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JackGreenEarth to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago

If a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them?

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If a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them?

JackGreenEarth to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago
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  • @Shelbyeileen@lemmy.world
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    4•1 year ago

    Hmm… I’m a cosplayer/erotica model. So a seamstress that gets naked for money? Not too outlandish, but they’d never understand what cosplay was.

    • @Traegert@lemm.ee
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      “I get paid to make myself clothes that I don’t wear” would probably be the most confusing way to put this

      • @Shelbyeileen@lemmy.world
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        Oh gosh that’s beautiful. “I get paid to make clothes and then slowly remove them” is more accurate but not as fun

    • @Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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      Not so. Plenty of folks liked to dress up like Greek gods or historical figures. And if you think folks in the 1700s didn’t party hard…

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellfire_Club

      Emma Frost didn’t invent anything, she was inspired by actual events

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