Nothing brings me more joy than people learning from history and then modernizing it up a bit.
Like you wanna grow your hair long? Stop washing it so often and brush it more to keep it clean. Your hair will be way healthier too. And stop cutting it (and use a boar bristle brush, it’ll work better as it’ll actually absorb the oils, distribute them better, and work a hell of a lot better than non-absorbent plastic would) Edit: Early on, some well meaning person kindly asked me to inform you that the boar bristle brush technique does not work on curly hair, however I have since been informed by multiple parties that it does! My hair is as straight as a pin so use your own judgment!
You want to keep cool in the summer? Out with the polyester and in with the linen and cotton. Natural fibers are going to keep you cooler because they’re literally made to breathe
You want to preemptively stop the underwire in your bra from poking through? There’s a very simple embroidery stitch you can do that the Edwardians used to do to stop their corset boning from coming through.
We don’t have to just learn from our ancestors mistakes, we can learn from their stakes too
![[Cueball holds a cellphone. Black Hat is sitting at a desk with a laptop.] Cueball: Another huge study found no evidence that cell phones cause cancer. What was the W.H.O. thinking? Black Hat: I think they just got it backward. [Black Hat turns towards Cueball in an unframed panel, holding the laptop with one hand by the upper edge of the screen. Cueball is not visible.] Cueball: Huh? Black Hat: Well, take a look. [There is a plot of total cancer incidence and cell phone users. Cancer rises from 1970 to 1990, then stays relatively steady. Cell phone use rises from roughly 1984, and steeply after 1990, to the present.] Cueball: You're not... There are so many problems with that. Black Hat: Just to be safe, until I see more data I'm going to assume cancer causes cell phones.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/2384df5daa67f66194cea7f9194db03d/5dc9c5bf1199f3a6-cc/s1280x1920/dd5438ac7bc3c9576fc401a5ee007b0b06d96a5e.png)
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