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toneh is a measurement of anger about the absurdity in bokeh background blur used by youtubers and vlogers in order to create a so called 'cinematographic' look using a low aperture portrait photo lens on their cameras. The effect was first described by the youtuber Camera Conspiracies and refers to the aesthetics of the youtuber Tony Northrup, hence the name 'toneh'. In his satire response video Camera Conspiracies refers to a self filmed one man outdoor video monologue set to be at a lake - yet no lake nor landscape had been distinguishable in this video because Northrup shot the whole thing with a 1.2 aperture on a 50mm lens full frame equivalent. So the background was blur only hence the high degree of irritating toneh.
"I believe toneh to be a further reaching philosophical and artistic concept. It serves to illustrate the utmost isolation of the individual in modern society, where social media and big corporations act as catalyst of the obliteration of social communitarianism. In Tony’s famous toneh-construct establishing video, we clearly see a contemporary human making a desperate call for help, much like we already saw in other masterpieces such as ‘the scream’ by Edvard Munch or any of Edward Hopper’s works on the theme. Tony will pass to history as one of the seminal figures of american neo expresionism and philosophical solipsism. What a time to be alive!"
toneh by Maria.Klaus.1789 August 21, 2020
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When the background is so out of focus in a photograph that you can't recognise it anymore.
Tony Northrup: Let's put that lens aperture to 1.2 and get my face real close to the camera.
Camera Conspiracies it's a youtube channel guy: Oh no, you just turned your whole family into Toneh!
Toneh by quiet_loner June 6, 2020

tone deaf 

Someone painfully oblivious to social situations and the world at large. Unable to read blatant social cues.
Mayer is so tone deaf he sent fried chicken to vegetarians and asked an atheist his religion. Sigh
tone deaf by bambiandzac March 30, 2021
Massive greek cunt who can deadlift 800 kilos and benchpress 4 tons. Lives in the tunnels of the Australian metro train subways. He eats 72,000 calories a day which converts into 20kg of muscle mass from each rep.

Daily meal plan
breakfast - 3kg of steak with a raw turkey and protein shake
Snack - steriod injection
Dinner - 2 buckets of protein powder, 50 kilos of raw chicken
Mike: Woah! look at that man over there, he's benching 4 tons!
Jerry: No shit bro, that's Tonee!
Tonee by Mike810927301023 June 11, 2018
THE most beautiful girl you could ever meet. Her personality shines whenever you get to meet her. When you meet her she is a little crazy, but the good kind that cant keep you away. She has long, curly brown hair and she is absolutely gorgeous. She is a little shy at first, but that will eventually blow over. Once you meet a girl like her your life will be complete. She is very straight forward while sometimes having no regard for other people’s feelings. But once you really get to know her you will find her to be intelligent, goofy, loyal, and an all around great person. She is waiting on Mr.Right and i KNOW he will come around. Once she finds that one guy that will treat her right and she doesn't have to feel insecure, she will know it's him. Her smile could stop a man right in his tracks and make him see the beauty in the world. Her laugh makes the worst of days seem so much better. You can talk to her for hours and never get the least bit bored. You can tell her your deepest darkest secrets and she won’t tell a soul. The greatest times you’ll ever have in your life will involve her and you just won’t be able to imagine life without her. You could probably be around her your whole life and always have a brighter day.
Guy #1: Damn she’s hot!
Guy #2: Yea, she’s such a Tanae !!!
Tanae by namemeaningsubdny April 7, 2019

two tone rebel 

The words of a fucking ledgened who will never die
“Two tone rebel paisley stain I got some skin so thick I was made for pain”
two tone rebel by CcAaNnCcEeRr October 19, 2017
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