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[โ€“] overcast5348 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Is this the origin story of The Mad Hatter? ๐Ÿ™„

[โ€“] spittingimage 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Could have been. I know Lewis Carroll liked to lampoon issues of the day in his writing.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I'm kind of guessing the mad as a hatter phenomenon was known then, but don't really know.

[โ€“] SPRUNT 4 points 8 months ago

I think the original idiom was "mad as a hatter" which was eventually shortened to "mad hatter", possibly due to the Alice in Wonderland character.