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[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago

I just read War and Peace for the first time last year. There's a section in the book involving hunting with borzois, and the narrator mentions that one of the characters paid a family of serfs for his best dog. He didn't pay money to a serf family - the cost of the dog was a serf family. Imagine that sort of bullshit if you're a serf.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Sounds right. There's that British family that was caught underpaying their staff do much, they spent more on their dog

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Fuck's sake those serfs can be trained to hunt too, what a waste

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago

if i'm going to be sold for anything, a dog is probably the only option that wouldn't make me feel miserable

so long as they take care of the good boy

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Well, it was a good girl in the book, but don't worry - she wasn't treated like a serf.

[-] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 3 points 2 years ago
[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

i mean as much as anyone can be these days, yes?

not sure what about that joke is worrisome given the general standard online..

[-] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 2 points 2 years ago

Nothing about the joke is worrisome to me.

I just had a hunch I should ask. False alarm, I guess.

Have a nice day :)

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