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It makes me happy when they listen

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lot of posts celebrating the demise of oj simpson and speaking on nicole browns death from ghouls who didnt believe amber heard because they just really loved Nostalgic Pirate From My Childhood

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Ceiling and imagery of the Tomb of the Vineyards, burial of Sennefer, Mayor of the Southern City, Thebes, during the 18th dynasty of Egypt.

Photos taken by me, August 2023

It’s hard to tell which way is up and down when walking through the tunnel leading from the surface into the tomb. Before entering the main chamber there is a small antechamber whose ceiling is quite low, and then a shallow arch which leads to the main room depicted in the above photographs. Both chambers contain a good deal of paintings, however the main chamber holds the most numerous and well preserved paintings, of course. Besides the ceiling, everything is encased in glass.

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i am skeptical you could do that actually, tiktok user

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Regency Nerdery Part 6: Choosing A Gentleman

This post takes what we just covered about British titles back to the world of Bridgerton: for me, a fascinating quirk of the canon is Simon and Anthony's friendship across ranks. Between the two of them, who's the better catch?

Compare:

Lord Simon Basset, the 2nd Duke of Hastings

Lord Anthony Bridgerton, the 9th Viscount Bridgerton

Dukes are three ranks above viscounts in the peerage, and Simon is clearly stupid wealthy (scenes at his country estate were filmed at Castle Howard, which has 145 rooms on 13,000 acres), so you'd think he comes out on top, right?

Well...look at their lineage! Simon's title is very new: his father earned the rank for service to the Crown. But if Anthony is the 9th viscount in 1814, his family has held that rank since the 1500s. And before that they were probably already landed elite. Remember that for this world, "old" money is always better than "new" and so too with family genealogy. 250 years of an unbroken chain of power is so much fancier than only 25 years. In certain circles, Anthony would have the social advantage.

IDK if Julia Quinn thought about this when she chose their titles, but I think there is something lowkey charming and very suggestive about the idea that Simon and Anthony became friends at Oxford despite their difference in rank. They probably bonded over drinking too much or whatever, but the status differential between them isn't as stark as it might seem at first. Simon's credentials are fresh out of the box, so a new friend with stronger connections would be a huge help, especially if your dad is canonically an absent asshole.

When Anthony's sister Daphne marries Simon, she's definitely moving up in the world. As the unmarried daughter of a viscount she's not a "Lady" in her own right, only a "Miss". (These rules are so arbitrary!!) Once a duchess, she's not even addressed as "my lady" but "Your Grace", more prestigious. But her family heritage is pretty impressive. It's not that crazy a jump for her.

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Empress Eugenie Surrounded by Her Ladies-In-Waiting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1855.

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books read in 2022: piranesi by susanna clarke

Hush! he told me. Be comforted!

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books read in 2022: kaikeyi by vaishnavi patel

“No matter what is said about you, Kaikeyi, remember that you did the right thing. You are not wicked.” “Then why do I feel wicked?” I whispered. “Because those who are good question themselves. Because those who are good always wonder if there was a better way, a way that could have helped more and hurt less. That feeling is why you are good.”

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some books read in 2024: the parliament, by aimee pokwatka

the birds meets the princess bride in this strange and unique novel about grief and fear. mads is teaching a group of preteens in her local library when thousands of murderous owls descend outside, trapping the patrons in the library for the forseeable future. to keep her students distracted, mads begins to read from her favorite fantasy novel, the silent queen. this novel is about half and half mads and the murder owls and the fantasy story of a silent queen reluctantly on the way to destroy a monster threatening her kingdom.

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okay gun to head what is THEE taylor swift song. not your personal favorite but like THE song that people who aren't swifties know the words to and turn up to when it plays in public. the song that comes to mind when you hear the words "taylor swift song".

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somehow the poor cops who we were told are simply too understaffed and underpaid because of Woke to deal with 'rampant rising crime' have found the strength to beat the shit out of college students across the whole country for peacefully saying "divest from the country killing innocent palestinians in the tens of thousands"