Actually, almost everything in the OP has been confirmed, some of it by Jim himself. He’s been pretty open about it. The only thing missing is a picture.
And to that end, it appears that picture of the guy with the middle fingers is actually Jim. Jim released the best quality version of that photo on his ask.fm page, and the room in the background appears to match the attic in his old house. So for now, I’m operating on the presumption that it’s legit until proven otherwise.
So I took that picture back to the lab to see if I could enhance it, clean that up, zoom in a little bit more. This is what I see:
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I see the contours of a jawline, and what
appears to be an ear. I also see a mouth with rather thin lips. The ear is significant because it appears to protrude quite a bit from the head. While not exceedingly rare, protruding ears are still a distinct feature.
Which brings me to the next point. I’ve been going through all the old alleged Jim photos, ruling them out one by one. This helps to eliminate some of them. But there’s one I haven’t been able to rule out yet:
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Someone posted it here, apparently proffering it as a pic of Jim’s face:
https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/189917048/#189925394
My apologies if this some well-known person, but I don’t recognize the photo or the guy in it. It sticks out to me because Jim has said he’s blonde, and that would make sense given that most of his known blood relatives are blonde or ginger (he also says he has blue eyes, but it’s hard to tell from this picture what color the subject’s eyes are). Also, this subject’s protruding ears, thin lips, and jawline are a good match with the overexposed Jim photo. Jim’s jaw appears a bit more square, but then again his mouth is closed, and the subject’s is open.
So can anyone help me rule out the blonde guy in this photo? I’m not saying it’s Jim. Just trying to rule him out.