this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2024
838 points (97.1% liked)

Political Memes

5426 readers
2524 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

Be civilJokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

No misinformationDon’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

Posts should be memesRandom pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

No bots, spam or self-promotionFollow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That picture looks off. Like the heads don't match the bodies or something.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I thought so too, but the story checks out. Their engagement announcement was on page 7 of this local newspaper:

http://eaglevilletnhistory.com/print/Jan_2011.pdf

You have to read between the lines a bit: she was involved in FFA as a high schooler and graduated in 2007. He appears to have been involved in FFA extensively. It doesn't mean for sure that they first met at an event where she was a student participant, but it seems likely. And of course, the age gap is the same either way.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Their engagement announcement was on page 7 of this local newspaper:

Looks like a nice father-daughter pic without any context.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I'm talking about different pic, without their offspring.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Not like they admitted it or anything 🙄

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Sorry, there wasn't a source so I just went looking and this was the first thing I found.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's because whatever department store he went to didn't have a shirt off the rack that fit both his neck and his belly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Combined with the fact that I think she just had a larger than average head