Average Twelve-Year-Old in the Industrial Revolution

This is what the average 12 year old looked like during the Industrial Revolution

A stern-looking man in a black suit is shown in a dramatic black-and-white portrait. The joke exaggerates how harsh and adult life was for children during the Industrial Revolution, implying that even twelve-year-olds looked like grim middle-aged workers. It is used as a reaction to jokes about historical hardship or children seeming unusually serious. EN: A stern-looking man in a black suit is shown in a dramatic black-and-white portrait. The joke exaggerates how harsh and adult life was for children during the Industrial Revolution, implying that even twelve-year-olds looked like grim middle-aged workers. It is used as a reaction to jokes about historical hardship or children seeming unusually serious.

• @antichirst / 14878 2023-12-03