In 2003, Barbra Streisand attempted to suppress photographs of her California home from reaching the public, inadvertently calling attention to them and ensuring that every person with an internet connection and/or vicinity to gossip mags saw them.
This became known as the Streisand effect. And yesterday, it hit Immigration Minister Peter Dutton with the force of a cement-carrying lorry heading down a hill at 80km/h. Oh, and its brakes have failed.
He tried to get this photo – taken by Fairfax photographer Alex Ellinghausen – removed from the internet.
.@ellinghausen turns his camera on Immigration Minister Peter Dutton. pic.twitter.com/d8sr3dA0nn
— Stephanie Peatling (@srpeatling) May 3, 2016
Naturally, Australian Twitter took next-to-no-time sharing and memeing the absolute shit out of it, and you can see those excellent creations here.
But now – and ohmygod this is bloody wonderful – the photo of Dutton looking like he’s about to chow down on your soul for supper has hit the front page of Reddit.
It was subject to a good ol’ fashioned photoshop battle, so please – feast your eyes on what the good (and international) people of Reddit think of our Immigration Minister.
1. Dutton Approving His Media Releases
2. “There’s Something Under The Bed”
3. “Aren’t you going to say hello?”
4. Count Duttula
5. Budget Count Duttula
6. I’m Having Some Old Friends For Dinner
7. LEEIIIIGH?
(Hannibal Lecter was a running theme.)
8. The Blair Witch Potato
Credit: /u/Coveiro
9. What My Mum Thinks I Do
10. A Wild Dutton Appears.
11. Dutton’s O-Face.
