Read a thing once claiming that (early) medieval people didn’t have a sense of humor but dude how do you know? Humor is so contextual, like if you made an 8th century peasant watch Seinfield or whatever they’d be baffled. - ThreadSky

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arobertswrites.com • 6 days ago

Read a thing once claiming that (early) medieval people didn’t have a sense of humor but dude how do you know? Humor is so contextual, like if you made an 8th century peasant watch Seinfield or whatever they’d be baffled.

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arobertswrites.com•6 days ago

Again this was particularly about the early Middle Ages so before eg Chaucer and his fart jokes.

numenor.reunitedkingdoms.net•5 days ago

"Quid distat inter sottum et Scottum?"
“Tabula tantum.”

(Even if William of Malmesbury made it up, it’s pre-Chaucer.)

wolter.bsky.social•6 days ago

I know the family sagas weren’t written until much later, but I expect the dry humor they have wasn’t a new development at the time. And lord knows what wordplay and slang we’ve lost over the centuries.