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[–] dacreator@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have a feeling people will interpret the image differently depending on age. To me it looks intentionally altered to have the look and feel of a most wanted photo or a screen grab they'd show on the news in the US when reporting Middle East conflict. Particularly what you'd see in the 90s and early 2000s post 9/11.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Besides the beard his eyes are also made to look very dark.

[–] Devmapall@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago

It definitely looks like a most wanted photo from that age.

For some reason it's making me think of the old PC game SWAT 2. I think they had mug shots for the terrorist side?