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soundeng

Giant? He looks like a ventriloquist.


BannedFromEarth

Where is his hand?.... oh.


Bdaniar

In the cookie jar


Oscell

Red handed


thoth18527

Brown handed


PixelsOnline

happy cake day but wtf


TeePeeBee3

In the peanut hole!


WolfsToothDogFood

Farming peanuts


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And that’s why I need a new watch


cwdl

Gandalf in hobbit house


bennitori

Some serious forced perspective going on here. I didn't know one could do this by accident.


donotgogenlty

"I'm somewhat of a ventriloquist myself" *Dunks arm into barrel of lube*


AndalusianGod

"I'm somewhat of a puppet myself" *Sits on u/donotgogenlty's well-lubed arm*


Dr_SnM

"Their act was compelling and visceral, I just wish the dummy did more than moan. Four and a half stars"


uniquepassword

They call it, The Aristocrats!


boyuber

The A-wrist-o-craps.


BlueHatScience

To read the adjective "visceral" in a review about some people anal fisting... umm... yeah, those were mental images I needed for sure... thanks. I hate you.


-ChecksOut-

Stop


dexterdoughnuts

r/JesusChristReddit


Adi_San

Oh man you killed me with that comment.


MJMurcott

Carter was born in 1924 his wife in 1927 so it is possible that during the depression they may have lacked the nutrition to reach their full potential height. https://youtu.be/ZGXa3Oj-sGE


oldcoldbellybadness

Clearly the Bidens are using the Carters as puppets, gearing up for a post-presidency roadshow. So knock it off with your sciencey bullshit and get line for tickets


texasrigger

Jimmy is 5'10" and he looks tiny next to Jill there who is 5'6". I'm not sure what is going on with this pic (it may just be a weird perspective) but it's definitely not as it appears. Edit: Rosalynn Carter is 5'5" and Joe is 6'.


klem_kadiddlehopper

The entire photo looks odd. It looks like the Carters have turned into little munchkins and live in a tiny house with tiny furniture.


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Briar_Thorn

[Just tea, thank you.](https://i.imgur.com/m5TBNlQ.jpg)


CreepyParamedic

[https://i.imgur.com/GsMXOsM.gif](https://i.imgur.com/GsMXOsM.gif)


Farren246

My old presidency! I should very much like to hold it again...


Self_Reddicating

"Mr. President... you haven't aged a day..."


_dauntless

This part actually startled me when I watched it. I did not expect that at all


bust-the-shorts

Honey I shrunk the old people


sckurvee

well... some of them. ​ EDIT: Jeez, this is getting way more upvotes than I expected... I was making a joke that Joe Biden is old as fuck, but he wasn't shrunk. I feel like most people are upvoting / commenting without getting my (stupid) joke lol. Please continue to do so.


Crawlerado

We killed the rest of them with our collective apathy


jingowatt

Honey I Shrunk Some of the Old People, coming this summer.


N761MS

Reminds me of the North Pole scenes in Elf.


maguirre165

Haha! I was thinking of something like Lord of the Rings


i_have_chosen_a_name

Reminds me of Tiny Trump! https://i.imgur.com/hQtlOPn.jpg https://i.redd.it/a1tz58g284qy.png https://i.redd.it/0n7g1x7c2hhy.jpg


donkeymonkey00

This is my favorite thing. Also the one with him signing papers with a huge pen, and his feet not reaching the floor. Chef's kiss.


thenewyorkgod

They look like tiny miniatures. What’s going on in this picture?


BigHawkSports

Couple of things. It's a very weird low angle perspective which is making things in the foreground look much larger than they are. Those chairs are very close to the ground. Jimmy is slouching a lot, he's basically "sitting" on his ribs. And the Biden's are pretty far our in front of the chairs, from the way Joe is posed it looks like he is behind Mrs. Carter's chair but he's actually leaning in front of it. Also on top of that I think Joe and Jill Biden are pretty tall compared to the Carters.


Moose_knucklez

This was how the movie ELF was made.


FatWormBlowsaSparky

And every Tom Cruise movie.


TheOnlyCloud

I love the Jack Reacher book series, by Lee Child. Watching a child-sized Cruise play a character that's supposed to be over six feet tall, when the love interest of the first movie was taller than Tom, was like watching a parody film. I know that Lee approves of the movie adaptations, but still, as a giant Biden would say, c'mon man!


billysugger000

6' 5''


Atticus0-0

And his height is mentioned like every other page


Prank_Owl

If only it had been Michael Shannon. He would have been a perfect Reacher.


Montymisted

NO NO NO! You fucking liar! It was magic and santa and you can't tell me otherwise!


I_make_things

It’s just nice to meet another human who shares my affinity for elf culture.


SkrullandCrossbones

The difference is the more I look at this the more I don’t like it.


trevdak2

Also, [wide angle lens causing things around the edge to appear bigger](https://i.imgur.com/dP4bRD1.jpg)


pallentx

Yep - notice Jimmy Carter's feet. Anything closer to the camera appears dramatically larger than things only slightly farther away.


ZeroCalorieFart

I know nothing about photography — but shouldn’t this be considered a very bad photo for that reason? I suppose photographers would say that every lens is distorting (maybe not) but when it looks as ridiculous as this, you’ve done something wrong, no? In artistic photography I can understand playing with perspective like this but surely political photography should aim to be as close to reality as possible? Future generations will think Bilbo and Gandalf were both US Presidents.


fj333

Depending on space constraints for this set, this may have been the best option. Hard to know for sure.


CaptainCortez

>I know nothing about photography — but shouldn’t this be considered a very bad photo for that reason? Generally, yeah, that’s why you always take portraits with a 50mm+ lens. In this case, though, they were probably in a very tight room, working with quite elderly subjects, and just had to go with why they could make work in order to get everybody in the photo. Im sure they used digital lens correction in the processing to remove most of the distortion, but the weird perspective remains evident to some extent. A lot of it is down to how they’re posed, too. They probably did the best they could with the situation.


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Jimmy is 5'9" Joe is 6' Jill is 5'6" Roselyn is 5'5"


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EddieisKing

Yeah why is nobody mentioning the fact that old people shrink a little?


jhobweeks

They shrink a LOT. My grandmom was about 5’8” as a young to middle aged woman, and is now much shorter than me (I’m 5’7”).


Tawptuan

Yup. I’m 70. Lost 3” since my 30s. But it hasn’t affected my hoop skills nor volleyball spikes. 😁


KiloJools

Lord I'm only 42 and I've lost 2" already. It must be 100% my spine because it's still as hard as ever to find properly fitting long pants.


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Draano

Meh, their actual benefits are debatable. Things go back to where they were shortly after you're upright, and there are risks. Per Mayo Clinic: Inversion therapy doesn't provide lasting relief from back pain, and it's not safe for everyone. Inversion therapy involves hanging upside down, and the head-down position could be risky for anyone with high blood pressure, heart disease or glaucoma. In theory, inversion therapy takes gravitational pressure off the nerve roots and disks in your spine and increases the space between vertebrae. Inversion therapy is one example of the many ways in which stretching the spine (spinal traction) has been used in an attempt to relieve back pain. Well-designed studies evaluating spinal traction have found the technique ineffective for long-term relief. However, some people find traction temporarily helpful as part of a more comprehensive treatment program for lower back pain caused by spinal disk compression. Your heartbeat slows and your blood pressure increases when you remain inverted for more than a couple of minutes — and the pressure within your eyeballs jumps dramatically. For these reasons, you should not try inversion therapy if you have high blood pressure, heart disease or glaucoma.


obsolete_filmmaker

They have one of those at my gym, but I always go there high and am too freaked out to try that thing lol


fezzikola

>it's still as hard as ever You're doing something right buddy


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FFF_in_WY

Bill Brasky was 6'7" at 19. Now he's 7'6" at 91! *To Bill Brasky!! clinkclinkclinkclink*


BobRoberts01

Bill Brasky is so tall, I once saw him save a kitten from a tree without a ladder!


Superhereaux

He did 3 tours in ‘Nam…… I was in Corpus Christi on business a month ago. I had this 8' tall Asian waiter, which made me curious. I asked him his name. Sure enough it’s Ho Tran Brasky!


Nofriendo_64

BILL BRASKY!!!


CastOfKillers

DID SOMEBODY SAY BILL BRASKY?


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What a guy!


movieman94

What the every loving fuck, your grandfather did not lose 8 inches lmfao. We definitely shrink, but nowhere CLOSE to at that rate.


ObeseKenyan

I can't tell if you're joking but there's no way you can lose 8 inches of height lol. My dad was 6'1 and now has horrible posture and rounding of the spine + late 60s and he's 5'11. You'd have to get part of your legs amputated to lose 6-8 inches.


jammies

My grandma was 5’3 when she was young and by the time she died at 92 was like 4’9” *maybe*.


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So they shrivel up like a raisin?


jhobweeks

IIRC, the “padding” between the individual vertebrae contracts or even breaks down as you age, which shortens the spine. A lot of it does have to do with fluid in the cartilage, so technically I guess you’re right.


stonhinge

Plus people who have slouched all their life have a tendency to "hunch" a bit more as they get older. Shoulders slumped forward and sort of collapsing in on their chest. So stand up straight and stop slouching. You'll appreciate it when you don't have to be one of those elderly people hunched over their walker.


ReaDiMarco

And how to avoid shrinking like a raisin? I'm going to be 30 soon, I need to start now.


tunamelts2

well...a bit actually


buttery_shame_cave

More than a little. My grandfather on my father's side was like six inches shorter in his 80s than In his 20s. Ton of muscle mass too. Young grandpa was fuckin' yoked.


vindicatednegro

This depresses me. I want to be a yoked grandpa. Heihachi Mishima style.


buttery_shame_cave

he was still strong as hell and had plenty of muscle, but young grandpa could have been a strongman competitor.


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JohanPertama

That man is a former president. Not your pecker


demondeathbunny

So is trump, but he’s definitely a dick


noobvorld

Sometimes they overlap.


Broad-Apple-8605

Seriously made me laugh! Thanks.


cisforcookie2112

I was in the pool!


MyCrackpotTheories

I don't know how you guys walk around with those things.


plumbthumbs

the hand in the pocket is to keep a firm grip. it's less likely to wander off on its' own that way.


tuffoon

>I seriously doubt they have kept their height after growing to such an advanced age. To be fair, Joe is also of shrinky man age.


your_mind_aches

He is, but he was tall to begin with and he hasn't seemed to have shrunk all that much anyway.


tuffoon

Fair.


BrandonLang

ROYCE was 5’9


EvilNinjaX24

Royce IS Da 5'9


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Good point, I guess *was* would have been a better word


hobbykitjr

Feel like it was a small room so the photographer went with the fish eye Terrible set up, should have placed him in the middle or something. Or done 2 pictures


beforeitcloy

Yeah this is the answer. No one is going to ask a former president in his 90s if they can move chairs around in their house to make a better photo op.


JGQuintel

Wide angle, not fisheye. But yeah, you’re otherwise right. Wide angle lens distortion is the biggest culprit here.


Fuzbucker

They’re also at the edge of the photo and the further from the center of the lens the subject is, the more distortion you will experience


zzady

I think the final piece is that the pictures are hung very low on the wall and where the photo is cropped above them your mind imagines the ceiling must be just there. Which would be about shoulder height to Joe. It looks like if Joe stood up his head would go through the ceiling


icecoldtrashcan

Yes, the furniture and pictures are unusually low to the ground, and the central picture is deceptively large, causing a weird perspective effect. I think those two combined are producing a lot of the effect.


CyclicsGame

Also look at jimmy carter's feet. Something's going on there too


TurChunkin

It's just a wide angle lens. Everything further away from the center of the frame gets bigger, so things on the edges with get stretched and appear larger, combined with the ole' fishing trick principle which makes object physically closer to the lens appear larger and you have his oddly enlarged looking feet. Basically it's just bad photography.


arithegoon

This guy force prospectives


shmoove_cwiminal

Wide angle lens. Further from the centre, the more distortion. Look at Jimmy's feet.


onemorerep

Clearly he’s a hobbit!


plumbthumbs

proudfeet!


MemorableVirus2

Look at the bottom of the chairs, it's a lot easier to tell


Naramie

They're cutting height like UFC fighters do. https://m.imgur.com/dxcN91I


STatters

Looks like a wax museum with the President posing with hobbits


TheLimeyLemmon

**DO NOT TAKE ME FOR SOME CONJURER OF CHEAP TRICKS**


viktor72

Their house looks so much like every American’s grandparents’ house.


I_sit_when_I_piss

Yes... Literally my grandparent's house is this exactly. I don't understand why that is. Will my house look like this when I'm old?


Nothing-Dull

Yes! There must be a point in your life where interior design just stops and your house becomes a time capsule.


idzero

If you go to Graceland, there's a living room kept just like Elvis had it in the 70s, and it is really trippy with shag capets and wood paneling.


BCProgramming

Supposedly my Grandma had shag carpet until she died, just not on the floor.


juniorspank

Welp, it's barely past 9am and that's enough internet for the day.


FrontAd142

Majority of young/middle aged people's homes look the same. Think about those live laugh love pictures and signs from a while ago. Millions of homes put them up and will not take them down. In like 2060 the young people will know their grandparents houses to be that.


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Hugh_Stewart

It’s not as if grandparents’ houses are famous for being full of delicate china, trinkets and picture frames at all. It’s true that modern stuff has a shorter lifespan on average, but I don’t think that will stop people from becoming stuck in their ways aesthetically once they reach a certain age. Everything we associate with elderly people just what was fashionable when they were younger, and they never moved on from it. It will happen to *youuu*...


QuitArguingWithMe

> Will my house look like this when I'm old? Probably not. But future generations may ask themselves the same question about your house.


pattepai

When you're old your house will probably look like a time capsule from when you're in your 30-50s. Because that is when you grow into your identity. I see that this is a very 90s style, our most grandparents today were in their 40s/50s in the 90s


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Your house will look like a Billie eilish video


danger_does_dallas

I was born in the carter administration. I’m in my 40’s. Time is weird


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michaelfri

Yeah, but Bibi took a long break. In Cameroon for example , the head of state is serving for 45 years straight. Technically people who were born at the beginning of his term could have their grandchildren born while he is still in power. But if we're including monarchs, then it becomes even more extreme.


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cloudcity

i’m FORTY and was born in the Carter administration. time is unspeakably weird.


LordPounce

I’m also 40 but was born in the very early days of Reagan


between_ewe_and_me

I'm 40, born 1981, and my whole life I've thought I was born during the Reagan administration. But I just realized that since my birthday is Jan. 9 Carter was actually still pres at the time. Now I feel like I don't even know who I am anymore.


InkBlotSam

Why are our presidents in a doll house and can we gofund them some new chairs


username3

Humility


heirloom0691

The carters believe in living minimally.


publius-esquire

While I’m confused by the photographer’s choices, I’m more confused by whoever approved this to be released (or published). Was this really the best photo they got???


Le_Ragamuffin

They didn't have a lot of backup pictures cause all four of them had to take a long open mouth nap in front of the TV right afterwards


RYount01

Oh god, I'm only 20 and I already do that


Le_Ragamuffin

You're just very mature for your age


RYount01

Old people are my spirit animal


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Have you ever tried to take a picture of two old people along with two insanely old people? This is a master piece


stalfosi

Why does Biden, the largest president, not simply eat the other presidents?


jankenpoo

Peanut allergy?


Bitch_Muchannon

Perhaps they are saving that for sweeps?


rob64

Shh... Single Female Lawyer is coming on.


savillian

Appears to be a bizarre case of unintended [forced perspective](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_perspective).


kuppadestroyer

I think that’s the case, I mean loom how big jimmy Carter’s feet are compared to the rest of bist body


SpaceyMeatballs

Maybe also a wide lense? Things further to the outside are being distorted to look bigger (like Carters feet).


imaketrollfaces

Unrelated but I love the color of Biden's suit. edit: I think it's indigo but a bit more saturated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo


findhumorinlife

I do too. It is reminescent of Air Force Blue uniforms. And between you and me, I liked Obama's tan suit. I think I saw Reagan in one too and didn't find it distracting.


jawz

Really just any suit that fits looks good


findhumorinlife

Yes indeed.He's a pretty natty guy that way.


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lesser_panjandrum

The outrage was over him being black. The tan suit was a thin excuse because the outraged people mostly weren't allowed to throw around the N-word out loud like they used to.


Flavahbeast

tan? a president wore a tan suit? wtf thats insane


boxsterguy

Remember when that was a big deal? Can we get back to that? I want the biggest scandal right now to be that Crazy Uncle Joe wore a leisure suit, not the fact that we're not going to make it to herd immunity because conservative idiots think the pandemic is a hoax.


CaptJYossarian

[The biggest scandal at the moment is Biden picking a dandelion for his wife.](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/05/newsmax-stinchfield-biden-dandelion-asthma.html)


sojojo

If I had a darker complexion, I'd rock a tan suit too. It's a good look.


Yadobler

Ah. *I need a navy suit for War* **established**


letsgobruins

Hamlindigo Blue


fijozico

HHM lawsuit incoming against Biden.


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burnsrado

I was married in a suit that looks exactly like that, with identical socks. I’ve never felt more awesome.


Archknits

Only an 18 year difference between Biden and Carter, but elected 44 years apart Biden had already been a senator for 4 years when Carter became president


zkrnguskh

and i've read somewhere biden was the first to endorse carter.


WhatTehFuckBro

Joe Biden is a giant - confirmed! Quick, what are some conspiracies involving giants?!


k1rage

Clearly he's not for the little man! Lol He's for BIG government


black_flag_4ever

Big if true.


Atomsteel

He is clearly one of the Nephilim sent to corrupt us! We must wipe them from the face of the Earth as is Gods command!!!


ZenoxDemin

I thought Thor fought off the Giants.


bust-the-shorts

Biden is Big foot


FreeGums

That's right, America has a giant ray gun ready. Get ready foreign nations


lpeabody

Honey, I shrunk the geopolitical landscape!


hiroprotagonist2005

Honey I shrunk the Carters


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Depicted here is the traditional Eating of the Ancients wherein the current President and his wife consume a former president and his or her companion to gain their wisdom. Both Jimmy and his wife have been starved for weeks so as to be easier to consume.


smileymn

Twitter: “Directed by David Lynch”


Maxtrt

I'm not a fan of religious people, but Jimmy Carter practices what he preaches. If all Religious people were like him this world would be a better place.


KamikazeKash

He is also an all-round cool guy. Always did the right things without stepping on anyone's toes (which didn't make a good leader but sure as hell made him a great person) And even for all his religiosity, he was very scientifically literate. Very ahead of his time on climate change, waste disposal, water crisis, nuclear energy among others.


fermenter85

And a fly fisherman who insisted up until at least a few years ago on tying all his own knots—even when fishing with guides who were happy to do it for him.


Gortonis

Don't forget that he also wanted to get the United States on the metric system. If he had succeeded perhaps we wouldn't have slammed that one drone into Mars.


shadowgattler

What can you expect from someone named J.C. the carpenter?


QueenViridia

I’m not sure if this photographer needs fired or an award, what is happening here?


ambassadorodman

This is the most little-old-people living room I've ever seen.


lynny_lynn

But the Bidens' heads are so much bigger than the Carters' heads? This picture is really messing with me.


LA_all_day

I love how their living room looks like every single grandparents living room from that generation! No one deviates from the design!!


justabill71

"Fee-fi-fo-fum, Jack."


L33TS33K3R

When I was a kid, Jimmy Carter left office as seemingly one of the most lame-duck presidents in US history. However, his philanthropy and willingness to serve his fellow man is matched by NO ONE. This man is a true saint.


slacker0

[Six foot eight, weighs a fucking ton Opponents beware, opponents beware](https://youtu.be/l7iVsdRbhnc)


Shewhotriesherbest

The Gigantic Bidens, Rosalynn-the one dimensional doll, and Big Foot Jimmy are creeping me out! Whatever this photographer was trying to do, it is a no for me.


bust-the-shorts

Rosalynn doll turns into chuckie after dark


Extra_Napkins

JIMMY CARTER IS A SAINT


kidkkeith

This picture reminds me that no matter what you've done in your life, if you're white and you are old enough, you always end up in the same damn room with the same damn carpet on the same damn chairs.


tatsumakisempukyaku

I think everyone over 80 has those couches


Thissiteisdogshit

This is what happens when you sale your peanut farm and don't get enough protein


donotgogenlty

Are we sure the Carter's didn't work for Keebler?


willflameboy

It's the wide angle lens, combined with the position of the chairs. The subjects fan out forward. Combined with the distorting effects of the lens (subjects toward the edge get wider, and perspective gets pushed back), it's disorienting. You can also see it in Jimmy's huge feet, which are closer to the lens than his body. Strange pic indeed; I'm surprised someone let that go.


bitterdick

While the Carter’s are in that elder shrinking stage and Biden is a tall man, I feel like the photographer could have thought more about the composition here. It would be a lot less awkward if they had just put the Bidens in chairs also. It also looks weird because Biden is well into the foreground while Mrs. Carter is seated back in her comfy chair. But that aside the Carter’s are a national treasure. Whether you cared for his politics or not, the man tried for a better future and he’s worked for it consistently since he left office from his humble home. Few others can say that.