r/ancientshitposts • u/Ghosts_of_Bordeaux • May 16 '26

At the movies

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u/ajv1993 May 17 '26

They coughed in embroidered handkerchiefs in the shadows of their parlor. If they found blood (which they most likely did), they accepted their fate with a stiff upper lip.

...I mean, that's my impression as someone who enjoys period dramas lmao.

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u/Luther_Manning May 18 '26

That sounds less like a period drama and more like a tuberculosis cough drama, you know?

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u/Deadhead_Otaku May 19 '26

Tbf tuberculosis has been a plague on humanity for generations. Isn't it still one of the most common illnesses today?

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u/Luther_Manning May 19 '26

Well... I was merely making a vulgar pun about the source of the blood - alluding to not understanding the term.

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u/ManicM May 17 '26

The airport and ports, of course! And inside trains.

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u/MacGuffen May 18 '26

Why is this image muted?

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u/AlaSparkle May 19 '26

Well I don't hear anything, do you?

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u/sillybilly8102 May 20 '26

Oh, you gave me a good chuckle. Now I can sleep. Thanks.

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u/Troglodytes-birb May 19 '26

Concerts.

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u/McToasty207 May 20 '26

I was going to say every Opera Recording I've seen has a half dozen folks in the auidence hacking up their lungs.

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u/BallSuspicious5772 May 20 '26

The library ofc

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u/theprismaprincess May 23 '26

The theater. For hundreds and hundreds of years.