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[-] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 4 hours ago

Vinegar sponge on a stick!

[-] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 4 hours ago

The height of civilization!

[-] StealthLizardDrop@piefed.social 10 points 12 hours ago

What i am seeing here is that during middle ages we have forgotten how to use tiles...

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 hours ago

It's not like the romans had those huge toilets in every tiny town though

[-] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 18 points 14 hours ago

See, here’s the thing. Someone blasts out a diarrhea through a velvet chair with the center removed and now a large portion of the cloth of that chair is covered in shit.

Like, this has carpeted kitchen/bathroom energy, but way worse.

[-] terranoid@lemmy.cafe 12 points 13 hours ago

The rich had that shit, and didn't clean it themselves

The rest shat in a pot then threw the poo out their window targeting the even more poor

You really should watch the Japanese movie "Thermae Romae".

[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 8 points 13 hours ago

Do you think the Roman’s went under the berries or from behind with the communal anus sponge?

I bet they had lengthy debates about the right way to do it.

[-] terranoid@lemmy.cafe 5 points 13 hours ago

I believe it's debated more whether that was for wiping or just cleaning the toilet area after use. Most these days think they splashed water up there with their hands as many do today.

[-] PugJesus@piefed.social 5 points 12 hours ago

Wiping remains the mainstream majority view, and the idea that it would be used for cleaning the toilet is very much a minority view.

[-] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago

I assume the norse one is basically an outhouse, but how did the Greek one worked? it looks to solidly built to be a functional outhouse (you have)

[-] PugJesus@piefed.social 8 points 14 hours ago

Waste drops in. Someone up the plumbing system diverts water through the piping, likely at set times, and washes it down the piping system, likely to a river or a cesspit. Like a primitive version of a flush system!

[-] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

primitive? that's a modern toilet with plumbing and flushing!!

[-] PugJesus@piefed.social 7 points 14 hours ago

Hah, as I said to another commenter - all things are relative. A u-bend-piped user-operated per-use system with sitting water is a bit more advanced. XD

[-] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago
[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 hours ago

as opposed to my very advanced ass

[-] PugJesus@piefed.social 3 points 14 hours ago

All things are relative - a u-bend-piped user-operated per-use system with sitting water is a bit more advanced. XD

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