Bathhouses. The local Quicklee's just doesn't do it.
this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2024
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Can we get guilds back?
Sobre people see guilds as a form of worker union providing job protection but they are also oligopolies for business owners, resulting in higher price for goods and less employment opportunities overall due to the "you got to be a member so you can do business" aspect of it
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The commons
Dragons
I could be down for small beer being the main thing we drink.
Oh oh oh oh oh oh!
JOUSTING!
We can do it with motorcycles this time instead of horses!
OH ALSO
Private Military contractors should begin to dress like crosses between clowns and noble-knights again.
(hours later addendum) Bowing as a form of social greeting. We REALLY missed a beat when we didn't bring this back when COVID made people afraid of getting too close to each other.
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I recently got into armored combat so, knights. If we're gonna kill each other, let's at least be civilized!
Grand journeys to far off lands. The kind of journey where someone who is "exotic" and personable can make a life for themselves by being the court foreigner.
Also: Judicial duels. They are unjust, unethical, and unproductive, but damn if I don't want to see white collar criminals have to fight the selected champion of all the folks they ripped off. Of course, being a billionaire would probably buy you a pretty good champion yourself, so we'd also have to bring back old concepts of honor to compel them to represent themselves.
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A blowtorch and a pair of pliers.
Trebuchets, which btw are far superior to catapults.
Moats. I was kidding at first, but I'm now thinking lazy rivers are modern moats.
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Guillotines
Hand to hand combat