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That must have been an awkward few hours while they posed for this

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lol … I was just thinking this …

Painter (smirking, holding back laughter): … ok, ok, Alexander, hey Al … yeah … just give me more of a frown … (heavily smirking) … no, no, more angry or sad or something … and maybe put your hand to your chin … (smirking) … yeah like that … now hold it … for the next five hours

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There’s a really interesting video on the Art Deco channel about this painting. It gives a lot of the context around the people in it and the moment it is depicting.

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An interesting video, thanks!

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I’d rather think they posed for this and were hilarious people

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That name sounded familiar. This does seem to be the same Alexander Pope that CGPGrey stumbled across and strayed into the, apparently, well documented feud with Thomas Herne.

https://youtu.be/qEV9qoup2mQ?t=531

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You referenced CGP Grey and posted a sanitized link.

I am prepared to be best friends.

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I’m also in for being best friends

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We should form a best friends group.

I’ve actually tried to befriend three random people on lemmy. Two of them initially went well and chatted with me on Element / Matrix for a while, then stopped responding. One of them never responded to my initial invitation to be friends.

I would love to make friends here based on my philosophical alignment and shared interests with a lot of posters I see, but if I’m objectionable, I don’t want my lemmy legacy to be a series of failed friend requests.

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Is CGP still doing that thing where you need to give him money for the privilege of leaving a comment?

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I don’t know, I never comment on YouTube. However, it doesn’t seem like he posts on YouTube at all anymore. I’m not certain, but I think he might have refocused on his podcast.

So, all in all … Maybe?

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Oh Bill Frith, you soggy old bitch…

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