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[-] overcast5348@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

Is this the origin story of The Mad Hatter? ๐Ÿ™„

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Could have been. I know Lewis Carroll liked to lampoon issues of the day in his writing.

[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 4 points 9 months ago

I'm kind of guessing the mad as a hatter phenomenon was known then, but don't really know.

[-] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I think the original idiom was "mad as a hatter" which was eventually shortened to "mad hatter", possibly due to the Alice in Wonderland character.

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