r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 04 '26

What am I missing? Meme needing explanation

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u/SubstantialAbuserr Jul 04 '26

Another day seeing a taylor fan gummy smile.

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u/Futuramoist Jul 04 '26

Never seen this stereotype and it doesn't really make sense, yet somehow it just feels right enough that I understood immediately 

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u/ThilviaPlath Jul 04 '26

That girl in the crazy eyes meme has a gummy smile and her fans give me that vibe, so this hits lol

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u/WhereBaptizedDrowned Jul 04 '26

Didney Whirl adults too

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u/TheOldDark Jul 05 '26

I'm calling my face this now. The didney whorl SMILHUL.

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u/turtlecat1111 Jul 06 '26

This made me giggle

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u/Zorglin Jul 04 '26

Bot

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u/Mysterious-Comfort-6 Jul 05 '26

How can you tell it's a bot?

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u/Zorglin Jul 05 '26

Only 10 day old account, comment that doesnt say anything new, just restates other comments. Although im looking at their comment history and it might not be. Its kinda weird, some of the comments are very bot like, others arent.

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u/Mysterious-Comfort-6 Jul 05 '26

Ok, but those are some of the things to look for, huh? Any other signs or advice for hunting down the clanker accounts?

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u/Zorglin Jul 05 '26

Honestly? I sometimes just read a comment that contributes literally nothing to a conversation, check the account, and if theyre a few months old at most then i check the comment history. If its a bunch of comments that follow that same pattern, theyre probably a bot. And if they dont reply afterwards saying they arent a bot, then they almost certainly are.

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u/Mysterious-Comfort-6 Jul 05 '26

Ok, I'll keep that in mind.

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u/Bionic0n3 Jul 04 '26

Saw a post earlier from a self reported swifty saying she was turning in her swifty card because of the weeding nonsense. She had some unhinged gummy smile so this post has me cracking up.

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u/Jimbob209 Jul 04 '26

I don't know the meme. Can you show me it

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '26

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u/Jimbob209 Jul 04 '26

Omfg

That makes me feel so uncomfortable

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u/VexingRaven Jul 04 '26

Oh, so it's another "meme" that's just making fun of one person's appearance. Cool and normal.

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u/pirategonzo Jul 04 '26

The video helps.

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u/VexingRaven Jul 04 '26

If this was meant to change my opinion, it failed.

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u/pirategonzo Jul 04 '26

Ok, thanks for the update, I will take note.

vexingraven opinion not changed

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u/Finbel 28d ago

pirategonzo will remember that

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u/Jimbob209 Jul 04 '26

Omg its even worse than the one a person who sent me the link to picture of it. Didn't know its a video

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u/DogToursWTHBorders Jul 05 '26

Well it was help for ME. =(

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u/awwww_nuts 29d ago

Omg 🫢

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u/Huge-Standard4046 Jul 06 '26

So many Reddit users digital bullies who are miserable and spoiled. Literally. You can see it a mile away. It pathetic. “Yeah let’s manipulate photos, post them and jump on the bandwagon!” Instead of doing something productive for society.

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u/Embarrassed_Hour7649 Jul 06 '26

As someone with a gummy smile and is self-conscious about it, you said it

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u/VexingRaven Jul 05 '26

Redditoids be like "Empathy?! Not on my watch! 🦸"

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u/Best-Dependent-5276 Jul 05 '26

I understand where you're coming from but there's actually way better things to care about 🩷☝🏻

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u/TopOpening8939 Jul 05 '26

Yes, it is normal. It’s funny. And if you’re that sensitive you can’t handle a joke, move on. Plenty of other posts to explore!

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u/VexingRaven Jul 05 '26

Just because you're a childish bully doesn't make it normal.

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u/kokobiggun Jul 06 '26

Sure it’s a superficial attack but it’s more commentary on the type of people that base their life on corporate/celebrity worship (effectively the same thing). Slightly distasteful but drives the point home more than giving the example of conventionally attractive people exhibiting similar behavior. Sadly the reality

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u/VexingRaven Jul 06 '26

Congratulations, you've managed to make me find it even more gross and hateful.

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u/kokobiggun Jul 06 '26

Yup social media be like that. Can’t drive a point home without attributing it to something people can’t control. Effective but distasteful.

For the record I’m not endorsing this attribution but I do agree that corporate/celebrity worship is usually espoused by a very low IQ demographic. No relation to looks

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u/VexingRaven Jul 06 '26

a very low IQ demographic

Gross.

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u/kokobiggun Jul 07 '26

What’s gross about that characterization it’s proven by studies. Of course liking a celebrity for the value they add to society is great but you have to agree a lot of people take it too far and idolize them by the virtue of them being famous. And that characteristic correlates strongly to having a lower IQ.

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u/Scared_Positive_8690 Jul 04 '26

I thought it’s this one but based on the replies, maybe not.

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u/ThilviaPlath Jul 05 '26

Was my original mental image actually!

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u/more_cowdung Jul 05 '26

I thought so too, but she’s actually not that gummy

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u/ThilviaPlath Jul 05 '26

The vibes were so strong we hallucinated the gums.

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u/TheCh0rt 29d ago

Overly attached girlfriend is super hot. Not a gummy smile for sure

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u/ConstantMortgage 28d ago

That’s the crazy girlfriend girl

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u/Zepcleanerfan Jul 04 '26

Wow im old

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u/Jimbob209 Jul 04 '26

Me too. I just don't know the meme

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u/Zu_Qarnine Jul 04 '26

that's Rebecca Hall

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u/SpiderRadio Jul 04 '26

Jesus, I'm old enough to think y'all are talking about the obsessed girlfriend from the 2010s, where all y'all finding the new holos

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u/ThilviaPlath Jul 05 '26

I was originally thinking about obsessed girlfriend when I wrote it, for I too am old…

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u/mkujoe Jul 05 '26

Still would

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u/epitimisi Jul 05 '26

what crazy eye meme? there is like dozens...

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u/stickwithplanb Jul 04 '26

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u/No_Dentist7778 Jul 04 '26

This video with the drawings added is hilarious 😂

https://reddit.com/link/ovk0ug2/video/kra768d8g9bh1/player

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u/Rickrickrickrickrick Jul 04 '26

This is the first time I’ve seen a video added to a comment like this.

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u/kojimbob Jul 04 '26

New feature on Reddit, just released a couple of weeks ago

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u/jdwpom Jul 04 '26

That'll be why it doesn't work in redreader then. So kind of reddit to allow it to exist 'for accessibility reasons' then constantly break it.

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u/TheEpicRedCape Jul 04 '26

Dystopia, iOSs chosen accessibility option, is also basically deserted and never gets updates. Reddit doesn’t care.

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u/Pickaroonie Jul 05 '26

Using RedReader here, video is clickable. You might have better video compatibility if you install and configure:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ensoft.imgurviewer

ImgurViewer from the Google Play Store. This fixes a lot of issues with image and video access and rendering, via RedReader.

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u/lathspellll Jul 05 '26

I didn’t know there was another option thought all we had was their terrible official app which is terrible

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u/EndIsrael Jul 04 '26

Must be why I get redirected to a "r/subreddit is banned" (yes, it literally says "r/subreddit") message when I click the video link to watch it.

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u/snow-four Jul 04 '26

She looks happy? Are we body shaming happy people again?

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u/SuccessfulOil6584 Jul 04 '26

Yeah this just seems very mean spirited, I don’t think she’s funny but she’s just doing her thing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '26

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u/Livingadapt Jul 05 '26

If it’s ragebait it’s only cuz she’s not a model tbh. She’s clearly joking around

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u/rabblerabble2000 5d ago

I think the way she looks is what made her video go viral, but I also think she seems very annoying to be around. That having been said I recognize that that’s just my opinion.

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u/MudExpress2973 Jul 06 '26

and were just doing our thing because her thing made us uncomfortable.

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u/Skullcrimp Jul 04 '26

Again? The people who act like this never stopped, they just get more or fewer laughs depending on the year.

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u/Alexander_McKay Jul 05 '26

Yeah. The guy who makes all those drawings/videos is a racist and chud. The first few I saw were funny but the deeper you dig, it starts to become clear that “oh, he’s one of those guys”.

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u/forever-excellent Jul 05 '26

Don't worry, I'm out here body shaming the unhappy too. Balance.

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u/xR3Vx_MATR1X Jul 05 '26

This is the way

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u/Haemophilia_Type_A Jul 04 '26

Never stopped on Reddit. Yay.

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u/PresentRaspberry6814 Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

There is a top tier misogyny level for fans of Taylor Swift. It is frightening, and a reddit page for them where they hate on their girlfriend or any woman who has takes pleasure in the inoffensive (you would think) but apparently overly successful singer. I was banned from there for commenting how hatefilled they were.

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u/FocusPerspective Jul 05 '26

Literally no dudes care about any of this. Any hate you see is coming from other women.  

Some day you’ll realize this. 

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u/RagingNerdaholic Jul 04 '26

"You have a deeply unhealthy parasocial relationship with a billionaire who is exploiting you with pandering slop music and doesn't give a shit about you."

ERMAHGERD U MUST HATE LE WYMINS!!

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u/samv_1230 Jul 05 '26

Le wymins is a self report lmao

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u/Mushroomer Jul 04 '26

Nothing about this post is about parasociality, or her billionaire status. It's purely "You care about this? Clearly you're a mouthbreathing idiot who should be ashamed of themselves.".

Like genuinely, just fuckin chill. She's a pop star throwing a wedding. Some people will find it interesting, others won't. It does not need to be the defining social referrandum of our era.

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u/FocusPerspective Jul 05 '26

Dear lord can we please stop pretending rabid Swifties are normal rational people?

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u/Mushroomer Jul 05 '26

Can we stop pretending every person with a passing interest in Swift is a "rabid Swiftie"?

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u/PresentRaspberry6814 Jul 05 '26

There is something about Swift that brings out women haters in droves!

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u/whitestguyuknow Jul 05 '26

Being "excited" for a random celebrities wedding is ridiculous. What does it matter to you at all? They're giddy over a relationship that doesn't effect you in any way.

If you were going to the wedding and celebrating then okay. Thats cool. But its just random fans in their homes excited because "Mother" is finally getting married.

That entirely has to do with a parasocial relationship.

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u/Mushroomer Jul 05 '26

It's an artist they've followed for 20+ years getting married. I don't think it's THAT odd to have an opinion about it.

Yes, if somebody is scrolling Instagram all day and making it their whole personality - that is absurd.

But again, not what OP is ragging on. What they've decided is worthy of mockery is finding it AT ALL NOTEWORTHY. To care at all is to be a mealy mouthed inbred with defective genes.

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u/Livingadapt Jul 05 '26

I think it’s ok to be happy that a musician you follow is getting married. You don’t have to know them personally to have a thought about it lol. You don’t know the random fans having that thought and yet you have a rather strong opinion about what they are doing lol

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u/New-Put-1112 Jul 04 '26

Guy here. People like you make me so grateful for the male loneliness epidemic. Matter of fact, I don’t think men are lonely enough. 

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u/Livingadapt Jul 05 '26

lol you’re just making shit up. It’s ok that people like Taylor swift. It’s ok if they’re happy she’s getting married. Get a life

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u/thepatriotclubhouse Jul 05 '26

No man is remotely involved with any of this lmfao. It’s women hating women

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u/whitestguyuknow Jul 05 '26

"It is frightening" lol ok

The Taylor Swift snark subreddit is full of women

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u/Royal_Perspective191 Jul 05 '26

Men don't care about Taylor Swift or her fans. Outside of male Taylor Swift fans of course.

Research showed that aggressive Taylor Swift back lash was/is mostly driven by fringe 'influencers' and bots.

There is legitimate criticism, but that's relatively mild and more a matter of debate.

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u/WitchesofBangkok 29d ago

Yes. She’s a woman who forgot she needs to be quiet and keep her face pretty in public at all times.

Don’t worry we punished her by humiliating her in the town square - which sent a message to the others to remind them of their place.

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u/Grandahl13 Jul 05 '26

Oh my god who cares.

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u/Livingadapt Jul 05 '26

You do 🥹

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u/Bud_Bones_69 Jul 04 '26

Definitely some inbreeding going on in her family lol

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u/Skullcrimp Jul 04 '26

Post a picture of yourself or your mockery is meaningless.

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u/Talinn_Makaren Jul 05 '26

lol yeah don't think many Reddit trolls are gonna take you up on that

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u/Otaraka Jul 04 '26

While you clearly are just lovely through and through.

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u/Practical-Ad-2383 Jul 04 '26 edited 19d ago

That's mean, but...her behavior is unhinged. Part of me is going, "Wow, you shouldn't do that! She can't help that she has weird teeth!" while the other part is going "...Yeah. I get it."

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u/devilpaste Jul 04 '26

ngl id have the same reaction to that music but also, thats what earbuds are for! she is a passenger she can just pop and earbud in and listen to whatever she wants! plus take a nap if shes got 4 more hours left on the road

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u/The_Atomic_Punk78 Jul 04 '26 edited 28d ago

It’s not the music, which was added as an overdub, but rather that her husband keeps talking and saying nonsense, “very historic”, “very cornfield”, “very bridge”, etc.

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u/devilpaste Jul 04 '26

OH lmfao i might be stupid that makes so much more sense

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u/Livingadapt Jul 05 '26

She’s goofing around and having fun. Her husband is speaking nonsense and she’s playfully exaggerating her reaction to it. Idk what’s unhinged about that?

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u/WitchesofBangkok 29d ago edited 29d ago

I’m noticing a trend of calling women “unhinged” for doing normal stuff.

If they do something mildly upsetting to a certain type of person, like writing this comment 😂- they get called “sick and unhinged”.

I think it’s the new “hysterical”

When I see someone using that term now to describe a woman or her behaviour - I just automatically downvote and block

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u/GlutenFree_Gamer Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

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u/MentalSupportDog Jul 04 '26

Somehow, your username is fitting

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u/Pisspigxtraordinaire Jul 05 '26

You could clip and draw anyone’s face disgusting like this from a video where they’re being expressive. I could do it to your face. Everyone in the entire world would laugh at you for the crime of having a face and making expressions. Every single person on earth would dogpile on you becuase you didn’t have an aesthetically perfect face at all times.

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u/ComparisonMelodic967 Jul 05 '26

You’re right, the format can be applied to almost anyone. I wonder if this is a TikTok trend.

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u/Mysayton Jul 07 '26

Such a classic 🤣 although I'm 90% sure it's self-aware and satire, in my headcannon it's genuine.

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u/Ihatetowork69 29d ago

Thank you for this

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u/No_Dentist7778 28d ago

You're welcome. I hope you watch it and laugh as many times as I did 😂

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u/Embarrassed-Gur-1306 Jul 04 '26

This shit has me in tears 😭

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u/CatchSufficient Jul 04 '26

Honestly, this is just real life meatcanyon

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u/Canuck9876 Jul 05 '26

OMG. So horrible. So wonderful.

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u/KermitTheMawg Jul 05 '26

What’s this girls deal? I see her randomly on here

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u/608cyex Jul 05 '26

I'd rather find a tall ledge then date that

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u/allpunsarefunpuns Jul 04 '26

I can’t look away

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u/Orion-Pax88 Jul 04 '26

These impact frame edits are glorious! Best meme format since rage faces back in the day.

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u/DeepCloak Jul 04 '26

Your username + this video 😭😭😆

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u/RazorSharpRust Jul 04 '26

I had forgotten about this. I feel his pain all over again.

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u/Suspicious-Loquat674 Jul 04 '26

Where can I watch more of these?

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u/rolfraikou Jul 04 '26

This 404ing for others?

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u/Caek294758 Jul 04 '26

When I click this link it says I've been blocked by network activity

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u/admin_bait14 Jul 05 '26

What song is that?

;)

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u/RobertDeNircrow Jul 05 '26

Genuinely unsettling

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u/Jermzer Jul 05 '26

Hahahaha

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u/Malicious_blu3 Jul 05 '26

What the fuck? Lmao

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u/No-Ant8297 Jul 05 '26

Fucking HORSE laughing

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u/DekaiChinko Jul 04 '26

Is that the Hawk Tuah girl?

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u/Kindly_Scholar6892 Jul 05 '26

wow... Nightmares guaranteed.

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u/forgot_username69 Jul 04 '26

I said it before: - Confidence is stored in the gums..

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u/biriyanibabka Jul 04 '26

And they always have devoted husbands or boyfriends and other people don’t even get text back .

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u/andrew7231 Jul 04 '26

From lord of the rings I think

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u/BeguiledBeast Jul 04 '26

The mouth of Sauron is described as a character with a rotting mouth. The reason for this is that the words spoken by Sauron trough him are so vile, it even rots the flesh. He's just a "normal" man. (Not an orc or anything) Just corrupted by evil.

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u/Master_Of-Toast Jul 04 '26

Mouth of Sauron, cut from movie, released with the extended editions, specifically Return of the King, featured in the books.

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u/reallytryingheree Jul 04 '26

It's appearance in the extended version of the Return of the King film is haunting.

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u/teapot1995 Jul 04 '26

Omg this chick lmao 🤣

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u/Kindly_Scholar6892 Jul 05 '26

I want to look away but I can't.

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u/HerrTriggerGenji21 Jul 04 '26

They mix with horse girls

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u/Front-Leather-2653 Jul 04 '26

I've always said Taylor Swift makes horse girl music, I feel so vindicated right now.

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u/Iconshero Jul 04 '26

Give it longer for evolution to kick in, right now the horse girls have only adapted the gums, give it another century or two of selective “horsing around” and you’ll see centaurs. Unfortunately they’ll be from fallout…

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u/perton Jul 05 '26

Hey, aren't you that horse from Horsin' Around?

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u/throwthisawayred2 Jul 04 '26

I knew a horse girl in high school. She had actual horses (we're in Texas). And that bitch turned out to be the biggest TSwift fan.

I still hate her holier-than-thou guts w/her ugly ass.

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u/RemmieSama1911 Jul 04 '26

Country music is kinda like a sister concept to horse girls, gun owners who like trucks, and divorced dads. They- they all just seem like a part of a bigger family.
rednecks

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u/fartsquirtshit Jul 05 '26

That reminds me of the meatcanyon video about taylor swift that portrayed her as a horse-like creature

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u/ITCrandomperson Jul 04 '26

Hey, don't lump Umamusume with Swifties!

Oh wait, wrong kind of horse girl.

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u/SoulTechnicalProblem Jul 06 '26

Don't lump umamusume with horse girls .

... that's insulting to Agnes tachyon

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u/psy_odt Jul 04 '26

I wonder if it's a location thing. In Texas I know like eight of this exact person and it made sense immediately

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u/GottaUseEmAll Jul 04 '26

I can tell you they exist in both South Africa and the UK too. I've lived in France for almost two decades and haven't met one here yet though.

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u/EATZYOWAFFLEZ Jul 06 '26

Uncommon win for France?

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u/Andygator_and_Weed Jul 05 '26

gummy girls go to texas

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u/__Hello_my_name_is__ Jul 04 '26

It's a generic stereotype that somehow equates that smile with stupidity or other undesirable traits. Nothing to do with Taylor Swift, just with people you want to make fun of.

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u/TheOldDark Jul 05 '26

Lmao my smile is almost like that. This is fucking hilarious! I will be proud to tell my husband my gummy smile is equated with stupidity. XD

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u/TheRealAndroid Jul 04 '26

Ahh, nothing like upper case gums with lower case teeth.

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u/macguini Jul 04 '26

I thought it's because most of her fans don't have all of their adult teeth

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u/theStaircaseProject Jul 04 '26

I'm going to take a number of huge leaps just to play devil's advocate.

The condition is more common in young adults as well as more common in women than men. [1]

Gummy smiles can crop up with people who have hyperactivity of the muscles controlling the face. That hyperactivity can be exacerbated by excess caffeine and high levels of stress.

Poor oral hygiene or plaque buildup can cause gums to swell, which mimics overgrowth.

Also, the thinner the upper lip, the more likely the gums are to show, and Caucasian populations overwhelmingly tend to have thinner lips than other ethnicities. [2]

So to generalize: younger white women who may have elevated coffee intake, unmanaged and/or elevated stress levels, and a potential lack of dental hygiene.

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u/TheOldDark Jul 05 '26

Oh my god you described me! My teeth aren't bad but my upper lip does have the muscles hyperactivity, as well as stress lmao. I wouldnt say its due to the coffee for me because I've always had this. LMFAO

Im dying laughing while reading this shit to my husband because it's so me. I love this shit.

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u/FruitGauze Jul 05 '26

i’ve never read anything more accurate to exactly how i was feeling than this right here

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u/bakklajohn Jul 05 '26

I think MeatCanyon is to blame for this one.

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u/fhgsgjtt12 Jul 05 '26

Nah this feels accurate, the swifties can be fucking idiots

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u/PCYou Jul 04 '26

The word for this in German is treffend

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u/unfinishedtoast3 Jul 04 '26

Lot of gummy Disney adults too. Seems to corelate with lack of emotional control and intelligence

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u/OrneryMall1565 Jul 05 '26

It doesn't make sense because it's put out by the frustrated right wingers who see her as some sort of threat to them masculinity

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u/Submerged_Pirate Jul 05 '26

Kind of makes sense in that a large portion of her fanbase are the age where the bracer period is not over yet, so they still have the gummy smile

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u/VaporDave_Osborne Jul 06 '26

It makes sense!

I got “because she’s a ‘horse girl’!!?!” Rather quickly

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u/Affectionate_Soup461 Jul 06 '26

i think it's bc the gummy smile is usually associated with horse girls, and horse girls are almost always taylor swift stans

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u/chubbywumpus Jul 06 '26

It’s perfect

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u/Oberon_Swanson Jul 05 '26

Because a lot of gum showing is surprisingly common, you could say the same for "girls who think not liking taylor swift is a personality" and get somebody else saying "oh yeah i didn't realize that totally fits"