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Man eating rice, China, 1901 (media.kbin.social)
submitted 10 months ago by PugJesus@kbin.social to c/historyporn@lemmy.world
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[–] BloodSlut@lemmy.world 76 points 10 months ago (1 children)

gotta be one of my favorite historical photographs

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

With a picture like that, dude is one of my favorite historical people :).

[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is the guy you want to back in time to have lunch with.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 10 points 10 months ago

I mean, must have been some fucking good rice.

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 72 points 10 months ago (4 children)

The fact that it's such an old picture and he's smiling makes it look like this was taken at one of those photo shops at the mall where they have old timey costumes lol! He must have sat there smiling and holding that bowl for like 10 minutes!

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 53 points 10 months ago

By 1901 cameras had gotten faster, but there was still a 'culture' of solemn posing in the West.

https://www.demilked.com/smiling-chinese-man-old-photo/

[–] bluemellophone@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Honestly, I have a hard time believing ANYBODY would have teeth that nice and straight in 1901.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 4 points 10 months ago

This looks like an ads for a chinese restaurant lol

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Apparently the Chinese didn't "know" photos were serious business, thus this goofing off. So was said in previous discussion of this photo.

[–] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 39 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This has a really modern feel to it. Looks like a cool dude.

[–] UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Smiling, especially that wide, was not a common thing to do back then. Stern looks were common because people like George Washington had their faces painted and they had to pose for a very long time. It pretty much stuck around until the cameras got faster. I also think it's another part being foreign to Euro/American influences so there was no "gentlemen" way of posing for reference.

[–] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

I’ve heard that too about old photography.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Not man not eating not rice, not China, not 1901

[–] TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And that will haunt me in my nightmares. Thank you.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

It's bean my pleasure.

[–] Napain@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

thats just tyler the creator