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minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoAnd if it wasn’t, at least it was brief.
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoWell, no. Infant mortality was crazy high, health problems were different, but life expectancies were 60-70 years if you survived puberty. We only recently hit that in agricultural hierarchalist society, and are slipping back below it.
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoYeah, I’m aware of all that. Just my attempt at humour. “The only thing keeping me alive is the hope of dying young.” - Brother Theodore
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoSorry. Common misconception I felt the need to correct. From that period of history people just assume things about and treat vibes as facts.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 months agoThe candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
And if it wasn’t, at least it was brief.
Well, no. Infant mortality was crazy high, health problems were different, but life expectancies were 60-70 years if you survived puberty. We only recently hit that in agricultural hierarchalist society, and are slipping back below it.
Yeah, I’m aware of all that. Just my attempt at humour.
“The only thing keeping me alive is the hope of dying young.” - Brother Theodore
Sorry. Common misconception I felt the need to correct. From that period of history people just assume things about and treat vibes as facts.
The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long.