homunculus-argument

You ever think about ancient inventions that may no longer actively be used, but which were so geniously designed that technically speaking, they still work?

Consider that old historical monk haircut. The tonsure looks like that on purpose, to keep them humble and away from temptations of sin. And it still works exactly as intended. Do you guys have any idea how much gay porn there would be of medieval monastery dudes knowing each other biblically if their haircuts were not so unfathomably unsexy.

patrickdiomedes

boy, I dunno what I expected after the first paragraph, but it wasn't what I got

kontextmaschine

the worst thing is comparing this to the tradition of nunnery porn (and the tradition of nunnery sluts – “nun” was at times the social identity category for “non-marriage-seeking woman independent of her family”)