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I found out that rye and oats were domesticated accidentally through natural selection. The weeds that were closer to wheat in appearance were favored for generation after generation until they were worth farming by themselves. According to this [video](https://youtu.be/wqebCTOQyMM?si=fvMZnMKP8S4c1WCD) there’s even languages today where rye translates to something like weed that terroises the wheat fields because of its fast growing properties. A lot of wheat farmers still treat rye as a weed to this day.
I believe the Latin term and abbreviation *et cetera* / *etc* is commonly used in most European languages (right?). But do you also use the intensifier “etc. pp.” (… “perge, perge” = continue, continue; in the sense of “and so forth”)?
I just read a comment that apparently it’s only really popular in German?
For a while there has been two types of luxury brands. The very well known and obvious ones, like Louis Vuitton and Chanel, and the so called quiet luxury brands like Loro Piana and Brunello Cucinelli. It’s well known that the famous ones that everybody knows aren’t actually bought by the 1%, they’re bought mostly by middle-class people, while the truly rich opt for the quiet luxury brands that make clothes which are more subtle and often without logos. There’s a sign value to that. The 1% aim to show they’re “in the know”, that they belong. Every peasant knows LV, to belong with the obnoxiously rich you have to know the obnoxiously rich brands.
Only, a shift in all this is clearly starting to develop. On social media I constantly see videos, shorts and posts about quiet luxury. I’ve seen like a thousand photos with somebody wearing suede loafers in a car with a caption that goes something like “your ex was Air Jordans in a BMW while I’m Loro Pianas in a Ferrari”. Obviously somebody who posts something like that on social media isn’t from old money, they aren’t buying Loro Piana loafers to be quiet about it, they’re literally flexing them on Instagram. So it seems that the masses have caught on with these quiet luxury brands.
What does the 1% do now? They could abandon Loro Piana and Brunello Cucinelli and hop on the next quiet luxury brand that’s not known outside the fashion world. But how long will it be until the hounds of Instagram flexing get the scent of that? It’s a losing battle, constantly running up hill.
I hope the billionaires do a full 180 and start presenting super bold and extravagant. To clearly show their wealth to the 99%, to let their money scream. Think like baroque era France, Louis XVI, the 18th century. Crazy opulence that shines far away. Because that’ll make them easier to spot when it’s time to roll out the guillotines.
Today I saw a metalhead (maybe in his mid to late 40s? Hard to say with metalheads) with an Amon Amarth tshirt. It made me feel nostalgic. Amon Amarth was already old-school when I was at uni, and that was a while ago. It’s cute that metal bands and their fans grow old together.
Yesterday’s prompt was [sweep](https://www.deviantart.com/tereyaglikedi/art/Inktober-2025-Day-10-Sweep-1251259243) this one was very pleasant to draw, but I now see my photo is a little blue. I should fix that.
I saw a documentary about wildfires in Sicily. It’s sad that we have so much in common in that respect, that there’s so much arson. I am trying to wrap my head around how a human can be so cruel to set fire on a forest. Like, how? How do these people sleep at night?