EffortlessOps@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoIf you were sent back to the roman era and could only bring a backpack of goods. What would you bring?message-squaremessage-square183fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1150arrow-down1message-squareIf you were sent back to the roman era and could only bring a backpack of goods. What would you bring?EffortlessOps@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square183fedilinkfile-text
If you were sent back to the roman era and could only bring a backpack of goods. What would you bring?
minus-squareAdderbox76linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·9 months agoEnough gold valuables to cover my funeral expenses since our bodies aren’t capable of handling the bacteria in the water and food back then and we’d be dead in a week.
minus-squareCypher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·9 months agoLiterally none of the bacteria would be resistant strains. You could just bring some penicillin instead of gold and actually survive.
minus-squareCherenkovBlue@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 months agoAnd, you know, boil the water. Or bring chlorine tablets or a water filter.
minus-squareBizarroland@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoAnd build up a tolerance by slowly adulterating your filtered water with unfiltered water
minus-squareCypher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoOr just make a simple activated charcoal and UV filter and actually enjoy clean water
Enough gold valuables to cover my funeral expenses since our bodies aren’t capable of handling the bacteria in the water and food back then and we’d be dead in a week.
Literally none of the bacteria would be resistant strains.
You could just bring some penicillin instead of gold and actually survive.
And, you know, boil the water. Or bring chlorine tablets or a water filter.
And build up a tolerance by slowly adulterating your filtered water with unfiltered water
Or just make a simple activated charcoal and UV filter and actually enjoy clean water