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[-] Dil@is.hardlywork.ing 8 points 3 weeks ago

we didnt have clean drinking water either, or daily showers, we lived without soap for millenia

[-] Olap@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Lol, we definitely have had clean drinking water for far longer than we have had dirty drinking water, thank the industrial revolution for that. And try skipping a shower for a day - you'll be fine. Soap also has a long history https://www.soaphistory.net/soap-history/ over 4000 years

So literally wrong on all three points. Perhaps you need to read more instead of doom scrolling and swapping nudes on your smartphone

[-] aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm pretty sure there can be other bad stuff in water that existed before the industrial revolution

[-] Olap@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Sure, loads of sewage. But it also had smaller settlements, less people, and human waste was recycled more in times gone by too. Far more water was far more drinkable even 150 years ago

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