#yes this inspired by that knife-sharpening van post

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"hot cheetos would kill a Victorian child!" my guy you think hairwork jewelry is gross and all dolls made before the 1990s are possessed by Satan

you have no room to talk

#yes this inspired by that knife-sharpening van post #oh noooo a useful service is being provided in my neighborhood! so creeeeeepy!!! #history #victorian

[marzipanandminutiae]

wild how it’s all “victorians’ toxic wallpaper and gas leaks and prescription cocaine 😱” until it comes time for a twinkie to kill a victorian child 🙄🙄🙄

so that's not quite what I was going for

that post was inspired by another post where someone noticed a knife-sharpening van in their neighborhood (Canada, I think?) and remarked at length about how Ominous and Creepy it was

and I was just like. yes. that used to be a normal thing. I wish WE had that here still! how on earth is a basic convenience service "creepy?"

then I thought about other things people consider Weird and Spooky from the Victorian era, but that were actually normal and neutral or positive. hairwork- jewelry made from or containing human hair, often that of a loved one for sentimental reasons (sometimes, but not always, after the person's death) -and dolls came to mind

it struck me as ironic- not that the Victorian era had hazards that people seemed to forget, but that they brag about their music or food rendering Victorians catatonic when ordinary things from the 19th century have them screaming for holy water and a crucifix

#ask #anon #'hairwork is gross!!!!!' tell me more about how you're stronger than a Victorian because you drink Mountain Dew Code Red though