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“There it is again … a feeling that in a past life I was someone named Shirley MacLaine.”

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    • NachBarcelona@piefed.social
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      13 hours ago

      It has absolute potential for romantization. It’s in the vicinity of nobility. It’s not a plumber named Sal.

      Do you actually fail to see it?

      • deeferg@lemmy.ca
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        9 hours ago

        Hey man, if you can’t romanticize the life of a modern plumber you’re just not horny enough.

      • Dadifer
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        11 hours ago

        They were absolutely the same social class as plumbers. Service to nobility provided half the jobs in a village sometimes.

        • NachBarcelona@piefed.social
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          10 hours ago

          Okay you just answered my question.

          Check. You’re not getting it.

          Again: the chambermaid’s tale has potential for classic romantization. She’s close to the noble Sir of the house, they have the affair, bro. The. Affair. And Ma’am kills her because of it.

          The plumber won’t get cozy with the Lord in some nonsensical 25 cent love novel. The housemaid will. That’s why it pays off as a fantasy.

          This is not about class but about some la la land fantasy.