{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Overwhelm...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/702261658497744896/", "html": "<p><a href=\"https://argumate.tumblr.com/post/702256461647151104/overwhelm\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">argumate</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https://ltwilliammowett.tumblr.com/post/702252713590816768/overwhelm\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">ltwilliammowett</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p>We actually only know this term from the emotional or mental realm. That is, when someone is <i>overwhelmed</i> by their feelings. But originally it had a different meaning.The term comes from the middle english word <i>whelven</i>, which means to turn upside down, a vessel is said to be overwhelmed when she has capsized or has turned upside down in the water.\u00a0 <br/></p><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"800\" data-orig-width=\"1422\"><img src=\"/media/fc501a23487e4e98938abd88751766d405998f22_09daf443aa10.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"800\" data-orig-width=\"1422\"/></figure><p><i>(<a href=\"https://twitter.com/sparrabethossa/status/1352546828110192641\" target=\"_blank\">x</a>) </i><br/></p><p>In the 17th century, the term <i>capsized</i> appeared more and more, until it finally replaced <i>overwhelmed</i> in nautical terms and this term slipped into the emotional world. </p></blockquote>\n\n\n<p>oh shit for real? I\u2019m going to be thinking of this all the time now</p></blockquote>", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/fc501a23487e4e98938abd88751766d405998f22_09daf443aa10.jpg", "thumbnail_width": 540, "thumbnail_height": 304}