A closer look
Before the invention of the printing press, highly educated monks spent agonizing years sitting in freezing rooms painstakingly copying massive religious texts by hand. To vent their intense frustration, these scribes secretly left highly relatable complaints scribbled in the margins of their magnificent creations. Historians regularly discover ancient Latin annotations featuring scribes fiercely cursing the bitter cold, complaining about their aching backs, and begging for a mug of strong ale.
