Sweetheart Grips Then and Now
During World War II, it was common for soldiers to keep family photos under clear grips on their 1911 pistols. They were called “Sweetheart Grips.”
A split image compares a World War II-era 1911 pistol with clear grips containing a photo of a woman to a modern pistol grip decorated with an anime girl. The joke is that soldiers once carried sentimental family pictures, while the modern equivalent is an otaku carrying an anime waifu on their weapon. It is used as an absurd comparison between wartime romance and contemporary anime fandom. EN: A split image compares a World War II-era 1911 pistol with clear grips containing a photo of a woman to a modern pistol grip decorated with an anime girl. The joke is that soldiers once carried sentimental family pictures, while the modern equivalent is an otaku carrying an anime waifu on their weapon. It is used as an absurd comparison between wartime romance and contemporary anime fandom.
- @afrosidemoon / 10045 2019-03-06
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- image
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- 702×395 · 66.0 KiB
- Mood
- absurd, ironic
- Language
- en
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