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@RealOdysseas Imagine being a Portuguese explorer and being told by Malay people these guys are basically human but are pretending they are not so they don’t have to work.
@RealOdysseas @johanneswreich is this you?
@RealOdysseas This is a plot point in the Aubrey/Maturin novels, (Master and Commander series) in which Stephen spends a joyous few days.
@RealOdysseas You see the same thing in a Liverpool pub every Saturday night
@RealOdysseas @PetreRaleigh There was a 16th century explorer's report of people with their faces in their chest. Could be the explorer saw orangutans in this pose, and didn't stick around to see if it changed.