r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Amanda_Kitten • 2d ago
Some of the World Leaders childhood photos Image
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u/chettahd 2d ago
Crazy they were all in the same yearbook and page.
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u/Kage_Bushin 2d ago
Must have been some wild school. No wonder they hated each other
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u/mothmansgirlfrnd 2d ago
Imagine what Debate Club was like
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u/Professor-SEO_DE 2d ago
"I have no idea what this adolf fella is saying but he sounds angry all the time"
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u/Tompster_ 2d ago
Fun fact:
In 1913, Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived in the same place.
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u/LeGuy_1286 2d ago
I would like to see this anime as fast as possible. Dear manga artists present here, We are ready. Let's go.
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u/NegrosAmigos 2d ago
They used to be friends until that one day.
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u/Wooden_Cold_8084 2d ago
Mussolini was never very photogenic
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u/jetsetmike 2d ago
I thought he looked nice in that pic of him hanging out at the gas station
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u/Kay-Knox 2d ago
He looks like he pooped himself and is really worried the smell will be in the picture somehow.
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u/Obsessivegamer32 2d ago
Stalin already looks like a dick who would bully you in school.
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u/chunkyvomitsoup 2d ago
Whereas Winston looks like he throws jazz hands left and right
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u/milas_hames 2d ago
Winston looks like he's about to complain that his lobster thermidor has too much mustard.
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u/thewoodbeyond 2d ago
Haha I thought Hitler and Stalin look like little thugs while Mussolini looks on the verge of a tantrum.
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u/ArOnodrim_ 2d ago
What do children who are beaten viciously in poor households look like? That. Child abuse and child poverty have led to more devastation than can be calculated.
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u/reddit_user_2345 2d ago
From age ten to twenty he studied at religious schools in preparation for the presthood. He was a very good student.
politicaltheology.com/stalin-as-a-theological
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u/NegrosAmigos 2d ago
It may be wild for me to say this but It's insane how Hitler looks like Hitler even as a child
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u/National_Jackfruit48 2d ago
Eisenhower looks like he has seen somethings.
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u/York_Leroy 2d ago
Nah, he's the most normal looking one, Roosevelt on the other hand.... He's definitely witnessed something
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u/HefflumpGuy 2d ago
I bet they were all arrogant little shits.
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u/Individual-Monk-1801 2d ago
Churchill is oozing arrogance, isn't he
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u/ABlueShade 2d ago
At that time, Churchills' absent mother was writing him letters telling him how much of a burden he is and how she never wanted him.
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u/DirtyRatLicker 2d ago
Churchill looks like he’s getting ready to say “Hmmm yesss, indubitably my good sir, take the horses to the stable while I get ready for supper”
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u/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn 2d ago
I bet Eisenhower was aight.
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u/Anal_Juicer69 2d ago
Eisenhower was born to a poor family and lived in a small town in Kansas, he definitely wasn’t an arrogant asshole
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u/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn 2d ago
LBJ grew up in a poor family, lived in a small town in Texas, and was most certainly an arrogant asshole.
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u/Anal_Juicer69 2d ago
LBJ was more than an arrogant asshole, LBJ was the highest concentration of Asshole focused into a single man.
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u/Weary-Appeal9645 2d ago
Hitler and Stalin already looking like assholes.
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u/DecoyOne 2d ago
Meanwhile, Mussolini: “Mom says I’m tough, too”
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u/Moonjinx4 2d ago
I know right? He looks like he’s on the verge of tears, like Stalin punched him and stole his lunch money.
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u/Horror-Collar-5277 2d ago
The high chin at that age is a symptom of something awful I think.
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u/ShalaKaranok 2d ago
What's wrong with kids doing the high chin?
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u/Horror-Collar-5277 2d ago
I mainly say it cause Hitler and Stalin both doing it.
But also it's a sign of self worth. And to be too high might be an excess of self worth.
Which would explain why they gassed and starved millions.
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u/lark0317 2d ago
It's looking down your nose. Both Stalin and Hitler are doing it, and it looks like contempt to me. Turns out both were contemptuous, murderous villains, so... maybe a touch of humility goes a long way?
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u/bucky133 2d ago
Hitler looks like that kid that you're slightly afraid will show up to school with a gun one day.
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u/TheGrimEye 2d ago
Churchill already rocking the snark.
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u/POTUS_PO 2d ago
Out of all of them, Churchill definitely got the vibe. I always wonder what people like this were like as teens. Like when they were just chilling with friends.
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u/TheNewNumberThirteen 2d ago
Churchill was always Churchill!
The posture and facial expressions must've been there from birth.
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u/ThinkSomeThoughts 2d ago
Is it just me or does Stalin look like Dewey from Malcolm in the Middle?
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u/Agneli 2d ago
Interesting the future dictators have the poor quality photos here. Hitler and Stalin definitely had the worst childhood of the three. What was mussolinis like?
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u/dnoura_celcric 2d ago
Bully. Stabbed a kid at 10. Then another after being expelled for it. Then he stabbed a gf.
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u/Hollybaby5 2d ago
Churchill looking to the manor born
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u/bullhorn_bigass 2d ago
Just so you know, the phrase is actually “to the manner born”. It’s a Shakespearean phrase (Hamlet).
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u/Nostalgic_Mantra 2d ago
Damn. Hitler looked like a psychopath even as a child.
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u/dopaminemachina 2d ago
hitler and stalin both look like little shitheads. is it born in them? crazy.
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u/GarysCrispLettuce 2d ago
Churchill was Little Lord Fauntleroy. Stalin was Dewey from MITM mixed with Wayne from The Wonder Years. Getulio looks like Jerry Seinfeld. Hitler looks more English than German.
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u/Acceptable_Lake_4253 2d ago
All a product of the age they were born into. I wonder who they would have been in a different causality.
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u/DirtyRatLicker 2d ago
When it says Roosevelt, I’m guessing FDR judging by the others being the world leaders during WWII
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u/ThisUsernamesTakent 2d ago
Do you see the similarities? Thats right...
They are all kids! Kids are the worst
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u/Islandfiddler15 2d ago
What do you mean childhood photos? That’s clearly a photo of De Gaulle as an adult
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u/leviathab13186 2d ago
Fun idea for a show. All these guys are in the same kindergarten together. Wacky antics ensue.
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u/FiftyIsBack 2d ago
Hitler literally looks the same if you just add the mustache. Stalin looked like a little asshole, and Churchill looks like a pompous British child just as you'd expect. Eisenhower is the one I didn't really expect. Just a normal looking kid.
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u/your_average_medic 2d ago
Stalin looks like he'd be a problem, though that's probably just the picture.
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u/Nexus6Leon 2d ago
Churchill still looks like he's gonna drink a quart of Johnny Walker and call some broad ugly.
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u/MondoDodongo 2d ago
Elementary school hitler looks so much like elementary school hitler he would win against elementary school hitler in an elementary school hitler lookalike contest
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u/Obi-Wan_Nairobi 2d ago edited 2d ago
I find it remarkable that Hitler, Stalin and Churchill all happen to look like little cunts.
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u/Your_True_Nemesis 2d ago
The sheer amount of rizz Churchill has in his stance, no wonder he was so valuable in the war.
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u/Simulation_Theory22 2d ago
All of the dictators are the embodiment of the count dooku "signature look of superiority"
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u/drin8680 2d ago
Stalin stands out to me. He just has the look. His head is cooked up like he already thinks he's the shit. Like a gangsta in mugshot lol. Kinda crazy
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u/Alone-Marketing-4678 2d ago
Stalin looks like a bully, and Churchhill already has that sass and pomp about him lol.
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u/Anon31780 2d ago
Churchill already on his 5th whiskey of the day, and that photo was taken at 0930.
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u/A_Random_Usr 2d ago
The only one I wouldve recognised without the names was Hirohito because he has a similar pose to a picture of him as an adult that I saw. Crazy how different they all looked when they were kids
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u/post_angst 2d ago
Lil Stalin was a straight up sociopath as a kid though, I think.
There’s that story about the calf trying to cross the river. I think he was a teenager then.
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u/immoralcombat 2d ago
I m going to preserve this photos to my grandson’s grandson so that he knew what to do with the Time Machine he had
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u/EmirFassad 2d ago
Herr Schicklgruber bears a strong resemblance to Alfred E. Newman/ Just sayin'.
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u/Howfuckingsad 2d ago
Stalin looks like he was a bully to begin with haha. Hitler looks like the kind of kid he would be bullying.
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u/mibonitaconejito 2d ago
You can see the vacancy in Hitler and Stalin's eyes. Just....nothing there
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u/Fawkingretar 2d ago
Child Hitler looks pissed
I mean I would too if multiple weird people claiming they're from the future all try to kill me everyday.
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u/The-Lord-Moccasin 2d ago
The only ones who don't hold themselves with unusual gravitas and dignity for their age are Mussolini and Hirohito.
Cuz Mussolini is Mussolini, and Hirohito is Japanese.
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u/LaCockroach 2d ago
Stalin looks like he wants to send you to the principals office and have you expelled
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u/Thomisawesome 2d ago
Young Churchill looks exactly how I would imagine him. Like he’s waiting for his 4:00 bottle of milk and scotch.
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u/c10250 2d ago
If someone would just draw that little moustache thing on Hitler, it would be perfect.