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I think I saw one of these in Harry Potter 🙂

The Victorians. What were they on?

Generally, they were on each other. I guess it depends on one’s class, though.

If one was a working stiff, no cared what that one did. If one were a member of the noble, elite, upper crust, the opportunities to mingle were so frequent as to call Britain a Merry-Go-Round.

A lot of the booty was imported from America; too many to name in this short space but I just became aware of another one yesterday (YouTube showed me): Consuelo Vanderbilt.

Do you have something special that you want to display?
It looks very heavy.

The Victorians. What were they on?

Hubris, snobbery, elitism, and condescension. Oh, yeah, and white supremacy. Don’t want to leave out white supremacy.

We’ve had outbreaks over on this side from time to time and so I recognize it when I see it. You’ll find it in the upper classes/castes of India, China, and all over Latin America.

On drugs we’re not allowed to use or possess.
Opium, laudinum, cocaine, marijuana, absinthe, banana peels, tide pods, bath salts…

Those shelves look really cool. All those hand carved details, its neat to think artists and craftspeople could earn a living making this stuff we admire and covet a hundred years later.

@Pupster – excellent point.
People at, or approaching, the height of their craft, making an actual living, creating highly functional art and beauty.
No duct tape and bananas.

Thousands and thousands of them, scattered throughout the land.
No ton weight press wood, no fancy high tech machines run by computers, not made in China in flat pack assembly boxes sold at Wal-Mart or Swedish Wal-Ikea.

Meant to be admired, and used, and last fiveever.

Most representations of the Green Man are foliate. It goes back before Victoria saw the light of day.

Don’t understand the disdain for the Victorian Era though – they had a functioning society, an uncluttered view of the world, and made actual efforts to improve the lot of those less fortunate (read Mayhew’s “London Labour and the London Poor”). Perfect? Of course not, but honest & clear-eyed.

@aelfheld — The Victorians were particularly nasty to quality people who weren’t people of quality. I find it hard to look past that. Not impossible, but hard.