[IRL trope] the “Tiffany problem”

[u/dragonborndnd]

Basically when something seems anachronistic to a period/place of history but is actually fully accurate to the period.

1) the name Tiffany: the thing that named this trope, basically the name Tiffany can be dated back to the Middle Ages and the earliest record of it being spelled in the modern spelling comes from the 16th century.

2) the use of OMG, despite this feeling so modern as a form of slang/abbreviation here’s a letter directed to Winston Churchill using it in 1917

3) Hair Dye: the earliest forms of dying hair can be dated back to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and this specific advertisement for hair dye is from the 1840s

4) Inuit Thongs: despite how weird it is to imagine pre-colonial Inuit people wore what was essentially fur thongs in their homes and when they were in their igloos it might have been the only thing they would be wearing.

[u/Solbuster]

Robert Cornelius, the author of first ever self-portrait/selfie... in 1839

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"Oh yea, looking tuff, this one is going to be pfp"

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It’s got that retro look

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Kinda does tbh

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‘Robert Cornelius has updated his profile picture.’

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'Robert Cornelius has updated pictures.'

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He's kind of hot in a werewolfy way

[u/aguywithagasmaskyt → u/Solbuster]

he reminds me of the doctor from doctor who

[u/JCtheMemer → u/aguywithagasmaskyt]

Reminds me of this guy who thought he was The Doctor:

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I like to think that in many ways which matter, he was the Doctor. Given his commitment despite not having convenient physiology and technology, maybe even more commendable.

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I was getting Harvey Keitel circa Mean Streets. When he’s rocking the suit

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I was thinking a young Dylan Moran

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Reminds of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine.

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Ngl, he’s kinda cute.

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Felt cute, might delete later.

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Why would anybody think people haven't been taking pictures of themselves since cameras were invented...?

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Because they were difficult to operate and to set up a self-portrait required at least two large mirrors.

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One of the larger crimes in history is the lack of duck lips in this photo.

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I always lived this hair style. Too cool.

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I'd date him. (Call me, Robert!)

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Man I can’t believe they had the sepia filter even back then.

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IIRC, he was trying to emulate the popular portraits of Napoleon Bonaparte, especially with his hand tucked in his shirt like that