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Posthumous lust and the internet: a love story

• telesilla 8y ago
  Historical figures are lucky: born before the advent of digital flash photography. EVERYONE looks great on grainy film, even better on black-and-white-film, and even better on a commissioned don't-you-dare-reproduce-my-double-chin oil painting. Having said that, I'm sure many of these great figures were able to make use of their sexy wiles: being attractive doesn't mean being classically handsome, it means having a glint in your eye and a persuasive charm.
• bitwize 8y ago
  Damn right. Emperor Meiji was a baller. Also worth mentioning is Hackernews's historical waifu, Hedy Lamarr -- siren of the silver screen (and one of the first actresses to appear nude in a mainstream motion picture), and coinventor of an early manifestation of spread-spectrum radio.
  • 1_player 8y ago
    I'd also include young Stalin: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uMBKOQvp7KM/WJQgaqxtNTI/AAAAAAAAMOw/9WFKgBbxCJwnMMydncy82tfayoVF4PCmgCLcB/s1600/young_Stalin_1.jpg https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uMBKOQvp7KM/WJQgaqxtNTI/AAAAAAAAM... That haircut is glorious.
    • lainga 8y ago
      And young Mao, for that matter...