this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2025
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Not gonna lie, this does not seem intentional to me.
Edited to add, some people misunderstanding me. It does not look to me like they made his beard longer or darker on purpose. It looks to me like there is an effect filter slapped over the top of the photo which is causing blurring, some shadowing, it's also generally low quality, causing it to look "blown out". One part that makes me wonder if this is the case is the "hair gap" in the top left of the original picture.
Basically, rather than assuming the worst that it was intentionally made to look longer or darker for scary reasons, it just looks like bad design to me.
True. Mamdani's beard might have grown while they put the picture in storage.
actual LOL. Now I have water up my nose ๐