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[โ€“] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 44 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Inns, especially if they've got an enormous pot of perpetual stew, and people are giving out quests.

[โ€“] DoYouNot@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That sounds an awful lot like restaurants and jobs...

[โ€“] MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes, but tavern wenches are assumed to be included.

[โ€“] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Those are just called lot lizards now.

[โ€“] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I can't believe I just got my CLP and no part of my study material told me or warned me about this term.

[โ€“] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

Still is, according to legend

[โ€“] Triasha@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Inns like that existed during the enlightenment up through the invention of the railroad. In the medieval era you slept in a church or maybe someone's home.

[โ€“] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Inns existed in large cities during the medieval period.