• Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
      33·
      2 days ago

      I mean the reality was that the time “off” was spent farming their own land, taking care of animals, fixing the house and doing the insane number of household tasks that come with premodern living. Spend a few days just cooking in a medieval style, and you’ll quickly realize it’s a LOT of work.

      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
        213·
        2 days ago

        Meh,

        • They had horrible healthcare they couldn’t afford and WE have horrible healthcare we can’t afford
        • They spent a lot of time at festivals and with their communities helping each other and WE spend a lot of time chatting on our phones, but mostly playing games.
        • They spent a lot of time outdoors doing a lot of work but keeping active, and we can sometimes go for hikes or walks, but we’re Americans, we as a whole, don’t.
        • They knew how an could fix things around the farm, we can watch youtube videos unless it’s electronic or DRM.
        • They had witch hunts and misinformation and WE have witch hunts and misinformation.
        • All of the food they grew was organic but they had to grow it themselves and we have to pay an arm and a leg for non-poisoned food.
        • They spent all day working for the king and we spend all day working for billionaires.
        • They have poor starving people during famines, we have a too big percentage of poor starving people (13% of US population was food insecure during 2023).
        • They had xenophobia and WE have xenophobia.
        • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
          10·
          2 days ago

          All of the food they grew was organic

          Without someone inspecting the water and the soil, how safe was it? ♪♫ Hello typhoid my old friend… ♫♪

          • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
            5·
            2 days ago

            Except for that, yeah. We still have listeria outbreaks, etc. that kill people. It’s not like we’ve moved on from that, and that’s with all of the poisoned food to make it “safer.”

        • FaceDeer@fedia.io
          6·
          2 days ago

          When you delve into the details of what those bullet points actually entailed, they were all far far worse in medieval times.

        • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
          8·
          2 days ago

          And gathering your own firewood, and water, and making twice as much to prepare for winter, and the strongly reduced options.

          I mean yeah, it IS fun for a bit, I do medieval reenactment, obviously I enjoy it. But doing it every day absolutely sucks.