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re: Would you rather be a king in the 17th century or 1st world middle class today
Posted on 5/27/14 at 6:17 pm to lsunurse
Posted on 5/27/14 at 6:17 pm to lsunurse
Look, I'm not roaming around rubbing elbows with the peasants, so I won't be exposed to all the stupid sickness you keep bringing up.
Indoor plumbing? I'll dump in a gold pot on a bed of rose petals, and get one of my service people to carry it out and bury it in the woods. No different than flushing it now.
Electricity? I'm King. I'll have humans produce whatever power I need. I'll dress however I want. My kingdom will be in a low humid area.
Now....tell me again about how they had no razors back then and women couldn't shave their coochies or bathe?
Indoor plumbing? I'll dump in a gold pot on a bed of rose petals, and get one of my service people to carry it out and bury it in the woods. No different than flushing it now.
Electricity? I'm King. I'll have humans produce whatever power I need. I'll dress however I want. My kingdom will be in a low humid area.
Now....tell me again about how they had no razors back then and women couldn't shave their coochies or bathe?
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 6:19 pm to Festus
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Look, I'm not roaming around rubbing elbows with the peasants, so I won't be exposed to all the stupid sickness you keep bringing up.
The plague doesn't distinguish between pauper and royalty.
You have several servants in your castle, many of them peasants.....there is your exposure.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 6:29 pm to Festus
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I'm not roaming around rubbing elbows with the peasants
Even today, any time you break the skin you are at risk of infection. Without treatment this can result in gangrene and/or death. The bugs that do this are on everyone's arms naturally. Of course, we don't worry so much now b/c of modern antibiotics (although we might worry again soon).
Posted on 5/28/14 at 8:15 am to Festus
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Look, I'm not roaming around rubbing elbows with the peasants, so I won't be exposed to all the stupid sickness you keep bringing up.
Again, to which I'll respond:
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Queen Anne, ruler of England from 1702 to 1707, died at 49. She succeeded William III, who died in 1702 at the age of 51. Louis XIII ruled France from 1610 to 1643 and died at 42.
Those people weren't exactly hanging with peasants.
Anne died of a fever she caught from travelling too much. William fell off his horse, broke his collarbone, caught pneumonia and died from it. Louis XIII died of tuberculosis.
It's funny to me that people nowadays have absolutely no respect for history and/or view everything myopically through the lens of present day comforts when in fact most on here guffawing about it would be begging for AC, modern plumbing and medicine. Back then, if you needed a tooth pulled, you essentially had to get insanely drunk and bear it.
This post was edited on 5/28/14 at 8:17 am
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