Ranking the Meanest Valentine's Day Cards from the 1800s-1950s ❤🔥
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Published 2022-02-06
Did you know that the Victorians were mean af? Cause they were. No one could serve an insult like a Victorian housewife (this is my hill, and I will die on it.) And while we live in an era of sugary-sweet valentine's day cards and candy, during the 19th and early 20th century there was a trend for mean Valentine's Day cards, commonly referred to as Vinegar Valentines today, that served different degrees of burns, from the "ha-ha" to the face scorching (and some so awful we refused to share them, ngl). Today, Chrissy, @NicoleRudolph, and I will rank some Victorian Valentine's Day cards on how funny and mean they are. Things get...weird. I hope you're ready...
oh, and btw, please don't ask me what a bratty bottom is...
Want to learn more?? Here's an article about Vinegar Valentine's Cards by the leading expert on the subject: research.brighton.ac.uk/en/publications/the-valent…
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All Comments (21)
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Welp. That was an adventure. Nicole broke me at the end. 🤣🤣If you would like some quality information on "Vinegar Valentines" here's an article by the leading expert on the subject: research.brighton.ac.uk/en/publications/the-valent…
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This video confirms a hypothesis I have heard. It is not that we are more venal, more nasty and more petty than our ancestors, it is that we are as venal as nasty and as petty plus we have the internet...and I laughed throughout this video. We all need more laughs, so thank you all.
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Your husband is awesome, bless his heart. Every girl gathering, champagne drinking, needs a designated burger driver. Would love to see what a third bottle of bubbly would bring to the table.
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About the Jay thing: It's a really insulting word, almost a slur. They're basically calling the couple hick scum. Legit made me gasp, lol.
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Oh my word, this is the chaos we need. The three of you are like a sassy Greek chorus and I’m here for it.
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I don't know what was better, the vintage burns or the drunken antics! Y'all are my three favorite ladies on YT.
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I seem to recall most Victorian authors would have been insulted to have their works referred to as 'novels'. Not because of the smutty nature, just because they didn't have a foundation in reality or some big, obvious moral to teach you, so they were seen as a waste of the reader's time, and the printer's resources.
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Drunk Nicole is a whole mood! "I just love ranting about history!" <3 <3 <3
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That last one about the bad singing reminds me of Florence Foster Jenkins. She thought she was an awesome performer. In truth she was so bad that her family and friends would pay people to attend her shows. They also paid reviewers to be kind. Honestly, I wonder if she inspired that card.
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Is... Is Nicole making her Gonzo gloves as you do this? Did she make leather gloves while getting drunk and trashing Victorian Valentine cards?! The video is a delight, but I'm just... Dang!
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Drunk Abby ranting about mean girl behavior in 90’s teen movies is the kind of quality content that makes a loyal fan out of me.
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About the jilting lovers: Anthony Trollope wrote a whole novel about a jilting woman ("Can you forgive her?"). The fun thing is, the woman is not unfaithful even once, nor does anyone think she is. What they call "jilting" is that she ended her engagement!
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Watching Nicole have a much higher tolerance for alcohol and visibly questioning if Abby is going to pass out soon is killing me.
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I worked a job that made every employee give all the other employees a valentine. We had to make little "mailboxes" and everything. In a fit of malicious compliance, I hand made black hearts, with silver gel pen. I was in my 30s
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Oh that was is perfect amount of chaotic silliness! Thank you ladies for the giggles.
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I had a bird that said”shut the f#$% up Richard” and “Go to hell, Richard “ . Can you imagine that I’m no longer married to Richard
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it's so fun not being from an anglicized country, and seeing these traditions (like in valentines day, or during the holidays....)!! Thank you so much for sharing it with us, and for adding that historical ✨spice✨
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Valentine day is also my wedding anniversary, old romantic? NO I just though that all the reminders in stores would be useful!
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By the end, I got the distinct sense I was sitting at your table in the middle school cafeteria. I am honored and shall wear pink on Wednesdays henceforth to commemorate the event. Now I feel like I want a review of classic novel protagonists as potential date candidates (or some such giddy school girl gossip) in that format.
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One of them could have been straight from my great-grandmother b 1883 (who died when I was a teen so I saw her often) A little powder, a little paint makes a girl look what she aint" so I personally liked that one ;) This while she was applying her lipstick to mouth, cheeks and earlobes - which I never quite understood. ;)
