And this is why learning history matters. It gives context for these friggin bizarre norms that accumulate. It allows us to realize when the norms are useful, we're useful and are no longer needed, or we're always just humans being weird.

[–] match@pawb.social 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Legit. People with no grasp of history get mad about trans people like it's a new thing when 16th century Europeans would castrate young boys for musical performances

[–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I’m surprised they still had people auditioning, that’s dedication.

[–] Sloth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

Money's a very nice incentive.

[–] PowerSeries@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

Uh you're not going to believe this, but the parents volunteered the boys.

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Learning history is depressing because you realize humanity is just wave after wave of the same stupid dumb shit generation after generation with only marginal gains towards clawing back power from the elite that have ALWAYS run this world.