#brogueing

[modmad]

old shoes, new boots <3

[oxfords---notbrogues]

[lazylittledragon]

i call this outfit “golfcore”

[themancorialist]

Canal Street, Manchester.

[irish-dress-history]

I just stumbled across the following story in the 'Irish News' section of the 1741 issue of The Gentleman's and London Magazine; or Monthly Chronologer:

It's a darkly funny story until you realize that this happened during Bliain an Áir (English: the Year of Slaughter), one of the worst famines in Irish history. The fact that a brogue-maker ended up in debtor's prison suggests most of the Irish were too poor to afford shoes. This is horrifying when you consider the fact that the 1740-1741 famine was caused abnormally cold weather. Temperatures as low as 0º F (-18º C) were recorded in Ireland in 1740. Image trying survive that without shoes.

[hordeofcorvids]

My deepest desire is for a Sherlock Holmes adaption with a Scottish Watson because one line in a Study in Scarlet mentions that he doesn't have any family in England and I used it as a thin excuse to incorporate Scottish Watson™ into my world view

[trenchcroats]

GIYSY ITS DONE IM FINISHED IM FREEEEE

[brewed-pangolin]

[apocalypticvalraven]

Dungeon Meshi Ch14- The Kelpie, when you were a mythology kid

"That's a Kelpie."

"No, she's not, that's a kelpie, kelpies are ravenous beasts. Stop whatever you're doing, Senshi."

"Yes, they're omnivores that lure people onto their backs, drown them, and eat them."

"Senshi, no. That is exactly what a Kelpie wants someone to do so it can eat them. You will get eaten."

"Listen to the boy! When the monsterfetishistlover thinks its a bad idea, the man who reads about monsters in his free time, it's a bad idea."

"Senshi. Stop. Get off while you can. If you can. You're an idiot. Fucking stop this idiocy."

"Get that fucking shocked look off your face, Senshi, this is what kelpies do. You literally did this to yourself. Because you're an idiot."

"SENSHI. THAT'S JUST WHAT KELPIES DO. THEY'RE NOT MAGICAL WATER HORSES, THEY'RE SHAPECHANGING MONSTERS THAT TAKE ON THE FORM OF A HORSE TO LURE DRUNKEN IDIOTS ONTO THEIR BACKS. THIS IS LIKE SAYING 'I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT DRAGON BURNED DOWN A VILLAGE AND TOOK OUR SHEEP.' IT'S WHAT THEY DO. YOU'RE LUCKY YOUR PARTY DIDN'T CONSIDER YOUR DEATH TO BE THE JUST CONSEQUENCE OF YOUR IDIOCY, AND SAVED YOU."

[capitalism-is-a-psychopathy]

Money is the true patriot of democracy.

Forget the noble ideals of equality, freedom, and representation. Those are quaint relics for history books. In the real world, the one ruled by bank accounts, wealth is the sharpest tool in the political shed. It whispers in ears, drafts laws, and fuels campaigns. The votes may come from the people, but the power? That’s strictly reserved for the highest bidder.

Let’s not pretend. When billionaires bankroll candidates, they aren’t doing it out of the goodness of their hearts or a burning love for democracy. They’re buying influence—plain and simple. It’s like a democracy-themed auction: Sold! To the guy in the corner with a yacht named Tax Evasion.

And this is where it gets spicy. Once money elbows its way into government, it doesn’t just sit quietly. It rewrites the rules. Policies that help the majority take a backseat to laws that pad the profits of the elite. Regulations are gutted. Social programs are slashed. The people who actually need help are told to pull themselves up by their bootstraps—preferably boots made in sweatshops, because profit margins.

This isn’t just unfair; it’s corrosive. When the public sees that votes don’t matter as much as dollar signs, trust erodes. Why bother voting when corporations already wrote the script? Apathy grows. Cynicism spreads. And just like that, democracy becomes an empty shell, a performance where the actors are paid in offshore accounts.

So here’s the truth: wealth doesn’t just influence government. It hijacks it. And when that happens, democracy isn’t destroyed by an explosion—it’s drowned in a sea of cash.

[typewriter-posts]

[oxfords---notbrogues]

[cafe-solo]

[aldenarmy]

[themancorialist]

Cathedral Yard, Manchester.

[introspect-la]

ENGINEERED GARMENTS X TRICKERS BROGUES IN BROWN MULTI TONE MORFLEX