Welp. Considering it does none of those three things, maybe it’s time for them to go the way of the buggy whip
Not from Britain but trying to get new slang every day what is a buggy whip.
Just an example of something outdated that’s not needed anymore
The whip used to whip the horse(s) pulling your horse-drawn buggy.
Interesting; here in Alberta a buggy whip is a flexible (fibreglass, at least mine is) flagpole for the back of your truck.
Hmm, I’m guessing that buggy whips were more like a flexible pole rather than the stereotypical Indiana Jones whip.
So a thin flexible pole would make sense.
Like when you’d whack your little brother with a long bendy stick when you were kids.
Thank you for educating me… i do appreciate it…no sarcasm.
That’s actually amish talk “buggy whip”
I did pause for a bit, pondering if it was actually some new slang…
Then decided if I’m wrong then it’s only on the internet.
There’s no stopping the start of its rebirth in modern slang. Someone just needs to give it a new meaning.
100% buggy whip, yo.
Ah shit, they be 100% buggy whipping in their whip.
“May I approach the bitch?”
In 2024 it’s just stupid and ridiculous and borderline racist
Oh dip, is gray hair cultural appropriation now? Fuck now I got to buy hair dye.
The hairstyle is very clearly styled after white, European aristocracy. Always saw it as more bleach blonde than grey
Age is now a race I guess
Racist?
The bleach blonde, white European aristocracy hairstyle wig was designed to show that only certain people were welcome in the club
Just looks dumb to me but what do I know
If you’ve ever been inside a British courtroom, you’ll discover that they regularly act dumb, too. Lots of pomp and circumstance, but its still the same clueless, vulgar assholes under the hood.
You know they look dumb as hell, so you have what going for you at least
I think that’s intentional. It proves their dominance. I mean you have to go to them and they are wearing something very silly and you have to pretend it’s not silly, and if you don’t they will harm you somehow.
Laugh at a lawyer wearing a wig, and they will come to your house at night and cut you!
Just some good ol’ oppression of the prol’s through class.
What it brings nowadays is a bit of yassss, queen!
Serving court
I thought it was to cover up syphilitic lesions and just kinda stuck around.
That’s pretty much what the article says
Wigs began to catch on in the late 16th century when an increasing number of people in Europe were contracting the STI. Without widespread treatment with antibiotics (Sir Alexander Fleming didn’t discover penicillin, the treatment for syphilis until 1928), people with syphilis were plagued by rashes, blindness, dementia, open sores and hair loss. The hair loss was particularly problematic in social circles.
This fucking culture, man. People getting dimensia and going blind, but if they loose their hair then their friends abandon them.
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To be fair it might have been the fear of catching the disease plus the stigma (it was associated with prostitution and bohemian lifestyle).
That might be wigs in general, probably not specifically their use in the British legal system.
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It was also a thing of class since white powdered wigs where taxed more if remember right. Cant have the poor people looking pimp in white wigs!
That typo made me chuckle.
Ah me to corrected.
And just a bit of fun!
Looks just as silly to me as pantaloons or suits or fedoras
That’s stupid, they’re stupid.
We need to stop treating courts and judges like they are sone mythical magical place and judges are mini little emperors in their mini little kingdom. It’s just a fucking place people need to go to handle their business. Why the fuck should everyone stand because the guy showed up for his job. All this shit is too much and judges are increasingly out of their minds
Its all a façade because the system is designed to screw you, and grind upon the face of the poor. Justice? More like just-us.
Barristers in Australia wear these also.
Amazing cause it does all of those things so damn poorly. You’re thinking of Diamond encrusted ivory full head masks instead
are they aware that their attempt at solemnity makes me giggle
I had a lot of trouble taking the courtroom scenes of Broadchurch seriously
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to bring formality, solemnity, and anonymity
That’s exactly why Rip Taylor wore a wig, too.
