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Church of Jeff (jeffowski@mastodon.world)'s status on Wednesday, 06-May-2026 04:25:53 JST Church of Jeff

#LonelinessEpidemic #Incels #Spinsters
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1. Sasha Wilson @_sashawilson So a newspaper asked Victorian women why they were “spinsters." Each and every response is solid 24 karat gold. #savage Because I have other professions open to me in which the hours are shorter, the work more agreeable, and the pay possibly better. Miss Florence Watts, 20, High Street, Fulham, SW. Because matrimony is like an electric battery, when you once join hands you can’t let however much it hurts; and, as when em- barked on a toboggan slide, you must go to the end, however much it bumps. Miss Laura Bax, 29, Pelham Road, Wood Green, London N. Because I do not care to enlarge my menagerie of pets, and I find the animal man less docile than a dog, less affectionate than a cat, and less amusing a monkey. Miss Sparrow, 9, Manor Place, Paddington, W.
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  Cognitive Dissidence (jonstewartmill@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-May-2026 04:52:10 JST Cognitive Dissidence
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  Miss Sparrow is quite precocious for a nine-year-old.
  
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  Church of Jeff (jeffowski@mastodon.world)'s status on Wednesday, 06-May-2026 05:04:56 JST Church of Jeff
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  @Jonstewartmill --
  It was common in the Victorian Era that attribution of quote included the person's address.
  That isn't her age, it is her house number.
  
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