▲ 932 ▼ Convenience is relative (media.piefed.world) submitted 6 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 92 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Shirasho@lemmings.world 25 points 6 months ago (2 children) I get vibes of "the king requests an audience so you need to travel 20 days to get to the capital" vibes. You need to waste 41-50 days of your life because your manager wants to talk to you face to face for a few minutes. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) It's a break from the tedium of subsistance sharecropping... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Do you think the king is going to send a laborer in your place? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 10 points 6 months ago That's what your 16 kids are for, duh... Also, the whole village likely cultivates the same fields, so it's not like it's some private landholding that will fallow if you're not there to tend it. Long live the commons! permalink fedilink source parent [–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 months ago* If the king request an audience with you, then you're probably some middle management as well, which mean you also do the exact same thing but this time to a peasant because they didn't pay enough tax or their tribute isn't as good as last year, so they have to waste a few hours of their life just so you can threaten them face to face. Medieval, amirite permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) It's a break from the tedium of subsistance sharecropping... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Do you think the king is going to send a laborer in your place? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 10 points 6 months ago That's what your 16 kids are for, duh... Also, the whole village likely cultivates the same fields, so it's not like it's some private landholding that will fallow if you're not there to tend it. Long live the commons! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Do you think the king is going to send a laborer in your place? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 10 points 6 months ago That's what your 16 kids are for, duh... Also, the whole village likely cultivates the same fields, so it's not like it's some private landholding that will fallow if you're not there to tend it. Long live the commons! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 10 points 6 months ago That's what your 16 kids are for, duh... Also, the whole village likely cultivates the same fields, so it's not like it's some private landholding that will fallow if you're not there to tend it. Long live the commons! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 months ago* If the king request an audience with you, then you're probably some middle management as well, which mean you also do the exact same thing but this time to a peasant because they didn't pay enough tax or their tribute isn't as good as last year, so they have to waste a few hours of their life just so you can threaten them face to face. Medieval, amirite permalink fedilink source parent
