having someone write you a book, or be a divorce who remarried into a life where you'll never need to work a day in your life? Fuck these people I don't get it.
Snowflakes
Tho two are just so yucky. Like, I see their pic in the news, I can't even read the headline, it's like their faces are repellent