Castlereagh’s calling out of Canning for a duel in 1809 came in the form of a letter that was nine pages long. Canning—who’d never fired a pistol in his life—accepted the challenge with “By God, I’d rather fight than read all that.”
@eatintreats > guy dms girl
> asks her age, kind of flirty
> oop she’s 16
> guy backs off
> literal pedo cancel him years later
> “why do men not ask out women anymore?”
@getjjed@eatintreats It doesn’t! But it explains why he DMed her, instead of DMing her because she was 16. Which is worse than DMing her because he thought she was hot in a picture.
@getjjed@eatintreats Look man, I get that posting your tits out online isn’t asking for older men to DM you. But it’s certainly context. She asked what I meant by sexy. Tits are sexy. Thighs are sexy. And she didn’t answer my actual question
@getjjed@eatintreats My ancestors ate the apple for me to be able to judge the fact that her whole thighs are out and she’s wearing a push up bra without being called a pedo
@getjjed@eatintreats She posted it and has been slinging immature insults at me instead of talking to me, so yeah. And actually context does matter in these situations.
Is she to blame? Nope. Never said that. I’m just trying to sus out what he actually did before crazy shit’s slung.
@eatintreats well were you wearing a burqa or did you have your whole thighs out. there’s a start.
Look, I’m not trying to say it’s not bad behavior from him. But ultimately there are factors that go into situations like these that make them better or worse
@eatintreats Did he show increasing interest in you after telling him you were underage? Or ask your age twice because you were posting sexy pictures of yourself publicly and he wanted to fuck you (and presumably has poor self-control)?
@eatintreats Ok, upon reread it is implied that he asked your age beforehand. Still would be interesting to get context around the conversation before you start ruining careers. Like did he message you once before? Twenty times? Contact you after this?