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"5'6? Good lad, we'll teach you the rest by beatings" (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] iatenine@piefed.social 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That would be legitimately useful experience for the militaries of the time

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 8 points 1 day ago

Imagine joining the Legions to get away from farmwork and then you end up on a foraging detachment literally cutting wheat with a hand sickle to keep the army fed in enemy territory.

A day in the Legions is like a day on the farm...