me, circa early 1800s, paying a stable boy a few coppers to ride overnight to deliver you an urgent letter with a thick wax seal that after you struggle to break it just says “bitch!” in tiny little writing
no no no, you don’t understand the true level of spiteful here. The sender of a letter didn’t pay for the post in 1800. The receiver did. You just made your enemy pay for the privilege of being insulted.
I’m obsessed with these pictures of the Indianapolis Colts Cheerleaders wearing their real world professional work attire as their cheer uniforms
This is cool, but I’m confused. They all have 2 jobs??
The link just says “real world professional work” over & over. Is professional cheerleading not a full time job? Is it also not the real world?
No, it’s not considered a full time job by the teams even though it often takes 30-40 hours a week of practice, appearances outside of games, as well as excessive working out, makeup, hair etc to maintain the strict physical appearance requirements. Meanwhile, what little data outsiders have on what they pay them suggests many are only paid for the time during the game. It’s pretty exploitative given how much money the teams make off of them.
I know some shit cause a few friends have been/are cheerleaders but I don’t have their permission to share it. This article however, sums up a lot of it including mentioning that’s they are not allowed to talk about their pay.
I do get the sort of “don’t judge a book by its highly made-up cover” message of this but it hints at what kinda bullshit is going on behind the scenes.
