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Anon has a power fantasy (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by Gullible@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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No.250341473
>fantasy setting has magic and flying creatures
>still using horses as main transportation

No.250341651
>>250341473 (OP) #
>setting has nuclear energy
>still using coal as main energy source

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[–] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yep, not having a bunch of your trade going to feeding and caring for your horses makes a huge difference.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Boats can also move much more than a horse and cart. More than a pair of bullock even

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Someone's never owned a boat.

There are 3 idioms that come to mind.

A boat is a hole in the water you pour money into.

A boat owner is only happy twice. When they buy a boat, and when they sell it.

"You don't want to buy a boat. What you want is a friend with a boat!"

[–] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 7 months ago

A boat for personal use and a boat for trade use are two very different things.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For trading, boats have always been better in regards to the amount of stuff you can carry, even back before sails were invented. Also, unlike roads, water doesn't need maintenance, it just needs to be at a high enough level that the boat won't crash into rocks or whatever.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

My main point was that boats aren't free to run. They require constant maintenance and care to remain viable. If you're going to include the maintenance and running costs of a horse team, then you need to also include the equivalent for boats.

Don't get me wrong, when you have a waterway, boats still win, by a large margin. Hence why Europe has so many canals etc.