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Re:Have Taken Up Farming by wolvesechoes on Thursday January 15, 2026 @04:39AM (#46630278)
> A poet needs his pen and paper

They doesn't. People did poetry for a long time.

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Re:Have Taken Up Farming by NoBeardMarch on Thursday January 15, 2026 @04:51AM (#46630351)
A pedantic point. Even in a non-industrialized tribal society an oral poet needs a mud house, sandals and various tools. Someone needs to make those, probably the poet themselves.
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Re:Have Taken Up Farming by wolvesechoes on Thursday January 15, 2026 @08:10AM (#46631931)
> Someone needs to make those, probably the poet themselves.

In that case the whole labor division and economic incentives kinda disappear, right?

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