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Re:The reasons medieval people slept in cupboards by brtkdotse on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @01:59AM (#39100379)
“Personal space” for anyone below the rank of, say, a duke is a very recent trend
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Re:The reasons medieval people slept in cupboards by aksss on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @09:28AM (#39103702)
Not having dukes around, along with higher global avg prosperity, is also a very recent trend. And seemingly a pretty good one.
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Re:The reasons medieval people slept in cupboards by ametrau on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @09:57AM (#39104137)
Yeah. Screw dukes.
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Re:The reasons medieval people slept in cupboards by sowerssix on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @08:20PM (#39112422)
Careful with talk like that, one might be about, might take offense and want to um, them it out..

I'll see myself out.

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Re:The reasons medieval people slept in cupboards by merry_flame on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @03:10PM (#39122023)
Cliché, but completely untrue. Personal space in general is a very recent trend. No one with a retinue, servants or a big family has personal space…
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