I don't have words immediately coming to mind for this. I think I'm going to lay down soon and see what others come up with. sleepless

  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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    13 days ago

    They still did some really gross things, like centuries of medical practitioners deciding hand washing was optional, and dying of dysentery constantly whenever they gathered into armies.

    It is interesting how the people in the industrial era were probably dirtier and in worse health than their medieval forebears because they were all clustered in cities drinking poo water and breathing fumes and smog which impacted respiratory health so tuberculosis was having a dance party in everyone's lungs.

    duck-dance