Autistic as well as Ace and other 'A' words

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grayghostofthenorth

Borzoi White Mohair with zipper (box for pajamas), glass eyes

elodieunderglass

It’s so weird that pyjama cases were a thing. They went so abruptly out of fashion, too. The idea was (I think) that it was vaguely indecent to leave your pajamas around, and it definitely spoils the look of your nicely made bed, so lots of people put them under the pillow; but a cuter thing to do was to have a specially made empty stuffed animal or cute purse or pillow thing, with a zipper, and you’d stuff it with your pajamas in the morning and place it cutely on your nicely made bed. Then in the evening, you would unzip and disembowel the soft plump object, and reclaim the pajamas. It wasn’t just a thing for kids; adults did it too. In the kind of pre-1950s novels I like to pick up, authors describe a character’s pyjama case to reveal a bit about the character; but of course they never say why you’d have a pyjama case. “Everyone knows what a horse is.”

I suppose it’s been culturally decided that it’s an unnecessary step in the bedtime process. We’re busy bastards, aren’t we? Who makes their bed every morning, I mean, really?

Perhaps, also, our clothing is no longer of the material and methodology where you have to spend extra time/attention/tools on them. Pyjama cases may have had some benefit - extending the life of the pyjamas, or something. Perhaps it was more common in those days for mice to climb into your silk pyjamas, or they kept them from being attacked by dogs, or something. It’s possible that there are unspoken benefits to keeping your pyjamas in a stuffed toy, which previous generations knew instinctively and we have forgotten. Some people are like that, they maintain rituals and practices that don’t get written down, and so become arcana. My father-in-law owns special clothing maintenance tools such as shoe trees (which you place in your shoes every night at night) and trouser presses (in which you leave your worn-but-not-dirty trousers overnight so they are crisp in the morning). He irons his pocket handkerchiefs - why? so that they fold into a precise pocket shape, with the same fold pattern as plastic-wrapped disposable tissues: the optimised shape for pockets. You are not going to read in the literature about there being a reason for ironing pocket handkerchiefs. It is a habit that is not captured by history. You have to speak to a practitioner to even consider that there is a specific value in pocket handkerchief folding. Maybe we operate at a remove from the people who could have told us why they bothered with the idea and then stopped.

You can buy a selection of pyjama cases online, but with no explanation of why you’d want to, it’s hard to see how this helps. The only real thing i can see is that it’s cute and tidies the pyjamas up, but we’ve all decided that untidy pyjamas are a problem that doesn’t need solving.

Pyjama cases have no Wikipedia article; search engines have nothing to offer. Old books only self-reference them being a normal thing. Someone who knows about pyjama cases or textile history could heroically fill this in. Please do. Otherwise, this tumblr post is going to suddenly become the leading analysis of pyjama cases, and that would be sad.

becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys

Holy shit, I'd completely forgotten about pyjama cases

I had one as a kid (1990s) - it was a palomino horse, lying down but the perfect size for my doll to ride. I made a little saddle and bridle for it and kept it stuffed with newspaper to keep shape

God, the things that come back to you

maryellencarter

I had a plushie kangaroo where the pocket was for your pajamas! Late 1980s / early 1990s

omegaverse

Hey, did you guys know that the spongebob popsicles replaced the delicious bubblegum eyes with chocolate chips? Because of this change, i think i will go outside and kill the first person i see

omegaverse

americans - there is nothing in the world more important than this. Our economy is in shambles

taxfraudcatboy

cookingwithroxy

friend of mine has that as a concept for a story he'll probably never write. People around him understand the horror and it destroys them. The sole survivor is literally 'i don't get it' and walks away changed but unharmed.

marisatomay

twitter is hell but i really hope it doesn’t actually die because this is in contention for the funniest thing i’ve ever read in my life

lotad

this post fails to show the original tweet that this was in reply to, which is not as jarring but certainly should be included:

headspace-hotel

What do you mean "not as jarring." The first screenshot is a perfectly normal medieval European opinion from 1367, the second is a meme implying there's categories of girl that "don't mind" never having orgasms during sex, represented by some weird modern preteen disney princess edit.

I can infer from the information given that Fiona cums when Shrek eats her out, but the thing is, I don't know whether the OP thinks that's good or bad.

ultrafacts

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girljeremystrong

PLEASE watch this. i love chaotic sisters best dynamic in the world

anais-ninja-bitch

1. this should be required viewing for anyone writing young girls, especially sisters

2. she did a good job and totally saved their asses.

itsc

this is the shrek bowl. a thrift store in my hometown (perhaps accidentally) credited me like 65¢ for it instead of charging me. i have used it to mix hair dye for the last decade 💚

creekfiend

Bowl that they pay you 65 cents to take away

funkbun

just so you know

birdsocks

They are studying us in petri dishes