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Back in my day... (media.piefed.world)

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[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 44 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I want this to be true, but it is so on the nose it would be great to know for sure. Any sauce for this one?

(I tried searching but only found walls of reposted shitty copper reviews)

[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 53 points 2 weeks ago

Coffee was "discovered" around the 9th century AD, so I'm gonna have to call shenanigans on this one.

[-] TuEstUnePommeDeTerre 41 points 2 weeks ago

The tablet matches the image on the Wikipedia page for the Instructions of Shuruppak

[-] bassomitron@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Nice catch! Thanks for the link

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you!

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, but there IS an example of "humans have always been Like This":

insults and stupid speaking receive the attention of the land

(seriousness of slander intensifying)

[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

That and "today's youth is worthless" are timeless experiences across all cultures and eras of history.

[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

iirc coffee was not a thing in sumeria 2600 BC

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 points 2 weeks ago

Same outcome, just one Twitter post and a blog post and nothing else.

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