Why did we get rid of petticoats? I have on this 1890s prairie dress today and the layers are soooo comfy. Cold out? Put on more. It's like walking around wrapped in a blanket all day.
@futurebird there was a junction in history, where we took a different path.
@josh0 @futurebird I wish they had an appropriate “I see what you did there” GIF from Petticoat Junction.
@ramsey @futurebird the paucity of gifs from pre-internet television is a true failure on the part of our society.
@futurebird I love petticoats. I should make some.
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Which is what you needed to live in winter on the prairie in the 1890s. How any of the guys survived, we may never know...
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"Tonight on Untold History, Little Crossdressers on the Prairie, Surviving Kansas Winters in the 1890s."
@futurebird wait as in it's in the style of the 1890s, or is it Actually from the 1890s?
In the style of.
@futurebird Do you ever think about how longhair cats probably look at us wrapping ourselves in blankets on soft beds in order to be comfy and laugh before flopping down on bare concrete that feels like a featherbed to them?
@futurebird we don't need petticoats anymore because the fossil fuel industries made the entire world warmer.