Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them] to chapotraphouse • 20 days agoReject jokerfication, embrace jesterficationimagemessage-square15 fedilinkarrow-up183file-text
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minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her, they/them]hexbear11·20 days agoJesters had institutional support from the rotten feudal order. Medieval Jokerification would be Till Eulenspiegel. link
minus-squarezed_proclaimer [he/him]hexbear12·20 days agojesters were literal recuperation in action mockery of the throne commodified and bought out, brought into the status quo to reinforce it. The beginning of the spectacle link
minus-squareBreath_Of_The_Snake [they/them, comrade/them]hexbear1·19 days agoSometimes it was just a guy who could fart real loud. But yeah, I bet at least one king had a jester he told him to mock him so he could check who laughed the loudest. link
Jesters had institutional support from the rotten feudal order. Medieval Jokerification would be Till Eulenspiegel.
jesters were literal recuperation in action
mockery of the throne commodified and bought out, brought into the status quo to reinforce it. The beginning of the spectacle
Sometimes it was just a guy who could fart real loud. But yeah, I bet at least one king had a jester he told him to mock him so he could check who laughed the loudest.