The internet has uncovered photos of Canadian Disney prince Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his youth and it has given everybody a lot of feelings.
Trudeau, whose butt went viral last week (gosh, it's strange times that we're living in), is the newest inductee into that achingly popular internet genre of 'politicians who were hot in their youth'.
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Trudeau is perhaps the pollie who has inspired the most thirst among the people (including the time that both Ivanka Trump and the Duchess of Cambridge 'swooned' over him, and also the times that everybody went a bit too far).
And given that politics has the reputation of being "Hollywood for ugly people," is it little wonder that we can all get a little overexcited when a politician reveals themselves to have been rather comely in their youth?
The thing is, Trudeau was (perhaps unsurprisingly, have you seen the man now?) genuinely the kind of young man that his classmates would have written MySpace poems about.
They would have called and left embarrassingly long voicemail messages and pretended that they too were really into the Canadian constitution and Stephen King novels. In short, he was really hot.
Witness the fitness:
you guys can have young joe biden i call young justin trudeau pic.twitter.com/Ca2Se1LgtQ
— rapunzel (@logicalpunk) February 26, 2017
y'all tf young justin trudeau was so hot pic.twitter.com/k5MWBTVOPk
— chihuahua mom (@jennabtsta) February 26, 2017
In case you're having a bad day, here's a photo of a young Justin Trudeau pic.twitter.com/4FRfPpIWsp
— Dani Fernandez (@msdanifernandez) February 20, 2017
Step aside young Biden. These photos prove young Justin Trudeau is who you should be hitting with a 1:37am "u up?" https://t.co/vCMiRNVTKE pic.twitter.com/q3UMWGkfje
— Ξvan Ross Katz (@evanrosskatz) February 28, 2017
good morning to everyone, especially young Justin Trudeau pic.twitter.com/huNoGXIknz
— Yodit Denu (@DenuIn_ItRight) February 26, 2017
I'm just gonna look at this picture of young Justin Trudeau every time I need some more testosterone pic.twitter.com/32ADu8QrTb
— nobody asked but (@mcparty_) February 17, 2017
Showed Amna a picture of young Justin Trudeau and I think she broke pic.twitter.com/xMdt9VIu8Z
— Ayesha (@ayeshamals) February 28, 2017
Young Justin Trudeau joins young Joe Biden as the internet's favorite political bae – Mic https://t.co/4wFXxAjw6O
— Who Do You Like 2016 (@WDYL2016) February 28, 2017
The discovery of the photos echoes the kinds of reactions that other pollies receive when the most flattering photo of themselves has been revealed. We had similar special feelings when it was revealed that former US Vice President and friendship bracelet maker Joe Biden was a rather dashing young man in his youth.
YOUNG JOE BIDEN WAS FINE ASF.... pic.twitter.com/pKRAecQFBI
— טלי (@_thalula_) November 11, 2016
And the times we realised that Tim Kaine, Bernie Sanders and John McCain were also once legitimate babes.
where were you when you discovered hot young Tim Kaine pic.twitter.com/o1C5R5Y4al
— Emma Gray (@emmaladyrose) July 28, 2016
I'm sorry (but not sorry at all) but I would SO jump the bones of young Bernie Sanders in a big way pic.twitter.com/UUi2saXnKp
— Hannah Record (@MizzzBell) July 30, 2016
Can I do a throwback thursday to the smokeshow that is young John Mccain pic.twitter.com/kK87397GKw
— Rose Jorden (@rosejorden) July 28, 2016
And who could forget when the hashtag #hotAlbo trended in 2013 after writer Marieke Hardy tweeted a screengrab of a photo that Anthony Albanese had shared on his Facebook page of himself circa 1985, with his tousled mullet and the kind of eyes you want to tell all your secret dreams and passions to.
Put on the safety pantz, people - it's #hotalbo time... #auspol pic.twitter.com/FkYJQqTnk7
— Van Badham (@vanbadham) September 17, 2013
Hot Albo got a second run when Albanese shared a second moody black and white "throwback Thursday" snap to Facebook in 2015 that received thousands of likes.
So yes, there's something to the pollies that were hot in their youth genre. It's compelling because it speaks to idealism, to the idea that most of us are pretty hot when we're young and full of ideas and vigor and optimism. It's a moment in time before billable hours and grey suits and not being able to drink the way we used to because the hangovers are too bad.
Well, it's that and also there's nothing that will quite quench the internet's relentless thirst like an unconventional crush that combines both brains and biceps.