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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
Tawan Vihokratana (Tay) and New Thitipoom (New) are a couple who loves to play hide and seek and intentionally includes each other on their IGs then deletes it after. Blue heart is their clownery symbol. Their fans are called PolClowns.
TayNew are a bunch of clowns.
TayNew by luvATPapii October 14, 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

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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