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[–] [email protected] 83 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Ummm ackchully the powdered wig look didn't take off until the mid-16th century (funny enough, started because of the syphilis epidemic, a disease which came from contact with the New World) and was reserved for the wealthy elite at the time. Most sailors getting off the first boats would've just been wiry, deformed, and pock-marked hunchbacks ☺️☺️

[–] [email protected] 47 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

Can you not have a bit of respect? Some of us are tryin' to bask in moon glow!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Our flag means death is a great show. I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

Imagine the smell

[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They wouldn’t have seen that

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because they didn't have computers to show them that picture?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Admittedly, if you were on some isolated area and this came off a boat you'd think you're being invaded by aliens, too.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

I want the record to show I didn't even go with the top 5 most absurd Met gala outfits that came up when I googled, I was trying to keep it fair here.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The first eldridge horror.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

~~eldridge~~ Eldritch

...Or was "Eldridge" intentional?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I googled "eldridge horror" and I'm enjoying all of the posts that meant to say eldritch. Though I suppose if you don't read Lovecraft or partake in nerdom, eldritch isn't exactly an everyday word, and I can see how it could be misheard.

Also fucking brilliant if intentional here. That gentleman is absolutely one Lord Eldridge, if I've ever seen one.

Native: "Tunga m'matwa?" (what the fuck is that?)

Dandy: "My dear savage, you look upon the esteemed Lord Eldridge of Banglesbury!"

Native: "Noka wat'ay?" (why does he look like that?)

Dandy: "My good savage, I've no idea what ever the fuck you're saying."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Didn’t some Native American tribes paint their faces too though?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

Yeah but I'll be the parlor wigs were a bit off-putting

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

BTW Conquistadores Adventum is a really good show about the colonization of Americas. It shows how tough the sailing was but also how brutal the conquest was and tells the stories of people behind it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Where can I watch that, doesn’t say on imdb

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I torrented it. It's a Spanish production that I thin was available on movistar+ platform. Hard to find.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

I prob feel the same looking at him now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

The reveal at the end of apocalypto has always stuck with me in my mind.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

DEMONS FROM BEYOND THE SEA

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