jol ( @jol@discuss.tchncs.de ) English77•2 months agoI love this story because just imagine the setup.
All the top world archaeologists are in the biggest archaeology summit trying to figure this out. The queer son of the most famous archaeologist was visiting because his dad was trying to make him a real man and follow science instead of fashion. He takes a look at the poorly design slides being project and makes a snarky remark. “they’re definitely sewed 💀😭💅”. But everyone made fun of him so he took it personally. The next day he came back with an exact replica of the hair style sewed on his bestie’s hair. In awe, everyone got up and clapped. The kid’s name? Albert fucking Einstein.
Emotional_Series7814 ( @Emotional_Series7814@kbin.melroy.org ) 42•2 months agoNot sure whether you meant to express disbelief or just to be silly, but you did make me wonder if this meme was legit or not. It is!
Ophioparma ( @Ophioparma@feddit.de ) English69•2 months agoYes, but also:
And the journals quickly recognized her expertise.
So no crying historians in that story. She researched, proposed an article and the community said: “Good idea!” The whole “Oh, all those fine scientists laughed about the average joe/jane!” is just a common tale in those stories.
BarqsHasBite ( @someguy3@lemmy.ca ) English41•2 months agoIt’s a common conservative thing to own the libs.
Also wasn’t so fast:
Through trial and error she found that she could achieve the hairstyle by sewing the braids and bits together, using a needle. She dug deeper into art and fashion history books, looking for references to stitching.
In 2005, she had a breakthrough. Studying translations of Roman literature, Ms. Stephens says, she realized the Latin term “acus” was probably being misunderstood in the context of hairdressing. Acus has several meanings including a “single-prong hairpin” or “needle and thread,” she says. Translators generally went with “hairpin.”
Infynis ( @Infynis@midwest.social ) English12•2 months agoWow, that’s some serious anthropology, that’s awesome!
Thanks to you and @Ophioparma@feddit.de both for pointing those things out. I was only checking the part about the hairstyle being made through sewing, and didn’t think to check for dramatization, so I may have retold or personally internalized the story that goes with the sewing fact exactly as told in the meme. Or onlookers might have.
Kiosade ( @Kiosade@lemmy.ca ) English2•2 months agoIf “acus” means that, then i wonder, how does “abacus” mean a thing you count with? Etymology is fascinating :)
bricklove ( @bricklove@midwest.social ) English6•2 months ago
jol ( @jol@discuss.tchncs.de ) English5•2 months agoDefinitely just being silly. Thank you do much for the link. I just disliked how dramatized the meme version sounded and doubled down on it.
caboose2006 ( @caboose2006@lemmy.ca ) English50•2 months agoImagine asking a subject matter expert. What a concept!
usualsuspect191 ( @usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca ) English35•2 months agoSame vibes as this video with Adam Savage. Apparently this piece of armour was a big mystery with tons of different drawings etc trying to place it as horse armour when Adam almost immediately correctly identifies it when first looking at it.
This is the power of diverse experience where experts can have a blind spot that’s easily solved by others that have a different perspective.
BarqsHasBite ( @someguy3@lemmy.ca ) English18•2 months agoTldw crotch protector, and the historians did know that.
Kiosade ( @Kiosade@lemmy.ca ) English8•2 months agoWell it took them 50 years to figure out, whereas Adam guessed it immediately.
Azzu ( @Azzu@lemm.ee ) English12•2 months agoDidn’t they confirm it after 50 years? They had suspicions in different directions, including crotch armor?
Umbrias ( @Umbrias@beehaw.org ) English2•2 months agoYeah this is the key point in all of this. You can speculate forever, until you can confirm it your confidence will be very low.
TheReturnOfPEB ( @TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com ) English30•2 months ago“Historical hairdressing tutorials based on archaeological research and primary sources.”
https://www.youtube.com/@jntvstp
Janet Stephens; that’s her. i knew i kept that yt subscription for a reason
Shirasho ( @Shirasho@lemmings.world ) English26•2 months agoThis is why you go to subject matter experts.
/Software development rant
webghost0101 ( @webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ) English16•2 months agoSo wigs, not mittens.
GLAM = Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums
PhlubbaDubba ( @PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee ) English9•2 months agoHow do you sew hair?
sigmaklimgrindset ( @sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz ) English7•2 months agoHaven’t black women been doing this forever? My coworkers talk about sew-in weaves and shit all the time.
Match!! ( @match@pawb.social ) English4•2 months agoloops
PhlubbaDubba ( @PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee ) English5•2 months agoThat sounds incredibly tedious for anyone with hair shorter than “eligible to be donated to replace a horse tail”
jherazob ( @jherazob@beehaw.org ) English3•2 months ago
I’d trust a hairdresser when it comes to hair questions… EDIT: Turns out in real life, they did trust the hairdresser, the fact about sewing is true but the overall story is dramatized.
Bad at styling my long hair but I have definitely tried and from what I did in the few hair tutorials I followed, and from knitting, I absolutely believe that making these complicated, pretty, structured knots/loops was done by sewing.
Match!! ( @match@pawb.social ) English8•2 months agoShe also has a YouTube channel!
Gloomy ( @Gloomy@mander.xyz ) English3•2 months ago
flora_explora ( @flora_explora@beehaw.org ) English7•2 months agoYou post this and let us wonder how this might actually work without any pictures of the replicas??? :O
ETA: here are some examples in the video, unfortunately not the one in the meme…
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324900204578286272195339456
pearsaltchocolatebar ( @pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online ) English6•2 months agoAren’t weaves basically sewn in?