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dbb536e4 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @a4e385b2 

These are things people knew 100, 150 years ago because they needed to. And they passed that knownledge on. Now people who don't really need to do it at all pass on bad information because they just want the views.
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the happiest donkey herder | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @bb1c524f @a4e385b2 I dunno, don’t romanticize the past too much. Our ancestors were full of dumbassery, just like we are!