Avawelles's comments

On: Promiscuous Bathing: Victorian Outrage Over Indece...

[Avawelles]

Even the Victorian police said it was impossible to keep them apart.

[mcphage → Avawelles]

HAVE THEY NO SHAME?!

On: Victorian Valentine's Day Verses for Rejecting Und...

[Avawelles]

I thought they were funny, too. Especially the one about the man who was too thin.

On: A Victorian Lady’s Christmas Gift Guide.

[Avawelles]

Fair point, but I thought the actual title of the article was misleading since most of it is about gifts for men.

On: Kissed Against Her Will: A Timely Case of Victoria...

[Avawelles]

Since coming forward to report sexual abuse would ruin the woman's reputation forever, she had little incentive to make a false accusation.

[singularity2001 → Avawelles]

Unless she had no reputation to begin with and could gain a lot of cash.

On: Death at the Needle: The Tragedy of Victorian Seam...

[Avawelles]

Considering that some of these girls were paid so little that they had to turn to prostitution in order to get by, I don't think we can compare them to startup developers of today. At least any ones that I know.

On: Death at the Needle: The Tragedy of Victorian Seam...

[Avawelles]

I feel the same. I don't think that there is an intent other than education on 19th century history and events. The readers get to draw their own conclusions.

On: Alternative Courtship: Matrimonial Advertisements ...

[Avawelles]

Miniatures were small painted portraits. It would be like exchanging photographs today.

[splitbrain → Avawelles]

Ah that makes sense! Thank you.

[firebones → splitbrain]

19th century Snapchat, then?

(All the more reason to read old newspapers: to see what social constructs are timeless (and therefore possibly more fundamentally sound).

On: Alternative Courtship: Matrimonial Advertisements ...

[Avawelles]

I think men stated their income to prove that they could support a wife and children.

On: The Victorian Demagogue: 19th Century Words on a M...

[Avawelles]

I don't think John Bright was given as an example of a demagogue so much that he was referenced in a quote used from the 19th century, the writer of which thought he was a demagogue.

On: The Victorian Demagogue: 19th Century Words on a M...

[Avawelles]

Attentions spans are very short nowadays. Probably why everything politicians say seems to be in soundbites now.

[digi_owl → Avawelles]

Nah, i think that's from the use of modern marketing techniques.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_of_the_Self

[rm_-rf_slash → digi_owl]

Correct. Much of modern society is the way it is because it was deliberately manufactured to be that way, from throwaway consumerism to sound bite politics.

[jandrese → Avawelles]

I have a tough time believing that people were sitting with rapt attention for the full duration of two 3 hour stump speeches.

[Avawelles → jandrese]

I think over time public speakers have seen a benefit in reducing ideas to memorable slogans. This way their words are understandable to everyone and not just those who can understand the complexity of the issue. Whether this is good or bad for society is certainly up for debate.