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[-] [email protected] 120 points 1 year ago

Is there a reason she's dressed as an amazon? Beyond the thirst-trap?

[-] [email protected] 70 points 1 year ago

The original article that went with the picture spoke of "a new race of amazons" and calls the woman on the right, "Diana", which may be a reference to Wonder Woman (AKA Diana, Princess of the Amazons).

[-] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago

Or the Latin name for Artemis.

But where are they? I need to know... so I can avoid them...

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[-] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

This article is a perfect example of linear extrapolating.. They were like "huh, when you feed people a balanced diet with proper nutrition, they get 3 or 4 inches taller. This trend will obviously continue until people are 10 feet tall in a few generations."

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Well now I'm wondering if they designed Xena's outfit based on this illustration...

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Wonder Woman was created in 1941. I assume this comic was created in the 1950's based on the dates.

Only connection I can think of.

[-] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

Greek mythology is actually older than Marvel comics.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry. Of course we all know human civilization started in 1776 and there was absolutely nothing before that.

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

A - it's DC comics for wonder woman
B - often pop culture borrows similar themes, so when an Amazon character becomes popular, other people tend to piggy back

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

You crazy? It just got invented in fortnite last season

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Fashion is cyclical

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

A better question - is there a reason women today do not dress as amazons?

[-] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago

Those were lies :( where giant women?

[-] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago

Go to your local transfem meetup

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

Yuuuuuuuup.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

How can I get to that magical land? :(

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

My wife is 6'3, I've found my Amazon.

[-] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago

Damn, if only

[-] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

My mom is apparently the prophesied one, she is 6’2”.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

Interesting how it says "authorities" not "experts"

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Well it's likely short for "authorities on the subject", i.e. experts.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Probably, I just found the change of wording curious

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It's the evolution of the language. One would appeal to an "authority" for an educated opinion. For example the standard fallacy name "faulty appeal to authority," where information is posed as authoritative but is, in actuality, from a layperson.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Reeeesssspect ma authorotyyyy

[-] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

They weren't as far off as one might think. If everyone had a standard of living growing up that scaled with trends at the time, women would probably be taller than they actually are.

When I was 5' 11" and starting college as an honors student, I was shocked that most women in the program were around my height or taller, while the men were all taller than me. I think it was mostly because the other honors students came from well off families that pushed them to have high GPAs, made them eat healthy as they grew, and gave them every other possible advantage. Honestly, they didn't seem much smarter than many other students I later met. They mostly had privileged upbringings.

[-] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

6' ~ 1.82m

A bit tall for average height

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Not tall enough

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

They were on to something though.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, that sure is something. Damn.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

1900 woman's waistline is an optical illusion

[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Definitely not 6 foot. But yes I do exceed size 11... by quite a large margin 😅

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

It's OK to be a Hobbit.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

So the 1950's lass is wearing high heels. Without them she's probably a similar height to the first lass.

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

Women's shoes in 1900 routinely had high heels as well. Here's a sample:

https://vintagedancer.com/1900s/edwardian-shoes-styles/

The difference may be about an inch from the 1950s shoe shown.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

So, they are both smaller and there's a giant leap up to amazonian.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

We really let them down on fashion.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I blame the Amazons and their secretive ways

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

...am I a 2000s gal?

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Death by Snu Snu

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

The good timeline.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I’m so close to the prophesied one. But really it’s my mom that was the leap. Grandma is tiny, mom was nearly my size.

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Of anything that would happen 300 years from now, a 3 meter tall woman everywhere is not what i would expect.

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Less gooo! that's what I have been waiting for that's what it's allabout !!!

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