• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 months ago

      kind of good for really lonely people on christmas, who might be tempted to drink their sorrows away?

      They are adults, and they should be able to do that if they want.

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      3 months ago

      The reason drunkenness was so prevalent back then is because brewing alcohol was the easiest and most accessible way to turn water into something that wouldn’t kill you

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 months ago

        A lot of people (very much including me) forget that not long ago, there was no electricity for easy refrigeration. I’m middle-age, but that’s such a crazy concept for me. How do you take a boat journey for weeks, months(?!?!) and survive? Everything would go bad in the ocean heat and blasting sun so quickly! Insanity.