aeronmelon@lemmy.world to Shirts That Go Hard@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoFirefighter's coat with a spider over a Go board, Japan, 19th century ADmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: historyartifacts@piefed.social
arrow-up1201arrow-down1imageFirefighter's coat with a spider over a Go board, Japan, 19th century ADmedia.piefed.socialaeronmelon@lemmy.world to Shirts That Go Hard@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: historyartifacts@piefed.social
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·25 days agoI just saw some of these in a museum yesterday. Apparantly the firefighters would rush to the fire with the decorations on the inside. Then they’d tear all the buildings down around the fire to prevent the fire spreading. Then flip their coats inside out to show their badass heroic designs, and then flex on folks.
minus-squareSomeonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·25 days agoSuddenly the go design makes a lot more sense.
I just saw some of these in a museum yesterday.
Apparantly the firefighters would rush to the fire with the decorations on the inside.
Then they’d tear all the buildings down around the fire to prevent the fire spreading.
Then flip their coats inside out to show their badass heroic designs, and then flex on folks.
Suddenly the go design makes a lot more sense.