• Smoogs@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    You’re being absurd. Cleanliness was not what it is today. Even in war marches more died from water born disease as recent as 1800s just trudging rather than war itself. This is our history and how some of our lineages may have been entirely terminated.

    Bring oblivious to this is actually really insulting for some who know very well what it took for our own lineage just to travel to safety.

    It absolutely was not a walk in the park like you’re selling it. Some people were hunted for years before getting safe.

    • BlackDragon@slrpnk.net
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      2 hours ago

      Cleanliness was not what it is today.

      People like to be clean—that’s part of our nature and wasn’t invented in the year 1900. Ash can be used as soap and is extremely abundant.

      Even in war marches

      You say that like war matches are less likely to be deadly. Medieval military logistics were extremely difficult to manage. The needs of an entire army are massively different to the needs of a small band of pilgrims or other travelers. It is more difficult to maintain food supplies, clean drinks, and safe lodging when you’re traveling in an enormous group of (sometimes unwelcome) armed men.

      It absolutely was not a walk in the park like you’re selling it

      For a lot of people in a lot of places in a lot of time periods, it really was. Towns were close together, people were generous with travelers, and the roads were safe.