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[–] [email protected] 83 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That must have been an awkward few hours while they posed for this

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 days ago

lol .... I was just thinking this ....

Painter (smirking, holding back laughter): .... ok, ok, Alexander, hey Al ... yeah .. just give me more of a frown ... (heavily smirking) ... no, no, more angry or sad or something ... and maybe put your hand to your chin ... (smirking) ... yeah like that ... now hold it ... for the next five hours

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Ya, and then he spent pretty much the rest of his life trying to destroy her reputation and disparage women in general. Pope was one of history's first notable incels.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Maybe "most memorable" because there were actually quite a lot of notable incels before him?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Pretty funny that his last name is Pope in that context lol

[–] Agent641 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Just ask her, bro, the worst that can happen is she says no."

[–] pyre 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

thanks for expanding the title

[–] Agent641 3 points 2 days ago

You know what, I didn't even read the title til you pointed it out

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There's a really interesting video on the Art Deco channel about this painting. It gives a lot of the context around the people in it and the moment it is depicting.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

An interesting video, thanks!

[–] ninja 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That name sounded familiar. This does seem to be the same Alexander Pope that CGPGrey stumbled across and strayed into the, apparently, well documented feud with Thomas Herne.

https://youtu.be/qEV9qoup2mQ?t=531

[–] toynbee 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You referenced CGP Grey and posted a sanitized link.

I am prepared to be best friends.

[–] Yankee_Self_Loader 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I’m also in for being best friends

[–] toynbee 4 points 3 days ago

We should form a best friends group.

I've actually tried to befriend three random people on lemmy. Two of them initially went well and chatted with me on Element / Matrix for a while, then stopped responding. One of them never responded to my initial invitation to be friends.

I would love to make friends here based on my philosophical alignment and shared interests with a lot of posters I see, but if I'm objectionable, I don't want my lemmy legacy to be a series of failed friend requests.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is CGP still doing that thing where you need to give him money for the privilege of leaving a comment?

[–] toynbee 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't know, I never comment on YouTube. However, it doesn't seem like he posts on YouTube at all anymore. I'm not certain, but I think he might have refocused on his podcast.

So, all in all ... Maybe?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

He did this thing where he banned all comments from non-patrons. Gotta pay to comment now

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

Pretty sure she was already married / had a fiancé when he asked.

[–] pyre 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

oh my god this is gold! can you hold for a couple hours so I can paint this real quick?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago

I'd rather think they posed for this and were hilarious people

[–] RizzRustbolt 5 points 3 days ago

Oh Bill Frith, you soggy old bitch...