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BTH. I don't like to be a kill-joy but ......... there is no evidence that the Vikings wore horns (or tusks) on their helmets. Actually, the general concensus is that they never did but that the theatre and eventually Hollywood thought it might be a nice touch - and so the myth was born.
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Oh, I'm aware of that.
I'm more interested in what he has to say about why he is wearing it.
The quote is from a street person in NY that Diane Arbus used to hang out with and photograph back in the early '60s.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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