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[–]schming_ding 565 points566 points ago

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Impressive limbal rings.

[–][deleted] 127 points128 points ago

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Thanks for the snippet o'knowledge!

[–]Likeaboas 75 points76 points ago

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I imagine many of us went to check after reading this.

I, for one, am happy with my newly appreciated, surprisingly large limbal rings.

[–]Trishambie_zombie 13 points14 points ago

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Did that! but my eyes are so brown the limbal rings are only visible up close because they blend in.

*edit- typo

[–]Timmmyy 22 points23 points ago

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I came to the comments for the spice references, but I stayed thanks to the limbal ring knowledge

[–]snorkedsnorkedsnorke 48 points49 points ago

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Plus he has hardly any white to his eyes at all. Looks almost like an anime character.

[–]swedishmonique 3 points4 points ago

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That's so interesting thanks :) Looks like I'm going to be making an online purchase from Japan this morning...

[–]Triassic 185 points186 points ago

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Both the girl and the baby have Kohl around their eyes. It's like eyeliner. The wet lines of the eyelids are not naturally dark like that.

[–]ktjane 32 points33 points ago

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Why do they wear the Kohl?

[–]TomtheWonderDog 178 points179 points ago

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Arab people have done it for thousands of years as a way to keep the sun's glare out of their eyes. It's why all Egyptian hieroglyphics and busts have the black makeup around the eyes. Also the original reason American football players smear black under their eyes.

[–]Wraith12 307 points308 points ago

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Kohl story, bro.

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points ago

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Any idea how that actually works? Any articles or anything, this is fascinating! I must know more.

[–]TomtheWonderDog 17 points18 points ago

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Well Mythbusters did a small test on it in one episode, here's an article summarizing their evidence.

But they only covered the black strips of makeup that athletes wear. The Egyptian/Arab method really does work, the guy above me posted a Wikipedia article that I think is really informative as well.

[–]cy_fyi 28 points29 points ago

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Male Afghan here born in the U.S. When I was a baby my mother applied Kohl on my eyes as well. As others have said it is an old tradition that is still commonly used still even with Afghans that live in the U.S. when they have a new born child. It does not harm the baby at all and from what I remember they only put it on the baby once in a while.

[–]BoOogaBoOoga 21 points22 points ago

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The baby's eyes do have an eyeliner, but the more pronounced feature is the limbal rings around his eyes which you cannot get from cosmetics.

[–]doesnt_bother 808 points809 points ago

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ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOBABY

[–]gif_only_mode 968 points969 points ago

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[–]maz-o 392 points393 points ago

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that's me after a bottle of scotch.

[–]gif_only_mode 888 points889 points ago

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[–]squirrel1337 520 points521 points ago

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ManBeerPig!

[–]gif_only_mode 620 points621 points ago

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[–]MrInopportune 287 points288 points ago

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Im glad i awaited patiently for that gif's payoff

[–]gif_only_mode 798 points799 points ago

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[–]ActionScripter9109 278 points279 points ago

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ಠ_ಠ

[–]gif_only_mode 813 points814 points ago

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[–]YourFriendlyFarmasis 50 points51 points ago

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NO!!!!!

[–]gif_only_mode 292 points293 points ago

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[–]Garrett-R 62 points63 points ago

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I'm disappointed.

[–]gif_only_mode 304 points305 points ago

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[–]flying_petunia 69 points70 points ago

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Great. I just added one more thing on my "to do before I die" list

[–]gif_only_mode 484 points485 points ago

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[–]Zanedude 133 points134 points ago

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Holy shit that's impressive.

[–]gif_only_mode 380 points381 points ago

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[–]Zanedude 231 points232 points ago

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[–]gif_only_mode 510 points511 points ago

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[–]Murdrakk 56 points57 points ago

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OK you can't top that...

[–]gif_only_mode 312 points313 points ago

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[–]schnp 26 points27 points ago*

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Shoot, wish I could remember this guy's name. It's from a stuntman's demo reel.

Off to track it down.. brb.

EDIT: Here's his Damien Walters' demo reel and the relevant clip. More freerunning than anything else but still pretty sweet.

[–]gif_only_mode 142 points143 points ago

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[–]V_Glaz_Dam 15 points16 points ago

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You should watch "District 13" french version.

[–]SirWinstonFurchill 17 points18 points ago

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I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

[–]Ontopourmama 34 points35 points ago

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My new favorite thing!

[–]gif_only_mode 279 points280 points ago

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[–]band_geek 45 points46 points ago

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That one made me incredibly happy.

[–]Wofiel 5 points6 points ago

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What is this from?

[–]thanksj 20 points21 points ago

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Despicable Me.

[–]Wavestrike 43 points44 points ago

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Look 'ma, no hands!

[–]gif_only_mode 282 points283 points ago

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[–]supersauce 33 points34 points ago

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Masterful stroke, my good man.

[–]gif_only_mode 205 points206 points ago

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[–]supersauce 38 points39 points ago

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4 strokes? That's gonna cost you.

[–]gif_only_mode 279 points280 points ago

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[–]supersauce 21 points22 points ago

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Nice.

[–]TheNr24 7 points8 points ago

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What's that from?

[–]dregan 114 points115 points ago

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white house correspondents dinner.

[–]Hamlet7768 43 points44 points ago

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After two?

[–]gif_only_mode 216 points217 points ago

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[–]Hamlet7768 93 points94 points ago

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Holy shit you're fast.

[–]gif_only_mode 330 points331 points ago

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[–]noons7 317 points318 points ago

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http://imgur.com/zfMHq .. but, HOW!?

[–]gif_only_mode 591 points592 points ago

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[–]t-rexcantfap 57 points58 points ago

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Do me do me!

[–]gif_only_mode 359 points360 points ago

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[–]foolishnun 31 points32 points ago

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what is happening here?

[–]gif_only_mode 164 points165 points ago

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[–]detzdude 32 points33 points ago

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A whole bottle??

[–]gif_only_mode 247 points248 points ago

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[–]leadhase 47 points48 points ago

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I wait. and wait, and wait.

[–]gif_only_mode 137 points138 points ago

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[–]its_over_2250 28 points29 points ago

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Will it ever end?!?

[–]gif_only_mode 219 points220 points ago

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[–]iwilleatyourpussy 37 points38 points ago

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It's like... whoa dude

[–]Bycon 7 points8 points ago

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No.. this can't be!

[–]ben174 6 points7 points ago

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Please make it stop!!

[–]illmastabumptwo 8 points9 points ago

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M.C. Escher?

[–]giveitago 26 points27 points ago

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Stop feeding baby white russians.

[–]gif_only_mode 143 points144 points ago

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[–]Arrca9 31 points32 points ago

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Well that's depressing.

[–]gif_only_mode 132 points133 points ago

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[–]Laces-Out 15 points16 points ago

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What about the one with the hot girl?

[–]gif_only_mode 234 points235 points ago

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[–]DevoDrigaz 102 points103 points ago

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[–]gif_only_mode 139 points140 points ago

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[–]Redpin 79 points80 points ago

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[–]f_picabia 33 points34 points ago

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Everyone! Everyone! This is an elaborate Turing test! The machines have deciphered and perfected humour!

[–]FlickyG 7 points8 points ago

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I'm starting to wonder that myself. The output here is ridiculous.

[–]HuggableBear 76 points77 points ago

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I just want you to know, you are officially my new favorite novelty account, by a very wide margin.

Keep doing God's work, son.

[–]gif_only_mode 500 points501 points ago

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[–]EXSUPERVILLAIN 67 points68 points ago

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....Pretty sure I, also, just became your groupie. *flashes.

[–]gif_only_mode 322 points323 points ago

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[–]EXSUPERVILLAIN 37 points38 points ago

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yep. Safe to say I'm in love with you now. RES tag: giftastic future lover

[–]Miscellaneous_Item 20 points21 points ago

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What's happening here?

[–]EXSUPERVILLAIN 25 points26 points ago

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Love. Love is happening.

[–]captain_zavec 14 points15 points ago

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gif only mode is doing this to the thead. http://i.imgur.com/A2e45.gif

[–]Enders_Rebutal 41 points42 points ago

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That is the cutest thing I have ever seen.

[–]gif_only_mode 205 points206 points ago

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[–]WillBlaze 48 points49 points ago

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I like you, I hope I see more of this.

[–]gif_only_mode 297 points298 points ago

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[–]Enders_Rebutal 30 points31 points ago

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Well played sir.

[–]gif_only_mode 447 points448 points ago

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[–]juicebocks 19 points20 points ago

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Favorite one so far.

[–]Misanthrope1013 18 points19 points ago

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I think I want to have your gif babies

[–]gif_only_mode 158 points159 points ago

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[–]illepic 26 points27 points ago

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This was only a matter of time.

[–]Mr_A 21 points22 points ago

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Literally one of the first things I saw on the internet. In fact, I think I saw that on the internet even before we had the internet in our house.

[–]hattfatt 17 points18 points ago

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That's probably because it's literally the first thing on the internet.

[–]NormanKnight 12 points13 points ago

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[–]shuknjive 31 points32 points ago

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That will be me tomorrow night after an all day St. Patrick's Day celebration!

[–]gif_only_mode 194 points195 points ago

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[–]nate81 36 points37 points ago

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what kind of dipshit keeps feeding the child?? oh wait, its a .gif

[–]gif_only_mode 288 points289 points ago

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[–]TreeMonster 38 points39 points ago

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Tits...

[–]maussie 205 points206 points ago

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[–]FrogVenom 31 points32 points ago

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Great now i have to fap harder

[–]4Geist 9 points10 points ago

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holy god damn titties...I love this gif. 3 times the friggen fun at the same time! JEEEEZZ!

[–]JustHere4TheDownVote 58 points59 points ago

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You're insane. I've looked at all your posts just withing this subcomment section and the response times are like zero.

[–]gif_only_mode 348 points349 points ago

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[–]AFlyingNunAttack 25 points26 points ago

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See, but he doesn't respond to every comment made at him...

[–]gif_only_mode 222 points223 points ago

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[–]rupay 32 points33 points ago

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Perfect.

[–]gif_only_mode 134 points135 points ago

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[–]Primetastic[!] 27 points28 points ago

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[–]chesh420 623 points624 points ago

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They had too much of the spice. The young one will be the next Kwisatz Haderach

[–]Dr_DaMan 208 points209 points ago

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The spice must flow.

[–]kebo99 71 points72 points ago

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Bene Gesserit witches!

[–]XZenogear 74 points75 points ago

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Muad'Dib!Muad'Dib!

[–][deleted] 27 points28 points ago*

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Kull Wahad!

[–]KullWahad 62 points63 points ago

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You called?

[–]Voice_of_Shai-Hulud 26 points27 points ago

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Yes?

[–]TheDukeAtreides 15 points16 points ago

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Shit man, we gotta hang out more often. Maybe coordinate some karma trains of Dune references.

[–]drummerx357 257 points258 points ago

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They remind me of the Afghan Girl's eyes.

Although since she was apparently 12 in that picture, people with those eyes apparently look way older than they are; these kids must be 3 and second trimester.

[–]a-foreign-dude 159 points160 points ago

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I don't think the eyes has that much to do with it. A rough outdoor life with hard labour, hours in the sun every day, and a non-diverse diet makes you look older. You get a leathery skin and wrinkles already in your teens. But yes, stunning eyes never the less, and it also reminded me of the afghan girl. As i remember it there was a documentary some time ago where they tracked that girl down, and she looked really, really old, and nothing like the picture any more.

[–]bluepepper 161 points162 points ago

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[–]mship 44 points45 points ago

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how many years different is that?

[–]beauseph 95 points96 points ago

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18 years (she was first pictured at 12 and then at 30)

[–]vicklepickle 16 points17 points ago

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[–][deleted] 16 points17 points ago

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Sharbat Gula

[–]warmfun 36 points37 points ago

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Where was this picture taken?

[–]smooshie 76 points77 points ago

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[–]alida-louise 28 points29 points ago

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Is the girl pregnant, or is that a really odd angle? She looks about 10.

[–]Cancerous86 24 points25 points ago

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That photo tagging thing has really gotten out of control.

[–]mrgoldbe 97 points98 points ago

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[–]lumoslindsay 66 points67 points ago

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This is Gaara.

[–]slimedawg 910 points911 points ago

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The golden and blue eyes you see in the near Asian countries like Pakistan and Afghanistan are the legacy left by Alexander the Great's armies. Many of his Macedonia and Greek fighters stayed behind as his armies retreated back into Europe. Marrying into the local populous and raising families. The striking european features that you see among these peoples are a direct link to those pre-Christian era invasions. You will also see blue eyes and blonde hair in northern Iraq and eastern Turkey as well.

[–]Aceous 96 points97 points ago

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Dude, no. No. Some Afghans have European phenotypes because they're descendents from the same common Indo-European ancestors. I'm not gonna write out a lesson in anthropology here, but please see: Indo-European and Aryan Migration.

[–]yesukai 1055 points1056 points ago

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Is "Marrying into the local populous and raising families" a historically accurate account, or a euphemism for "raped the living shit out of the area"?

[–]themagicpickle 472 points473 points ago

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Depending on where you are in the world it could be the same thing!

[–]lLoveLamp 238 points239 points ago

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Latvian see a beautiful girl. Also sister. But ho! Too late... soldier rape her

[–]twentypastfourPM 192 points193 points ago

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Remind me of beautiful daughter. She dream of go to America, I say yes. She cry tears of joy make my potato more salt. I tell her she has stay Latvia now, more salt for potato.

[–]IROK 115 points116 points ago

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What are one potato say other potato? Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato?

[–]profanusnothus 36 points37 points ago

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Why did chicken cross road?
Chicken? Where you see chicken? I am so hungry.

[–]funkyskunk 390 points391 points ago

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No number for Jakucha =(

[–]AmIKawaiiUguuu 10 points11 points ago

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You had me at "but ho!"

[–]REInvestor 38 points39 points ago

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Tomato-Tomato as they say.

[–]TheEpicTortoise 108 points109 points ago

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That phrase is so much harder to understand in text form.

[–]gif_only_mode 76 points77 points ago

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[–]themagicpickle 22 points23 points ago

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What did you think of RAMPART?

[–]gif_only_mode 57 points58 points ago

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[–]poorsteamuser 19 points20 points ago

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Out of 10?

[–]gif_only_mode 53 points54 points ago

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[–]Big_Baby_Jesus 173 points174 points ago*

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I've read quite a bit about Alexander's campaign through Asia. As ancient rulers went, he was about as tolerant as they came. That was for pragmatic reasons as much as anything. The Person Persian Empire he was conquering had been severely weakened by many revolts and uprisings. Maintaining an empire of that size was extraordinarily difficult and Alexander knew that ruling with an iron fist was just impossible.

If his army had torn through Asia raping and pillaging and burning, the moment his army moved East, every conquered province would have revolted against their new asshole leaders. Instead, he usually left the local power structure intact, and just told them to send their taxes to Greece instead of Persia. His officers often took the daughters of local noble families as wives to cement that political relationship.

So did some Asian women get raped by Greek soldiers? Certainly. Soldiers from that era were a rapey bunch. Was it an official policy or something that Alexander encouraged? Absolutely not.

[–]Ameisen 33 points34 points ago

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to Greece

To Macedonia. There is a lot of evidence that Alexander's native language wasn't even Greek, but of Macedonian, which was a sister language to Greek.

Past that, the Kingdom of Macedonia did not represent all of Greece.

[–]Big_Baby_Jesus 29 points30 points ago*

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My post was long enough without getting into the details of Macedonia vs Greece. Yes, Alexander's title was King of Macedonia for his entire adult life. But a large majority of his soldiers were non-Macedonian Greeks. For brevity's sake, I called them the Greek army.

[–]Pixeleyes 232 points233 points ago

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I can't speak for his armies, but Alexander despised rape and the mistreatment of women.

[–]jceez 109 points110 points ago

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According to the movie, he wasn't a big fan of anyting that had to do with women in general.

[–]SaxyTimeReloaded 255 points256 points ago

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That movie was a buttfuck of historical inaccuracies.

[–]Citizen_Snip 61 points62 points ago

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I see what you did there.

[–]designer_sunglasses 88 points89 points ago

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Every Greek seemed to like lying with a bro. It was pretty standard to have a male lover as well as a female one/wife.

[–]menefreghista 52 points53 points ago

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bromance

[–]_momo 66 points67 points ago

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the most bromantic era

[–]TheFedUp99 50 points51 points ago

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"Hey bro, put it in my ass, k?" -- direct quote from my HS history book from the chapter on Alexander the Great's armies.

[–]lubak 30 points31 points ago

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I was born in the wrong era.

[–]Ameisen 21 points22 points ago

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It was known as the Bromance Period.

[–]First_thing 11 points12 points ago

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According to what i learned in school, male-male relations were for pleasure, male-female were for procreation. Hey, it's a good way to not have 20 children, but they could have just as well done the girl up the tush too... just sayin'.

[–]dressedAsDog 14 points15 points ago

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And he nailed Rosario Dawson quite lovely, so I believe you.

[–]yupko 22 points23 points ago

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Yes (to both). Colonies were founded, and the Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms persisted for centuries after the fall of Alexander's empire. So they didn't just rape and pillage and then leave.

[–]Killroyomega 29 points30 points ago

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Seeing how that was what basically every army/group did at the time, I would say both.

[–]IntarEntz 55 points56 points ago

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Would be nice for another Alexander the Great would sweep through North America, topple our governments and go:

"You guys are great, it's just those guys were dicks! Keep doing what you're doing." rides off into sunset

[–]ok_you_win 63 points64 points ago

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Also, please pay Greek taxes. Somebody has to.

[–]emergelife 14 points15 points ago

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Yes please, thank you, we accept USD and EUR. ¨Δ (instead of :D)

[–]yupko 116 points117 points ago

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Well, the features mostly come from the Tocharians, an Indo-European people living in Central Asia who were gradually absorbed by surrounding peoples. The Greek invasion did not have as much of an effect as many people think.

[–]Ameisen 19 points20 points ago

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Don't forget about the Hittites, who were in Anatolia and had influence into Persia.

Notwithstanding that the Persians themselves are Indo-European.

[–]missface 45 points46 points ago

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I think that baby is wearing eyeliner.

[–]Insomniacdude 28 points29 points ago

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Kids wear eyeliner to protect their eyes in Asia. The parents infact put it on.

[–]ahaltingmachine 41 points42 points ago

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ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL

[–]Jahordon 15 points16 points ago

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The kids eyes are awesome. I'm color blind, so I can't even guess what color they are. They look like hematite.

[–]jakeshdaddy 23 points24 points ago

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Fucking Steve McCurry invented a whole new genre of photographs that can basically be summed up as "let's photograph a non-white person in an impoverished area of the world with blue/green eyes!"

[–]Shitty_Watercolour 136 points137 points ago

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[–]JustHere4TheDownVote 104 points105 points ago

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Shittiest yet.

[–]jurble 26 points27 points ago

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That's kinda terrifying.

[–]f1ash531 17 points18 points ago

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those eyes just burn at me, almost make me feel ashamed for no apparent reason.. it's a tough feeling to describe...

[–]Adawesome 103 points104 points ago

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Baby eyeliner. The next big thing

[–]ItsMeMasih 105 points106 points ago

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Or the same old thing for the past 1000 years in Afghanistan. Differing reasons for why, some say it's cosmetic, some say it's medical, some say it's spiritual.

[–]Xa4 145 points146 points ago

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All we know is... he's called THE STIG

[–]Mielad 14 points15 points ago

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Afghan here. My family, and every other family I know say we do it because it makes the eyes 'look bigger'. No comment on that, but confirmed. It's for cosmetics.

[–]puadxe 11 points12 points ago

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we like our babies sexy

[–]roostercogburn 26 points27 points ago

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I always thought it was to protect them from sun glare, like athletes with black paint under their eyes.

[–]pushpusher 16 points17 points ago

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The eyeliner around the eyes is cosmetically beautiful but the naturally occurring ring around their iris is enchanting

[–]Ulsul 11 points12 points ago

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It's the children of Riddick and Muad'dib. They can see into the future and into the night. The new movie is called "Future Night." It's a buddy flick.

[–]Mystic5hadow 6 points7 points ago

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The little ones eyes... They see into my soul..