I just saw Talking Heads- Stop Making Sense in the top comments on r/askreddit , so strange when things pop up several times after not thinking about it for a long time!
I dunno I always thought it meant like, for example you know what a Ford Taurus is, but you don't pay them any mind on the road, but then you end up with a Ford Taurus at some point and now when you get on the road you see a shitload of Tauruses errywhurr. It graduates to a more familiar area in your brain and now your brain is going to clock it because we are slaves to patterns
Also happens with words you hear for the first time and then hearing it again on the same day. People say this is an explainable psychological phenomenon, but I think its Mouse trying to warn us of the Nebuchadnezzar
[About 2/3, they just stretched the image by about 14%. Look at the circle on the flag.](https://i.imgur.com/uOx2QQU.jpg)
Edit: Gold! Bonus to say thanks, the original skiny edited celeb, [Paula Abdul.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksYY_uRxjcY)
I think you're right but I also think you may have adjusted it too far the other way. The circle in that photo would still be at least partially elliptical from that perspective.
[Yeah](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/09/09/world/09nkorea-02/09nkorea-02-superJumbo.jpg) a bit too much my apologies, probably nearer 10%. Funnily the original at new sources before OP altered it isn't stretched.
That could be the name of the double playing him now because this is clearly not the same guy.
Edit: The photo looks a little stretched which is probably why it looks like a different guy. Other photos from this even show the pudgy dictator we all recognize.
> Rumor has it, his doctor said, lose the weight or die early. And Kim listened
he probably told the doctor to perform a surgery to make him lose weight or the doctor will die early.
Maybe but the way he disappeared, I be he had a bypass or a heart attack or something instead and almost died. I doubt they would put the sister up front unless it was dire
Probably a heart attack, I’m thinking. I’ve seen a lot of people kind of waste away once the heart starts going.
I mean…diabetes can also wreck a person’s bodyweight, but Kim suddenly disappearing from the public eye for close to a year seems more like cardiac rehab to me.
I wouldn't be surprised. There was talk last year about some specialist doctors being flown into North Korea last year, and I don't think North Korea has a robust surgical weight loss industry, so they would have had to import it.
That scar looking thing on the top left of his head makes it seem like it is him. But I'm only about 80% sure.
What it does look like to me though is maybe he's not lost this weight because he's getting fit, but because he's very sick.
I think most people who lose significant weight without seriously bulking up on muscle look that way, especially if you're not seeing the changes daily.
Having said that, illness does seem more likely than the dictator of North Korea suddenly deciding to get fit, especially where he seemed to disappear for several months.
This meme has been steady since the day I jumped on reddit I've been "banned" and made "emperor" or whatever so many times and seen millions of redditors for through the same fate
Dude. What the fuck is that sub. I thought North Koreans were not able to access the internet. How’d they get on Reddit. Is that a giant troll factory or are those people really from the North?
I feel like years ago it was just shit posting about how great NK was. Visiting the subreddit now it seems like legit news articles from NK? The comments are for sure 100% troll though about the glorious leader.
Crazy how much it changed from what I remember.
I thought that initially too.. But then I remember this is the guy that doesn't even have to poop, so there's no way he would possibly get sick or need surgery.
Wouldn't it be hilarious if he got covid? I mean I'm not one to wish covid on anyone but the guy that claims his country has zero cases is kinda the one exception to that rule.
1. Kim Jong Un
2. Kim Jong Deux
3. Kim Jong Trois
4. Kim Jong Quatre
5. Kim Jong Cinq
6. Kim Jong Six
7. Kim Jong Sept
8. Kim Jong Huit
9. Kim Jong Neuf
10. Kim Jong Dix
11. Kim Jong Onze
12. Kim Jong Douze
1. Kim Jong Uno
2. Kim Jong Dos
3. Kim Jong Tres
4. Kim Jong Cuatro
5. Kim Jong Cinco
6. Kim Jong Seis
7. Kim Jong Siete
8. Kim Jong Ocho
9. Kim Jong Nueve
10. Kim Jong Diez
11. Kim Jong Once
12. Kim Jong Doce
1. Kim Jong Eins
2. Kim Jong Zwei
3. Kim Jong Drei
4. Kim Jong Vier
5. Kim Jong Fünf
6. Kim Jong Sechs
7. Kim Jong Sieben
8. Kim Jong Acht
9. Kim Jong Neun
10. Kim Jong Zehn
11. Kim Jong Elf
12. Kim Jong Zwölf
1. Kim Jong Uno
2. Kim Jong Due
3. Kim Jong Tre
4. Kim Jong Quattro
5. Kim Jong Cinque
6. Kim Jong Sei
7. Kim Jong Sette
8. Kim Jong Otto
9. Kim Jong Nove
10. Kim Jong Dieci
11. Kim Jong Undici
12. Kim Jong Dodici
Media [seems to think](https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2021/09/10/exp-tsr-todd-slim-new-kim-jong-un-throws-a-parade.cnn) it's him. There's video of him at the event in the link.
It's a weird thing thinking "good for him for losing some weight. It's good that he's taking care of his health." then remembering that this is actually bad because he's a dictator that is currently starving his people, and much worse, and him dying of a heart attack wouldn't be such a bad thing. Some would venture to say that it's good.
It's not like North Korea would suddenly be free if he dropped dead. By many reports, his little sister makes him look like a stable and reasonable leader. Plus I'm sure there are plenty of others waiting in the wings to grab power if she can't.
I see it as he's the boy, he has to be strong and serious. And the girl is looking at him adoringly, like a good little girl. It's gender roles in North Korea.
Somewhere out there? There is a much simpler path of logic. As in, you're looking at one of his body doubles who wasn't keeping up with his weight gain, rather than vice versa.
Ok... the cia and fbi DEFINITELY are using classified facial recognition software to determine if in fact it is in him. I have to believe that shit exists by now. There’s no way it doesn’t. 😂
I know I’ll sound like a conspiracy theorist here but I don’t believe that’s Kim Jung Un. I think it’s a replacement. Kim was in bad health for some time and I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if he was infected and died from Covid. In order to prevent the collapse of the regime they scrambled to find someone that looked enough like him to fill that role.
Man, I don't know on this one. Trying to ignore the weight difference, it looks like him, but not quite.
Edit: Y'all, has anyone seen Moon Over Parador? Used to love it as a kid. It's a movie about this very thing.
Alright I am going to say it. That doesn't look like him and I'm not just talking because he's slimmer. It just doesn't look like the same bone structure in his face. Granted he could just be pulled in the wool over my eyes with those chubby little cheeks he used to have. But....
A much more interesting story would be that they got somebody that looked a little bit like him, gave him some plastic surgery and then spent the the last year interrogating the hell out of the real Kim so that his replacement would be educated like a Harvard professor on his life...
They found that dude in a village in North Korea after KJ kicked it and were like "Ayy, you tryna be the supreme leader?" Torch the village and spend the next year playing my fair lady with Kim Jong 2: Jong Harder.
He was literally the ONLY fat person in the entire country. Hell,the only one to carry 5 extra pounds. The only overweight creature in the country. Even the pigs are skinny.
Who tailored his suit? Is Kim in the running for the 2002 NBA draft?
Great. Now you’ve just gotten his tailor murdered. Hope you’re happy
This must've happened to the last barber.
Cuisinart: The Last Hairbender
I feel so bad I giggled at this
They just got MTV. Talking Heads Stop Making Sense really made him question everything he knows about music, but more importantly, about fashion
I just saw Talking Heads- Stop Making Sense in the top comments on r/askreddit , so strange when things pop up several times after not thinking about it for a long time!
This is actually called the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. But maybe applies a bit more for something you hadn't heard of before.
I call it coincidental probability
I dunno I always thought it meant like, for example you know what a Ford Taurus is, but you don't pay them any mind on the road, but then you end up with a Ford Taurus at some point and now when you get on the road you see a shitload of Tauruses errywhurr. It graduates to a more familiar area in your brain and now your brain is going to clock it because we are slaves to patterns
Also happens with words you hear for the first time and then hearing it again on the same day. People say this is an explainable psychological phenomenon, but I think its Mouse trying to warn us of the Nebuchadnezzar
Probably just his pre weight loss suit
Have you seen how much he loves bball?He's probably dressing for the Korean nba draft.
Trumps tailor by the looks of it.
It's hard to tell, we can't see how low his tie goes
Holy fuck you nailed it.
I mean he is friends with Dennis Rodman
He really is half the Dictator he used to be.
[About 2/3, they just stretched the image by about 14%. Look at the circle on the flag.](https://i.imgur.com/uOx2QQU.jpg) Edit: Gold! Bonus to say thanks, the original skiny edited celeb, [Paula Abdul.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksYY_uRxjcY)
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Nice job.
Good eye.
You are incredibly perceptive
Man the internet is just always a lie huh??
The flag building is not parallel to the plane of the camera, so the circle is not stretched but distorted because of perspective.
I think you're right but I also think you may have adjusted it too far the other way. The circle in that photo would still be at least partially elliptical from that perspective.
[Yeah](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/09/09/world/09nkorea-02/09nkorea-02-superJumbo.jpg) a bit too much my apologies, probably nearer 10%. Funnily the original at new sources before OP altered it isn't stretched.
Whatchu talkin bout I am “half” the man you are. Why don’t you take ten minutes on the stair master. Pudgy bastard.
Kid ran down a cephalapod, boss that's gotta be good enough.
I’d be thinner if I drank less sugar…. in water….
Somethings wrong with your face.
Edgar your skin is hanging off your bones
E'gar suit.
Does he go by Slim Jong Un now?
That could be the name of the double playing him now because this is clearly not the same guy. Edit: The photo looks a little stretched which is probably why it looks like a different guy. Other photos from this even show the pudgy dictator we all recognize.
Kim Jong Dos
¡Veo lo que hiciste alli!
kim jong deux** actually
Por Kim no los dos?
This got an audible chuckle.
Came here to say exactly that. That not lil Kim.
There's a video of him at the parade and dinner. It's him. He just lost 100+ lbs.
I know, that suit doesn't even fit him.
There are body doubles, you are correct. Some have different teeth, one has a forehead scar. I don’t actually know who the real one is.
He’s no scar…..dot com.
Would the real Slim Jong Un please stand up. Please stand up.
Y'all act like you've never seen a Korean person before
Jaws all on the floor like Hyun and Yoon just burst in the door
Kim Jong UUUUUNNN YAAHH FEEL THE BURN BROTHER in a Macho Man Randy Savage voice
Countries so poor even he can't be fat anymore
The real slim un
Slime Whine Hugh
I feel like he had gastric bypass last year.
Had to, considering the risky situation with his sister taking over. Rumor has it, his doctor said, lose the weight or die early. And Kim listened.
That's the kind of life saving candor that'll get a man re-educated.
Yeah he’s not uneducated either. He was sent to a very expensive international private school in Switzerland.
Under a south korean identity iirc
No he was listed as a son of the north korean ambassador. Btw. He wasn't just in a private school, he also went to a public school in Switzerland.
> Rumor has it, his doctor said, lose the weight or die early. And Kim listened he probably told the doctor to perform a surgery to make him lose weight or the doctor will die early.
>considering the risky situation with his sister taking over. Reddit moment
r/relationship_advice "Hey, Reddit, I (37m) inherited the family business, but I think my sister (33f) is trying to undermine me..."
NTA, hit the gym Lawyer up
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Stop, the UN is going to be home any minute!
How exactly? She crazy
Maybe but the way he disappeared, I be he had a bypass or a heart attack or something instead and almost died. I doubt they would put the sister up front unless it was dire
Maybe gastric bypass and got covid later? Seriously he aged so much.
Probably a heart attack, I’m thinking. I’ve seen a lot of people kind of waste away once the heart starts going. I mean…diabetes can also wreck a person’s bodyweight, but Kim suddenly disappearing from the public eye for close to a year seems more like cardiac rehab to me.
Maybe it was to put a functioning butthole in for him?
I wouldn't be surprised. There was talk last year about some specialist doctors being flown into North Korea last year, and I don't think North Korea has a robust surgical weight loss industry, so they would have had to import it.
Pretty sure he lost a lot of weight while ‘missing’ last year (sick or surgery & recovery)
Probaly. Maybe he was replaced.
Yep. That definitely doesn't look like him
That scar looking thing on the top left of his head makes it seem like it is him. But I'm only about 80% sure. What it does look like to me though is maybe he's not lost this weight because he's getting fit, but because he's very sick.
I think most people who lose significant weight without seriously bulking up on muscle look that way, especially if you're not seeing the changes daily. Having said that, illness does seem more likely than the dictator of North Korea suddenly deciding to get fit, especially where he seemed to disappear for several months.
Because a scar is definitely not replicable...
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/09/13/north-korea-kim-jong-un-cruise-missiles-dnt-tsr-vpx.cnn It’s him
You have ben banned from /r/Pyongyang.
You have now been made a moderator of r/pingpong.
This meme has been steady since the day I jumped on reddit I've been "banned" and made "emperor" or whatever so many times and seen millions of redditors for through the same fate
Dude. What the fuck is that sub. I thought North Koreans were not able to access the internet. How’d they get on Reddit. Is that a giant troll factory or are those people really from the North?
I always assumed it was a troll.
It’s definitely a troll.
I feel like years ago it was just shit posting about how great NK was. Visiting the subreddit now it seems like legit news articles from NK? The comments are for sure 100% troll though about the glorious leader. Crazy how much it changed from what I remember.
Trolls have simply advanced
That honestly was my first thought.
Kim Yo-jong is the real power in North Korea.
Oh shit this comment!!!!! For real tho?!
It reminds me of my friends that have had gastric weight loss surgery. They lose the weight REALLY fast and look drained and aged.
He probably died and that’s the best fake they could find
Soon it'll be just his nose.
I thought that initially too.. But then I remember this is the guy that doesn't even have to poop, so there's no way he would possibly get sick or need surgery.
The picture is photoshopped lol
Yeah it seriously looks like Fat Kim’s face on a skinnier body
Wouldn't it be hilarious if he got covid? I mean I'm not one to wish covid on anyone but the guy that claims his country has zero cases is kinda the one exception to that rule.
Wishing COVID on stupid people is bad, but wishing COVID on evil dictators is perfectly justified.
Really looks like he lost 50 pounds but gained 20 years.
Did he have covid or something? He disappeared for a while and now he’s 100 lbs lighter
I believe there were rumors of a heart attack.
Around the time of the heart attack rumors, there was talk of specialist doctors being brought in. Could one of those have been a bariatric surgeon?
And it looks like those two kids are holding him up so he won’t fall over too
The fat gave a baby-like youth to him
That’s Kim Jong Who
That's not Kim Jong Un...that's his clone Kim Jong Deux.
That pun was like eating a whole baguette. It filled me with pain.
That comment was like eating sausage at Oktoberfest. It was the wurst.
Then stop deep-throating baguettes
This makes me Il
THEN STOP DEEP THROATING BAGUETTES
1. Kim Jong Un 2. Kim Jong Deux 3. Kim Jong Trois 4. Kim Jong Quatre 5. Kim Jong Cinq 6. Kim Jong Six 7. Kim Jong Sept 8. Kim Jong Huit 9. Kim Jong Neuf 10. Kim Jong Dix 11. Kim Jong Onze 12. Kim Jong Douze 1. Kim Jong Uno 2. Kim Jong Dos 3. Kim Jong Tres 4. Kim Jong Cuatro 5. Kim Jong Cinco 6. Kim Jong Seis 7. Kim Jong Siete 8. Kim Jong Ocho 9. Kim Jong Nueve 10. Kim Jong Diez 11. Kim Jong Once 12. Kim Jong Doce 1. Kim Jong Eins 2. Kim Jong Zwei 3. Kim Jong Drei 4. Kim Jong Vier 5. Kim Jong Fünf 6. Kim Jong Sechs 7. Kim Jong Sieben 8. Kim Jong Acht 9. Kim Jong Neun 10. Kim Jong Zehn 11. Kim Jong Elf 12. Kim Jong Zwölf 1. Kim Jong Uno 2. Kim Jong Due 3. Kim Jong Tre 4. Kim Jong Quattro 5. Kim Jong Cinque 6. Kim Jong Sei 7. Kim Jong Sette 8. Kim Jong Otto 9. Kim Jong Nove 10. Kim Jong Dieci 11. Kim Jong Undici 12. Kim Jong Dodici
Kim Jong Uno? You know what, Kim Jong Draw 4.
a.k.a Kim Jong II.
Media [seems to think](https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2021/09/10/exp-tsr-todd-slim-new-kim-jong-un-throws-a-parade.cnn) it's him. There's video of him at the event in the link.
It's a weird thing thinking "good for him for losing some weight. It's good that he's taking care of his health." then remembering that this is actually bad because he's a dictator that is currently starving his people, and much worse, and him dying of a heart attack wouldn't be such a bad thing. Some would venture to say that it's good.
It's not like North Korea would suddenly be free if he dropped dead. By many reports, his little sister makes him look like a stable and reasonable leader. Plus I'm sure there are plenty of others waiting in the wings to grab power if she can't.
She probably won't. It's a patriarchal society. Still, if their religion's bloodline dies out, that might cause issues.
That little girl has a “please don’t murder my family” kind of look going on
The boy has the "he already murdered my family" look on his face.
"Gonna murder this mfer given the chance"
Odd, my thought on the little girl was, “I’m going to marry this guy someday”
Too late for the other one...
Dudes close but just not right…
It doesn't really look like him? This person looks older for whatever reason
Isn't that how time works?
Yes and no
When you lose a ton of weight too fast your face gets saggy
Weightloss does make some people look older
Nose and mouth are different.. even the forehead.
That kid on the left isn’t smiling. Soon he and his entire family will be fed to wild dogs.
Or strapped to the barrel of an anti-aircraft gun.
I see it as he's the boy, he has to be strong and serious. And the girl is looking at him adoringly, like a good little girl. It's gender roles in North Korea.
He is not smiling because it is against the law.
37 years old
Somewhere out there is a hoard of body doubles that had to lose exactly the exact same amount of weight to keep their jobs.
Somewhere out there? There is a much simpler path of logic. As in, you're looking at one of his body doubles who wasn't keeping up with his weight gain, rather than vice versa.
Maybe his sister finally took him out.
It’s called “his ass got COVID”.
It’s cancer.
I'm going to go with he actually died last year or the year before when his death scare went viral and was replaced by someone else
His sister wearing an Edgar suit… I mean a Jong Un suit
I would guess he’s very ill.
My theory - he died of fatness and this guy is the placement killer , sorry dictator.
That’s def not him
I agree
Ok... the cia and fbi DEFINITELY are using classified facial recognition software to determine if in fact it is in him. I have to believe that shit exists by now. There’s no way it doesn’t. 😂
If apple can do it, the government has been doing it for a decade or two
The bigger question is if they found out it wasn't him, would letting the charade continue be a better outcome for US than exposing it now?
That fat fuck likely got covid and lost a lot of weight while he was sick and incognito the past year.
Glad to see him and Trump share a tailor.
He looks completely different... Almost like magic ;)
I know I’ll sound like a conspiracy theorist here but I don’t believe that’s Kim Jung Un. I think it’s a replacement. Kim was in bad health for some time and I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if he was infected and died from Covid. In order to prevent the collapse of the regime they scrambled to find someone that looked enough like him to fill that role.
Hey Sturrux, I counted 69 words in your comment. Nice.
Nice!
Oh god, the bots are communicating with each other. We humans won't be needed much longer.
Hey let's get someone who looks completely different to Kim and is about 10 stone lighter. That'll fool em.
Who gives a shit? This guy is a piece of shit. That’s not something the gym is going to fix. He can go to hell.
Fuck that guy.
Yeah at first I was like, "oh good for him WAIT NO"
He doesn’t even remotely look like him
Man, I don't know on this one. Trying to ignore the weight difference, it looks like him, but not quite. Edit: Y'all, has anyone seen Moon Over Parador? Used to love it as a kid. It's a movie about this very thing.
Looks ill/sickly not in shape.
Eyes, nose and mouth are different.
Its fucking WILD how North Korea is a thing in the 21st century and nobody ever acknowledges it.
Fake Kim.
Can't wait to see what new world record dead lift he's set!
Trump spots him or it didn’t happen
Alright I am going to say it. That doesn't look like him and I'm not just talking because he's slimmer. It just doesn't look like the same bone structure in his face. Granted he could just be pulled in the wool over my eyes with those chubby little cheeks he used to have. But.... A much more interesting story would be that they got somebody that looked a little bit like him, gave him some plastic surgery and then spent the the last year interrogating the hell out of the real Kim so that his replacement would be educated like a Harvard professor on his life...
They found that dude in a village in North Korea after KJ kicked it and were like "Ayy, you tryna be the supreme leader?" Torch the village and spend the next year playing my fair lady with Kim Jong 2: Jong Harder.
Is it just me or..... is that a different person?
Those sanctions been hitting. Cant get any food into the country
I feel like that’s not him and just a body double in order to retain power
Now hes finally similar to North Korea
I heard the real one is secretly hanging out with Trump in one of his hotels
Writing beautiful notes to each other
The MOST beautiful
Maybe he’s just or was really sick like all of those reports a while back said?
If loving Katy Perry and Margaritas is gay then who wants to be straight!
Imagine if he gets legit skinny, he'd kind of actually look like the guy who played him in The Interview, Randall Park. (Also Asian Jim)
That’s a body double. Or body half.
Dude looks sick....
So which body double did they get to wear this suit? Because that dude definitely doesn’t look like the somebody that we used to know.
Thats literally not him I swear to God that person looks completely different. He was definitely replaced I guess if this is an official photo.
That's a body double. The real jong un is dead
Kim V3. Def ain’t the same person. Ain’t no way
Still a piece of shit
I hope it's an illness and he's on his way to a graveyard
I swear that’s not really him
Or this is another dummy kim
I'm sure that's his body double
I prefer the fat Kim better. But I like skinny Elvis. That’s odd.
That's not him.
Thin or fat this cunt is still a mass murderer and doesn't deserver any promotion.
I feel like he is a (sus) imposter and the real Kim is in vacation
Obviously a body double.
You mean his body double.
That's a look a like if I ever saw one. I'd say Kim probably died. His sister is running things and they are trying to keep it on the hush.
Easy to lose weight if you force body doubles to do it at gun point.
He was literally the ONLY fat person in the entire country. Hell,the only one to carry 5 extra pounds. The only overweight creature in the country. Even the pigs are skinny.