PugJesus@piefed.socialM to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 13 days agoI wonder if there were any repeat suitors...imagemessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1352arrow-down10
arrow-up1352arrow-down1imageI wonder if there were any repeat suitors...PugJesus@piefed.socialM to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square45linkfedilink
minus-squareLOGIC💣@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up38·13 days agoNowadays, a horse isn’t seen as wealth as much as an expense.
minus-squareunalivejoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up25·13 days agoDepends on how you look at it. “I’m so rich, I can afford to take care of 10,000 horses.”
minus-squareBakkoda@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·13 days agoAlso depends on the horse.
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·13 days agoA horse is a horse. (Of course, of course)
minus-squaremassive_bereavement@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9·13 days agoHorses can be exchanged for goods and services.
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 days agodepends on the part of the world
minus-squarevateso5074@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-211 days agoBack then they would pay for themselves though, as working animals and livestock rather than the basically pets they are now. Those horses could carry a lot of goods and soldiers, then feed a lot of people when they die.
Nowadays, a horse isn’t seen as wealth as much as an expense.
Depends on how you look at it.
“I’m so rich, I can afford to take care of 10,000 horses.”
Also depends on the horse.
A horse is a horse. (Of course, of course)
Horses can be exchanged for goods and services.
depends on the part of the world
Back then they would pay for themselves though, as working animals and livestock rather than the basically pets they are now. Those horses could carry a lot of goods and soldiers, then feed a lot of people when they die.