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[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 262 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Man this is the kind of political scandal I need. Not one where a rapist conman pedophile bankrupt businessman is just straight up robbing the Treasury.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 50 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Seriously.

Give me something truly absurd. Not dangerously absurd.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 39 points 3 weeks ago

I’m upset that I cannot find that tweet about someone not wanting new, psychotic Joker, but rather old, campy Joker who runs for Mayor of Gotham just so he can pass stupid laws and make people follow them.

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Why do you people keep calling him a businessman?

[–] brem@lemmy.world 94 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 37 points 3 weeks ago

Okay so they actually do have dwarfism. That person is 16 years old and should be pretty close to their adult height.

So they have dwarfism and are lying about their age

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why isn’t there a year on any of those dates?

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 63 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Date of birth: 27th of August 2010

Date of issue: 16th of April 2024

Date of expiry: 15th of April 2029

[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 52 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Passports really should be using four digit years.

[–] Cytobit@piefed.social 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Just in case there any kilogenerians?

[–] emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean if you're only using 2 digits then 1926 is gonna read the same as 2026, and there's lots of people over 100 years old...

[–] brem@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

...not to mention how confusing this would be for Benjamin Button

[–] Redjard@reddthat.com 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Just in case anyone reading it might be unsure of the regional date format of ...
*checks passport*
Nigeria.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't that the standard date format of all passports?

[–] Redjard@reddthat.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

It would seem so, til.

There are numeric and alphabetic months, and 2 and 4 digit years, but seems to be dmy consistently.

So I suppose it's only confusing to people who don't know the secret rule of passports. Or if you have a 110 year old with dwarfism who looks 10.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

God that's a confusing format, and I know both languages

[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

The point is to remove day/month ambiguity that would be present in numerals. Also, that French is always present, c'est toujours très important. The machine readable one is YYMMDD or YYYYMMDD

[–] rozodru@piefed.world 85 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean even at 16 he still looks like he has dwarfism. dude looks like he's 5.

[–] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Looking at the ID, and from other discussions, the prevailing theory is that he does have dwarfism, but has lied about his age.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

All the more reason I'm not arsed about it.

[–] bajabound@lemmy.world 37 points 3 weeks ago

This might be the prince who's been emailing me finally taking his power back. I'm certain the rewards are on their way.

[–] dis_da_mor@anarchist.nexus 22 points 3 weeks ago

i think that's still short for a 16 year old

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 15 points 3 weeks ago

Is he more educated and has better politics than his colleagues tho? That's more important than age

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Watchoo talkin' bout?

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago

By 16 I was adult sized... The dwarfism thing could be true if they're not adult sized lol

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, you gotta love the energy and eagerness. Would probably vote for him

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

He looks like an 8 year old kid.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

Nigeria has a few popular actors who have dwarfism. Pawpaw being by far the most famous.

Little guy was just trying to draft on Pawpaw - and the people loved it!

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Is that the prince who promised me some money?