I really hate the ones who just get their ideas of the Ren period from a goddamn fantasy novel though.
Yeah how dare they not have a true belief in their costume dress! Those charlatans!
Many of them even bathe! pfaw, right, like you were nobility!
Actually the nobility most likely bathed less than the lower classes since they did less things to make themselves visibly dirty. Bathing too often was considered unhealthy as it stripped the body of 'natural essences'.
I really hate the ones who just get their ideas of the Ren period from a goddamn fantasy novel though.
Yeah how dare they not have a true belief in their costume dress! Those charlatans!
Many of them even bathe! pfaw, right, like you were nobility!
Actually the nobility most likely bathed less than the lower classes since they did less things to make themselves visibly dirty. Bathing too often was considered unhealthy as it stripped the body of 'natural essences'.
I've seen it happen. It's simple physics. That much force concentrated in a small area will punch through metal. End of story.
History disagrees with you. See example: Agincourt.
You are forgetting that plate mail was designed to deflect blows and not take them full on, that the armor did have some give to it for these reasons, that they used fluting to reinforce the armor without adding too much weight, that they wore padding underneath, etc.
I have a feeling what you saw might have been people shooting at shitty plate.
From what I gather of that battle the French troops were more hindered by the weight of their armor and fatigue(it was very muddy) than the actual archers.
I really hate the ones who just get their ideas of the Ren period from a goddamn fantasy novel though.
Yeah how dare they not have a true belief in their costume dress! Those charlatans!
Many of them even bathe! pfaw, right, like you were nobility!
Actually the nobility most likely bathed less than the lower classes since they did less things to make themselves visibly dirty. Bathing too often was considered unhealthy as it stripped the body of 'natural essences'.
Even better. None of them should be bathing.
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Well its more that who cares where they got their idea to dress oldschool as long as they fit in?
It's about the effort involved, the love of the history, etc. If you're doing it just to fit in, you might as well only dress up for Halloween and spend your time handing out candy.
I really hate the ones who just get their ideas of the Ren period from a goddamn fantasy novel though.
Yeah how dare they not have a true belief in their costume dress! Those charlatans!
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I'm sorry that I don't care for Civil War reenactments to involve Cave Man Loincloths?
a Woman wearing a frilly true-to-life period piece vs a woman who sluts it up a little and makes it skimpier and more stylized is not the same as wearing a loincloth to a Civil War Reenactment.
Well its more that who cares where they got their idea to dress oldschool as long as they fit in?
It's about the effort involved, the love of the history, etc. If you're doing it just to fit in, you might as well only dress up for Halloween and spend your time handing out candy.
Ahh I get it so its about being better than them because you know things they don't. Enlightened.
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I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
Well its more that who cares where they got their idea to dress oldschool as long as they fit in?
It's about the effort involved, the love of the history, etc. If you're doing it just to fit in, you might as well only dress up for Halloween and spend your time handing out candy.
Ahh I get it so its about being better than them because you know things they don't. Enlightened.
Your response is absurd.
One of the supposed purposes of a Ren Faire is to remove ignorance. They were not created, to my knowledge, with the intent to cause people who visit it to become less knowledgeable than they were when they bought their ticket.
There are events that ARE tailored specifically to BS versions of the middle ages. And they are cool because they tell you up front that everything you will learn is false.
Well its more that who cares where they got their idea to dress oldschool as long as they fit in?
It's about the effort involved, the love of the history, etc. If you're doing it just to fit in, you might as well only dress up for Halloween and spend your time handing out candy.
Ahh I get it so its about being better than them because you know things they don't. Enlightened.
Well, yes. The costumes and mannerisms (since these people also craft characters to act out at Ren fairs) of someone who puts time and effort into researching and making it are going to be better than those of someone who puts on a long skirt and a Hot Topic corset.
I very amused at the idea that there are posers at ren faires that are just doing it to "fit in."
I don't see the harm personally. I mean if you like the fantasy dress of your favorite novel, it's not like there are a lot of places you can go to be around others dressed the same. So is it such a sin to not know the history of it?
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I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
All I've done for three days is stare at a monitor and watch someone steal repeatedly. I'm only halfway through the footage too. My brain is melting.
The same someone?
Yeah. We're (we're being me) gathering evidence of every time he took money from a drawer. I'm up to 33 times over the span of 5 days at $20 a pop.
Ugh, I've done the sitting there part. It sucks.
I'm lucky, the POS keeps a record of all the transactions he did, and he's consistent, he only steals $20's. So I just scroll through his list of transactions that were paid for with a $20, then check the video against the transaction's timestamp. The crap part is the playback software for our security system, it's awful. Freezes, locks up, won't convert and save the video. I have to re-start it every 3rd or 4th time.
t Preach - Yeah, calling the police as soon as I'm done cataloguing it all, then confronting him Monday when the owner's back from Germany.
Well its more that who cares where they got their idea to dress oldschool as long as they fit in?
It's about the effort involved, the love of the history, etc. If you're doing it just to fit in, you might as well only dress up for Halloween and spend your time handing out candy.
Ahh I get it so its about being better than them because you know things they don't. Enlightened.
Your response is absurd.
One of the supposed purposes of a Ren Faire is to remove ignorance. They were not created, to my knowledge, with the intent to cause people who visit it to become less knowledgeable than they were when they bought their ticket.
There are events that ARE tailored specifically to BS versions of the middle ages. And they are cool because they tell you up front that everything you will learn is false.
One of the supposed purposes of a Ren Faire is to remove ignorance. They were not created, to my knowledge, with the intent to cause people who visit it to become less knowledgeable than they were when they bought their ticket.
There are events that ARE tailored specifically to BS versions of the middle ages. And they are cool because they tell you up front that everything you will learn is false.
Elitism is ridiculous in any format.
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I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
I very amused at the idea that there are posers at ren faires that are just doing it to "fit in."
This has been well documented in social psychology. In the absence of cool people, the next coolest person in the situation will become the coolest person. I think it is called conservation of nerdology or something.
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I very amused at the idea that there are posers at ren faires that are just doing it to "fit in."
This has been well documented in social psychology. In the absence of cool people, the next coolest person in the situation will become the coolest person. I think it is called conservation of nerdology or something.
In the land of the dorks, the man with one friend is king.
One of the supposed purposes of a Ren Faire is to remove ignorance. They were not created, to my knowledge, with the intent to cause people who visit it to become less knowledgeable than they were when they bought their ticket.
There are events that ARE tailored specifically to BS versions of the middle ages. And they are cool because they tell you up front that everything you will learn is false.
Elitism is ridiculous in any format.
As is spreading ignorance and defending ignorance.
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Dude you're the last person who should be scolding someone for using a blanket statement. :P
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So you guys going to turn him over to the authorities?
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Poop from windows?
Time for a You Gon' Get Raped cake
Actually the nobility most likely bathed less than the lower classes since they did less things to make themselves visibly dirty. Bathing too often was considered unhealthy as it stripped the body of 'natural essences'.
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I really do need to go to a Fantasy Faire.
I will have to bring a sturdy codpiece.
Well its more that who cares where they got their idea to dress oldschool as long as they fit in?
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Clip show. Benny Hill music. Make it happen. Show it in court.
Nerds eat their own.
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I'm sorry that I don't care for Civil War reenactments to involve Cave Man Loincloths?
From what I gather of that battle the French troops were more hindered by the weight of their armor and fatigue(it was very muddy) than the actual archers.
That music makes anything in fast speed funny
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It's about the effort involved, the love of the history, etc. If you're doing it just to fit in, you might as well only dress up for Halloween and spend your time handing out candy.
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a Woman wearing a frilly true-to-life period piece vs a woman who sluts it up a little and makes it skimpier and more stylized is not the same as wearing a loincloth to a Civil War Reenactment.
Most fantasy is around the right period though, so uhh yeah not even the same thing...
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Exactly.
There's a reason most of the current 'pricey' perfumes first came out in Medieval times.
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Ahh I get it so its about being better than them because you know things they don't. Enlightened.
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The Schadenfreudian in me is on the floor laughing like a hyena. I think he's going to die.
hard to beat that.
Your response is absurd.
One of the supposed purposes of a Ren Faire is to remove ignorance. They were not created, to my knowledge, with the intent to cause people who visit it to become less knowledgeable than they were when they bought their ticket.
There are events that ARE tailored specifically to BS versions of the middle ages. And they are cool because they tell you up front that everything you will learn is false.
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Well, yes. The costumes and mannerisms (since these people also craft characters to act out at Ren fairs) of someone who puts time and effort into researching and making it are going to be better than those of someone who puts on a long skirt and a Hot Topic corset.
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I don't see the harm personally. I mean if you like the fantasy dress of your favorite novel, it's not like there are a lot of places you can go to be around others dressed the same. So is it such a sin to not know the history of it?
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t Preach - Yeah, calling the police as soon as I'm done cataloguing it all, then confronting him Monday when the owner's back from Germany.
Yea, that's what I thought.
Elitism is ridiculous in any format.
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This has been well documented in social psychology. In the absence of cool people, the next coolest person in the situation will become the coolest person. I think it is called conservation of nerdology or something.
As is spreading ignorance and defending ignorance.
Not as bad as letting women vote and own land though. God damn suffrage.
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