Been Reading A Lot Of History Lately And I'm Having Complicated Feelings About, Like, Standards Of Living

Been reading a lot of history lately and I'm having complicated feelings about, like, standards of living in the present.

We eat food that only kings and nobility could once afford. We have stopped fearing diseases that used to destroy entire families at once. We have complicated hobbies, many so intricate that they are impossible to describe to someone who doesn't already know about them. We live in luxury by the standards of most of history.

And yet, we're still stuck with many of the same fears as the lowest of peasants always had. Can I afford food? Will my lord's decision, made regardless of my opinion on the matter, bring war and famine and ruin? Will a new and unpredictable illness appear and take those I love most?

Luxuries and powerlessness combined in a way they've rarely been before

There's something... interesting? sad? about that line of thoughts, I think

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yeah I thought about this too!! this is so strange and interesting and like how humans have different health “environment-related” problems in different times and countries but still have them! we now and the medieval people are both wrongly nutritioned but in different ways idk if I should be sad about this but I decided not to be!! this is just interesting to me and the rules of life but of course we will try to make it better in the future because whats the point if not this and a lot of things are already better!

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the-awkward-villainess-2

1 month ago

ok no writing posts at 2 am again go to sleep you repetitive bitch

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the-awkward-villainess-2

4 months ago

I'd like to point out this highly relatable Nie Huaisang moment from ep 8 (uh damn it, it was scaled down for the dashboard. I am afraid I will have to ask you to click on it.

Also I feel like I am gradually loosing ability to write in english. I forgot how to use all those strange english tenses.)

Hrdinové se vypravili na klišé dobrodružnou výpravu, aby posbírali všechny kameny moci dřív, než se dostanou do spárů zlotřilého klanu Wen. Při svém hledání však narazili na nepřekonatelné překážky, kterými jsou okamžitá ztráta odhodlání, hrozná komunikace a rodiče, kteří se po nich již shánějí. Hrdinská výprava kvintánů končí jako většina zájmových skupinových projektů a klan Wen mezitím posbírá kameny moci a vybuduje si armádu nemrtvých. Dobrá práce, týme.

Kraťoučký a nehorázně zbytečný vedlejší příběh. Byly tam ale roztomilé interakce.

Také je mi zde Nie Chuaj-sang nehorázně sympatický. Jde s kamarády na procházku, ale pak netrefí zpátky a potřebuje, aby ho nasměrovali na nejbližší tramvaj. Tímto se omlouvám všem starým přátelům ze školy.

,,Nechcete se mrknout k nám do Nečistého kraje? Je tam krásně. Máme sušenky. (prosím, nenechávejte mě uprostřed pustin)"

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absolutely underrated THIS NEEDS MORE NOTES. IT'S SO GOOD😭 I'm still in love with the artstyle and the backgrounds and the stilysation

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the-awkward-villainess-2

5 months ago