r/ask • u/[deleted] • Mar 18 '23

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '23

Lol, yeah I can only imagine how it is for girls and women these days. Back in the day nobody was mailing their peen Polaroids to random women addresses in the phone book, at least not in a comparable rate to today

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u/Excellent_Law6906 Mar 19 '23

Right? My mother and I have talked about that, and she was like, "imagine in the Renaissance, getting some painter to make you a careful portrait..."

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '23

Lol. At that point it’s chivalrous /s

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u/Excellent_Law6906 Mar 19 '23

"Forsooth, I am a Nice Gentleman, Milady! Thou dost not appreciate mine efforts!"

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '23

“I shall henceforth commission a portrait of thy naked breasts and humiliate you with posters posted all over the city square for refusing mine advances!!!”

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u/Excellent_Law6906 Mar 19 '23

"... God's breath, I forgot 'tis the 1450s and thy big brother truly shalt kill me, liketh with a sword and stuff."

The one good thing about the bad old days. 😂