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the existence of Mr for men, Mrs / Ms for women and Mx for nonbinary implies the existence of at least 23 other genders: Ma, Mb, Mc, Md, Me, Mf, Mg, Mh, Mi, Mj, Mk, Ml, Mm, Mn, Mo, Mp, Mq, Mt, Mu, Mv, Mw, My, Mz

however, I think "Ma" can also be feminine (Ma Jenny is just short for Mother Jenny), and "Mq" is for a noble title (Marquess, like the Mq de Sade), and Mc is for Scots from Scotland and food from McDonald's. And My is just a possessive pronoun. So those probably aren't their own genders in the way that Mh clearly is.

So, we can conclude that roughly 22 total genders exist, but we can't be certain. For example, Mf clearly stands for Motherfucker, but that doesn't prove anything, since an estimated 16% of people would identify with and use the title Motherfucker. In addition, Mm can be a French title for Madame or Mademoiselle, but it is unclear whether this means Mm is just another female/feminine title or whether a French is a kind of gender. I will keep you all posted

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My favorite dinosaur, the Diphthong

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I don’t think adding nonbinary to Victorian’s gender system would’ve fixed their weird sexism. If anything I think it would’ve made them weirder and sexismier

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Oh you bet I'm clambering. Thanks for the tag!

@noodledoesntknow and @ptashenka and @22degreehalo if any of you guys want to do this go for it but no pressure :))

Picrew chain game!

Been seeing a lot of these lately so I thought I’d start one!

please make yourself using this picrew and tag whoever you want!

@earlgrey24, @r0binphobic, @historicalshroe @personafried, @mandatorycommunistbrunchhour,

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Can't wait for Furiosa to come out because then all these Feyd-Rautha fans will get to learn what a warboy is

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"Sailed yesterday & ran my boat against a post off South Bay_ the day employed to very little purpose besides reading Gibbons essays."

-Francis Kinloch, in a note dated June 24, 1795

"I am between 7 & 8 & have a little horse named Popet_ adieu my dear sister_ I bathe in the Sea_"

-Frederick Kinloch (son of Francis Kinloch) to his sister (presumably his half-sister Eliza Kinloch Nelson, who lived in Virginia), in a letter from 1797

"Ben going into the Sea like Polyphemus after Ulysses &c Fredericks escape the same day when he fell out of the Boat &c what a necessary part of education swimming is &c"

-Francis Kinloch, in a note from 1797

The first quote I enjoy simply because of Francis's lack of sailing ability. The last two quotes serve as an interesting follow-up to Francis saving Lord North's son from drowning in a river - the line "what a necessary part of education swimming is" is likely a reference to both that event and Frederick's falling out of the boat. Francis appears to have been a strong swimmer, and his note above suggests he enjoyed swimming in the sea (presumably the Atlantic Ocean). It's difficult to say whether Frederick was able to swim to safety after falling out of the boat or if Francis had to jump in after his son, but it's interesting that Francis dealt with multiple swimming-related emergencies in his life. It seems likely that Francis would have taught his son how to swim, especially if they both frequented the sea.

All quotations from the “Kinloch family history and genealogy research files” in the South Carolina Historical Society Archives

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I must not mock Gen Alpha. Mocking Gen Alpha is the mind killer. Mocking Gen Alpha is the little-death that brings total generational solidarity obliteration. I will engage with Gen Alpha lovingly. I will permit them to be cringe. And when they grow up I will turn my eye to their accomplishments. Where mocking has gone there will be nothing. Only generational solidarity remains

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Genuinely 90% of historical fiction would be so much better if more writers could get more comfortable with the fact that to create a good story set in a different time period you do actually have to give the characters beliefs & values which reflect that time period

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being a fan of a friend's ocs is actually so humiliating....... like yes my favourite character rn is tragically doomed and a pillar of humanity who i think is relevant to the current world. you can find information about them on discord dot com and sometimes in late-night conversations with this guy i know. what the fuck

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Truth and truth and TRUTHandtruth and truth and thruth and truthandtruth and truth coming out of their well to shame mankind.

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turn up that fucking hurdy gurdy

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Escapril Day 7 - Portrait

-PJ

(Based on this one post about the speculative 2-for-1 POW portrait adventure).

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I’ve just remembered that Peale’s portrait of Laurens was done in 1780 - the same year Hamilton got a portrait painted by Peale for his (soon-to-be) wife.

Do you think they went together and got their portraits done at the same time?

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Escapril Day 1 - Change of State

United States of Matter

Solid: The rigidity of my plans (As I drop them on the sidewalk) (Ten minutes late for the train) Becomes apparent in the lump they leave behind in my chest, Patter of such a particular perfectionist's heart Against the hard glassy surface of a train schedule. I do not like to reschedule.

Liquid: Flowing light slips across the consolation-prize bus windows I drop from the staircase and into a backpack, Melting into her backseat with applesauce-crossed legs. We go out to the bar where everyone has admirable hair. The drink I order, For some reason, is called the Goblin King

Gas: My thoughts are far above my thoughts, My head is far above my head, They always said I was a lightweight. We float back to the birds nest of curtains that is the apartment, Well too aware of the aerosol-propelled rush to work Waiting at five. Adventure is the split second you fly After slipping off the rear end of the horse.

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The thing about Timmy Chalamet is that he’s truly a great actor and he even has good taste in projects and he’s not even overexposed when you calibrate for how overexposed all that group of 25-30 year old big stars are……however something is still off. any time he gets cast in something it feels like that movie instantly turns into a parody of a movie. I cannot explain this