• NostraDavid@programming.dev
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    1 month ago

    Interesting, because Ahmad ibn Fadlan wrote about dirty vikings: Old Arabic texts describe dirty Vikings

    They are the filthiest of all Allah’s creatures: they do not purify themselves after excreting or urinating or wash themselves when in a state of ritual impurity after coitus and do not even wash their hands after food.

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      1 month ago

      Yeah, it’s a scale of clenliness.

      • Asians (inc arabs)
        – Ritual cleansing multiple times daily
      • Vikings
        – Weekly baths!
      • Medieval peasants
        – IDK, bathing with their pigs monthly?

      Before you get mad, remember that shoes are not allowed inside asian homes.