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And including Emperor Joseph II!

from Derek Beales: Joseph II, Volume 2: Against the World, 1780 - 1790:

Joseph's alleged comment to Mozart about the Entführung, "Too many notes", has been taken as evidence of his ignorance. But he probably said something like, "Too beautiful for our ears, and monstrous many notes." It is always necessary to bear in mind, when appraising the emperor's remarks, his peculiar brand of humor or sarcasm. He was usually getting at someone. And he did not use the royal "we". The ears in question were those of the Viennese audience, whom he was mocking for their limited appreciation of Mozart's elaborate music.

(though not gonna lie, I think it is a LOT of notes)

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From:

selenak

I, m, am a good looking career guy who used to be a in a steady relationship with someone in the same profession. Okay, my superior, but not the ultimate boss. (Could have had him, too, back in the day, if I'd wanted.) Now, maybe I was a bit high-handed when treating most of my s.o.'s hangers-on as the parasites they were, but I was just looking out for him! I mean, we've been through years of a high stress situation together, and now that's over, he's dumping me for some younger bit of fluff? Am I supposed to take that lying down?!!!! Of course I raised holy hell, I mean, who wouldn't, and okay, maybe hitting on his wife wasn't the best tactic, but I know he's been wanting to divorce her for eons. Anyway, the point is: I've been transferred to the back of beyond while the himbo got a gorgeous estate, and I still don't know how that happened. AITA?

I, m, really want everyone to be happy, and can't help it if many of them hit on me. I also want a steady job. Somehow, this evolved into a situation where this woman whom I had pay my travelling expenses thinks we'll live together while the guy in whose house I lived is having a fit because I had dinner with her on my last evening in town. But did either of them get me the job I wanted? They did not! So what's to complain about? AITA?

Some years ago I, m, and my long term companion, f, agreed to put our relationship on a non-sexual footing. AT the time, I thought it was a good idea, what with me being often ill and also way older. Since then, however, I discovered that I still can enjoy sex with a different woman. This doesn't impact on my relationship with my long-term companion, right? I mean, since we agreed to go platonic anyway, and I'm still as attracted as ever by her mind? It's just, there's this good looking younger guy hitting on her these days, and it looks like she's attracted to him, and I can't see that going anywhere good, so I said so, and we had an almighty row, especially after she found out about my other relationship. Okay, maybe I shouldn't have said "it's not like we're married" or "ditch the he-man, he's just after your money", but was that a reason for calling me a love rat and an overrated hack?!? AITA?

From:

mildred_of_midgard

*dies*

(Could have had him, too, back in the day, if I'd wanted.)

LOLOL, I IMMEDIATELY knew who this was. :P Brilliant!

I've been transferred to the back of beyond while the himbo got a gorgeous estate, and I still don't know how that happened

*can't stop laughing*

Look at your life, look at your choices, Chalk Remorse. :P

But did either of them get me the job I wanted? They did not! So what's to complain about? AITA?

Hmmm. Weeeellll, you need to communicate when you're not interested a lot more closely. (I was actually using him as a cautionary tale for Royal Patron not long ago, of what happens when you mean no but you have trouble saying no. Not in a romantic situation necessarily, but in general.)

Okay, maybe I shouldn't have said "it's not like we're married" or "ditch the he-man, he's just after your money", but was that a reason for calling me a love rat and an overrated hack?!? AITA?

Oh, Voltaire. There's a reason Pleschinski ships you/Fritz!

From:

cahn

These are SO HILARIOUS

Me: realizes that after all this I STILL cannot tell Kalckreuth and Kaphengst apart :PP (yes, I did go look up the rheinsberg post on Heinrich's boyfriends :P )

Of course I raised holy hell, I mean, who wouldn't, and okay, maybe hitting on his wife wasn't the best tactic, but I know he's been wanting to divorce her for eons.

lolololol

Somehow, this evolved into a situation where this woman whom I had pay my travelling expenses thinks we'll live together while the guy in whose house I lived is having a fit because I had dinner with her on my last evening in town. But did either of them get me the job I wanted? They did not!

AHAHAHAHAHA omg Algarotti
These things just happen to you, don't they

I mean, since we agreed to go platonic anyway, and I'm still as attracted as ever by her mind?

I may have spilled something. VOLTAIRE.

These guys were made for AITA, weren't they! ~~especially Voltaire, omg~~ (and

selenak was made for writing their AITA!)

From:

selenak

Me: realizes that after all this I STILL cannot tell Kalckreuth and Kaphengst apart

Think of them as Chalk Remorse and Cape Stallion, as Mildred does. :) Or by era: one was mainly 7 Years War, the other the ca. fifteen years later.

AHAHAHAHAHA omg Algarotti
These things just happen to you, don't they

Which is why he clearly was impersonated by a time traveller or several. ;) Mind you, milking them for money while flirting with them (and writing at least one poem to them) does not exactly send a clear NO signal.

Voltaire: quite. I'm sure one could do this meme with him and Rousseau as well, but not me, since I'm not interested in Rousseau...