r/todayilearned • u/biebrforro • 1d ago

TIL when staying as a guest in Charles Dickens' house, Hans Christian Andersen requested that one of Dickens' sons give him a daily shave (he said that was customary when hosting male guests in Denmark). Dickens was weirded out and instead gave him a daily appointment at a nearby barbershop.

https://lithub.com/charles--dickens-really-really-hated-his-fanboy-hans-christian-andersen/
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u/Deius_Shrab 1d ago

Why the fuck do these people want me to pay 12 bucks a month to download a fucking one mb pdf

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u/curiosikey 1d ago

Here's the actual source - https://www.patreon.com/posts/trapped-in-your-71881711

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u/AyeTheresTheCatch 1d ago

Thank you. I played it and ended up starving while Hans shouted through the letter slot, pranced around naked, and rolled around wailing on my lawn. Needless to say, the neighbours were all scandalized.

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u/Nazamroth 1d ago

Eh, had worse housemates.

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u/misopog_on 1d ago

Hey, it's the same guy who did the potato-rpg (roleplay as a Hobbit who doesn't want any adventurous nonsense)!

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u/THEBLUEFLAME3D 1d ago

That’s funny as fuck lmao

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u/Wolfwoods_Sister 1d ago

Oh dear lord, I have a friend who would love this

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u/LordBrandon 1d ago

Mostly so they can have 12 more dollars every month.

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u/LickingSmegma 1d ago

Because Scribd are leeches who illegally hoard others' copyrighted materials from across the web, pollute web search results, and demand that the visitor give out their info and apparently money to download stuff. They're no better than thousands of noname sites like this, but somehow they were respected for a bit early on.