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OtherworldlyCR :
Wow I knew about the window tax but not about the term daylight robbery! 🪟 thank you!
2025-07-21 16:23:44
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Rook :
INTJ?
2025-07-24 07:05:20
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ASMR Tarot :
like the carbon tax, these days...
2025-07-28 23:15:40
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Boban Inamorato :
You’ve probably heard people say “That’s daylight robbery!” when they’re talking about being charged way too much for something — like paying $20 for a simple sandwich. It means something is outrageously unfair, and what’s worse, it’s being done right out in the open, without any shame. Now, there’s a popular story about where this phrase comes from. It says that in old England, there was a tax on windows — seriously. The more windows you had in your house, the more you paid in taxes. So people started bricking up their windows to save money, which meant they were literally losing daylight inside their homes. Because of that, some say the government was “robbing people of daylight,” and that’s how the phrase was born. It’s a great story — but unfortunately, it’s not really true. The tax did exist (it started in 1696 and ended in 1851), and people really did block their windows. But the actual phrase “daylight robbery” doesn’t show up in writing until much later — sometime in the 20th century. So there’s no solid link between the tax and the expression. More likely, the phrase just grew out of the idea that something is so obviously unfair, it’s like being robbed in broad daylight — out in the open, no attempt to hide it. That’s the key idea behind it. So yeah, the “window tax” story sounds cool and even kind of poetic, but it’s probably just a clever myth people came up with later on.
2025-07-22 01:29:32
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KLeslie :
These tidbits are absolutely fascinating. Who knew? Me now. Thanks
2025-07-22 13:10:41
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user4812917227032 :
Did you play Beethoven?
2025-07-21 19:52:50
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Beatrice VC 🇦🇺 :
My conversations are going to get really interesting henceforth!
2025-07-22 11:15:37
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nm00nz :
I am v glad you started doing these, I don't hae IG so i a very grateful!
2025-07-22 02:09:17
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𒌐Steph𒌐 :
where does bricked up come from?
2025-07-24 02:36:04
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Robert :
Taxes should be used to raise money for the government , not to influence people’s behavior. A simple sales tax would be best.
2025-07-21 17:59:12
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Jude McVay :
ooh! a phrase that is literal; awesome!
2025-07-27 06:51:26
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:
I'm surprised they've not brought this back
2025-07-21 16:25:42
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thebaldhistocrat :
Napoleonic tax in Britain and Ireland. Georgian house windows get smaller the higher up to save money.
2025-07-22 08:23:09
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Keat :
Fascinating! It is also the reason why old german houses tend to be narrow but long - as the houses were taxed by the number of windows facing the main road
2025-07-21 16:32:37
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Annie Harris :
I saw a house today clad in those fake bricks and noticed they had gone to the trouble to make it look like a window bricked up.
2025-07-22 06:43:58
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Elizabeth 🇬🇧 :
I really enjoy these
2025-07-21 19:25:19
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new_horror_writer ✝️ :
it's possible but the first instance in print wasn't until 1804 and was a reference to France, not English windows, so I'm sceptical :)
2025-07-21 21:29:53
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Annie Harris :
Wow
2025-07-22 06:42:20
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Clair Russell :
😊😊😊😊
2025-07-21 18:26:32
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Lyn :
👏👏👏
2025-07-21 16:31:46
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Abe Apalit :
😳😳😳
2025-07-27 12:27:38
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Orsola de Castro :
♥️
2025-07-22 09:27:20
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willsjon1 :
👍👍👍
2025-07-22 07:23:16
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TeeGee :
Damn I didn’t know inanimate objects could get bricked up👀👀
2025-07-21 21:18:22
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ANotSoGoodShot :
Imagine the British imposing taxes that are stupid...
2025-07-21 20:39:45
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