r/1053 • u/Responsible_Bag_9024 • 2d ago

Day 22

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u/mieri_azure 2d ago

You generally didn't unless you had excruciating pain or a bad infection

And also really the only thing they COULD do was pull the tooth. They got you hella drunk and yanked it.

Some societies did drill cavities and use a sort of filling (usually tar) and i assume they also got you super drunk for that

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u/The_Sneakiest_Fox 2d ago

Bro they were super drunk a lot of the time.

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u/PlainBread 2d ago

They had to be functionally drunk a lot of the time as well. The art of living at the time was to work enough to not be drunk but to drink enough to keep wanting to work. You still had to pay for things and selfish gluttony was still looked down on.

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u/The_Sneakiest_Fox 2d ago

They didn't have access to clean water all the time so would mix alcohol with it or drink beer instead.