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[drydem]

one of the weird things about time travel movie things is the ease with which people obtain clothes in medieval periods, generally peasant clothes. This ease is problematic given the history of clothing in Europe. In Europe, especially pre-Renaissance, there was not an extensive clothing market, especially for peasants. Clothing was either produced on demand by tailors for the rich or at home by peasants for themselves/their families. Your average peasant was likely to own maybe two sets of clothes, wearing the same thing every day, with maybe a cloak(aka a thick piece of cloth) for colder weather. So, where are these fictional time travelers getting their clothing? They can't get it at a store, because there are no clothing stores. Stealing it from a peasant involves catching them naked at some point, which is rare, or beating them up and taking their clothes. It may be a minor thing to nitpick, but it's an anachronism.

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[fallen-scholar.livejournal.com]

Are you familiar with the whole show around the "Who's on First?" routine? Here's one of the great consideribly earlier parts, done from memory so I might be wrong on something:

"Oh, so you know how to manage a baseball team, eh?"
"Yep."
"Okay, so what if I put in a Right handed pitcher."
"I put in a left handed batter."
"So then, I put in a left handed pitcher."
"And then I put in a right handed batter."
"Ah, but now I trick you. I pull out my left handed pitcher, and put in my right handed pitcher."
"Ah, but I double cross you. I pull out my right handed batter, and put in my left handed batter."
"Where are you gettting all these left handed batters?"
"The same place where you're getting all these right handed pitchers."

So, where am I getting all this clothing when I'm time traveling? Where did I get my time machine? In fact, with the time machine, I can move to just that one point where the peasant is changing, shout "yoink" and be done with it.

[gollumgollum.livejournal.com]

yes.

but only if you shout 'yoink!1'