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Abe babe. (lemmy.world)
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[-] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago

It was completed in 1941?! That’s so much farther back than I would have expected based on the pose. Men weren’t sexy in the 1940’s, they just said “swell” and all had those thick black glasses.

[-] [email protected] 52 points 10 months ago

I love how every generation thinks they’re the first one to discover sex. Like, how do you think you got here?

[-] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

What? Men weren’t sexy?

My great aunt had photos up of my late great uncle doing pushups on a railroad track, in short shorts, with her sitting on his back. I can’t remember if the pictures was from before he went to war or after.

They did wear those high pants and dressed more formally, but it was because they had less clothes.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago
[-] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

He died before I was born, but the man was apparently very fun even after coming back from the war

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That's awesome!

[-] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Also a word thing to focus on during a World War.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Well, it was completed in 1941 while the US was still strongly isolationist. We didn't enter WW2 until after the attack on Pearl Harbor, which was December 7th.

So yeah, there was a world war going on, but the statue was planned and completed while it was largely "business as usual" in the US.

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