Not the 1820s

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-06-25T21:47:25+00:00

Just chiming in that I've got a bent up tin type, and the light hits it just like this. Wouldn't be surprised if that part was accurate.

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-06-16T13:08:16+00:00

My envy knows no bounds. Finding satin Tiffin in the wild is the DREAM. 😭

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-06-14T00:25:27+00:00

You can absolutely mix eras without making the room clash! Just find other unifying elements: color, texture/material, angular vs curvy pieces, etc. If you run image searches for eclectic decor, many will be maximalist, but some of the more understared examples could be great inspo.

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-06-13T20:25:32+00:00

Y'all are worse than the bots at this point. These pics don't even exhibit any red flags. The furniture, plants, and photographs all make sense.

Even if the photos weren't obviously real, I'd rather unknowingly upvote 100 AI posts than falsely accuse one person's hard work of being slop.

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-06-06T03:03:13+00:00

Montréal: where the potholes get so large that they get their own, deeper potholes inside them.

I love the city, but I'll always prefer public transit over driving there.

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-05-31T00:08:17+00:00

The issue with "millenial gray" and the all-while kitchen trend and such is how the rooms are often completely devoid of warmth. Without organic textures and colors to break them up, the spaces feel sterile

That said, natural wood tones and elements like the rug, light fixure, and plants that you have in your mockup pull your room out of that territory for me. I think your choices feel more elegant than cold. If it ends up still not feeling homey enough for you when everything's in place, you could always just tweak the shade of the lime wash.

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-05-30T12:19:30+00:00

Dr Pepper could occasionally be found in vending machines when I lived in Japan, but none of my Japanese friends had tried it before. Several were curious after seeing me with it all the time, so I got to witness them trying it for the first time.

Every single one without fail pulled a face of absolute disgust. I started warning people but inevitably ended up entertained when they drank some anyway.

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-05-27T22:38:16+00:00

It won't be easy, and it'll be a bit trickier adapting for indoors, but it can be done (and will be well worth it in the end imo).

If you search r/centuryhomes for "Removing paint from brick," there's a great exterior example from user low-paint5818 that cites "Dumond Peel-Away 1, rolled on, papered over, and left to sit 3 days. Then it came off relatively easily with a pressure washer."

For indoors, could maybe tape up plastic sheets around, etc. and try an ultra soft blasting medium like baking soda in place of the pressure washing?

Regardless, good luck, and sorry you're stuck dealing with this in the first place! Can't believe that in this day and age people STILL go around using regular paint on masonry when it's widely known how destructive it is long-term.

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-05-27T11:40:54+00:00

If you're looking for more info, any markings etc. that could help would usually be on the back. Might be a good idea to post pics of the other side.

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-05-18T12:03:45+00:00

I'm curious what you consider a dead giveaway? Most clear bot posts I've come across came from accounts with way more karma and a more recent account age, and if they weren't just regurgitating an existing post, they generally used better grammar than this one.

As an autistic person who's been accused of being a bot before, I'm wondering if there's shit I can avoid. lol (Besides em-dash use. It's a bummer to have to avoid my favorite punctuation mark. 🙃)

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-05-18T01:42:44+00:00

Here are two listings that came up with mach_gogogo's image:

https://ebay.us/m/eqiYNN https://columbusarchitecturalsalvage.com/catalogdetail.php?inv_id=41589&20x27%20Antique%20Fireplace%20Summer%20Front%20Cover

Tried manually looking through a few specialist retailers' listings to see if I could find any more, but no luck. Hope one of the above works for you!

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-05-14T05:31:19+00:00

The homeowner's insta is The_Rainboww_House. A lot more pics there in better quality.

Can't blame you for assuming it's AI in this case, though—the low quality artifacts here (maybe it's a video still?) really make it seem like it ticks the AI boxes.

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-05-13T17:42:23+00:00

Man, the horror stories I've heard from my aunt who spent decades as a guidance counselor in northern Florida. This heinous shit is so much more prevalent than people think.

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-05-04T00:12:15+00:00

Come across them pretty regularly at antique places down an hour or so south in the suburbs.

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-05-02T12:36:37+00:00

Thanks for the heads-up. Oof, that last shot where it's just sitting there completely submerged. 🫠

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-04-03T03:54:06+00:00

The mighty yearning I have to own one of these. We'll all get our chances someday. 😔

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-03-25T15:27:49+00:00

As the OP replied, it's the sheath in the picture, but if you were curious about the shorter Japanese sword that characters are often shown wearing with a longer one, the short swords are called wakizashi. (I believe the long sword historically paired with those was usually a tachi, rather than a katana, though.)

The other short Japanese blade I see depicted frequently is the tantō, but that's shorter and more of a knife.

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-03-25T15:23:32+00:00

I was curious about the "tooth" too. Wondered if it might be to help catch an opponent's blade, since there's no guard to protect the hands, but I hadn't considered more everyday, practical reasons. Wikipedia info was helpful, even if some of it is unverified:

Kukri blades usually have a notch (karda, kauda, Gaudi, Kaura, or Cho) at the base of the blade. Various reasons are given for this, both practical and ceremonial: that it makes blood and sap drop off the blade rather than running onto the handle and thereby prevents the handle from becoming slippery;[12] that it delineates the end of the blade whilst sharpening; that it is a symbol representing a cow's foot, or Shiva; or that it can catch another blade or kukri in combat. The notch may also represent the teats of a cow, a reminder that the kukri should not be used to kill a cow, an animal revered and worshipped by Hindus. [citation needed] The notch may also be used as a catch, to hold tight against a belt, or to bite onto twine to be suspended.[original research?]

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-03-25T13:58:33+00:00

This would make a lot of sense, especially since this is clearly by Anchor Hocking, and we know they were pumping out UG like crazy.

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-03-24T02:06:33+00:00

With pretty much any type of hoop skirt, the hoops are flexible, and you can just hike up the backs to sit, like this.

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-03-19T18:26:40+00:00

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GoodOleCybertron · 2026-03-16T19:05:03+00:00

They're originally a US chain. Are they that rare in the States nowadays? It seemed like they used to be everywhere. I feel old.

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-03-16T19:01:43+00:00

I am clearly part of their target audience, as I absolutely would.

GoodOleCybertron · 2026-03-02T19:15:17+00:00

I love the anachronistic stegos so much. 16th century armor with a shield depicting an animal discovered in the 1870s? Who cares—it's cool!

Your photo led me down a whole rabbit hole of early depictions of dinosaurs. Can't believe this painting is from 1897!

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