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Certainly more than the Romans have done for us.
Well what about the roads? Oh and the aqueducts!
I mean, apart from the sanitation, education, and medicine... Oh, and don't forget the wine! They did give us that, too!
Just remember Wine Is Not an Emulator!
I wish there was an acronym for me to remember that...
I only use gnu aquaducts. Mine are arch btw.
Remember what the city used to be like?
The ones we're investing tons of money to replace to remove the lead?
The xylospongium!
Et tu brute Linus.