QFRAT #325 – Why are we still here? Just to suffer?

[Master]

Die Geschichte der Menscheit ist ein Zyklus... Hatte ich mal gehört. Wenn ich die Zitaten von damals so Lese, dann ist wohl was dran. 🙃

2. "Self-Admiring, Emaciated Fribbles"

In Paris Fashion: A Cultural History, Valerie Steele published a letter sent to Town and Country magazine in November 1771 by a reader who wanted to get something off of his chest:

Whither are the manly vigor and athletic appearance of our forefathers flown? Can these be their legitimate heirs? Surely, no; a race of effeminate, self-admiring, emaciated fribbles can never have descended in a direct line from the heroes of Potiers and Agincourt...

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... Wenn der Typ sich Instagram ansehen würde... Ein Volltreffer.

3. "The total neglect of the art of speaking"

In the preface to the 1780 book A General Dictionary of the English Language, Thomas Sheridan wrote:

The total neglect of this art [speaking] has been productive of the worst consequences...in the conduct of all affairs ecclesiastical and civil, in church, in parliament, courts of justice...the wretched state of elocution is apparent to persons of any discernment and taste… if something is not done to stop this growing evil …English is likely to become a mere jargon, which every one may pronounce as he pleases.

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Judging by the way people use in English in today's chat rooms I have no choice but to agree.

Die Stelle in welcher sich die Zwei mit Handy gegenübersitzen und zugeben, dass es für sie einfacher wäre zu kommunizieren, wenn der Andere im Nachbarraum wäre, fand ich verstörend. Ist das repräsentativ?

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Verstörend nicht, aber durchaus auffällig. Ich kann nur hoffen, dass die beiden einfach nur altersbedingt schüchtern sind...