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Would you rather be a cowboy, a pirate or a samurai? (feddit.nl)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Lewistrick@feddit.nl to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Found this question on an Instagram reel as dating advice for girls if they don't know what to talk about and that men have a lot of opinions about this. Let's see if she's right.

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[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

What year for samurai, and what rank? Samurai in 1590 were very different from samurai in 1850; after the warring states period ended, samurai quickly lost everything except their pride. Merchants - nominally the lowest class (burakumin were outside of the class system) - had far more wealth and real power than the samurai in the years preceding the Meiji restoration. A low-ranking samurai around 1820 would be a life of poverty that was still filled with class and social obligations; not cool.

Overall, probably a ranch hand (cowboy was a derogatory term). Yeah, the pay was shit, and it was hard work, but you got to be outside all the time.