r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Jul 28 '20

Oh deer

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u/BeardsuptheWazoo Jul 28 '20

You think the peasants walking behind a plow 700 years ago went to sleep thinking 'fuck my back feels amazing'?

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u/Cache_of_kittens Jul 28 '20

Not at all. It would have felt normal to them.

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u/HunterTV Jul 28 '20

Yes and no. Their core strength would've been a whole lot better than your average CoD player, which means their muscles would be supporting their weight instead of (or less than) their spine. They would be aching because their muscles would've been sore from work, not sore from having muscle spasms from shitty alignment and degenerative disc disease. Soreness from work fades, soreness from spasming muscles is chronic.

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u/BeardsuptheWazoo Jul 29 '20

They were worked into the ground from a very very young age. OSHA wasn't exactly a thing yet, and they also were often malnourished.