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The discussion thread here strikes me as confused because people are looking at an era several centuries back and using current norms (both economic and cultura
by tjic 10y ago
The discussion thread here strikes me as confused because people are looking at an era several centuries back and using current norms (both economic and cultural) to analyze it.
Beds used to be luxuries and having just 1 person per bed was very rare.
As late as Colonial America inns would put multiple people per bed. Heck, this persisted into the 19th century! Lincoln, as I recall, shared a bed. Much hay is made of this buy revisionists who want to use this fact to argue that Lincoln may have been gay. (FWIW, I don't know and don't care). But the mistake they're making is obvious.
Imagine if in 2150 people look at old pictures of people driving in the same car and whisper to each other "ooh, kinky! ...and there's a dog in there too!"
- rexpop 10y agoPoint well-made. That conjures a novel image for 2150.
- dominotw 10y agoGrowing up, our family of 4 slept on a single bed in a tiny one bedroom apt. I got my own bed when I moved out at age of 18. I know I shouldn't be embarrassed about it but I almost never mention this to anyone, esp in America.
- jdavis703 10y agoIs this where the name for the "Log Cabin Republicans" came from? I always wondered why it was named that...
- Brendan_EW 10y agoThanks for reading! I think 50-person orgy beds were also considered a luxury.
- paxcoder 10y agoSome people use the same logic to argue that homosexuality is implied by the biblical verse Luke 17:34 (also incorrectly interpreted as "rupture").