i bet there were guys in the 1800s who were super fucking Reddit about everything, but no one had the right word yet for why those guys were so annoying. so they just had to wonder
Der lästige Kavalier (The Annoying Gentleman), by Berthold Woltze, 1874.
that is a "hello darkness my old friend" face if I ever saw one.
Cybersmith off his shits
keep in mind also that this girl is
A. A teenager, since her hair is almost fully down (the longer skirt and her traveling alone make me think maybe 14-15), and
B. In mourning, as evidenced by her entirely matte and unornamented black dress, gloves, and hat
so this guy is pestering a young girl who's just lost someone close to her, in absence of clear social cues meant to convey exactly that
I recently saw it pointed out elseTumblr that, a remarkably easy detail to miss, she is going for her hatpin. The clear social cues are about to escalate.
I for one think that is very valid of her and that hatpinning That Guy should still be considered a socially acceptable and perhaps even laudable option.
And can we talk about how haggard the guy on the far left is? How low the Victorian Redditor's cigar is? He's been smoking in an enclosed train car for possibly up to an hour talking both of these poor souls ears off!
This went from sad and infuriating to hilarious. I'm picturing him yelping in pain and accidentally flinging his lit cigar into his lap...and then yelping in even greater pain (possibly while the fellow in the fur hat suppresses a chuckle.)
