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& the original bc antiblackness and fatphobia go hand in hand

The original meme is generally understood to be a very strange depiction of a case (homosexual) adultery. There is a disparaging attitude towards the wife and her obscure decorations (the 'chintz'), which is placed in strange contrast with the rough act of sex without furniture. There is a strongly implied preference for the roughness of the visceral adultery as a form of being "real" as opposed to the "fake" comfort implied by the "chintzes" which presumably cover the bed and other furniture. The passivity of the husband in respect to the decorations implies a level of alienation.

In the above, the poster is describing the same situation with different implications and motivations, with the changes highlighted by capital letters. It comes across in tone as someone harshly correcting a misinterpretation.

First, "his house" is replaced with "their (husband and wife's) house." This emphasizes a shared source of responsibility and ownership. The wife and husband both own the house and contribute to its existence, rather than the wife's choices being an imposition on the husband.

Second, "chintz" is replaced with "antique." "Chintz" is an eclectic word (part of the reason the meme attracted attention), which originally referred to a specific, high quality style of fabric, and later became used to refer to the cheap and gaudy imitations of said fabric, and finally became associated with chap and gaudy things. It is similar to tchotchkes: cheap things whose only purpose is to look impressive (which subsequently fail when one identifies how cheap they are). The word "antique" implies real value, care, and curation. It is a far, far more positive word to describe a given decoration.

Third, the reason "to keep it real" is replaced with "avoid damaging her valuables." This changes the motive for sex on the floor from being a raw rejection of the decoration to consideration for the materials. This is still strange, given the implications of adultery persist (the husband is still married to someone else). The poster clarified in a tag that it is meant to be consensual with the wife's knowing, but that would not generally come across in the early twenty-first century by default, because no relationship is presented between the speaker and the unnamed wife.

The "antiques" are still the possession of the wife in this retelling, rather than being shared with the husband. The antiques are still external to the husband.

Cat Burglar!

1: they don't have potatoes; the references to potatoes in the Shire were added by Tolkien-the-translator as part of a wider localisation. when Sam mentions potatoes he's actually talking about some other vegetable

2: given that Middle Earth was historically ruled over by the Numenoreans who come from a lost kingdom on the other side of the western ocean, it could be that Numenor was in or had contact with ancient America and brought potatoes back with them

2 is kind of a stretch tho interesting to contemplate; 1 however on some level i think is the correct answer. the Shire's resemblance to England is 100% canonically a localisation thing. The Shire is England bcos it's the main characters' home and the intended audience of the book was English people.

direct orders of "you really really need to kill this guy" ignored: 1

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Also thank you for all you're hard work! I'm very excited to use a lot of your dividers (I'm just very slow to post my works 😅)

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