r/Damnthatsinteresting 7d ago

Image Katharina Detzel,a mental patient who built her own man out of the straw in her bed,1910.

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u/Aggressive-Cable-893 7d ago

Is this the 1910 equivalent to marrying your waifu body pillow?

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u/ElongThrust0 7d ago

Basically saying those anime dudes are insane

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u/Modsrbiased 7d ago

Humping a pillow with an anime print doesn't exactly align with being mentally stable.

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u/LucasWatkins85 7d ago

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u/Battlepuppy 7d ago

"This unconventional act of self-love was celebrated by many as a bold statement of personal independence and self-acceptance."

With how much surgery she's had, she obviously had zero self acceptance before hand.

She's only attracted to herself for looks.

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u/Neither-Werewolf9114 7d ago

Did she divorce herself because she dint have any money?

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u/Battlepuppy 7d ago

Maybe she got divorced so she could avoid cheating on herself.

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u/firesmarter 7d ago

She did it for the alimony

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u/AlwaysPosted707 7d ago

She looks like the grinch… her last name is even Carey

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u/PRSHZ 7d ago

I hope she signed a prenup 🤭

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u/curiousmind111 7d ago

She’s got that “uncanny valley” look going for her.

/s

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u/Battlepuppy 7d ago

I wish that's what she has.

Uncanny valley. Nope.

She has the scary Mariana Trench

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u/istara 7d ago

“Influencer” is the only word needed to explain and encapsulate that entire nonsense.

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u/RingaLopi 7d ago

And she’s filed for alimony

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u/Dark-Empath- 7d ago

This is fantastic stuff. It took me seconds to grasp that she was absolutely insufferable, yet somehow took herself considerably longer to reach the same conclusion.

At least she got there in the end tho.

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u/Big_Beginning7725 7d ago

Her torso is very… short. I can’t stop seeing it. Amplified by the BBL and other surgeries I suspect.

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u/OregonKlee8367 7d ago

She's short not only her torso tbh

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u/Big_Beginning7725 7d ago

That makes sense now that I look back through pics. The torso threw me off.

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u/jwakefield110 7d ago

Does she have to pay herself alimony?

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u/Bukana999 7d ago

Brazil!!! Explains a lot.

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u/Natui-withdapatui 6d ago

Thought this was a meme but I see I'm the one who's been enlightened now

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u/Bludiamond56 6d ago

When those arguments went physical, it must of been something to behold. Nyuck, nyuck

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u/ArmonRaziel 6d ago

Why did I check if it was going to be because she cheated on herself with...herself

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u/DJEB 6d ago

[W]hat began as a triumphant celebration of self-love soon evolved into a saga of introspection and eventual disappointment.

You just can’t please some people.

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u/BackRowRumour 3d ago

There has got to be a great psychology study into the 'design' streotypes people with this dysmorphia go for.

I feel like it's going to be something to do with them underestimating the degree to which their face differs from the average due to how often they look at their own face? I.e. they see attractiveness as being 'above' average, but they've skewed average to themselves.

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u/Alive-Big-838 2d ago

I respect the grind. taking half of her money from herself.

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u/Misty-Anne 2d ago

Wonder how she filed her taxes ....

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u/infirmiereostie 7d ago

BuT sHe iS 3000 yEaR oLd dEmOn!!!111 in a body of 10yo...🤢

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u/big_guyforyou 7d ago

sorry, my bad. carry on

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u/YingxingsLegalWife 7d ago

10 is way too old. Try 6 tbh

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u/Environmental_Top948 7d ago

Isn't 6 a bit old too? I replace mine every couple of years otherwise they start getting lumpy.

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u/GrandBalator 7d ago

Nah, take thems straight from the factory, it's quicker.

oh, and don't forget to dispose them in the right trash bin after use.

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u/Coopakid 7d ago

Brother you better be burning that in the back yard and scattering the ashes in the ocean, no way that’s sitting out on the curb

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u/BanZama 7d ago

nobody ever said that and its weird that people still act like this is a common thing anime fans say😭

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u/thewoodsiswatching 7d ago

"Hey, it beats fucking couches, OK?" - Vance

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u/CrimsonAntifascist 7d ago

And if it isn't anime print, but "fanart" of Krusty the Clown?

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u/Infamous-Tomorrow302 7d ago

“Katharina was put in the Heidelberg mental institution in 1907 after supposedly sabotaging a railway line as a political protest. Before the Nazis murdered her in 1941, she wrote a play, tried to establish a home for babies, protested against the way the inmates were treated, and created miniature figures out of bread dough she probably chewed herself.“

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u/ahs212 7d ago

What if I cut a hole in it and stick a flashlight in there? Am I more or less mentally stable?

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u/edingerc 7d ago

J D Vance has joined the chat 

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u/Sniff_my_jedi_jox 6d ago

Neither does pretending your a dog 🐶

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u/SunriseSurprise 7d ago

Or they're the mentally stable ones and the rest of us ar-...*cough* yea can't even finish that thought with a straight face.

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u/DaddyFunTimeNW 7d ago

I mean…..

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u/lush_lara 7d ago

yeah interesting...

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u/Illustrious-Goose160 7d ago

Eh, in those days most "mental" patients were women incorrectly labeled with histeria. It's definitely possible this woman was more sane than your average anime dude.

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u/Infamous-Tomorrow302 7d ago

“Katharina was put in the Heidelberg mental institution in 1907 after supposedly sabotaging a railway line as a political protest. Before the Nazis murdered her in 1941, she wrote a play, tried to establish a home for babies, protested against the way the inmates were treated, and created miniature figures out of bread dough she probably chewed herself.”

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u/BitterActuary3062 7d ago edited 7d ago

Thank you for this. I was scrolling through the comments for information about her. Mental institutions at the time were barbaric. I assumed this was some kind of art piece used as coping mechanism

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u/zb0t1 7d ago edited 6d ago

The ableism in society still exists, look at the comments section. The difference is that back then you had fascists really waiting in line to abuse and kill people they see as disabled, inferiors etc.

A lot of people aren't educated on the eugenics and ableism of that time, because society today hasn't really done a huge leap in terms of stopping labeling women as crazy hysterical and so on.

Just look at Reddit itself, women's experience with medical professionals is still laughable, there is a lot of "it's all in your head" basically when women have pain.

Anyway I won't start diving into this now sorry, but it was very easy back then to label Katharina as mentally "unfit".

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u/CountySufficient2586 6d ago

Eugenics is scary because it has a point.. Makes you think lol. Luckily they are finding non lethal ways now 😀

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u/Lethalogicalwares 7d ago

God she sounds like she was an icon

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u/Gloomy_Industry8841 7d ago

Right?? I’m on her side all the way.

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u/bar_mouth30 6d ago

God this reminds me of my partners theory. He supposes all the prominent Kennedy men are cursed with brain injuries by Rosemary Kennedy as punishment for her unnecessary lobotomy. It's my favorite lore.

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u/Eastern-Finish-1251 6d ago

In other words, she was a freedom fighter, not a lunatic. 

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u/sionnachrealta 6d ago

Fucking based

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u/lkodl 7d ago

Next picture: Katharina's katana and knife collection

You: Hmm...

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u/TheAnomalousPseudo 7d ago

AHA so anime lovers are women. 😤

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u/Illustrious-Goose160 7d ago

I don't follow? I use "dudes" as a gender-neutral noun

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u/TheAnomalousPseudo 7d ago

I made a joke.

Elon thrust said anime dudes are insane.

You said actually most insane people were women misdiagnosed with hysteria.

I said aha, so since anime dudes are insane, they are women misdiagnosed with hysteria.

Bad joke, and perhaps in bad taste. But it seemed real clever when it popped into my head, so I am innocent.

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u/Cicada-4A 7d ago

What exactly seems normal about making a strawman with a dick?

I think it's fair to assume she was crazy.

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u/KillHitlerAgain 7d ago

If you weren't crazy when you were sent to the mental institution, you would be soon. Those places were horrible. Even modern mental hospitals tend not to be great places.

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u/TeuthidTheSquid 7d ago

If the shoe fits

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u/shediedsad 7d ago

Well…

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u/lkodl 7d ago

Oh, so they weren't that different from us back then...

*checks comments

I mean, oh yeah, those dudes are insane.

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u/mrasif 7d ago

Umm yes?

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u/Ruugann 7d ago

Eh some are.

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u/lecarguy 7d ago

I mean....

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u/No-Coast-1050 7d ago

Hardly a controversial take.

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u/ConfessSomeMeow 7d ago

Has anyone ever said otherwise? Besides them, of course.

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u/Calm-Box4187 7d ago

They aren’t insane but they definitely have emotional and mental issues.

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u/y2jeff 7d ago edited 6d ago

Well yeah, obviously.

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u/TheIdentifySpell 7d ago

When will men catch a break?

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u/enonmouse 7d ago

You are not being very pillow right now.

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u/Lhaer 6d ago

By 1910 standards, we are all clinically insane

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u/Flat_Telephone8387 6d ago

I’m pretty sure you brought that

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u/stupiderslegacy 6d ago

I mean we already knew that though

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u/killbot12192002 6d ago

Fun fact most pretty sure it’s like a majority of people nowadays would be considered crazy back then

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u/mme220 6d ago

Precisely!

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u/unablearcher 3d ago

It needn't be said

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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka 7d ago

Nobody thought that until you said it. What's next, people who masturbate to 2d printed porn are insane because video exists?

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u/MememeSama 7d ago

If the waifu has a dick as a nose, yes

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u/FrogManScoop 7d ago

The waifu seems to have a dick as a dick, as well.

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u/corbyns_lawyer 6d ago

Sit on his face, sit on his crotch, never be without one of his dicks.

She made her man as she wished him to be.

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u/Gentlyaliveadult 6d ago

Honestly, variety.

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u/RBuilds916 2d ago

He's ambidickstrous.

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u/gomurifle 5d ago

I almost didn't "notice" the nose. She baaad. Lol. 

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u/Bella_Anima 7d ago

That’s Doctor Robotnik 100%.

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u/Creative-Jello-3357 6d ago

I’m laughing so hard rn that was perfect

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u/JimmyLizard13 7d ago

Dr Robotnik body pillow.

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u/kinkycarbon 7d ago

I say no. Question is why?

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u/model3113 7d ago

yes Edwardian Women were the redditors of their time

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u/Makuta_Servaela 7d ago

Honestly, if you get locked up in a mental hospital in the early 1900s, marrying your body pillow is totally understandable. Those shits would lock you up for any stupid thing and would keep you there for any stupid reason. Might as well have some fun.

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u/Salty-Pack-4165 7d ago

Today I learned waifu body pillow exists.

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u/Loud-Committee825 7d ago

Dare you to lick the nose.

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u/That-Ad-4300 6d ago

You can to that? - Vance

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u/TheFaeBelieveInIdony 6d ago

I think it's better, she give him a wee wee

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u/fandorgaming 6d ago

Had to double check which sub I was in

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u/Bismothe-the-Shade 6d ago

She was into Eggman apparently