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[–] Kilometers_OBrien@startrek.website -3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)

More dysentery also.. like a LOT more dysentery. So much so that people open believed your soul exists in your lower abdomen because when you feel pain there you sie shortly after.

Wow that's a lot of dysentery.

Sorry your point lacks proper context based on reality.

[–] finderscult@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

That's really a western Europe thing and American thing. Even then no where near as much as you're suggesting, not for the last 10k years or so at least. Beer/wine taking over and replacing water drinking unironically eliminated most of that, and in other cultures sanitation prevented it. English serfs had a lot of dysentery though, since they were too stupid to use Roman infrastructure.

[–] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 7 hours ago

Well we could argue your whole comment lacks connection to the original post

[–] TonoManza@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 5 hours ago

"Oh, you're mad that you have to work 12/7 to stay alive? Well, have you considered that peasants didn't have good healthcare?!? Hah, I bet you didn't... Wait, you can't afford healthcare either?...well, you'll suffer and die from a modern illness rather than shitting yourself so you still aren't allowed to complain! It's all perfect now!"