Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL that British judges and lawyers wear white wigs to bring formality, solemnity, and anonymity to the courtroompeople.howstuffworks.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1315arrow-down118
arrow-up1297arrow-down1external-linkTIL that British judges and lawyers wear white wigs to bring formality, solemnity, and anonymity to the courtroompeople.howstuffworks.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squaredemuxen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down2·4 months agoI think that’s intentional. It proves their dominance. I mean you have to go to them and they are wearing something very silly and you have to pretend it’s not silly, and if you don’t they will harm you somehow.
minus-squareBrickhead92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·4 months agoLaugh at a lawyer wearing a wig, and they will come to your house at night and cut you!
minus-squareCouldntCareBear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·4 months agoJust some good ol’ oppression of the prol’s through class.
I think that’s intentional. It proves their dominance. I mean you have to go to them and they are wearing something very silly and you have to pretend it’s not silly, and if you don’t they will harm you somehow.
Laugh at a lawyer wearing a wig, and they will come to your house at night and cut you!
Just some good ol’ oppression of the prol’s through class.