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I learned about ſ from House of Leaves.
“ſtaires! We haue found ſtaires!”
The Constitution of the USA
The actual literal written document makes considerable use of ' ſ ', this is from a rare typed version that does as well.
no way. i knew it used the long S in the handwritten one, but i never knew there were typed versions. this is a find
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-forgotten-copy-of-the-constitution-discovered-in-a-filing-cabinet-could-sell-for-millions-180985060/
Indeed it was, fetched a pretty penny via Sotheby's auction.
Hilariously... was discovered during an estate sale (garage sale for rich people) in North Carolina.
Estate sales aren't garage sales for rich people. They're garage sales for dead people. Hence the word estate. It's the estate of the deceased holding the sale, not the deceased. Legal bullshit mumbo gumbo, but there you have it
True, my mistake, I accidentally made a false e-statement.
how dare you be incorrect on the internet.
i just thought i'd share a factoid i knew from one of my old professional lives
And how dare you sir, not even pretend to acknowledge my terrible pun!
aw fuck i'm too high for puns
Saul Goodman.
i gotta watch that two shows
They're legitimately the best TV shows I've ever watched.
Just hands down.
They're not literally perfect, but goddamnit, I have yet to see anything come close.
The hype is actually real, and deserved, for the Breaking Bad universe.
Check those beautiful ligatures from long s to long s and from long s to t, and c to t.
me on my way to eftablifh Juftice and fecure the Bleffings of Liberty to ourfelves
Aw, you have the sniffles?
God bleff you.
lolololol
i need to finish that one
It’s fun. I like ergodic literature.