Weirdest Bits Of Victorian Etiquette You Won't Believe People Actually Observed

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  • čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
  • The Victorian era saw the advent of numerous political reforms, social changes and the world’s first industrial revolution.
    However, the Victorians had some other, stranger customs whose common observance died out long ago. These weird bits of etiquette range from the mostly harmless to the straight-up appalling and they paint a pretty clear picture about how far the Victorians were willing to go in the name of what they considered decorum.
    #VictorianEra #Etiquette #WeirdHistory
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  • @Izzy-qf1do
    @Izzy-qf1do Před 3 lety +3364

    "Babe, I haven't cheated on you. I've been eating my cornflakes."

    • @srutideka2894
      @srutideka2894 Před 3 lety +155

      "Then why did you ask the lady next door if you could inspect her necklace? Huh?"

    • @donwild50
      @donwild50 Před 3 lety +70

      The funny thing is, Kellogg's brother went into business with a guy named Post and made Kellogg's Corn Flakes and added sugar to them to improve the taste...but the Health nut Kellogg detested any form of sugar....and sued his brother. The court found in favor of the brother, deciding that he couldn't be denied the right to use his own name.

    • @yourah-drunk-cow6993
      @yourah-drunk-cow6993 Před 3 lety +48

      And who’s teeth did you eat them cornflakes with?

    • @Xtensionwire
      @Xtensionwire Před 3 lety +27

      @@srutideka2894 *PASSES OUT*

    • @MsDig65
      @MsDig65 Před 3 lety +14

      Kellogg is Welsh for chicken 🐔

  • @celinevanruyskensvelde7448
    @celinevanruyskensvelde7448 Před 3 lety +2700

    During college I had a roommate who loved history. English of this particular century. Now I get why one morning he came in, saw me eating Cornflakes and left chuckling. Now I know why, after 10 years I finally now WHY.

  • @joshuamartinez5775
    @joshuamartinez5775 Před 3 lety +1655

    "Nice teeth, I couldn't help but notice you have my dads smile, god rest his soul."

  • @Sk8ngInDuval
    @Sk8ngInDuval Před 3 lety +1395

    “Passing out was an acceptable form of expressing your emotional state.“
    Why is this no longer acceptable?!?! “Shit this is stressful, I’ll just pass out and not deal with it right now” sounds great.

    • @user-gk9dp9mh6m
      @user-gk9dp9mh6m Před 3 lety +36

      Ikr!! Passing out is an underrated expression! 🥵

    • @lowrainmadeleine8390
      @lowrainmadeleine8390 Před 2 lety +48

      @Busy Bodies! Bring back the corsets so I can dramatically faint whenever we'd have an exam!!

    • @sophieruby9135
      @sophieruby9135 Před 2 lety +40

      @Busy Bodies!
      It wasn't just corsets. Women used fainting to manipulate those around them, often to get attention. Some men loved it because it made women seem weak.

    • @heatherlawrence84
      @heatherlawrence84 Před 2 lety +9

      Sounds like me with my narcolepsy

    • @brettrobinson2901
      @brettrobinson2901 Před 2 lety +9

      Hell...I be constantly unconscious at work!😵

  • @parkboy8445
    @parkboy8445 Před 3 lety +2742

    “Two redheads marrying would be a recipe for disaster”
    The Weasleys: 👁 👄👁

    • @myamdane6895
      @myamdane6895 Před 3 lety +22

      Fucking hell these comments are beyond unfunny.

    • @round5soundsfetchmetheirso827
      @round5soundsfetchmetheirso827 Před 3 lety +94

      @@myamdane6895 go complain somewhere else then

    • @parkboy8445
      @parkboy8445 Před 3 lety +56

      @@myamdane6895 almost as unfunny as you are kind :)

    • @myamdane6895
      @myamdane6895 Před 3 lety +6

      @@parkboy8445 You have no idea what I'm like, how could you say that?

    • @parkboy8445
      @parkboy8445 Před 3 lety +44

      @@myamdane6895 I may have never met you, but I do know that a person who was nice, would not respond to someone with a mean or hateful sentence.

  • @yvellebradley2502
    @yvellebradley2502 Před 3 lety +1227

    Fainting. Bring back fainting and swooning. Awkward conversation? Swoon. Wanting to leave a boring gathering, swoon. Employer gives you too much work? Swoon.

  • @Palmieres
    @Palmieres Před 3 lety +2090

    The fact that photos of Victorian times women breastfeeding exist but we have to censor them in 2020 shows we aren't really advancing on a lot of things 🙄

    • @dolphineachonga555
      @dolphineachonga555 Před 3 lety +199

      We're prudes in a lot of ways compared to early century civilizations like Rome, Greece, Egypt, India, Japan, Sumerians, Mayans, Vikings, Aztecs e.t.c.

    • @Georgeth-kb6rg
      @Georgeth-kb6rg Před 3 lety +60

      Absolutely weird indeed

    • @ferocient
      @ferocient Před 3 lety +184

      I'm 60 and I can tell you that in the 60s & 70s such things were censored much less than now. The 1980s came along and everything started getting conservative again. What is wrong with such a beautiful natural function as breastfeeding a baby? I am often startled by how prudish U.S. culture remains after all this time.

    • @PPikes
      @PPikes Před 3 lety +36

      Actually it does show we've progressed because this is a public channel meant for everyone. It's not totally censored and it's not totally open and showing. It's right down the middle of the road to be equal for everyone. whereas we have an infinite amount of sources of free nudity for those that are in favor of that. Nudity of all types from all types of people and situations. The victorians would've never had that

    • @CeliaDeVeaux
      @CeliaDeVeaux Před 3 lety +14

      @Fred Forbes We just love a really ✨Shitty person✨

  • @jenniferbaldini3527
    @jenniferbaldini3527 Před 3 lety +84

    I was a hospice nurse before I retired. I would always offer to cut a small lock of hair from my patient for the family members at the time of death. I never had anyone decline that offer. Also, often times at the time of death, the patient might shed a single tear. I would collect the tear on a clean, white handkerchief (I carried them with me) and present the 'tear cloth' to the family. Families were very grateful to have a physical memory of their loved ones.

    • @monicarenee7949
      @monicarenee7949 Před rokem +8

      I wish I would have done that. My sister styled my mom’s hair while my mom was in hospice and I remember feeling how soft it was. I would have loved to have a little bit of her hair.

    • @LeeLeeCRN
      @LeeLeeCRN Před rokem +4

      I am a former trauma 1/er nurse. Couldnt keep up with it due to chronic health issues n after having a family.i now work part time as a home care hospice nurse n a few hrs a week as a dosing nurse at a methadone clinic. Ive been in nursing overall for close to 20yrs n never thought of that going to start asking my hospice patients families about the hair! Thank u!

    • @inthelandofmorethansmall7582
      @inthelandofmorethansmall7582 Před rokem +1

      I'm an ER Nurse. I wish I'd thought of this. Thank you for the idea! I think I'm going to start offering this, too!

    • @brokenangel2224
      @brokenangel2224 Před rokem +2

      You sound like a Wonderful, Caring, Loving human being. Thank You SO MUCH, for just being YOU. ❤❤❤❤

    • @Circlingthedrain1313
      @Circlingthedrain1313 Před 11 měsíci

      beautiful thank you

  • @lovely1641
    @lovely1641 Před 3 lety +2260

    Me:" Look at the Victorians....so elegant and cultured"
    This video:"They basically stunk, were weird and wore bits of the dead"
    Me:"so elegant...."

    • @reginalunaraea
      @reginalunaraea Před 3 lety +152

      Weird history destroys all my period drama fantasies with all their hygiene videos

    • @lovely1641
      @lovely1641 Před 3 lety +56

      @@reginalunaraea lol same. Weird History won't let us have nice things

    • @megancrager4397
      @megancrager4397 Před 3 lety +53

      @@reginalunaraea I think the opposite 😂 I get aggravated with period films where it's not realistic lol

    • @charlottesmom
      @charlottesmom Před 3 lety +30

      And had tapeworms! 🤮

    • @thekingshussar1808
      @thekingshussar1808 Před 3 lety +23

      These were norms practiced by a minority of the Victorian high class society, notoriously the most highest ones. Most Victorians were still elegant

  • @Halbairn
    @Halbairn Před 3 lety +1762

    Me and the boys buying out the entire Kellogg's stock in a nearby grocery just to survive No Nut November

    • @Stopsign32v
      @Stopsign32v Před 3 lety +51

      If this isn't proof that people get dumber as time goes on I don't know what is.

    • @battack56
      @battack56 Před 3 lety +5

      K k k@@Stopsign32v

    • @rontia
      @rontia Před 3 lety +4

      @@Stopsign32v preach it man

    • @HFFCANADA
      @HFFCANADA Před 3 lety +32

      @@Stopsign32v LOL u just proved you're own point bruh. It was a joke u clearly didn't get

    • @Oleanderlullaby
      @Oleanderlullaby Před 3 lety +9

      This cracked me up. Kellog also believed circ would remove sexual desire as well hes who started the cutting babies at birth regularly thing

  • @DammnDeejay
    @DammnDeejay Před 3 lety +686

    I wish I could live long enough to hear what people in the next 5000 years have to say about our generation now. They’re gonna completely shred us later 😂

    • @gdubbs680
      @gdubbs680 Před 2 lety +56

      You don't have to wait 5000 years, only about 120 years

    • @DammnDeejay
      @DammnDeejay Před 2 lety +36

      @@gdubbs680 at least I won’t be around to witness the roast session 🤣

    • @jamelbunny5732
      @jamelbunny5732 Před 2 lety +8

      I wonder what they would have to say about us.

    • @flyingdragon6275
      @flyingdragon6275 Před 2 lety +8

      maybe wait for 60 more years

    • @Shortstacksandticktacks
      @Shortstacksandticktacks Před 2 lety +20

      They're going to say manners were considered old-fashioned and unnecessary, and we didn't understand how to use the internet.

  • @brushbros
    @brushbros Před 3 lety +119

    Tape worms make wonderful and easy-to-keep pets. They go where YOU go, and eat what YOU eat. Pigeons are easy keepers too.

    • @Kolibri71
      @Kolibri71 Před 3 lety +14

      Perfect starter pet for any kid 😂😂😂

    • @Violetbunnyfish
      @Violetbunnyfish Před 2 lety +10

      Also they're quiet and don't bark at the mailman, or leave hairballs on the floor. The perfect pet.

  • @vittxrio5198
    @vittxrio5198 Před 3 lety +1058

    Victorian Era were the concept of Consumerism began! This is were people began buying stuff even if it's useless, unimportant, or plainly because they were baited by the emotional rewards it offers.

    • @thebigpicture2032
      @thebigpicture2032 Před 3 lety +36

      Affluence from the industrial revolution made it possible.

    • @vcalv9354
      @vcalv9354 Před 3 lety +10

      Where

    • @jazzycup9274
      @jazzycup9274 Před 3 lety +7

      Yep, like offering up a dowery to be married without knowing if she was good at yelling at the help to do the dishes. Needed a try before you buy option.

    • @daphne4983
      @daphne4983 Před 3 lety +29

      Mass consumerism. People always have wanted nice things. But only the rich could afford it.

    • @mhmmhm725
      @mhmmhm725 Před 3 lety +7

      @@jazzycup9274 thats one strange comparison you made there

  • @AbrahamLincoln4
    @AbrahamLincoln4 Před 3 lety +918

    The times where you can threaten someone by saying *"You need some manners!"*

    • @chuck2703
      @chuck2703 Před 3 lety +28

      *faint *

    • @johnnys3487
      @johnnys3487 Před 3 lety +3

      ANDREW JOHNSON WAS A BETTER PRESIDENT LMAO

    • @cherry_puffles
      @cherry_puffles Před 3 lety +9

      @@chuck2703 how could you? * gets a heart stroke *

    • @garretth8224
      @garretth8224 Před 3 lety

      @Native Marauder Because Abe Lincoln isn't as controversial these days in comparison to the confederacy and its symbols.

    • @garretth8224
      @garretth8224 Před 3 lety +14

      @Native Marauder They were both good in different ways. Abe didn't really focus on the economy, he was trying to end the war that was pitting Americans against each other. Its far easier to focus on economical changes when you don't have to deal with a war.

  • @meiguess6765
    @meiguess6765 Před 3 lety +110

    I really wish that the mourning clothes were discussed a bit more! Like how they’d sometimes mourn for over a year, and that the longer you mourned the higher you were perceived societally. The black dresses were processed and dyed with chemicals, and would expose the wearer and everyone near them to arsenic, chromium, formaldehyde, ammonia, flame retardants and more.

    • @Circlingthedrain1313
      @Circlingthedrain1313 Před 11 měsíci +2

      you still around? subject fascinates me. momento mori FTW

    • @meiguess6765
      @meiguess6765 Před 11 měsíci

      @@Circlingthedrain1313 still here haha

  • @StargazerSkyscraper
    @StargazerSkyscraper Před 3 lety +269

    There's a big difference between "etiquette" and "trends". Etiquette is where you put the silverware on the table. Trends are most of what's in this video, lol.

    • @kromos.mp451
      @kromos.mp451 Před 3 lety

      WHAT DO YOU MEAN LOL STOP IT

    • @CassidyStarke
      @CassidyStarke Před 3 lety +13

      Most of them are though.
      Etiquette
      the set of rules or customs that control accepted behavior in particular social groups or social situations

    • @StargazerSkyscraper
      @StargazerSkyscraper Před 3 lety +17

      @@CassidyStarke The key point in the definition of "etiquette" is that it is a set of rules, customs that have been designed to control acceptable behavior. Etiquette is what most of us think of as manners, how to be a good host, a good neighbor, etc. It's things like knocking before entering the bathroom, not putting your elbows on the table while you eat, or not wearing bright colors to a funeral.
      "Trends" are things that are popular or socially accepted at the time, things that are in fashion or make a person seem more popular, educated, attractive, etc. by the partaking. Most trends do not last very long and are not dictated by social rules, but by social interest.
      Using human hair in fashion accessories, eating cornflakes, consuming tapeworms for weight loss, using lard or arsenic as beauty products; these are all things that were popular (or at least a fad) in some parts of the world at the time. Think of the people in the 80's who wore crop tops, teased up their hair, wore shoulder-pads, and thought "Aids" was a good name for a chocolate diet candy. Nobody thought you were an asshole for not wearing a crop top or styling your hair more plainly. Maybe they'd think you were a square or uncool, but that's about it.
      Same difference. Trends, not etiquette.

    • @CassidyStarke
      @CassidyStarke Před 3 lety +7

      @@StargazerSkyscraper
      So you’re building your whole argument on “what most of us think of”
      My comment is the by the Cambridge dictionary.
      Etiquette aren’t always about manners. They’re also about customs (see definition) the at you are expected to participate in if you’re part of a certain group.
      Most of the things seen in the video were costumes not trends.

    • @StargazerSkyscraper
      @StargazerSkyscraper Před 3 lety +4

      @@CassidyStarke No, I'm not building my argument on "what most of us think of" and I'm not discounting the Cambridge definition of the word "etiquette". In fact, I was agreeing with it, and explaining why it proves my point and not yours. You simply seem to be misunderstanding or willfully misrepresenting the Cambridge definition (and what was said in my comment just now) because, for some reason, I guess you're really interested in defending the virtue of some random list video, LOL.

  • @curiousworld7912
    @curiousworld7912 Před 3 lety +222

    I once visited a museum that had a collection of 'memorial hair art', and I have to admit, they were not only beautiful, but the intricacy with which they were fashioned was amazing.

    • @annieoakley2925
      @annieoakley2925 Před 2 lety +5

      I used to think the hair jewelry was gross. Now I feel that it might be comforting to have a small locket or bracelet with my mother's hair.

    • @curiousworld7912
      @curiousworld7912 Před 2 lety +7

      @@annieoakley2925 I think we Americans have lost a lot of appreciation for 'memento mori', but I've come to view it as comforting, and not at all grotesque. :)

    • @metarcee2483
      @metarcee2483 Před 7 měsíci +1

      I've seen one that was a necklace with a heart shaped knot of hair as the pendant. It was pretty cool.

  • @LadySanako
    @LadySanako Před 3 lety +634

    Actually the nipple protectors still exist today, but they are more to protect against injuries in women who are breastfeeding. And they are made of silicone.

    • @mommyrainbow8940
      @mommyrainbow8940 Před 3 lety +27

      This is so true! I even used one whenI had my first child. Helps a lot!

    • @iThiink
      @iThiink Před 3 lety +18

      I thought they had tassles and were made for shaking what your momma gave you 😅

    • @ycl9234
      @ycl9234 Před 3 lety +8

      It's not that popular in the pharmacy here in malaysia. Probably the high birthing group here (endogenous group) are more hardy

    • @LadySanako
      @LadySanako Před 3 lety +6

      I live in Germany, where it actually happens more often now. It makes it easier for the mother and the child to breastfeed.

    • @TanviPurohit86551
      @TanviPurohit86551 Před 3 lety

      Hi be to

  • @sUjU91
    @sUjU91 Před 3 lety +75

    Given my back and staring problems, I’m beginning to suspect I was made on a flight of stairs 🤔

  • @eyesofthecervino3366
    @eyesofthecervino3366 Před 3 lety +27

    Real talk: asking someone to take their necklace off so you can look at it is way, _way_ more polite than just abruptly leaning into someone's personal space and staring intently at their chest.

    • @llyn5759
      @llyn5759 Před rokem +1

      Or worse, actually trying to touch it and hold it up to see.

    • @eyesofthecervino3366
      @eyesofthecervino3366 Před rokem +2

      @@llyn5759
      "May I?" *grabs at throat*

    • @llyn5759
      @llyn5759 Před rokem +1

      @@eyesofthecervino3366 😭 i just spit out my coffee lol

  • @Roseyfinchartworks
    @Roseyfinchartworks Před 3 lety +887

    I don’t think the hair locker is that weird. My mom has a piece of hair from my first haircut in her jewelry box.

  • @scottnotpilgrim
    @scottnotpilgrim Před 3 lety +501

    Always look forward to Weird History uploads

  • @sstritmatter2158
    @sstritmatter2158 Před 3 lety +53

    One thing they did get right was building solid and lasting structures. I own a Victorian era home of Italian style and it's as strong today as it was over 120 years ago when it was built. She's three brick width thick, 8"x8" timber beams, yellow pine flooring. She's strong and beautiful. I spent $14,000 this year renovating it from decades of neglect and she came out better than ever despite years of neglect - a testament to her Victorian era builders and craftsmen.

    • @cristinad5398
      @cristinad5398 Před 2 lety +9

      You know you love your home when you use the pronoun SHE to describe her 😅

    • @annieoakley2925
      @annieoakley2925 Před 2 lety

      Only $14K?? Seems like you couldn't get the house painted or put in a new kitchen for that amount of money. Sounds like a lovely place, though

  • @alicewilloughby4318
    @alicewilloughby4318 Před 3 lety +17

    1:22 - I'm amazed he was allowed to say that out loud!
    4:52 - Making love on a flight of stairs sounds like a good way to have a bad fall, never mind an unhealthy kid!
    6:40 - We used to have an old Victorian hair wreath. It had many different colors of hair from many different long-dead relatives. A couple of friends, when I told them what it was, said, "Ew, that's so gross, how can you stand to have that on your wall??" but I'd grown up with it and had gotten used to it long before it ever occurred to me that it could be considered "gross". My mom grew up with it too and she and her siblings referred to it as, "the grand old Hairloom". (Like heirloom, if anyone didn't get it.)

  • @staysee1709
    @staysee1709 Před 3 lety +146

    The nipple shields are still in use today, typically made from silicone as a shield for injured nips or to help baby latch better. Even the theory behind the pooling of milk is correct, breast milk does actually aid in healing and soothing tissue. So they weren't far off other than the lead 😆

    • @thomasag2765
      @thomasag2765 Před 3 lety +1

      The more we know 🤘🏼😅

    • @demorik6794
      @demorik6794 Před 3 lety +7

      They'll probably know some negative effect from silicone 150 years from now. Lol

    • @johnbyrd7400
      @johnbyrd7400 Před rokem +3

      The silver part might not be such a bad idea either as long as it's actually silver. But if having a silver tongue means your mouth tells lies easily does having silver nipples mean the boobs lie easily?

    • @user-pu4bk7bf1g
      @user-pu4bk7bf1g Před 3 měsíci

      T m I

  • @mr.beetle1589
    @mr.beetle1589 Před 3 lety +726

    Imagine asking a girl to remove her necklace to observe its beauty in today's era .... 😂😁😂😀😁😁😂😀✌️

    • @jaelge
      @jaelge Před 3 lety +77

      Even to this day, I would consider it more polite and respectful than simply gawking at someone´s neck, who may be taken aback or embarrassed by it. It also shows deference to their spouse, boy or girlfriend, or parent that may be present. Also, there exist men that are all too glad to punch someone out if they think they´re being too familiar with or flirting with their wife.

    • @daidai2636
      @daidai2636 Před 3 lety +26

      Ran off on da plug twice 👨🏿‍🦯🏃🏿‍♂️👨🏿‍🦼🤣🤣

    • @roninja6929
      @roninja6929 Před 3 lety +76

      So by that logic if I wanted to admire a Victorian chick's dress I could ask her to remove it?

    • @mikesharon2177
      @mikesharon2177 Před 3 lety +18

      @@roninja6929 exactly lol

    • @trippyboi91
      @trippyboi91 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jaelge frfr 😂

  • @kyriljordanov2086
    @kyriljordanov2086 Před 3 lety +15

    I remember my grandma always wearing black for decades after her husband died but she was from Eastern Europe. She would still wear a black headscarf when she left the house. It was still common with the old women in the 80's and they generally never got remarried.

  • @barrishautomotive
    @barrishautomotive Před 3 lety +74

    Ok, I'm going to be that guy. "Stair" and "Stare" are homophones, not homonyms. They sound the same, but are spelled differently.

    • @nozecone
      @nozecone Před 3 lety +4

      No, they can be called homonyms as well.

    • @stillhere1425
      @stillhere1425 Před 3 lety +2

      Thank you, That Guy.

    • @stillhere1425
      @stillhere1425 Před 3 lety +2

      @@nozecone no they cannot because they don’t have the same NAME.

    • @nozecone
      @nozecone Před 3 lety +4

      @@stillhere1425 I have no idea what that is supposed to mean. But, here's the OED definition of 'homonym', FYI: "Each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins."

    • @theuniverseisme432
      @theuniverseisme432 Před 3 lety +3

      @@nozecone you’re right. The definition says spelling OR pronunciation.

  • @TheMsWilliamsShow
    @TheMsWilliamsShow Před 3 lety +86

    I'd love to just pass out when someone gives me bad news. "zoom call in 10 minutes" and just pass out for the next 2 hours #goals

  • @youroneblackfriend6321
    @youroneblackfriend6321 Před 3 lety +213

    Imagine turning this on when your parents walk in thinking it will be clean...

  • @tym0tym
    @tym0tym Před 3 lety +238

    The weirdest thing is that in 21st century you censored 19th century photos of breastfeeding mothers. o.O

    • @MFLimited
      @MFLimited Před 3 lety +46

      Truth. We clearly have no business laughing at Victorians if we think breastfeeding is somehow pornographic.

    • @barrybbenson2439
      @barrybbenson2439 Před 3 lety +49

      It's because CZcams censorship, don't blame him blame CZcams for threatening to take his income because he showed a woman feeding her newborn

    • @PPikes
      @PPikes Před 3 lety +3

      @@MFLimited the victorians would've never had this shown in as public a place as this. And it's right in the middle of the road in terms of what it shows, it's not fully censored nor fully showing... It's meant to be a compromise so that everyone feels safe. Plus nudity and full view breastfeeding is in full abundance in an infinite number of other places even on CZcams. That in itself shows a more progressive attitude than the victorians

    • @DSDaly
      @DSDaly Před 3 lety +15

      @@PPikes breastfeeding was not seen as taboo in Victorian times and you certainly could do it in public with lots of people around. It wasn't until wasn't until formula became the norm that people got weird about it.

    • @Violetbunnyfish
      @Violetbunnyfish Před 2 lety +1

      It's because of CZcams rules

  • @tariaurora9276
    @tariaurora9276 Před 3 lety +14

    I think we should bring back passing out... perfect way to avoid awkward situations 😝

  • @AveryTalksAboutStuff
    @AveryTalksAboutStuff Před 3 lety +169

    The tapeworm thing made me think of that episode of The Office where Creed gave Kelly a tapeworm. 😂

    • @RosiePosey5150
      @RosiePosey5150 Před 3 lety +3

      Made me think of house.

    • @hiyabuddy7
      @hiyabuddy7 Před 3 lety +9

      "That wasn't a tape worm" 🤣

    • @ediciushawthorne7389
      @ediciushawthorne7389 Před 3 lety +2

      She said.. I bought a tape worm from creed and swallowed it..camera pans*.. that wasn't a tape worm

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 Před 3 lety +5

      *there was an episode of the Twilight Zone (from 1988 season 3 episode 7) called The Hellgramite Method in which a tapeworm(ish) creature was ingested that totally removed any effects and therefore the enjoyment a person experienced from drinking...the drawback being that the creature once consumed feeds on the alcohol and will continue to grow and eventually kill its host but can be forced into hibernation if the person stops drinking but the withdraw will be unbelievably painful but effective...if the person ever starts drinking again the creature will reawaken and start growing again...a great if not somewhat unnerving episode..you can find it posted on yt)*

    • @destree6348
      @destree6348 Před 3 lety

      Reminded me of an Untold Stories of the ER episode I saw 🤢

  • @ajaylet8466
    @ajaylet8466 Před 3 lety +30

    Passing out to let others know what’s on your mind is such a mood.

  • @justme2086
    @justme2086 Před 3 lety +20

    There’s a Greek saying that goes “you have a tapeworm in your stomach” when someone eats too much! I guess back then this phrase would be literal ...😂

    • @dgeneeknapp3168
      @dgeneeknapp3168 Před 2 lety

      I used to love when one of the 3 stooges would order burnt toast and a rotten egg to eat. They'd say they had a tape worm, and it was good enough for him. That always cracked me up.

  • @violetopal6264
    @violetopal6264 Před 2 lety +8

    The hair thing... Keep in mind this was from before photography and is actually a lot older than the victorian eara. People wanted a way to remember loved ones just as much as we do and paintings were expensive.

    • @garycarpenter2980
      @garycarpenter2980 Před rokem

      Remember there are paintings that are"attached"and or it got a little friend that is holding on to the picture 🖼️ if you get one look into the background

  • @maryhildreth754
    @maryhildreth754 Před 3 lety +556

    These arent etiquette. They are interesting but would be called customs or beliefs rather than etiquette.

    • @tiamarie6719
      @tiamarie6719 Před 3 lety +17

      Yes, I agree with that. Except for it being seen as obscene to express sexual desires, even if someone is not being creepy about it.

    • @Deltadivaix
      @Deltadivaix Před 3 lety +2

      Agree.

    • @umarb7325
      @umarb7325 Před 3 lety +20

      they are customs steeped in pursuit of etiquettes. You are using a limited view of the term etiquette

    • @lindamaemullins5151
      @lindamaemullins5151 Před 3 lety +1

      Yep

    • @lindamaemullins5151
      @lindamaemullins5151 Před 3 lety

      @@umarb7325 perhaps adaptation 🤔

  • @youroneblackfriend6321
    @youroneblackfriend6321 Před 3 lety +137

    0:14 I don’t why my brain immediately went to saying “that’s a glory hole for feet” I think I have a problem.

    • @gfinnstrom
      @gfinnstrom Před 3 lety +1

      no problem being normal love it

    • @chloevaughn9755
      @chloevaughn9755 Před 3 lety

      I-

    • @PlanetJ32
      @PlanetJ32 Před 3 lety +1

      LMAOOOO

    • @valalava1
      @valalava1 Před 3 lety +13

      I thought the same thing and I was hoping they would address it. If it's not that then what is it?

    • @steven401ytx
      @steven401ytx Před 3 lety +3

      Literally dead. Rotting. Putrescent and bloated. Crows ate my eyes and I'm full of maggots. Soiled myself. Literally, literally dead.

  • @janethenry1405
    @janethenry1405 Před 3 lety +13

    I would love to see a video on weird Victorian inventions! One good one is the bustle chair; a combination of a bustle and a chair in the 1880's.

  • @eacalvert
    @eacalvert Před 3 lety +4

    Actually nipple shields are still used today but tend to be made of medical grade silicon. I used one when nursing my son. They can be used to protect sore or chapped nipples, or if a woman has inverse nipples (ie they sort of go instead of out when aroused or nursing) it can help to midegete the situation. This can help the baby to latch. Nipple shields can also be used for babies that may be a slightly premature and have trouble getting a latch.

  • @laschellemendes1687
    @laschellemendes1687 Před 3 lety +90

    This channel makes learning fun

  • @JenniferMenendez522
    @JenniferMenendez522 Před 3 lety +119

    As a kid, I always wished that I had lived in Victorian times. Mind you, I also wanted to be a farmer and a Detroit Lions cheerleader. 🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @vittxrio5198
      @vittxrio5198 Před 3 lety +12

      Living in Victorian as a woman is a pain in the ass. Oh wait, living in Victorian Era was *generally* pain in the ass.

    • @mikitz
      @mikitz Před 3 lety +24

      @@vittxrio5198 Living generally in any era in the past would be a pain in the ass for anyone living today. No matter what they say, we're all way better off now than ever.

    • @SearchIndex
      @SearchIndex Před 3 lety +4

      I thought I was born in the wrong time because my mother was very victorian and raised us as such

    • @truthbetold6011
      @truthbetold6011 Před 3 lety +1

      what?

    • @Lil-io7zb
      @Lil-io7zb Před 3 lety +1

      @@mikitz not if you went back to the 80s and 90s.

  • @allandavis8201
    @allandavis8201 Před 3 lety +65

    Having a locket containing your loved ones hair isn’t weird, I think it’s just a sentimental act of someone in mourning, and a way of still feeling close to your love. All the other slices of Victorian etiquette are really very weird, but not really surprising, after all the Victorian era was the era that ushered in today’s etiquette standards. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @AtaMarKat
    @AtaMarKat Před 3 lety +10

    Can’t believe y’all left out that so many dentures were supposedly made with battlefield scraps that the British called them Waterloo Teeth for a while.

  • @pavladavlas
    @pavladavlas Před 3 lety +200

    Kellogg’s: the official meal of No Nut November!

    • @ScarlettM
      @ScarlettM Před 3 lety +1

      What is "No Nut November"? Why "November"?

    • @low-keyrighteous9575
      @low-keyrighteous9575 Před 3 lety

      @@ScarlettM lol .. this dude doesn't know . He copied his comment from someone else

    • @gaggymott9159
      @gaggymott9159 Před 3 lety

      @@ScarlettM Onomatopoeia, I'd suggest...No nut April doesn't really sound the same....

  • @kavyareddy8711
    @kavyareddy8711 Před 3 lety +120

    I just hope tiktok doesnt become our representation in history.... man, they would have a laugh 🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @violetdusk1968
      @violetdusk1968 Před 3 lety +11

      I doubt it will. Look how technology changes at one time all people had was the radio. They even had pretty much television shows that were just audio. Now we have youtube. So I think as technology changes people probably won't even be able to see tiktok.

    • @PianoGesang
      @PianoGesang Před 2 lety

      TikTok is from a communist hellhole. Why would anyone in his right mind install it let alone be using it. Delete it and don't look back unless in remorse.

  • @diamondtiara84
    @diamondtiara84 Před 3 lety +5

    I read about a Victorian couple who, when their little girl died, had a wax doll made to look just like her, dressed the doll in her clothes, and had some of her hair cut off to make a wig for the doll. That's really weird!

  • @vfjungle
    @vfjungle Před 3 lety +4

    This channel does such a good job with quick historical bits. Let’s see more about beauty through the ages .

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot Před 3 lety +146

    I'm an atheist but I grew up Seventh-day Adventist and we heard a lot about Dr. Kellogg, many years later I found out that he was a eugenicist and racist. The things you find out when you have an opportunity to do research.

    • @Blazemoth
      @Blazemoth Před 3 lety +11

      The man was crazy.

    • @TheJamieRamone
      @TheJamieRamone Před 3 lety +16

      He was also NOT a doctor.

    • @darralpeoples6211
      @darralpeoples6211 Před 3 lety +28

      A racist in the 1800s? You must be joking.

    • @momolee5262
      @momolee5262 Před 3 lety +1

      @@darralpeoples6211 ....

    • @jesslynn3182
      @jesslynn3182 Před 3 lety +18

      Women were also treated for hysteria. Look it up...particularly as we are looking at the Victorian era. I’m so surprised it didn’t come up! Pun intended for those in the know!

  • @darkezt1
    @darkezt1 Před 3 lety +141

    ok that voice just makes you believe whatever he is saying, he ever jumps on the ancient aliens channel WE WILL ALL BELIEVE

    • @garretth8224
      @garretth8224 Před 3 lety

      Which he won't ever do.

    • @monix6907
      @monix6907 Před 3 lety

      I turned off because of The voice

    • @gohawks3571
      @gohawks3571 Před 3 lety

      Aliens

    • @monix6907
      @monix6907 Před 3 lety

      @@gohawks3571 non human life forms artificial intelligence and it's getting boring

    • @gohawks3571
      @gohawks3571 Před 3 lety

      @@monix6907 Geez, sorry

  • @satanswife2546
    @satanswife2546 Před 3 lety +18

    I honestly quite like the whole “you have sex without love, your kid is gonna be well ya know?” thing

  • @MsYunaFires
    @MsYunaFires Před 3 lety +5

    I'd love an episode on all the horror icons - Dracula, Frankenstein, Dorain Gray, Jekyll/Hyde - and their authors!

    • @corinnepmorrison1854
      @corinnepmorrison1854 Před 2 lety +3

      I have read all of those novels... Enjoyed them all!! The movies often strayed too far from the books’ plots...

  • @talbino7821
    @talbino7821 Před 3 lety +24

    Love how the Arsenic Complexion Wafers screams that its GUARANTEED ABSOLUTELY SAFE HARMLESS TO ANYBODY just to erase any doubts customers have 🤣

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 Před 3 lety +7

      *just like what Lorillard Tobacco did 60 years ago when it introduced Kent cigarettes, between March 1952 and May 1956, Smokers of that era puffed their way through 13 billion Kents whose patented ‘Micronite” filter contained a particularly virulent form of asbestos in the name of safety and refreshing flavor enhancement of tar and nicotine....yum!!!!*

  • @katelamb4073
    @katelamb4073 Před 3 lety +18

    I am just gonna start fainting now whenever I hear something upsetting.... I will also make sure to let out a dramatic gasp when I do. LOL🤣🤣🤣

  • @altair5240
    @altair5240 Před rokem +3

    My dad is a keen metal detectorist in the Scotland, whilst metal detecting in a field one day he actually found a in-tact locket with hair in it, the strands still intricately woven 100+ years after it had been lost!

  • @jeremyheartriter2.063
    @jeremyheartriter2.063 Před 3 lety +6

    It's about time we bring back the trend of fainting 🤣

  • @ohnoajellyfish
    @ohnoajellyfish Před 3 lety +66

    You know... I can't make fun of any of the "health and beauty" tips here given what we're willing to put ourselves through nowadays. 😅

    • @violetdusk1968
      @violetdusk1968 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah sucking the fat right out of your body sounds pretty horrible.

    • @jassewalton1768
      @jassewalton1768 Před 3 lety +3

      Brazilian waxing springs to mind!

    • @rat3367
      @rat3367 Před 3 lety +4

      Brazilian butt lifts, lip fillers, rhinoplasty and breast implants come to mind.

    • @duolingoowl8207
      @duolingoowl8207 Před 3 lety +1

      Well some people removed their ribs for beauty

    • @Jacob_Overby
      @Jacob_Overby Před 2 lety

      weirdos tbh

  • @blynn7053
    @blynn7053 Před 3 lety +56

    Funny to see a Kellogg’s commercial during this lol

  • @thantalus77
    @thantalus77 Před 3 lety +11

    Oat meal hasn’t diminished my lusty desires in the past 75 years

  • @pamelaeversole6050
    @pamelaeversole6050 Před 3 lety +2

    Been binge watching & lovin it !!
    I will go forth to share the knowledge. 😆No joke, y’all are great & I appreciate the videos. Thank you!

  • @Alex-ms9em
    @Alex-ms9em Před 3 lety +30

    I love videos of the Victorian times! There aren’t many on CZcams so I’m glad you do them!!

    • @mgthestrange9098
      @mgthestrange9098 Před 3 lety +4

      I subscribe to a channel called fact feast where the narrator reads journals and reports from the time. It’s usually about life on the streets and in the slums. It’s a small channel and worth supporting.

    • @Alex-ms9em
      @Alex-ms9em Před 3 lety +3

      @@mgthestrange9098 I’ll definitely check it out thank you!

  • @Mr-.Facts.
    @Mr-.Facts. Před 3 lety +53

    I can already see future humanity cringing on the TikTok videos

    • @Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo
      @Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo Před 2 lety

      even the humanity of this day and age who actually have brains are cringing on tiktok vids.

  • @hooligan3821
    @hooligan3821 Před 3 lety +5

    I love the idea of mourning jewelry. Im planning doing it for my pets, loved ones and when i die having some made for my surviving family and friends. And having my tattoos cut off and preserved for either my boyfriend or mom just to freak her out.

  • @taylorrogers4064
    @taylorrogers4064 Před 2 lety +2

    Why couldn't the narrator be my history teacher in high school? I would've actually went to class. This guy is amazing. 😂😂😂

  • @deangeloellis729
    @deangeloellis729 Před 3 lety +9

    That hand that said "STOP" had me laughing a bit too hard.

  • @misabelrodriguez1163
    @misabelrodriguez1163 Před 3 lety +23

    I'd love to hear about the Edwardian Era!!

  • @Samthe1stbob
    @Samthe1stbob Před 3 lety +16

    They even had swooning chairs that women could pass out into when they heard overwhelming news or was too overwrought

    • @Sofia-nc1tu
      @Sofia-nc1tu Před 3 lety +1

      That's hardly true.

    • @anamaria91106
      @anamaria91106 Před 3 lety

      They also had fainting rooms.

    • @Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo
      @Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo Před 2 lety

      no they didnt had swooning chairs or fainting couches. thats a modern myth that has already been debunked.

    • @Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo
      @Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo Před 2 lety

      @@anamaria91106 no they didnt. stop spreading bullshit myths that already have been debunked.

  • @kierraogden6771
    @kierraogden6771 Před 3 lety +11

    While cleaning up my grandparents house with my mother we found a picture made out of locks of hair haha so yup it’s true

  • @Just_another_turtle
    @Just_another_turtle Před 3 lety +76

    Number 1: Always wear a top hat.

  • @teeheecindee
    @teeheecindee Před 3 lety +24

    LETS NORMALISE FAINTING AS AN EXPRESSION AGAIN! so i can 'faint' at work then proceed to sleep

  • @kenster8270
    @kenster8270 Před 3 lety +11

    4:08 teeth were also harvested from living enslaved people.

  • @lindsayrush1895
    @lindsayrush1895 Před rokem

    I am the biggest Weird History fan ever! Thank you so much for your amazing channel! I was wondering if you could possibly do a video about advertisements from the Victorian era. Every time I see one, my jaw hit the floor and I am also laughing.

  • @FeedScrn
    @FeedScrn Před 3 lety +42

    Well at least they didn't eat their pets.

  • @OleGeezerCirca1941
    @OleGeezerCirca1941 Před 3 lety +29

    Not only were tapeworms great for weight loss, they made ideal pets. They would go where you'd go, eat what you ate, and they never had to go out for a walk, or make a mess on the carpets.

  • @somedaysoon7713
    @somedaysoon7713 Před 3 lety +11

    Me sitting here with my naturally born red hair married to a man with black hair and blue eyes 😱

  • @TheBlkKat
    @TheBlkKat Před 3 lety +12

    This video was brilliant and fascinating. I would love if you made more videos regarding etiquette throughout different time periods.

  • @thalia7104
    @thalia7104 Před 3 lety +35

    The amulet with the hair isn't that uncommon in today's times, too, actually. You can still buy such an amulet you can open, often combined with one side of the amulet being made for a picture, the other one for a lock of hair.

    • @laurielovett8849
      @laurielovett8849 Před 3 lety +2

      Future people will gush laughing at the nowadayshabitof bursting into tears at the drop of a hat. Nowadays if someone wins a talent competition its off into crying,and if they loose same result.Nosuchthingz as stiff upperlips nowadays

    • @NorseGraphic
      @NorseGraphic Před 3 lety

      @@laurielovett8849 Or stiff lower lips....

    • @TG-fn2ri
      @TG-fn2ri Před 2 lety +2

      I have one with the fur of my dog that passed.

  • @AbrahamLincoln4
    @AbrahamLincoln4 Před 3 lety +59

    I remember the good old days.

    • @rapidswelsa3306
      @rapidswelsa3306 Před 3 lety +7

      Were they really good old days if you were sniped in those days?

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 Před 3 lety +4

      *such fond memories of those farm raised artisan leeches...good times...when the peasants danced in the mud drenched streets with their pitchforks and torches held high as they advanced on the castle of the regional lord and magistrate with their list of demands for social and political reforms before the harvest would be tended to...*

  • @brigetteuili2391
    @brigetteuili2391 Před 2 lety +3

    Shiiiit, I swoon every other day, when I see my bills come in 😂

  • @dmacmillion
    @dmacmillion Před 3 lety +3

    Thank you CZcams for protecting me from the 100% sight of a nursing baby.

  • @signorpincodepincopalli7788

    0:15 This was probably supposed to hide the gown,
    but they don't tell you the doctor has a foot fetish

  • @manicmechanic448
    @manicmechanic448 Před 3 lety +55

    I would not only be shunned by "polite" society. I would be deemed a heretic by the church.

  • @justineharper3346
    @justineharper3346 Před 3 lety +6

    Not going to lie. I think family "hair"looms are a pretty cool idea. I want to go chop off some locks from my immediate family and make something cool and pretty out of it. Maybe I'm a weirdo 😂

    • @louise.x03
      @louise.x03 Před rokem

      it's actually quite common for people to keep hair from their deceased loved ones. and even babies first hair, then the parents will keep them as little memories

  • @milodude023
    @milodude023 Před 3 lety +2

    Love your videos! Makes history be fun.

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot Před 3 lety +98

    Yeah the Victorian time period was pretty ritualistic and oftentimes very macabre.

    • @oof2916
      @oof2916 Před 3 lety +12

      And I love it

    • @thebestcentaur
      @thebestcentaur Před 3 lety +1

      Nice seeing you from Chimaican!

    • @grapeshot
      @grapeshot Před 3 lety

      @@thebestcentaur 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

    • @MFLimited
      @MFLimited Před 3 lety +2

      🖤

    • @dgeneeknapp3168
      @dgeneeknapp3168 Před 2 lety +1

      I wonder if it was because life expectancy was still comparatively low, and diseases we easily treat now lurked around every corner and frequently killed. They still didn't understand bacteria and viruses well, and medical treatment was often deadly. Giving birth was still about the most dangerous time in women's lives. The focus on regimen and ritual may have given them a sense of having some level of control. Also, the reputation of a person was still just about the most valuable thing most people had. Even the poorest were shown respect due to an impeccable reputation. Insulting a person's character was almost a crime. It could be a society wide case of OCD...having odd practices for the purposes of keeping bad things one feels beyond their control from happening. It was common for couples to lose. Ore than one young child, men to lose wives to childbearing, and kids to lose both parents before being grown. It was a frightening time, and ritual may have helped them cope.

  • @thesuccessfulone
    @thesuccessfulone Před 3 lety +9

    Fainting on purpose is a power move.

  • @markwilloughbywood3868
    @markwilloughbywood3868 Před 3 lety +2

    The use of cadaver teeth as dentures actually goes back AT LEAST to the 1500s and probably further (Geo. Washington's dentures were most likelyfrom slaves and not a tree!). And too funny the photo of Victoria in her extremely rare smiling pose there! LOVE it!

  • @alanmccright2282
    @alanmccright2282 Před 2 lety +1

    Then, as now, media and advertisers adhered to the adage, "No one ever lost money overestimating the gullibility of the public."

  • @gaddyify
    @gaddyify Před 3 lety +11

    That era had the creepiest people.

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 Před 2 lety +1

      It had some fantastic people too though. Let's not lose sight of that, we must remember that EVERY era had both bad AND good people. In a way, other than maybe a few shifted views (such as civil rights/slavery, sanitation, etc.), not much has changed in western society in the last 150 years. We still have materialism everywhere, petty squabbles and fights, greedy people hurting others, working conditions that in some cases are unsafe, heck our elites even use overseas sweatshop factories (so maybe slavery ISN'T fully purged from our cultures).

  • @loudoesdrawing7537
    @loudoesdrawing7537 Před 3 lety +12

    Loved the video!!! I wonder if you could make a video about a Danish king Christian the 7th, I've read a lot about him but I would like to know more since he was accused of being crazy

  • @ShitHappensRLY
    @ShitHappensRLY Před 3 lety +4

    victorians like "eat asbestos so you became fireproof"

  • @ineffable_may
    @ineffable_may Před 3 lety +3

    ‘Two redheads marrying would be a disaster’
    *Me automatically thinking of the Weasleys*

  • @zach7193
    @zach7193 Před 3 lety +11

    Man, that's something. Strange times in the Victorian era. I've eaten Kellogg's cereal for breakfast since I can remember. Usually different brands. Mostly Frosted Flakes. I eat Honey Nut Cheerios at the moment. Don't get me wrong I believe Kellogg's has some of the best cereals there is along with other brands. I've read about Kellogg on Wikipedia how he introduced the breakfast cereal to the world. Battle Creek, Michigan is it's capital! I wonder after eating Kellogg's cereal for a long time, does it make me feel weird and strange?

  • @veldawells2839
    @veldawells2839 Před 3 lety +3

    narrator is so witty! Makes me laugh. I love Weird History. So enlightening and educational. Gives me something to learn most days without it being too taxing. Very enjoyable.

  • @TheLadybughug
    @TheLadybughug Před 2 lety

    The puns! Always make my day. I really should know by now not to sketch while I'm listening to these 🤣🤣🤣

  • @burpostockings
    @burpostockings Před 10 měsíci +3

    Victorians were goth as hell. Silver nipple accessories, vampire chic, corpse jewelry, and weirdly sexual and unsexual at the same time.

  • @cadillacdeville5828
    @cadillacdeville5828 Před 3 lety +9

    Aww yes, another educational YET entertaining upload ☺️

  • @irenevania5714
    @irenevania5714 Před 3 lety +6

    Expecting to seriously learn history but instead i laughed so much 🤣🤣🤣

  • @aodhganmerrimac
    @aodhganmerrimac Před 3 lety +28

    Etiquette? None of this really had anything to do with etiquette.

    • @CassidyStarke
      @CassidyStarke Před 3 lety +1

      Etiquettes are also customs in a society.

    • @aodhganmerrimac
      @aodhganmerrimac Před 3 lety +2

      @@CassidyStarke Etiquette is a formula for polite behavior among a specific group or society. A bit of actual Victorian etiquette for example was the rules governing visiting/calling cards, or how one dines.

    • @delphinidin
      @delphinidin Před 3 lety +1

      @@aodhganmerrimac yes, and some of their etiquette WAS weird according to our modern ideas! like that women weren't supposed to whistle or play certain musical instruments... i expected the video to be about things like that!

  • @remyn.9198
    @remyn.9198 Před 3 lety +3

    I've always thought keeping a lock of your child's hair in a locket was precious.