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Twenties rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[-] _number8_@lemmy.world 68 points 2 years ago

one of the Good subs was called 100YearsAgo, people post HQ scans of old newspapers and photos from today in 1923. it's very fascinating seeing how language changed / didn't change, the attitudes around politics, women, prohibition, the minimum wage, etc

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago
[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago
[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Whoops, I ment here

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

I found this one to be particularly interesting. Based Jule Cantwell and Helen Unger was right on with "lots" - it remains quiet popular!

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I also like that they list Helen's profession as "home girl ", which has since become a slang term itself, the original use being more or less extinct 😁

[-] Ryumast3r@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Curious what that profession actually is, is it a wife/"homemaker"? Or a paid profession that I couldn't find on Google? I really tried to find that phrasing but in my defense I'm drunk and also Google sucks nowadays.

[-] evranch@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

I would guess she is simply a girl who hasn't left home yet?

Today she would probably be a student, but she isn't studying anything. Maybe she plans to become a housewife rather than train for a career, as that was a viable "career path" in those days.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I think maybe a kind of servant that work around the house as in when a fancy lady would say "You must be exhausted from all that fox trotting! I'll have the girl run you a bath" 🤷

[-] Ryumast3r@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

That's a good idea for a lemmy community. Maybe I'll set one up for that.

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago
[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ok actually, I just wrote a bot that reposts pictures from the subreddit to a Lemmy community, so you can still have them in your feed :-D

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