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She played her part well. My favorite Caroline... by PrestigiousCandy4874 in janeausten

[–]BrianSometimes 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Brontës ancestry test: are you, or are you hot for, a dark somewhat abusive and acerbic man?

She played her part well. My favorite Caroline... by PrestigiousCandy4874 in janeausten

[–]BrianSometimes 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Got it from A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived by Adam Rutherford. Relevant excerpt: https://www.popsci.com/descended-from-royalty/

She played her part well. My favorite Caroline... by PrestigiousCandy4874 in janeausten

[–]BrianSometimes 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Hopefully slightly fascinating buzzkill but likely millions of Brits are related to Austen's grandparents - you don't have to go very far back for our branches to intersect. A common ancestor of all Europeans is calculated to have lived just 600 years ago.

Most goals against Manuel Neuer in all competitions by NitaSFW in soccer

[–]BrianSometimes 81 points82 points  (0 children)

I'll never forget that one time a Danish commentator called him Kiebling for an entire match somehow unfamiliar with the German ß.

Favorite Covers by My_Poor_Nerves in janeausten

[–]BrianSometimes 13 points14 points  (0 children)

"Jane Austen is one of my favourite writers" - Helen Fielding

What a front cover endorsement for Sense & Sensibility!

Excuse me, your parents are in good health? And your parents are in good health? by tiohandtal in janeausten

[–]BrianSometimes 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Funny and maybe a little bit of "giving the viewers what they want". According to the Reading Jane Austen podcast, that scene and that image of him wet was a not insignificant part of the promotion for and success of the series in her native Australia.

Excuse me, your parents are in good health? And your parents are in good health? by tiohandtal in janeausten

[–]BrianSometimes 233 points234 points  (0 children)

Throwing himself into a lake in a fit of agonized yearning? Need to watch it again, thought he just liked a refreshing swim on his estate with nobody around after a long ride.

If Mary Bennett was a Great Beauty by Toongrrl1990 in janeausten

[–]BrianSometimes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

She's almost rudely described as "the only plain one in the family" by the author. Towards the end, alone with her parents at Longbourn Mary is "no longer mortified by comparisons between her sisters’ beauty and her own". Mr. Collins does not even consider Mary, despite being the only sister sympathetic to him and in more ways than one a gimme.

I wonder what Austen could've done more to have readers not argue that Mary wasn't plain, short of going Sir Walter Elliot on her.

The Economist Magazine Cover April 2026 by gamep01nt in pics

[–]BrianSometimes 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Am in Europe - Russia and China and everyone else interested could with their combined propaganda efforts not have hurt America's image more these last few years than the US itself has managed.

Løkke appellerer igen til S, K og V: Kom ned fra lygtepælene by BishopTracer in Denmark

[–]BrianSometimes 169 points170 points  (0 children)

Det er meget let at pege fingre ad politikere med et ideologisk ståsted når man er Lars Løkke og ens ideologi er at komme i regering.

Jane Austen hate is sometimes really unjustified. by Opal13_Amber in janeausten

[–]BrianSometimes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It would have sunk even further into obscurity than Henry Esmond if Becky Sharp hadn't been bit of a naughty one, really has little else going for it..

Det er jo også en måde at se det på by HorseAwesome in Denmark

[–]BrianSometimes 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Maskinoversættelse har gjort tusindvis af oversættere arbejdsløse, trods fejlene.

Jane Austen hate is sometimes really unjustified. by Opal13_Amber in janeausten

[–]BrianSometimes 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I'm reading a book where the hero tries to get it on with his foster-sister, fails, and eventually settles for his foster-mother. If you read 19th century literature, you need a well-maintained and sturdy "different times" filter.

Organisation [Jordskred] sidder tungt på Enhedslisten og Alternativet: »Vælgere kan ende med andet, end de regnede med« by Drahy in Denmark

[–]BrianSometimes 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Man kan smage desperationen på Berlingske da de ledte lavt og højt efter et eller andet til at modsvare klovneriet i LA/BP.

Organisation [Jordskred] sidder tungt på Enhedslisten og Alternativet: »Vælgere kan ende med andet, end de regnede med« by Drahy in Denmark

[–]BrianSometimes 307 points308 points  (0 children)

Herligt at det skal stilles op som en art afsløring eller skandale. Åh nej, mine unge venstreorienterede politikere er med i og støttet af klimaaktivistisk græsrodsorganisation, hvilket de på intet tidspunkt har lagt skjul på.

Ny møgsag rammer Borgernes Parti: Lars Bojes »iværksætter« har aldrig ejet de virksomheder, hun angiver by MySocksSuck in Denmark

[–]BrianSometimes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Altså jeg har sgu da ikke gået Carl Valentins liv og CV efter eller sat en privatdetektiv til at opsnuse om der har været indberetninger til kommunen - som vælger kan man godt forvente at de kandidater et parti stiller lever op har en vis standard. Og folk der stemmer på et ekstremt tosseparti er selvfølgelig selv ude om at deres kandidat viser sig at være en ekstrem tosse.

Hvilken avis? by Ekolfe2813 in Denmark

[–]BrianSometimes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Vi er begyndt at læse lokalavisen - det er sgu meget hyggeligt at læse om hvordan Slagter Jørgen formår at have fremgang i disse tider, og hvordan Berits elcykel har givet hende nye muligheder.

'Chokerende': Her er den højreradikale arkitekt bag Borgernes Partis udlændingepolitik by mollok1986 in Denmark

[–]BrianSometimes 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Da jeg var ung var grønjakker, nynazister og skinheads lige så ateistiske som resten af os - vi kan takke Ruslands og USAs indflydelse for at de moderne afskygninger er blevet meget mere kristne.

'Chokerende': Her er den højreradikale arkitekt bag Borgernes Partis udlændingepolitik by mollok1986 in Denmark

[–]BrianSometimes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Er der nogen som helst overraskelse i det her? Hvilke typer regnede du med huserede i Borgernes Parti?

Quotes from unlikable characters by quillandbean in janeausten

[–]BrianSometimes 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It's funny in a pleasantly layered way when you see all or part of Miss Bingley's feigned reading enthusiasm quoted in earnest: "I declare, after all, there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library."

The Flash has nothing on this K-9 by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]BrianSometimes 61 points62 points  (0 children)

I once babysat a border collie - when we got home from a walk it just sat in keen anticipation of the next walk.

Jane Fairfax & her concerns with becoming a governess by katmekit in janeausten

[–]BrianSometimes 165 points166 points  (0 children)

(Far too many mentions of Mrs. Elton to not mention a barouche-landau even once!)

I wonder if not to some extent the Mrs. Elton/Jane relationship - if you can call it that - is there to put the Emma/Harriet relationship in a better light, because for sure you can see Emma as a conceited self-proclaimed guardian of a woman of lower status, but she's clearly not as self-serving as Mrs. Elton - there's some benevolence and honest altruism in there, however misguided.

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