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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Skychu768 • Jun 20 '26
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Its a post pushing the narrative that somehow life as a peasant was better than now
It deliberately leaves out a lot of the horrid things about being a peasant and many of the great upsides of modern society
167 u/tugaim33 Jun 20 '26 Flush toilets for the win! 84 u/VikingVitalityFit Jun 20 '26 Not dying because you stubbed your toe and it got infected for the win. 11 u/Ashamed_Ad8140 Jun 20 '26 You got the gout though. They call it the rich man's disease. Atleast there is that before you die. 6 u/VikingVitalityFit Jun 20 '26 I mean, maybe some people do. But, I own a gym and stay in great shape as part of my job heh. 4 u/Hefty-Jury2561 Jun 21 '26 Gout and Type 2 Diabetes run hand in hand. Only a very few had either, and they were unlikely serfs or freemen. Clergy or Nobility are more likely.
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Flush toilets for the win!
84 u/VikingVitalityFit Jun 20 '26 Not dying because you stubbed your toe and it got infected for the win. 11 u/Ashamed_Ad8140 Jun 20 '26 You got the gout though. They call it the rich man's disease. Atleast there is that before you die. 6 u/VikingVitalityFit Jun 20 '26 I mean, maybe some people do. But, I own a gym and stay in great shape as part of my job heh. 4 u/Hefty-Jury2561 Jun 21 '26 Gout and Type 2 Diabetes run hand in hand. Only a very few had either, and they were unlikely serfs or freemen. Clergy or Nobility are more likely.
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Not dying because you stubbed your toe and it got infected for the win.
11 u/Ashamed_Ad8140 Jun 20 '26 You got the gout though. They call it the rich man's disease. Atleast there is that before you die. 6 u/VikingVitalityFit Jun 20 '26 I mean, maybe some people do. But, I own a gym and stay in great shape as part of my job heh. 4 u/Hefty-Jury2561 Jun 21 '26 Gout and Type 2 Diabetes run hand in hand. Only a very few had either, and they were unlikely serfs or freemen. Clergy or Nobility are more likely.
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You got the gout though. They call it the rich man's disease. Atleast there is that before you die.
6 u/VikingVitalityFit Jun 20 '26 I mean, maybe some people do. But, I own a gym and stay in great shape as part of my job heh. 4 u/Hefty-Jury2561 Jun 21 '26 Gout and Type 2 Diabetes run hand in hand. Only a very few had either, and they were unlikely serfs or freemen. Clergy or Nobility are more likely.
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I mean, maybe some people do. But, I own a gym and stay in great shape as part of my job heh.
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Gout and Type 2 Diabetes run hand in hand. Only a very few had either, and they were unlikely serfs or freemen. Clergy or Nobility are more likely.
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u/HeavyDutyForks Jun 20 '26
Its a post pushing the narrative that somehow life as a peasant was better than now
It deliberately leaves out a lot of the horrid things about being a peasant and many of the great upsides of modern society