Comments by "Hallands Menved" (@Hallands.) on "Why knights fought snails in medieval art" video.

  1. With the Viking age in the past, the most devastating threat to the earthly paradise of the monasteries (where books were illustrated and copied) were the snails constantly threatening the monks’ main sustenance, the growth in the kitchen garden. That’s why snails are in the margins. „The pen is stronger than the sword – except against the invasion of snails eating our food!“
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  2. People have already forgotten the meaning of „meme“. Now it's used loosely for anything unusual or controversial or even for anything the user thinks noteworthy for some obscure reason…
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