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To be fair 1/3 of women don't die in childbirth, 1/2 of children don't die before they are ten, we have weed and booze they could never have dreamed of, freaken chocolate and aspirin, and you are highly unlikely to become a sex slave. It was paradise for a very small fraction of the population and rape/slavery/castration for the rest.
Still I could go for an orgy and some figs if anyone is in the mood.
But I'm still castrated and want to be a sex slave uwu
Still I could go for an orgy and some figs if anyone is in the mood.
Yeah, I'm down too.
The Ancient Greeks weren't actively trying to turn the strawberries in your fridge into a SaaS subscription.
I am from now on referring to local produce clubs as "Strawberries As A Service". Thank you.
This actually points to the root of the problem. You couldn't do that kind of retail subscription nonsense in ancient times because the bookkeeping, identity management, and fraud prevention would have been a nightmare. Since we found out how to automate all of those problems away, here we are.
…and then ordering their slaves to bring them another flask of wine
Wait, weren't machines supposed to be our slaves?
That's actually exactly why it took the Romans so long to technologically advance. "The slaves do the job well enough".
The idea of water powered mills and general aqueducts were mind-blowing to them and took a while to catch on. It seemed utterly unfathomable when everyone relied so much on slaves
Which is similar to my theory of why the industrial revolution took place in the west. High populations in the east meant that labor was always cheaper and more efficient than trying to get compliacted machinery to do the job. It's why a lot of manufacturing still happens in the east, because machines can't do everything and the best robot is still a human being with a good jig.
When I went freelance, it was hard not having a boss at first, now I'm totally into it. It took around a year for me to get everything to where I felt good about it. I think a lot of people don't realize that the uncomfortable feeling of not having a boss usually doesn't last forever. The people who liked working from home probably get it. We are taught to have bosses from a very early age.
Not having a more senior person to go to when you get stuck could be a problem.
I always have Mr. Stackoverflow as my senior person.
That is, until he slaps me in the face and tells me my questions are always repeated.
And still half of us can't even afford figs
*probably way more than half
And there are five of us who can afford figs for everyone forever, but decided to use that money to lure underaged teens for orgy outside in some secluded islands.
I mean the rich people are eating figs, on their yachts, on their way to their winter home, to go skiing with their family.
Yeah..
But what about the orgies?
Just like any other party, host it yourself
Or eating figs on their private plane on the way to an island for....an orgy ....
welcome to crapitalism
I mean, precisely because of that people indeed now do have fig orgies outside. Just don't count workers as people.
We invented the idea of currency and that ruined everything. Until we invent a replicator we are stuck working.
WE BUILT THIS CITY
WE BUILT THIS CITY
WE BUILT THIS CITY ON GRIM AND TOLL.
Maybe we just found out that figs are kinda mid.
Figs are way better than apples which are very popular for some reason. They're at least as tasty as a banana. I actually think the average fig is better than the average strawberry. Too many big bland strawberries.
I use.my machine that can do the work of 100 people to make shitty jokes online.
Okay I like my work, can I just do that instead of orgies?
What work do you do that's better than orgies?
It’s nothing special I am just a nerd
So am I, but I've put in enough time that I think I've earned eternal orgies
Hope you get them!!
Your hope is being interpreted as consent. You will be part of the orgy.
I work in the two orgies at the same time field.
I don't think the people can sustain it
... To be completely completely fair, the Greeks with power treated a substantial amount of their population as machines, forcing them to perform labor and submit themselves sexually to them, and presided over a system that might have actually viewed the eventual goal of society to be elevating the people of my City to not lives of indolent leisure & carnal pleasure through subjugating countless others...