Comments on: Life in the Middle Ages

By: David Gillies

David Gillies — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:46:22 +0000

Thank you Dennis; you are a scholar and a gentleman (and I couldn’t agree with you more).

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:29:58 +0000

Leave ‘im, David, ‘e’s not wurf it. You nailed the whole thing in your first post with the phrase “division of labour”. This phenomenon alone has enabled more and more people to lead a life which is not “nasty, brutish and shorte”.

These statist cretins are enemies of humanity, because taxation discourages the division of labour.

By: David Gillies

David Gillies — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:54:58 +0000

Sez ‘John’: “Hmmmm… so you’re supporting the little lady who irons your shirts are you…? Ah, bless.”

Yes, John, you supercilious prick: I am actually underwriting her daughter’s university bills (in cash). But unless you are completely self-sufficient then someone is supporting you. Maybe you should show your employer such disdain. Let’s see how that works out for you, you malevolent, misanthropic twat,

Personally, I wouldn’t cross the road to piss on your teeth if they were on fire.

By: wh00ps

wh00ps — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:49:26 +0000

I also grew tomatoes on my balcony… wasn’t hard work, but then again wasn’t exactly going to provide me with a regular food supply either… this year i’m gonna do all veg and no ornamentals, just to see how much food it is possible to grow on a balcony. I’m guessing the answer will be: not much!

By: EU concerns

EU concerns — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:12:44 +0000

But Gardening is a pleasant pastime and quite possibly a necessary one.
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By: Trooper Thompson

Trooper Thompson — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:43:35 +0000

Back-breaking toil? I grew some tomatoes on my balcony last year. It wasn’t that hard, all you’ve got to do is remember to water them.

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By: wh00ps

wh00ps — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:49:52 +0000

my plan is to hole up in my flat with my store of food until the hordes of rampaging cleaning ladies have reduced the national population to substantially less than 60 million, then subsistance farm ;)

By: john

john — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:17:08 +0000

Some bizarre assumptions at play here:

“What the hell has humanity been working toward in the past centuries, if not to provide that advantage to as many people as possible?”

Why, NOTHING, of course. Or a great deal less than nothing if you look at the graphs. Did you not see the news last night? That progress thing was just a sales pitch/mass delusion.

And the captain of the sinking ship was as venal and slovenly as the deckhand… in fact, here he is now:

“If my PHP code were ‘fundamentally worthless’ (and how would you know?) then no-one would pay me to write it.”

Pay is not comensurate with value. Pay is comensurate with good luck. Did you think we lived in a meritocracy? I’m so sorry for your loss…

“It’s a damn good thing I do have that comparative advantage because in doing so it increases the value of my time to the point where substituting capital for labour directly supports two further human beings (one of whom is at university, and not on a Domestic Hygiene Studies course, either).”

Hmmmm… so you’re supporting the little lady who irons your shirts are you…? Ah, bless.