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re: A letter from a Civil War officer to his wife - July 14, 1861
Posted on 7/14/19 at 11:45 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Posted on 7/14/19 at 11:45 pm to Vols&Shaft83
[quote]Letter from typical E1-E3 July 14th, 2015
"Dear Julie,
It's like hot as frick out here in like the desert and shite. ...
Love,
Rodney
P.S. Don't like frick nobody like while I'm gone "[/quote/]
"Dear Julie,
It's like hot as frick out here in like the desert and shite. ...
Love,
Rodney
P.S. Don't like frick nobody like while I'm gone "[/quote/]
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Posted on 7/15/19 at 12:08 am to RollTide1987
Notice not one word about how he knows how important it is to free the slaves or defeat the evil south. Just maintenance of the union. Interesting.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 12:13 am to RogerTheShrubber
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IQ levels are actually dropping
IQ has been widely panned as an extremely ineffective way to measure intelligence.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 12:25 am to RogerTheShrubber
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People were unafraid to the express strong opinions about what they were feeling.
Uhhhh.....
Posted on 7/15/19 at 1:04 am to RollTide1987
So, to paraphrase:
Dear Sarah,
Just remember, I’ll come back as a ghost and watch everything you do. Good luck raising those kids on your own.
Dear Sarah,
Just remember, I’ll come back as a ghost and watch everything you do. Good luck raising those kids on your own.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 1:15 am to RollTide1987
Time Magazine has an issue from the last 18 months that was dedicated to letters written from army officers to their friends and family during the Civil War, for both the north and the south. It was awesome to read everything and yes, they wrote very elegantly back then.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 2:49 am to Vols&Shaft83
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Vols&Shaft83
Fantastic.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 7:36 am to RollTide1987
Today's world, they could fit that whole letter into 4 emojis.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 8:12 am to Crawdaddy
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This post was edited on 11/24/20 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 7/15/19 at 8:13 am to AlonsoWDC
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This post was edited on 11/24/20 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 7/15/19 at 8:42 am to Hester Carries
Don't get off of the script, dammit. South bad. Invaders good.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 8:45 am to RollTide1987
Today, that entire letter would be replaced with the following text message: Hey babe, I might die tomorrow. Send nudes.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 8:45 am to RollTide1987
They had no choice but to write better. They had no telephones, no Twitter, no texting. It could be weeks for a reply.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 8:50 am to RollTide1987
Now imagine any rapper since they all suck attempting to write the same exact same letter.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 1:29 pm to RollTide1987
Staring a gruesome death in the face with a family back home.
This gave me the chills
This gave me the chills
Posted on 7/15/19 at 1:34 pm to Vols&Shaft83
-Credit to late comedian Greg Giraldo
FIFY
FIFY
Posted on 7/15/19 at 1:38 pm to TexasTiger90
Posted on 7/15/19 at 1:42 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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People wrote more elegantly back then.
They were better educated.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 2:33 pm to RollTide1987
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But, my dear wife, when I know, that with my own joys, I lay down nearly all of yours, and replace them in this life with care and sorrows, when, after having eaten for long years the bitter fruit of orphanage myself, I must offer it, as their only sustenance, to my dear little children, is it weak or dishonorable, while the banner of my purpose floats calmly and proudly in the breeze, that my unbounded love for you, my darling wife and children, should struggle in fierce, though useless, contest with my love of country.
atrocious run-on sentence
Posted on 7/15/19 at 2:37 pm to AlonsoWDC
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IQ has been widely panned as an extremely ineffective way to measure intelligence
Sounds convenient.
The ability to problem solve, take social cues, communicate are also dropping. The apex of intelligence is in the past
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