• Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    14 hours ago

    Gathering ferns was one of the activities women could engage without male supervision and so was an outlet for queer women of Victorian England.

  • Fad? The name makes it sound more like a psychological disorder lol

    “You gotta help me, doc! I can’t stop collecting and displaying ferns! It’s ruining my life!”

    “Ah yes. Classic case of pteridomania. Don’t worry, sir, we have medicine that can help you now.”

  • PositiveNoise@piefed.social
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    15 hours ago

    Wait. So you are telling me my pterodactyl collection is now irrelevant? After all these years? All the scrimping and saving, and breaking into museums for elusive pterodactyl-related items? I’ve been collecting the wrong items ENTIRELY?! I need to rethink my life…