• @[email protected]OP
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      675 months ago

      The original article that went with the picture spoke of “a new race of amazons” and calls the woman on the right, “Diana”, which may be a reference to Wonder Woman (AKA Diana, Princess of the Amazons).

        • Uriel238 [all pronouns]
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          Nearest municipal fire department, assuming the city hires women for firefighters. San Francisco did in the late 1980s

          ETA SFFD still does in the 2020s and yes, they’re still swoonworthy and would make Themiscyra proud.

      • @[email protected]
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        275 months ago

        This article is a perfect example of linear extrapolating.. They were like “huh, when you feed people a balanced diet with proper nutrition, they get 3 or 4 inches taller. This trend will obviously continue until people are 10 feet tall in a few generations.”

      • @RizzRustbolt
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        45 months ago

        Well now I’m wondering if they designed Xena’s outfit based on this illustration…

    • @mipadaitu
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      185 months ago

      Wonder Woman was created in 1941. I assume this comic was created in the 1950’s based on the dates.

      Only connection I can think of.

      • Diplomjodler
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        395 months ago

        Greek mythology is actually older than Marvel comics.

          • Diplomjodler
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            75 months ago

            I’m sorry. Of course we all know human civilization started in 1776 and there was absolutely nothing before that.

        • @mipadaitu
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          125 months ago

          A - it’s DC comics for wonder woman
          B - often pop culture borrows similar themes, so when an Amazon character becomes popular, other people tend to piggy back

        • @trolololol
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          75 months ago

          You crazy? It just got invented in fortnite last season

        • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃
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          55 months ago

          It’s the evolution of the language. One would appeal to an “authority” for an educated opinion. For example the standard fallacy name “faulty appeal to authority,” where information is posed as authoritative but is, in actuality, from a layperson.

  • @TotallynotJessica
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    275 months ago

    They weren’t as far off as one might think. If everyone had a standard of living growing up that scaled with trends at the time, women would probably be taller than they actually are.

    When I was 5’ 11" and starting college as an honors student, I was shocked that most women in the program were around my height or taller, while the men were all taller than me. I think it was mostly because the other honors students came from well off families that pushed them to have high GPAs, made them eat healthy as they grew, and gave them every other possible advantage. Honestly, they didn’t seem much smarter than many other students I later met. They mostly had privileged upbringings.

  • Electric_Druid
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    225 months ago

    1900 woman’s waistline is an optical illusion

  • @sicarius
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    195 months ago

    So the 1950’s lass is wearing high heels. Without them she’s probably a similar height to the first lass.