• @ChickenLadyLovesLife
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    473 months 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
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      173 months ago

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

    • @xantoxis
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      113 months ago

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

    • @[email protected]
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      83 months 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
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        73 months ago

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

        • @[email protected]
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          23 months 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…

          • @[email protected]
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            23 months 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 :)