• 58008@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Is our collective memory of this trope (man ties woman to train tracks) all based on one instance of it in one silent movie, or was it really as widespread a cliché as it seems to us nowadays? 🤔

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      1 day ago

      Let’s just say the local millinery has an ethical obligation to alert the railroad’s security detail when top hat sales rise.