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"At least I have a pot to piss in!" (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Explanation: Before the invention of the flush toilet, the chamberpot was the usual method of 'collecting' and disposing of waste. Better than shitting in a corner of the room (a practice recorded in some poorer urban areas of Europe as late as WW2 ๐Ÿ˜ฌ) and trying to collect and dispose of it later!

[โ€“] DmMacniel@feddit.org 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

And then it goes through the window :D

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

At least if no one's looking.

I remember a harrowing story about Late Victorian England, wherein they tore down an old apartment building to the (shitty) foundations and attempted to build a new one from scratch... only to find so much waste had been dumped in the immediately surrounding area that the terrain was basically shit-mush that all had to be removed and replaced with actual soil before the new construction could begin. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

[โ€“] DmMacniel@feddit.org 4 points 4 hours ago

oh by the gods... I can't even fathom the stench :O