laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agoænyøne with me?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square251linkfedilinkarrow-up1657arrow-down172
arrow-up1585arrow-down1imageænyøne with me?lemmy.worldlaurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square251linkfedilink
minus-squarethe dopamine fiend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoI learned about ſ from House of Leaves. “ſtaires! We haue found ſtaires!”
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month ago The Constitution of the USA The actual literal written document makes considerable use of ’ ſ ', this is from a rare typed version that does as well.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agono way. i knew it used the long S in the handwritten one, but i never knew there were typed versions. this is a find
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-forgotten-copy-of-the-constitution-discovered-in-a-filing-cabinet-could-sell-for-millions-180985060/ Indeed it was, fetched a pretty penny via Sotheby’s auction. Hilariously… was discovered during an estate sale (garage sale for rich people) in North Carolina.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoEstate sales aren’t garage sales for rich people. They’re garage sales for dead people. Hence the word estate. It’s the estate of the deceased holding the sale, not the deceased. Legal bullshit mumbo gumbo, but there you have it
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoTrue, my mistake, I accidentally made a false e-statement.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agohow dare you be incorrect on the internet. i just thought i’d share a factoid i knew from one of my old professional lives
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAnd how dare you sir, not even pretend to acknowledge my terrible pun!
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·30 days agoaw fuck i’m too high for puns
minus-squareTheThunderWolf@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agome on my way to eftablifh Juftice and fecure the Bleffings of Liberty to ourfelves
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoAw, you have the sniffles? God bleff you. lolololol
minus-squarejdr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoCheck those beautiful ligatures from long s to long s and from long s to t, and c to t.
minus-squarefleem@piefed.zeromedia.viplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoi need to finish that one
minus-squarethe dopamine fiend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoIt’s fun. I like ergodic literature.
I learned about ſ from House of Leaves.
“ſtaires! We haue found ſtaires!”
The Constitution of the USA
The actual literal written document makes considerable use of ’ ſ ', this is from a rare typed version that does as well.
no way. i knew it used the long S in the handwritten one, but i never knew there were typed versions. this is a find
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-forgotten-copy-of-the-constitution-discovered-in-a-filing-cabinet-could-sell-for-millions-180985060/
Indeed it was, fetched a pretty penny via Sotheby’s auction.
Hilariously… was discovered during an estate sale (garage sale for rich people) in North Carolina.
Estate sales aren’t garage sales for rich people. They’re garage sales for dead people. Hence the word estate. It’s the estate of the deceased holding the sale, not the deceased. Legal bullshit mumbo gumbo, but there you have it
True, my mistake, I accidentally made a false e-statement.
how dare you be incorrect on the internet.
i just thought i’d share a factoid i knew from one of my old professional lives
And how dare you sir, not even pretend to acknowledge my terrible pun!
aw fuck i’m too high for puns
me on my way to eftablifh Juftice and fecure the Bleffings of Liberty to ourfelves
Aw, you have the sniffles?
God bleff you.
lolololol
Check those beautiful ligatures from long s to long s and from long s to t, and c to t.
i need to finish that one
It’s fun. I like ergodic literature.