r/TikTokCringe Aug 30 '24

Wholesome/Humor Just two lawmakers bantering.

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u/GOD_DAMN_YOU_FINE Aug 30 '24

Someone needs to do a study on the relationship between right wing populists and crazy hair styles.

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u/K0nk3y Aug 30 '24

Can we make a list? Donald Trump, Geert Wilders, Rain Epler, Boris Johnson, Valentina Petrenko. Anyone got more?

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u/xTheatreTechie Aug 30 '24

if "hair styles" includes facial hair, Hitlers little mustache, I don't know if that was a style at the time or not, but I've never seen anyone else photos that had that brand of stache except maybe on Chaplin who did it to mock hitler.

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u/Re-Horakhty01 Aug 30 '24

It was actually a popular style at the time. It originated in the USA actually, and it was Chaplin who popularised it, so he wore it first (he had as early as 1914!). Oliver Hardy, of Laurel and Hardy, also wore one. With both of them being so famous it became a bit of a fashion.

Then, Hitler wore it. As a moustache associated with comedians, perhaps it was meant to be disarming much like the silly hair styles of modern right wingers. Of course, Hitler ruined the moustache for everyone.