I used to spend hours on Project Gutenberg back in school because they gave us IPads. Otherwise I've only ever had a physical copy of every book I read, so I have no experience with e-readers at all. What kind of device would you say gives the best reading experience for the site?
What I often see in 19th century books (best example: The picture of Dorian Grey) is that persons of the same sex give each other generous compliments and admit how fond they are of each other.
I wonder if that was just a thing in fiction or if people were really that comfortable with expressing their fondness for a friend casually.
They also often seem to compliment each other's looks greatly. And nowadays, I can't imagine a "straight" man telling another how handsome his facial features are. There is this awkwardness we all know that comes with it. And back then, homosexuality was obviously much more a taboo than it is nowadays, so I'm thinking, were people not taken aback by such compliments like many are now? I'd wish for people to express their feelings like this these days, but it's just not common and I don't believe that back then, they were somehow more "open", if y'all know what I mean. So what was the reason for that?