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Wow. The size difference is so extreme that it almost looks fake, but it isn't: (Original Post) tblue37 Sep 2020 OP
AN overweight (I Dont fat shame, this is not that), unhealthy, disgusting pig. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2020 #1
Its not fat shaming, PatSeg Sep 2020 #6
+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #13
I think he does everything to accentuate PatSeg Sep 2020 #24
Can't wait until he stands next to Biden malaise Sep 2020 #16
I loved in the primary debates PatSeg Sep 2020 #25
Hands? 😂🤣😂 Alacritous Crier Sep 2020 #2
Yeah, Stephanapolous' hands are much larger. cwydro Sep 2020 #8
During the '16 campaign, you could print an image of traitor's hand, to compare. Now, he CLAIMS niyad Sep 2020 #18
That's an interesting observation PatSeg Sep 2020 #28
it is not often thAt one sees people just standing with their arms down. But that observation fits, niyad Sep 2020 #31
We've seen enough of that horrible person PatSeg Sep 2020 #33
The google says George is 5' 5" Thomas Hurt Sep 2020 #3
I doubt he is that tall. nt tblue37 Sep 2020 #7
Why? cwydro Sep 2020 #10
Because people, especially short people, often lie about their height for public consumption. tblue37 Sep 2020 #20
I'm short, never minded being so. cwydro Sep 2020 #21
I am female, too, but I had good reasons for pretending to be taller than I am. nt tblue37 Sep 2020 #22
I'm clueless on this. Truly, how can one pretend to be taller? cwydro Sep 2020 #23
People usually accept claims about height. Also, I have a dominant manner when I need to. tblue37 Sep 2020 #26
I'll have to take your word for it. cwydro Sep 2020 #29
I no longer pretend about my height. I use a cane now, and I find it very useful for tblue37 Sep 2020 #32
That got a chuckle out of me! PatSeg Sep 2020 #34
That's a great idea! cwydro Sep 2020 #35
The hook on the end of the cane is very useful! nt tblue37 Sep 2020 #36
I love it! cwydro Sep 2020 #37
I met him in 1988. At that time, he was about 5' 5". Laelth Sep 2020 #12
I'm A Half Inch Shorter ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #19
Who many Stephanopouli is that? Looks like two and a half or more. C_U_L8R Sep 2020 #4
phew. thought this was going to be a trump mushroom pic NRaleighLiberal Sep 2020 #5
Good one! LOL! bdjhawk Sep 2020 #15
Not fake but 45 is closer, and that exaggerates his size. nolabear Sep 2020 #9
Yet, George still has bigger hands. GoCubsGo Sep 2020 #17
plus the lifts... Thomas Hurt Sep 2020 #11
Knock off 2" for the lifts and put them side by side. louis-t Sep 2020 #14
Yawn Dem2 Sep 2020 #27
Trump hates Jeb Bush partially because Jeb dwarfs his orange arse, Jeb IS 6-3, which Rump lies and Celerity Sep 2020 #30

Eliot Rosewater

(31,125 posts)
1. AN overweight (I Dont fat shame, this is not that), unhealthy, disgusting pig.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 02:05 PM
Sep 2020

Per the IRS no person has lost more money in business than him, he is the biggest loser in history and only is propped up by our enemy's money.

And yet, none of these facts matter anymore, at all.

Barr is about to destroy America and I dont think we are prepared.

PatSeg

(47,648 posts)
6. Its not fat shaming,
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 02:09 PM
Sep 2020

its describing him and it is also describing a man who mocks people mercilessly for their appearance. He definitely IS a disgusting pig in every respect.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
13. +1000
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 02:18 PM
Sep 2020

He is definitely a disgusting specimen of humanity without a doubt. And look at the way he lurches forward. I know it's the lifts, but it's so aggressive and intimidating. He is just a vile excuse of a human being.

PatSeg

(47,648 posts)
24. I think he does everything to accentuate
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 04:01 PM
Sep 2020

his "hugeness", just to be intimidating to others. Size means a lot to him, not sure if he's compensating.

malaise

(269,212 posts)
16. Can't wait until he stands next to Biden
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 02:31 PM
Sep 2020

Taller, slimmer, bigger hands, his own hair, no orange face paint, no high heel shoes and on and on and on - hope Biden calls him the malarkey man. the Lyin' King.

PatSeg

(47,648 posts)
25. I loved in the primary debates
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 04:04 PM
Sep 2020

where Joe stood there very calmly, with his hand in his pocket as he listened to Bernie Sanders talking. The contrast was incredible - on the stage, Joe looked like a president. Compared to Trump, the visuals will be extraordinary.

"Malarkey man"!!! Love it!!!

niyad

(113,602 posts)
18. During the '16 campaign, you could print an image of traitor's hand, to compare. Now, he CLAIMS
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 02:43 PM
Sep 2020

6'3' which makes him 9" taller, also heavier, and male. My hands are over an inch longer.

And, I just noticed something. Standard proportions say one's hands, hanging at one's sides, the tips of the fingers should be mid-thigh. He does not come close, at least in this image.

PatSeg

(47,648 posts)
28. That's an interesting observation
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 04:07 PM
Sep 2020

I never noticed that before, his proportions seem all out of whack. I just checked and my fingertips hit mid-thigh. I'm a very small woman.

niyad

(113,602 posts)
31. it is not often thAt one sees people just standing with their arms down. But that observation fits,
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 04:16 PM
Sep 2020

in general.

I don't want to look closely enough at his face to see if other proportions are off, as well.

PatSeg

(47,648 posts)
33. We've seen enough of that horrible person
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 04:30 PM
Sep 2020

to last 100 lifetimes. I get a physical reaction every time I see him now. A part of me still can't believe this is real.

tblue37

(65,490 posts)
20. Because people, especially short people, often lie about their height for public consumption.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 03:33 PM
Sep 2020

I used to claim an extra 3 inches, and people accepted the claim without questioning it. Once, after I had been away from home for a few years, I returned for a visit. My sister, who is actually an inch and a half taller than I am, reacted with shock when she saw our side by side reflection in the mirror.

She said I must be really shrinking in my old age, because I was shorter than she was now. I admitted then that I had lied about my height all those years. I've never lied about my age, but in our society being perceived as taller gives you an advantage in some situations, or at least counters some of the disadvantages of being too short.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
21. I'm short, never minded being so.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 03:42 PM
Sep 2020

I'm a female, so maybe that's why.

My mom hated being short, and she swore she'd come back tall in another life lol. My dad was 6'4 and enjoyed needling her on occasion about it.

But she never lied about her height. Neither have I.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
23. I'm clueless on this. Truly, how can one pretend to be taller?
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 03:46 PM
Sep 2020

I'm 5'3" and have heard comments about it all my life.

Never bothered me because I like my size, but I can't imagine how I could have pretended to be taller.

tblue37

(65,490 posts)
26. People usually accept claims about height. Also, I have a dominant manner when I need to.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 04:05 PM
Sep 2020

Actually, I am a marshmallow, but in some situations I have needed for people not to know that.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
29. I'll have to take your word for it.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 04:12 PM
Sep 2020

Pretty sure my friends would have laughed themselves silly if I'd said I was taller.

I never minded it, I found it handy in concert crowd situations...I can wiggle through a crowd like a little terrier. Those days are long gone, but the only thing that bugs me is not being able to put things up on the top of the fridge lol. High cabinets used to irritate me till I started keeping a step stool around.

My mom was shorter than I, but oh my word, she ruled the roost. Including my very tall father.

tblue37

(65,490 posts)
32. I no longer pretend about my height. I use a cane now, and I find it very useful for
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 04:21 PM
Sep 2020

pulling 10-pound bags of cat litter off the top shelf of the grocery store.

PatSeg

(47,648 posts)
34. That got a chuckle out of me!
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 04:33 PM
Sep 2020

You could also use it to fend off any maskless marauders! "Oops, sorry. I was just trying to get that bag of kitty litter!"

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
37. I love it!
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 05:20 PM
Sep 2020

My mom lived to 90, and she became unsteady on her feet toward the end...but she refused to use the cane.

I can walk fine, but I like the idea of having one for many reasons lol!

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
12. I met him in 1988. At that time, he was about 5' 5".
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 02:17 PM
Sep 2020

He’s probably a little shorter, now. Time does that to all of us.

-Laelth

ProfessorGAC

(65,238 posts)
19. I'm A Half Inch Shorter
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 02:46 PM
Sep 2020

From 18 until I was over 50, I was exactly 5'9".
When I was measured around 61 years old, I was 5'8.5".
So I shrunk about a half inch in under 10 years.
I blame Isaac Newton.

C_U_L8R

(45,025 posts)
4. Who many Stephanopouli is that? Looks like two and a half or more.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 02:08 PM
Sep 2020

That's a shitload of cheeseberders.

nolabear

(41,994 posts)
9. Not fake but 45 is closer, and that exaggerates his size.
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 02:12 PM
Sep 2020

The angle puts him quite a bit closer to the camera. But he’s a bulky dude in lifts, near as I can tell. That angle forward and the arm hang is really telling.

Celerity

(43,585 posts)
30. Trump hates Jeb Bush partially because Jeb dwarfs his orange arse, Jeb IS 6-3, which Rump lies and
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 04:15 PM
Sep 2020

claims.



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