c/nottheonion · by RobotToaster@mander.xyz · 86d

Politician who said he had dwarfism accused of being a child after passport leak

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/politician-who-claimed-dwarfism-accused-37201246

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32 Comments

popekingjoe@lemmy.world · 262 pts · 86d (5 replies)

Man this is the kind of political scandal I need. Not one where a rapist conman pedophile bankrupt businessman is just straight up robbing the Treasury.

FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 86d (2 replies)

Seriously.

Give me something truly absurd. Not dangerously absurd.

tristynalxander@mander.xyz · 10 pts · 86d (1 reply)

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Paper_Phrog@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 85d

Florida man shoots elected manatee claiming to be mermaid in AI generated ads.

aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 86d

I’m upset that I cannot find that tweet about someone not wanting new, psychotic Joker, but rather old, campy Joker who runs for Mayor of Gotham just so he can pass stupid laws and make people follow them.

biofaust@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 85d

Why do you people keep calling him a businessman?

brem@lemmy.world · 94 pts · 86d (13 replies)

The alleged ID

arrow74@lemmy.zip · 37 pts · 86d

Okay so they actually do have dwarfism. That person is 16 years old and should be pretty close to their adult height.

So they have dwarfism and are lying about their age

SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 8 pts · 86d (10 replies)

Why isn’t there a year on any of those dates?

MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk · 63 pts · 86d (9 replies)

Date of birth: 27th of August 2010

Date of issue: 16th of April 2024

Date of expiry: 15th of April 2029

GamingChairModel@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 86d (6 replies)

Passports really should be using four digit years.

Cytobit@piefed.social · 13 pts · 86d (5 replies)

Just in case there any kilogenerians?

emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 86d (1 reply)

I mean if you're only using 2 digits then 1926 is gonna read the same as 2026, and there's lots of people over 100 years old...

brem@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 86d

...not to mention how confusing this would be for Benjamin Button

Redjard@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 86d (2 replies)

Just in case anyone reading it might be unsure of the regional date format of ...
*checks passport*
Nigeria.

smeg@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 85d (1 reply)

Isn't that the standard date format of all passports?

Redjard@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 85d

It would seem so, til.

There are numeric and alphabetic months, and 2 and 4 digit years, but seems to be dmy consistently.

So I suppose it's only confusing to people who don't know the secret rule of passports. Or if you have a 110 year old with dwarfism who looks 10.

Witchfire@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 86d (1 reply)

God that's a confusing format, and I know both languages

ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 85d

The point is to remove day/month ambiguity that would be present in numerals. Also, that French is always present, c'est toujours très important. The machine readable one is YYMMDD or YYYYMMDD

cheese_greater@lemmy.world · -17 pts · 86d

Is that worth the paper its printed on tho

rozodru@piefed.world · 85 pts · 86d (2 replies)

I mean even at 16 he still looks like he has dwarfism. dude looks like he's 5.

Fmstrat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 85d (1 reply)

Looking at the ID, and from other discussions, the prevailing theory is that he does have dwarfism, but has lied about his age.

phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 82d

All the more reason I'm not arsed about it.

bajabound@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 86d

This might be the prince who's been emailing me finally taking his power back. I'm certain the rewards are on their way.

dis_da_mor@anarchist.nexus · 22 pts · 86d

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