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Anon notices the "grass is always greener" trope in movies (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago

In the middle-ages in at least in what is now Estonia, if you ecaped to the city and lived there for a year and a day you would be set free from your serfdom. "Linna õhk teeb vabaks" same frase was used for that.