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submitted 10 months ago by cm0002@lemdro.id to c/historymemes@piefed.social

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[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Increased risk of syphilis?

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Increased by how much? 🤔

[–] EightLeggedFreak@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, if you're shacking up with an illegal prostitute pre-modern-medicine... By my math, a lot.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Was it really, though? You'd think that would curb prostitution a lot. Yet, history is littered with notorious "bohemian bachelors" that lived long lives in the company of prostitutes before acquiring the disease.

Edit: never mind that. In looking up what I thought were examples, it seems I grossly overestimated their lifespans.

[–] EightLeggedFreak@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

They were here for a good time, not a long time.