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I just wanted to note how good the writing is on the first sign-up list when it was just 13 blokes in a local tavern. > The great number of horses stolen from

I just wanted to note how good the writing is on the first sign-up list when it was just 13 blokes in a local tavern. > The great number of horses stolen from amongst us and in our vicinity is truly alarming, and calls for the attention of every well-disposed Citizen. It is evident that there has been, and probably will continue, a combination of Villains through the northern states to carry into effect this malignant design, and their frequent escape from the hand of justice stimulates them to that atrocious practice. And as that kind of property is most liable to be carried out of our knowledge, it requires the utmost exertion of every good member of society, to baffle and suppress depredations of this kind... I do understand that it sounds fancy to us because of the old language, it was probably how normal people spoke back then. But man it’s still quite artful and epic the way they express such a mundane thing.

wood_spirit 2y ago
Growing up I got a glimpse into the dying days of the English pub, where it really was a living room where people went in the evenings to be social. Normal everyday people quickly became artists with words. Perhaps that is what we lost when tvs made everyone start staying home and what we may never get back now when everyone at home am just states into their own private screen?
- wussboy 2y ago
  The English pub was a critical “third space”, but modern life (especially car centric infrastructure) has made them go away.
  - oersted 2y ago
    To be fair, I think the Internet has filled that role. It has many fundamental issues, but in many ways it has been much more effective than the pub at connecting people and offering support. It’s easy to romanticize those local communities, but as much as they offered some social support, they were also rough and ignorant spaces. They ruthlessly suppressed any behavior or personalities veering a bit outside the norm, and kept everyone down at their level. Sometimes having a limited choice of friends can be good, but it can also be terrible. They killed innovation, diversity and ambition in people. Not to mention the alcoholism and the pull away from spending quality time with family.

wood_spirit 2y ago

Growing up I got a glimpse into the dying days of the English pub, where it really was a living room where people went in the evenings to be social. Normal everyday people quickly became artists with words. Perhaps that is what we lost when tvs made everyone start staying home and what we may never get back now when everyone at home am just states into their own private screen?

wussboy 2y ago
The English pub was a critical “third space”, but modern life (especially car centric infrastructure) has made them go away.
- oersted 2y ago
  To be fair, I think the Internet has filled that role. It has many fundamental issues, but in many ways it has been much more effective than the pub at connecting people and offering support. It’s easy to romanticize those local communities, but as much as they offered some social support, they were also rough and ignorant spaces. They ruthlessly suppressed any behavior or personalities veering a bit outside the norm, and kept everyone down at their level. Sometimes having a limited choice of friends can be good, but it can also be terrible. They killed innovation, diversity and ambition in people. Not to mention the alcoholism and the pull away from spending quality time with family.