This is the greatest thing I ever read in my entire life. Will model future self after image.
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Weird year to die of plague
Imagine dying of plague before it was cool.
You can die of the plague today. It wasn’t constrained by dates, big flare ups in society happened and they were the ones that went down in history books, but people died of the disease outside those years too.
They're referring to the bubonic plague (aka the Black Death) which didn't arrive in Europe until the 14th century. And yes, we would habe heard of it before then because it was highly contagious.
Please see the post I offered in response that shows research indicating Yersina Pestis was killing humans in Europe and Asia well before the mass plagues.
I didn't say that's not possible, I said that's weird, just like dying of plague today would be.
Why would it be weird?
It would only be weird today in a modern western country because of the rarity and available medical treatment being unsuccessful. It was not any different historically from other diseases centuries ago that lacked treatment or understanding. There was nothing weird about it.
Because the plague specifically did not reach Europe before 1347 as far as we know. Now of course there could be plague in Europe before this, and we modern people don't know about it because of poor recordkeeping or something. But it would be a bit surprising. Therefore: weird.
Plague of Justinian was a pandemic of bubonic plague in Europe (among others) in the 6th century.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4644222/
I’ll offer that humans were dying of Yersina Pestis in Europe before the well-known outbreaks of The Plague.
Maybe dysentery would have been better.
Found the historian
.tapestry and .stainedglass made me chuckle
Fuckfuckfuck /tttt/ has breached containment
Ye olde gender euphoria
This post is like a large oasis present in a bed of coarse sand and stone in the depths of death valley
I’m not familiar with modern slang. Boy/girlmode, is that when someone is pretending to be their original gender or when they’re trying to put themselves fully in their gender mindspace?
Moding, be it boy or girl, is presenting as that gender, regardless of internal gender.
As an example, a trans woman may sometimes choose to present masculine for whatever reason. That would be boymode.
However, a trans man choosing to present masculine is also boymode.
Obviously, it would follow that non binary people or gender fluid people would also be able to choose to present masculine and thus go boymode.
The term exists as an expression of presentation, regardless of birth assigned gender, or genital/gonad configuration at the time of moding.
I'm cishet male, and could girlmode if I so choose, as the term does exist within that frame of reference as well, albeit rarely. It isn't even about passing; my giant bearded self could still girlmode, and it would be an accurate usage of the term still.
That's actually part of what the greentext implies; the Lord of that realm isn't passing, but is still boymoding, and his subjects respect that once they're made aware of it.
That all being said, it is rarer to see the term used when presenting as your affirmed gender. It would typically only be used when presenting as your assigned gender. It's also unusual to see it happen once someone is well into transition as there's less and less point in moding assigned gender.
The caveat in that is that it is a slang term. It may not be used exactly the same everywhere, or even reliably so in the same locale. I've known people that reject it applying to anyone that's cis, as it isn't the same thing for a cis person to present as a different gender than their assigned one. There's a totally separate set of social mores around it, and that does matter. It's also fairly rare for cis folks to present as other than their cis gender, and it wouldn't be for the same reasons. But I have heard and seen it used in that context, so I included it here to be thorough.
Thanks for the comprehensive lesson. Not living in an English-speaking country, I was utterly confused.
No worries at all :)
In the greentext itself I got quite confused with the multiple pronouns and terms. I'm still not sure if it's meant to be a trans women who's saying that they are out in their assigned gender, or just a trans men.
My confusion comes from the fact that they seemed to appreciate being called "ladyship" but then mention they are in boymode.
It's a trans woman who is excited to be seen as her true self, despite the fact that she was attempting to look like a man. The humor in this comes from the fact that this is a normal experience for modern trans people, and when it happens absent of danger it is cause for celebration. This is 'male failing' and most trans women would be thrilled if it happened to them.
oh I totally misread it. I thought "lord's entourage" included Lord and Lady, instead of it being the lady herself but she was just boymoding. was very confused.
Would cis male drag queens would an example of girl moding by a cis person?
I've used the term, but never really considered it's edges, if you know what I mean
Drag is such a specific thing, I don't know if most of it would count tbh.
Stage drag is as much an art performance as anything else. It's an exaggeration of feminine presentation. I wouldn't argue or fuss if someone said it was girlmode, but I don't think of it that way usually.
However! There are performers, and non performers, that "serve real fish". While that term is contentious, it's a distinct part of drag; and it's about presenting in such a way as to directly mimic standard feminine presentation rather than the exaggerated and performative side. So it would definitely count, imo.
"serve real fish"
Been around a lot of drag queens, my ex used to do make up at a gay club. Never heard that one.
Really? Tbh, I'm old as fuck, so it may not be a thing in drag slang any more. It's been something like eight or nine years since I've even been to a show.
But, back as far as the early naughties, when I was still working, it was at least still in circulation locally. Was talking to a friend that used to do a killer Tina Turner set, and he was complaining about women, as in cis women, wanting to do drag. He said "I heard of serving real fish, but they taking it too far".
Coulda sworn ru paul got a bit of backlash for using it as well.
I'm 34, but I was only really active within that community when I was dating that guy, so about 5 years or so between 2010-2015
Modern? It's over 800 years old.
You don't need to make us feel old, jeez.
I've always seen the former but I suppose it could be either