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well, in the US context, I'd expect the "legendarily tiny thumb size" to be derived of the "donaldthumb"

bheadmaster 3y ago
The "tiny hands" meme is really funny from European perspective. First of all, how do you know he has tiny hands? It isn't readily apparent in his videos. Second, why does it matter? It's not like he's a competitive slapper, he's a politician.
- sanitycheck 3y ago
  Just because he doesn't like people saying it, and that is sufficient reason for it to persist. Personally I think people should be talking about bigger things than his tiny hands.
- rtuulik 3y ago
  The "tiny hands" joke isn´t funny because Donald Trump has tiny hands, no one cares about that or if it is true. The part that makes the joke funny, is its origins. In the 80s journalist was writing a story about Donald and mentioned his small hands in it. But Donald Trump is so insecure that even 10 years later he kept sending cut off pictures of himself from magazines to the author, with his hands circled with a marker, to prove that his hands werent small. The fact that the marker was gold coloured was a cherry on top. The sheer stupidity of this entire thing is what makes the (though overplayed) joke funny. Some random source with not that many details. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/history-donald-trump-small-hands-insult/story?id=37395515 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/history-donald-trump-small-h...
  - bheadmaster 3y ago
    Well, that explains it. Seems like US has a lot of these inside jokes that don't make sense to someone who only sees snippets of the whole historical timeline. Thanks for sharing.
    - MrOwnPut 3y ago
      It's more of a petty "joke" that leftists use because they don't have anything else. It's at the level of a modern SNL skit, all superficial and more of a "mean girl" insult on appearance than satire. GP was correct in saying "no one cares about that or if it is true." That's not the point, the point is to insult.
      - _heimdall 3y ago
        You realize the concept of cheap political jokes exists in all parties, right? Or is "let's go Brandon" not a cheap joke used by "rightists"?
        MrOwnPut 3y ago
        Actually the "Let's Go Brandon" phrase has an interesting origin of a reporter trying to say the crowd was cheering for a Nascar driver named Brandon while they were clearly chanting "Fuck Joe Biden". So it became a euphemism for the actual phrase they were cheering and a callback towards that event that shows the media's biased coverage. So yes, I think that phrase is a bit deeper than saying someone has tiny hands? over and over for a decade.
        _heimdall 3y ago
        Sure I know the back story of the Brandon joke, I just don't see how that's any different from the tiny hands back story. Both started out from one otherwise unimportant interaction that happened to become popular and taken out of context. I don't disagree that the tiny hands joke is old at this point, but really what is the difference when they both have some origin story and become a political meme aimed at a particular politician?
        lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
        Seeing the origin stories in this thread I'd actually argue that "let's go Brandon" is not really a cheap joke. (I guess, really, that it's at least not as cheap as "tiny hands".) The "tiny hands" joke exists for the sole purpose of making fun of a particular politician and the "let's go Brandon" joke at least speaks to a certain bias in presenting information. It seems a lot like a reporter "misheard" "Fuck Joe Biden" as "let's go Brandon" because the reporter didn't want to report that people were chanting "Fuck Joe Biden". At a time when "rightists" commonly complain about media bias, this exact sort of bias happens. Then people use it as a dog-whistle for calling out media bias; it's not surprising. As with all polarizing issues, it's best for every individual to consider their own bias. I have found that I frequently don't give a person's opinion a fair shake because I've already concluded that I disagree. Generally, I only do that when I'm not interested in learning. Anyway, they may both be cheap jokes but this seems a bit like a false equivalence or otherwise misunderstands the argument being made.

The "tiny hands" meme is really funny from European perspective. First of all, how do you know he has tiny hands? It isn't readily apparent in his videos. Second, why does it matter? It's not like he's a competitive slapper, he's a politician.

sanitycheck 3y ago
Just because he doesn't like people saying it, and that is sufficient reason for it to persist. Personally I think people should be talking about bigger things than his tiny hands.
rtuulik 3y ago
The "tiny hands" joke isn´t funny because Donald Trump has tiny hands, no one cares about that or if it is true. The part that makes the joke funny, is its origins. In the 80s journalist was writing a story about Donald and mentioned his small hands in it. But Donald Trump is so insecure that even 10 years later he kept sending cut off pictures of himself from magazines to the author, with his hands circled with a marker, to prove that his hands werent small. The fact that the marker was gold coloured was a cherry on top. The sheer stupidity of this entire thing is what makes the (though overplayed) joke funny. Some random source with not that many details. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/history-donald-trump-small-hands-insult/story?id=37395515 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/history-donald-trump-small-h...
- bheadmaster 3y ago
  Well, that explains it. Seems like US has a lot of these inside jokes that don't make sense to someone who only sees snippets of the whole historical timeline. Thanks for sharing.
  - MrOwnPut 3y ago
    It's more of a petty "joke" that leftists use because they don't have anything else. It's at the level of a modern SNL skit, all superficial and more of a "mean girl" insult on appearance than satire. GP was correct in saying "no one cares about that or if it is true." That's not the point, the point is to insult.
    - _heimdall 3y ago
      You realize the concept of cheap political jokes exists in all parties, right? Or is "let's go Brandon" not a cheap joke used by "rightists"?
      - MrOwnPut 3y ago
        Actually the "Let's Go Brandon" phrase has an interesting origin of a reporter trying to say the crowd was cheering for a Nascar driver named Brandon while they were clearly chanting "Fuck Joe Biden". So it became a euphemism for the actual phrase they were cheering and a callback towards that event that shows the media's biased coverage. So yes, I think that phrase is a bit deeper than saying someone has tiny hands? over and over for a decade.
        _heimdall 3y ago
        Sure I know the back story of the Brandon joke, I just don't see how that's any different from the tiny hands back story. Both started out from one otherwise unimportant interaction that happened to become popular and taken out of context. I don't disagree that the tiny hands joke is old at this point, but really what is the difference when they both have some origin story and become a political meme aimed at a particular politician?
      - lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
        Seeing the origin stories in this thread I'd actually argue that "let's go Brandon" is not really a cheap joke. (I guess, really, that it's at least not as cheap as "tiny hands".) The "tiny hands" joke exists for the sole purpose of making fun of a particular politician and the "let's go Brandon" joke at least speaks to a certain bias in presenting information. It seems a lot like a reporter "misheard" "Fuck Joe Biden" as "let's go Brandon" because the reporter didn't want to report that people were chanting "Fuck Joe Biden". At a time when "rightists" commonly complain about media bias, this exact sort of bias happens. Then people use it as a dog-whistle for calling out media bias; it's not surprising. As with all polarizing issues, it's best for every individual to consider their own bias. I have found that I frequently don't give a person's opinion a fair shake because I've already concluded that I disagree. Generally, I only do that when I'm not interested in learning. Anyway, they may both be cheap jokes but this seems a bit like a false equivalence or otherwise misunderstands the argument being made.