kerev989

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by kerev989 5y ago
> I guess that implies that esoteric aspects of toga wearing in ancient Rome is a "basic thing" that one should know before writing anything about Roman toilets. Yes. Because there is nothing esoteric about knowing how people
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by kerev989 5y ago
You missed the point of the previous comment. The gist was that the author of the article has no clue about the Roman way of life and cannot be taken seriously.
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by kerev989 5y ago
Because the pictures are bizarre. Take a look at the one I linked to - his chin line merges with his neck. The bags under his eyes are weird. He looks like he is added on to the background. And the background itself is super weird. The othe
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by kerev989 5y ago
Yeah, because there was a convenient public toilet right there and the soldier reached over its wall. Or, maybe, the "vinegar" was the ration of sour wine the soldiers carried.
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by kerev989 5y ago
> The toga thing has been addressed by others as our cultural mores being projected on people with different values... It's not about projecting cultural values. It's about a supposedly trustworthy publication that published ru
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by kerev989 5y ago
So they cut through stone in order to accommodate the sh*t-stick? :D
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by kerev989 5y ago
Some of the things said in this article are ridiculous. Especially the wiping your butt with a communal sponge-on-a-stick. Even if we are to believe that the same people who went to such great lengths to rid their cities of waste would then
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by kerev989 5y ago
The author of the article has a lot of balls posting not one but two AI-generated pictures of the people he supposedly interviewed. The one of "retired U.S. Army veteran Brad Thompson" is particularly egregious. https:/&#x2F