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Illustrations of history

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"So... still having those stomach problems?"

"Aelius, how many times do I have to tell you, don't talk to me while I'm on the toilet"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Funny enough, for Romans, the public latrines were very much a place of socialization! What better way to bond with your fellow man than a few games of tic-tac-toe over a mutual case of constipation?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So where does the sewage go?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Typically it'd be channeled out to a cesspool or simply into the local river.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

So they used moss as TP? That seems reasonable enough

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Maybe farting in public would be more accepted today, if we would still see each other eye to eye when droping the big loads.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I read "Water Gutter" as "Warr Guitar" , but it's still on brand.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

And you'd wipe your ass with a shared sponge on a stick that lay in a bucket on vinegar.

Oh or moss, apparently, according to the image. But good luck replenishing moss at that rate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

You grab what you can on the cold barbarian frontier!