#future historians

[corvid-corvette-coven]

if our civilisation collapses entirely and future societies have to piece together english they’re gonna be so pissed at us

future linguists will endlessly shame us for such monstrosities as

“ought”

“awning”

“ornament”

and more

[tastefulpaisley]

future historians will find it hard to believe that “this slaps” was a phrase in common use far before the chris rock will smith oscars slap

[simplefarmerboy]

I love the idea of leaving a journal full of mundane details of life in order to be a godsend for some lucky future historian but the idea of someone stumbling into my room to find that I have a journal full of page after page of stuff like "i bought eggs today, eggs from a chicken" Is mortifying for some reason

[inexplicifics]

Inex, I’m making my way through All Your Tumblr Posts like terrible stalker and just wanted to tell you I LOVE the future-historians-and-the-things-they-get-wrong stuff. I’m eating it up. If you ever feel like posting an entire fic consisting of nothing but amazing descriptions of fictional oil paintings and the scathing essays of historians having a heated debate over whether Eskel was really the lover of both the Wolflord and his consort please do not hesitate

I desperately need to go back and collate those into a single document. They're such fun! I'm glad you like them!

[nixie-dantes-belvedere]

No one:

Me: [at school, writing extensive letters to future historians that include useless information like how I love crows and that I buy a kebab every Thursday and how I think they'd like my bracelet because it looks like a starry night]

[marlynnofmany]

If you were a Future Historian with a special interest in the mundanities of the distant historical time period that is the early 21st century, what common error would drive you batty the most?

“No one would have worn pants with that many straps and zippers at the same time as furry boots. Those are from two distinctly different subcultures! NO you can’t swap for crocodile slippers!”

“Chicken eggs. I keep telling everyone, they ate chicken eggs, not engineered velociraptor! Those came later!”

“Are you trying to give me a headache, mixing terminology like that? ‘God’s wounds’ isn’t even from the same century as ‘Bodacious.’”

[sophielovesbooks]

I flipped through my diary today and realised how incredibly useless and possibly frustrating it would be to future historians. It's all crycrycry about my silly little life interspersed with the rare, brief, off-hand remark about things with major importance, like "Btw Covid is still around :("

[historyandmyself]

I love history, but dear God am I tired of living through a historically significant time period. I study gender and modern Europe and I’m gonna get asked about the 2010′s and 20′s when I’m an old and established historian. Like fuck