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It's kinda weird when people will say a piece of media takes place in "Medieval times" and yet it's a fantasy world. (hexbear.net)
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No, Game of Thrones didn't take place in Medieval times lmao. Dragons and wizards didn't exist in ye olde England.

It would be funny if people did this with more recent time periods and fiction. Like people genuinely thinking that victorian times had giant steampunk spider robots.

I will say it is a little concerning how often I hear people say shit unchallenged like "It takes place in the old days" about something that is a fantasy world that never actually existed. Makes me worried people can't tell fantasy from reality.

Edit: This petty rant is because I was talking about GoT with a friend and told them that the constant sexual assault put me off watching it and they were like "Yeah, but that's what it was like back then."

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[–] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago

We find evidence of lots of tokens being traded around, as well as ledgers keeping track of debt. Barter societies seem to be somewhat mythical, but so does extensive use of currency.

It seems more common that people just kept track of stuff owed or stores issued chits indicating credit. There's some evidence of some of these chits being used very far from the store that issued them which is pretty cool.