A good thread by
@rickgriffin.bsky.social and he’s right, this requires specific contemporary cultural knowlege: in this instance that Victorians believed the Megalodon and most other dinosaurs were huge reptiles that dragged themselves slowly around gooey swamps, like giant turtles. /cont
Section of the article in question. Wow! It sure sounds like these readers are stupid AND stubborn! What a commentary on our modern times!
Section of the first couple lines of Bleak House. "Quick what's this paragraph about and don't say mud" "Uh... there's a fukkin uh... dinosaur"
