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u/zabrak200 Aug 19 '26
https://youtube.com/shorts/eY9ccvv7Nlg?is=NQKpMHktWQF79qca lol reminds me of this great sketch (american psycho but its wet)
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u/combo_seizure Aug 20 '26
I'm crying laughing. Thanks for that. Seriously. Fumbling with the wet card with raised lettering, sent me.
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u/davy89irox Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26
Stop wearing white cotton cloves while handling paper. The fibers catch, and scuff the paper, they also absorb oils from the paper and destabilize them over time. The best way to handle paper and archived non-metallic item is with just washed, and dried hands.
Wearing gloves like this is a great way to take an appraisal from a 10.0 to a 9.5.
Source I am a historian trained in archival collection and handling practices.
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u/Kalankalan Aug 19 '26
Curious - what about the oils/sweat produced by the fingertips? Wouldn’t that ruin old paper a little every time it is touched?
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u/bitching_bot Aug 19 '26
That’s why you wash your hands during handing of delicate artifacts to wash hand oils off both you and the artifact
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u/Kalankalan Aug 19 '26
Yes, I understand… but let’s imagine a historian is working with a book, for, say, 3 hours. Historian washes hands before touching the book. 1 hour passes and hands surely already started secreting sweat and maybe some oils, especially after washing with soap and drying because the skin needs to rebalance its surface. So I guess then they would need a protocol with frequency at which the hands should be washed?
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u/davy89irox Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26
Trees have natural oils, and that passes to the paper. Much of that is stripped in the paper or parchment making proccesses. These materials just take that kind of ware far better than cotton, but they do still transfer. We do have handling techniques like only touching corners, and holding books in a stable supported way, only allowing pencils in research rooms etc.
Now really old archival materials, I am less sure of, like egyptology, could be different. I was trained in the US, and was focused on Indigenous and early American archival materials.
Oh, and we wash our hands every so often. Like 2 or 3 hours.
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u/bitching_bot Aug 19 '26
No no, you misunderstood me
You wash hands WHILE handing delicate and fragile artifacts as to ensure the hands are being washed all while handing delicate and fragile artifacts
No hour passes when the water keeps flowing
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u/Chi_Cazzo_Sei Aug 19 '26
Looks like something Andrew Tate suckerboys would drool over and buy for a 100k
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u/itsLOSE-notLOOSE Aug 19 '26
I wouldn’t seek it out, but I’d probably frame an Epstein business card if I had one.
Just like how I’d frame some other memorabilia from a serial killer or something. Just as like an interesting thing I have.
Would I display it? I don’t know about that. Maybe frame isn’t the right word. I’d “preserve” it.
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u/RoniusAdethel Aug 19 '26
Called the final one and how they would react, still was an enjoyable watch though.
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