#same shit different century

[pandemic-info]

"Public health officials urged calm. This, combined with their overconfidence in modern medicine, led them to downplay the severity of the pandemic. Publications like the British Medical Journal counseled silence and inaction: one editorial said, “When epidemics occur, deaths always happen. Would it not be better if a little more prudence were shown in publishing such reports instead of banking up as many dark clouds as possible to upset our breakfasts?” An editorial in the Manchester Guardian echoed this sentiment: “Terror is a big ally of the influenza, and if the public state of mind can be steered out of the channel of fright a long, long step will have been taken to conquer the epidemic.” Overreaction was frowned upon,"

1918.

via Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction

#pandemic #pandemics a very short introduction #book #history #historical #flu #influenza #covid #same shit different century

[bobbyfiend]

This pronoun rant from the 17th century:

See that, you corrupt heathens? If you use a plural pronoun to refer to a singular person then you are SINNERS. Yes, that's right: if you use the word "you" to refer to only a single person, you offend God Himself.

Note: I did not do that in this post, so I am still holy and pure.

[image transcript: Again, the corrupt and unsound Form of speaking in the Plural Number to a single Person, YOU to One, instead of THOU, contrary to the pure, plain, and single Language of Truth, THOU to One, and YOU to more than One, which had always been used by GOD to Men, and men to GOD, as well as one to another, from the oldest Record of Time, till corrupt Men, for corrupt Ends, in later and corrupt Times, to flatter, fawn, and work upon the corrupt Nature in Men, brought in that false and senseless Way of speaking YOU to One; which hath since corrupted the modern Languages, and hath greatly debased the Spirits, and depraved the Manners of Men. This evil Custom...]

Final note: this rant is spot on for modern anti-whatever douchewhippets. The extreme emotion, the full-throated condemnation, the bizarrely confident ignorance about history and language, the extreme and unregulated righteous anger... you know this isn't really about language.

#pronouns #sinners #god #language #rants #olden times #nothing new under the sun #get pronoun'd idiot #Same Shit Different Century

[onearthwerebrieflygorgons]

Okay, so apparently this is a poster from Dallas, TX, in November 1963.

I can't get over just how similar this language is to shit we hear today. Like, you could just slap Biden's picture on there and it wouldn't look out of place on Facebook.

#history #jfk #politics #same shit different century #nothing new under the sun #assholes are assholes in any generation

[birlwrites]

fleshing out the bloodfinch pantheon armed with information about semi-obscure catholic saints. i've created a saint called the cephalophore who is the patron of those who are wrongfully accused or punished and he's depicted with a disembodied head or an axe (because i'm obsessed with the implications behind martyrs being associated with what killed them) OR a set of scales tipped to the left

the latter is because then i also decided to create a counterpart, the rule-saint, who's associated with fairness and justice and cold hard truth (which are sometimes contradictory). she's depicted with a quill and a set of scales tipped to the right and she's the only saint who's always depicted looking straight ahead instead of off to the side and she's said to have been a midwife in her mortal life. supposedly, she also had a gift for knowing when people were lying to her

the rule-saint and the cephalophore are counterparts, not rivals - they can both be invoked for the same purpose, and they're often depicted together, each of them with one hand helping to hold up the scales, which are shown as balanced. the cephalophore is stubborn, righteous, and idealistic. the rule-saint is realistic, incisive, and pragmatic. both of them are necessary to achieve justice. neither of them has any time for nonsense. i'm obsessed with them

#bloodfinch #bloodfinch worldbuilding #the reason i decided the rule-saint would be associated with midwifery #is because that's a job that would have come with a lot of tough decisions #since i'm loosely grounding this worldbuilding in 14th century germany (LOOSELY) #and just on a physical level the danger and the hard deadline around giving birth #seemed to me to be connected with a need to just see things as they are and get shit done #but there also has to be that undercurrent of hope and determination #that everyone is going to live #that you as the midwife are going to MAKE it so that everyone lives #that undercurrent is where there are some parallels with the cephalophore #there's probably at least one cult that worships them as different aspects of the same being

[fussypaws]

idk what the deal is with people suddenly wanting to include men in lesbianism but dni if you are or support mspec/bi/pan lesbians

#of course its only lesbians. of course. nobody is iding as bi/pan gay or straight gay and theres no arguing about that. only lesbians. #lesbians arent allowed to just not be interested in men but nobody has anything to say about gay men not being into women. yall piss me off #its always “you dont know your queer history” like ok first of all you're talking about shit that happened half a century ago and second of #all you're ignoring the fact that bi women and lesbians were actively fighting to have their own communities and recognized as separate #also bi women were pushed into lesbian spaces bc they were considered lesbians if they were with women and straight if they were with men #literally it was because nobody thought bi people were real and theres still people who think bi people arent real #also btw lesbianism already includes nonbinary people and trans women so its redundant to call yourself that to include them #also if you feel the need to call yourself bi just to include nonbinary people you should realize that nonbinary people exist outside the #binary and by doing that youre including them in the binary or making them a part of the binary #also its stupid if you seriously think lesbianism didnt already include nonbinary people considering there are nonbinary lesbians #also for the fucking record you calling yourself a bi lesbian isnt the same thing as an elder queer calling themselves a bi lesbian because #that was their life several decades ago. things were different then. things have changed. ignoring that is retroactive #txt #rant #seriously dni with me idc what you have to say

[red-dragon-archfiend]

YouTube Horror channels be normal about indigenous American cultures challenge

#musings #'hmm there's this entity that you're never supposed to speak the name of. i'm going to write a creepypasta about it' #it's always that thing or skin walkers or probably something i don't even know about yet #and it rubs me the wrong way because it's always the white american youtubers doing this shit #they're not usually the ones writing the stories but c'mon #there are so many different monsters from fantasy and folklore you could use #or better yet make something up yourself #even if you think that using other peoples' cultures as the basis for a creepypasta isn't cultural appropriation #at this point it's just boring and generic to see the same monsters used the same way over and over #i can't speak for native americans on this but it rubs me the wrong way to see entities that have been part of their culture for centuries #treated as something trendy like the backrooms or some shit #to be used and overused and then discarded when the internet gets bored of them

[redjennies]

me, talking to my friends from the mutual aid collective: yeah, obviously revolution begins not in destruction, but in gardens. destroying the exploitative system we live under is necessary, of course, and effective organizing especially by those who most need it will inevitably bring down state violence and we should be prepared for that in order to protect each other, but anarchism is not about violence. it is about building a community outside of hierarchies where everything is for all, and yes, fighting for it both in defense and through the very act of creation. still, it pisses me off so much that so-called leftists on Twitter were so comfortable making guillotine jokes to union organizers instead of learning absolutely anything that helps and applying it to their lives. like god, equating anarchism with just throwing bombs and nothing else is, counter-productively, exactly what the State wants you to believe anarchism is.

me, possessed by the spirit of Louis Lingg the second i see the basic principles of anarchism smeared by a useless left-of-lib: [...] It is not murder, however, of which you have convicted me. The judge has stated that much only this morning in his resume of the case, and Grinnell has repeatedly asserted that we were being tried not for murder, but for anarchy, so the condemnation is—that I am an anarchist!

What is anarchy? This is a subject which my comrades have explained with sufficient clearness, and it is unnecessary for me to go over it again. They have told you plainly enough what our aims are. The state’s attorney, however, has not given you that information. He has merely criticized and condemned, not the doctrines of anarchy, but our methods of giving them practical effect, and even here he has maintained a discreet silence as to the fact that those methods were forced upon us by the brutality of the police. Grinnell’s own proffered remedy for our grievances is the ballot and combination of trades unions, and Ingham has even avowed the desirability of a six-hour movement! But the fact is, that at every attempt to wield the ballot, at every endeavor to combine the efforts of workingmen, you have displayed the brutal violence of the police club, and this is why I have recommended rude force, to combat the ruder force of the police. [...]

While I, as I have stated above, believe in force for the sake of winning for myself and fellow-workmen a livelihood such as men ought to have, Grinnell, on the other hand, through his police and other rogues, has suborned perjury in order to murder seven men, of whom I am one. Grinnell had the pitiful courage here in the courtroom, where I could not defend myself, to call me a coward! The scoundrel! A fellow who has leagued himself with a parcel of base, hireling knaves, to bring me to the gallows. Why? For no earthly reason save a contemptible selfishness — a desire to 'rise in the world“ — to ”make money," forsooth.

This wretch — who, by means of the perjuries of other wretches is going to murder seven men — is the fellow who calls me “coward”! And yet you blame me for despising such “defenders of the law” such unspeakable hypocrites! Anarchy means no domination or authority of one man over another, yet you call that “disorder.” A system which advocates no such “order” as shall require the services of rogues and thieves to defend it you call “disorder.” [...]

I tell you frankly and openly, I am for force. I have already told Captain Schaack, “if they use cannons against us, we shall use dynamite against them.” I repeat that I am the enemy of the “order” of today, and I repeat that, with all my powers, so long as breath remains in me, I shall combat it. [...] You laugh! Perhaps you think, “you’ll throw no more bombs”; but let me assure you I die happy on the gallows, so confident am I that the hundreds and thousands to whom I have spoken will remember my words; and when you shall have hanged us, then — mark my words — they will do the bombthrowing! In this hope do I say to you: I despise you. I despise your order, your laws, your force-propped authority. Hang me for it! [x]

#click the link at the end for some real ''same shit different century'' #all of the [...] are for the (relative) conciseness of my point #i'd post the whole speech if it wouldn't turn this already long post into the color of the sky post and i refuse to use a readmore w this #anyway 21 y/o ''anarkiddie'' sentenced to death by the state: Louis Lingg my beloved. hoch die Anarchie. #(i'm being facetious re: anarkiddie. like yeah actually many anarchists have been young and they have died for it. fuck you.)

[landlordevil]

I like that all my tavs/durges have romanced different ppl i can't imagine making another tav that works so well w asty considering it seemed like a total fluke. Consistently battling between approval n disapproval, they regularly challenged each other (and that included times eins was callous without realizing just how much their words meant to asty)... like I truly think just playing the game as close to what I *think* my character would do worked so well I would just be trying to recapture that magic if I tried 2 romance him again

#i think due to their upbringing and the way people treated them back in bg eins was like... #not ready to believe that a vulnerable love was possible for someone like them #actively pushing asty away but wanting him to stay close. #and then asty does the same thing and its like god you guys need therapy #but LOVE.... persevered.... #plus i feel like it made the line about 'would you have brought me to cazador if things had been different?' hit SO hard #because eins really was a dirt poor ''criminal''. sure they had family and friends but no one could do anything if they went missing. #like they were a prime candidate and i think both of them are upset by that truth. #they'd have to work thru a lot to stay together and that makes it really interesting to meee #truly a shame that the market for tav/asty is so saturated. i dont need 2 throw my hat into that ring #im too busy googling up mid 17th century clothing for my little homoerotic wyll/starion doodles. i got shit to do man

[evidently-endless]

i personally think it would be funny if we brought back the kind of preface where authors simply shit on the bad reviews they got on the last edition

#the preface to this tess of the durbervilles could literally be discourse today. same shit different century #mine

[jupitermelichios]

I am not going to respond to the specific post, because it was otherwise making valid points about the way reduced production timelines in modern hollywood impacts costume design (it impacts all pre and post production, this is also why CGI seems to be getting worse, but camera work and stunt work doesn't, the actual filming process isn't super impacted but all the prep and the post-filming work are), but I just saw someone cite Cruela as evidence that the quality of film costumes has gone down

fucking cruela

this cruela.

(the petals on that skirt are hand sewn. there are more than 5,000 of them. the leather jacket was made by hand from scratch for the movie because jenny beavan couldn't find a jacket that matched her incredibly specific requirements. the epaulettes alone are tiny works of art. the outfit is on screen for a couple of minutes at most as part of a montage. she did not have to go that hard for a montage, but god i'm glad she did)

i'm all for talking about how condensed timescales and pressure from shareholders can result in costume designers and creators to not have the time and budget they need to make good costumes. i too think rings of power and the witcher both look like shit.

but fucking cruela?!

(yes that is all one garment which emma stone is really wearing. the train is 40 foot long.)

it's not the stupidest take i've seen on film costumes this year, but only because there are still people loudly insisting black panther 2 didn't deserve its best costume oscar because the costumes were all cgi. (none of the costumes were cgi).

i kinda thought the best costume oscar, vogue spread, display of the costumes at the new york fashion institute, and 47 handmade costumes for the main character alone spoke for themselves, but no, apparently these costumes are bad because they're not sparkly enough...

#quick someone buy vivienna westwood a bedazzler #seriously though #the post was trying to make a valid point #but the examples they cited were all insane #amazon's cinderella and ever after are not comparible films #they're trying to do completely different things! #and the glen close dalmatians movies are a lot of fun #but you cannot tell me with a straight face they have better costume design than cruela #at least lotr and rings of power are trying to depict the same world #even if comparison *anything* to lotr is just unfair #that movie was a once in a century miracle of a production #it's not just than nothing has gone that hard since #almost nothing had gone that hard before either #rings of power has really shit costumes #but expecting it to be as good as lotr is not fair

[tea-of-destiny]

category 5 "realized my set class analysis is wrong and now i can't make this post-tonal variation say something noteworthy relative to the theme" event

#teaposts #not fandom #for the super-not-musical folks in the crowd: AAAAAAAAAAA #for the moderately musical folks in the crowd: the piece i'm analyzing includes a theme and variations #and in classical music that usually means the basic tune stays the same in the variations but the rhythm or harmony changes #think 'twinkle twinkle little star' vs 'the (english) alphabet song' (the tune is by mozart originally!) #however comma. composers did a lot of crazy shit in the 20th century. which is when my piece is from #so the relationship between theme and variation is not so simple here. the variations have very little to do with rhythm and harmony #and even (at face value) very little to do with the actual theme you hear #i've come up with other reasons that the previous variations are in fact related to the theme #my original reason for the variation i'm talking about now was that it uses almost the same notes as the theme but in a different structure #but apparently i analyzed it wrong and the notes in this variation actually aren't as similar to the theme's as i thought #and i'm having a hard time getting it to come back together again #so. um. AAAAAAA

[vampacidic]

every once in a while i like to listen to conservatives talk. just to see how they're doing over there. and the absolute double think necessary to be a conservative is mind boggling

like one of the big things with conservatism is "keeping up the past" right. and that "past" is just western european ideals which is its own bucket of worms but the gist is "individualism good, sharing bad". however right wingers (specifically trans ones. think blaire white) will talk about how "the majority is cis so we should make sure they're the most comfortable :)" THAT JS THE OPPOSITE OF INDIVIDUALISM. WHICH YOU WERE JUST TELLING ME IS GOOD. THESE THINGS MEAN THE OPPOSITE THINGS AND I AM CRYI G

#sage talks #idk man conservatism just emphasizes same ness which is so boring #and that just might be bc i'm autistic + lesbian + the other brain problems. but sameness is so full #i love listening to everyone's different life experiences. and i have a desire to make them better #also conservatism is typically pitted against communism and civil rights activists were seen as communists bc they wanted equal rights #which. hmmmm. makes you wonder now doesn't it #regardless. i do actually find politics interesting because i cannot imagine myself believing this shit #and even then i find myself occasionally falling down the pipeline #'we should make sure ppl are comfortable :)' yes 'so we should consider their opinions' yes! 'and their opinion is that your existence is #invalid' huh 'and so you should stop' Huh #like it's really easy to fall down that pipeline #because it starts so normally. lmao #whatever. can you tell i'm autistic and have some sort of spin when it comes to 20th century + forward history

[skrunksthatwunk]

god im so mad at myself rn. i have multiple assignments and i SHOULD be doing them or sleeping or doing the Massive Neglected Amount Of College Stuff or making my mom's bday present (it's tomorrow, haven't started). you wanna know what i did instead? you wanna know what I've been sitting on the floor doing for the past hour and a half?

i (non-polish speaker but interested in the concept of being one) decided I'm gonna learn all the words to hej sokoły. yeah the folk song. this is not the first time this has happened with this song either. I'm so mad what the fuck is happening. i would still like to kiss whoever made the word skowroneczku on the mouth with tongue bc it's the best vocal stim but fuck off othwrwise you're ruining my LIFEEE

#aaaaaaaaararararrragghgghggg ok #this is so stupid #and like. GOD #dude what the hell #im biting back so many 'what the hell is wrong with me's bc the answer is probably some flavor of unaddressed neurodivergency #but that doesnt mean i have to be happy about it when it's making me do dumb shit #ruining my life because of a fucking 19th century war song im gonna shit bricks #it's a banger but it's not worth this cmon brain work with me here #yes i had a 3 week polish duolingo obsession that i dropped a while back and yes that's why my name on here is mysz #gotta get the nuances of all the zh esque sounds down though bc theres so fucking many in polish wth #czie and dzie and cz and cie and sie and zie and że so on and they all sound very slightly different in ways that are probably important #anyway this is all very frustrating and im probably not even gonna fo any of those things #this was the last straw in a series of penis ridiculous distractions and bad choices of the evening #same energy as my maud feelings but I Need To Go Now Please Let Me Go etc #and i literally know im gonna go do another round at least just to see what ive maintained just in case yk one cant hurt right #and then thatll be the next hour too #hell hell hell #thats the kicker too is i dont think itll stick with me #i mean ive remembered the chorus for months but thats different #AAAAA IM DOING IT AGAIN #FUCK

[lesbiancosimaniehaus]

Sometimes people will have theee most pedestrian “breakthroughs” of feminist consciousness and it’s like, women were talking about this decades ago, just go read their writings and stop with this weird navel gazing.

#same shit different century is the thesis I think

[psalmsofpsychosis]

My sincere condolences —and i can't stress this enough— if you're anything like me and your primary source of joy in life is seeking novelty and engaging in unconventional, distinct and subversive hobbies and activities, because theoretically and realistically, right now is one of the worst times to be alive regarding creativity and novelty.

#and i do not say thos lightly like #it is legit hell on earth. We're going through one of most stagnant and rotten and repetitive and monotune eras in art and literature #and it's so so so fucking frustrating. Everything is an incoherent copy of an incoherent copy of an incoherent copy #and everything is the same shit. same shit on a fundemental way day in and day out #it drives me mad. and the worst part of it is; people look at me like i have 23 eyes #when i say that i simply dont like a story because it's cliche and repetitive and has been done exactly 753379638486373 times before #like i'm being offensive for wanting creativity in art. fucking hell #i want novelty!!! i want different things dammit!!! #My options if i didn't need novelty: 3 trollion media #My options when i need creative distinct media in 21th century: 2.5 shows and that if you bend backwards a little

[lyriumsings]

keep thinking about blood choke and on one hand the poly route looks so good i’ve never been so interested in one before but on the other hand the drama of a newly risen mc falling for a human they just met over their several life long centuries old vampire partner is so good.

#like i imagine having a human life and then a vampire one makes you basically a completely different person #and the coming back a century later no memory of anything i feel would be the same #like aRE YOU even that same person?? is valentina?? #is the love that was there in the past enough to sustain the people you’ve become #and if not can you fall in love with them *again*? can she fall back in love with YOU? #lyriumsings txt #i’m playing my mc as closer to her humanity again #i like to imagine she was a LOT like valentina as a vampire the first time around and just didn’t give a shit about anything after a certain #point #but now it’s like being a newborn vamp again #everything is new and you go from a centuries old vampire to an unhoused amnesiac #getting bricks thrown at your head over a bowl of noodles #like idk that’s humbling #as of rn my mc jessamy WANTS to remember and feel how val feels #but can’t bc ✨clear✨ #i’m also just a sucker for monster x human ngl #blood choke