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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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Everett True believes in second chances (June 28, 1919) (lemmy.world)

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On June 28, 1919, the day this was printed, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in France ending the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers of World War I. That's the context for the "hun mine-layer" comment.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

“hun” was the “orc” of the pre-Tolkien era

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

1919 was the Tolkien era. He just hadn't published yet