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Beggar (possibly a WW1 veteran?) running beside King George V's carriage, early 1920s (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyporn@lemmy.world
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[–] Jode@midwest.social 33 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This 1920s beggar has more durable clothes than I do.

[–] ElleChaise@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

That's because he worked the fields, not the pole. :P

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Top hats seem like they're specifically designed to send a message of "we mock your poverty".

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Ambatukam@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You are as PRESUMPTUOUS as you are POOR and IRISH

I'm using this the next time my Irish girlfriend asks for a ride home from work

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'll attend your funeral

[–] Ambatukam@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Update: I don't think she'll like her new contact info in my phone

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 11 months ago

Whoa — she’s super hot

Hats off to you

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Most things that rich people do are for this exact reason only.

It's how we got grass lawns and ponds and swimming pools and the reason our "fancy" clothes exist.

Some rich fuck decided to start doing something over the top because he's gotta flex on the poors and then poor people are like "oh we gotta look nice like them!" And it ends up causing societal changes to the point I can get fined for not mowing my fucking lawn enough.

This comment brought to you by years of repressed rage against rich people

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

You can tell he's a beggar because his hat is so short.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago

I'm surprised that they would let random people get that close to royalty after what happened in 1914.

[–] Dr_Fetus_Jackson@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Now we carry "leadership" around in APC's with a smiley face to keep them insulated from the people they hurt.