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dyauspitr 5 hours ago

You can 100% say that European civilization was heavily, heavily influenced by the consumption of alcohol.

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Gualdrapo 5 hours ago | parent [-]

What do you mean "was"?

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kekebo 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Supposedly there was a time when drinking beer was often safer than drinking water from available sources, including for children. I guess there are levels

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onlypassingthru 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They didn't make Arnold a saint for nothing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_of_Soissons

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AngryData 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

A lot of it was weaker small beer though too, like 1-2%.

	▲	dyauspitr 18 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Each person was going through a gallon a day though, that’s still 4-5 standard drinks which is a crazy amount to drink all day everyday.