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[-] AspieEgg 37 points 4 weeks ago

As if you all didn’t have stupid hobbies during COVID lockdowns.

[-] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 24 points 4 weeks ago

To be fair after ~300 years of plague almost every 10 years you get a little numb to it.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

What you mean ~300 years? Has there been some interruption since late Rome that I failed to notice?

[-] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago

As I understand it the period often referred to as The Black Death started in the early 1300s and ended in the late 1600s. Newton I think was mid to late 1600s. So that's about 300 years depending on when people will argue it started and all.

Right!?!

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

Oh, ok. Yeah there was a worse than normal outbreak during the previous 300 years, but "plague is raging in Europe" applies just as well for the previous 1000 years.

That said, I'm not disagreeing, 300 years should be enough to numb down a population.

[-] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

For sure! Turns out open "sewers" and letting wildlife and pigs just do their thing wherever isn't great for health.

My thoughts were Newton didn't see it as anything other than normal so of course he's going on about his day. His life was the "this is fine dog" lol

[-] cRazi_man@europe.pub 9 points 4 weeks ago

"Hmmmm, it appears that the sun is secretly gay"

[-] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

Based and rainbow-pilled

[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 weeks ago

His discoveries kinda helped down the line. Thanks to him we learned how fast the rates of plague progression was going.

[-] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 4 weeks ago

Imagine how dusty that room would have to be, in order to see that effect.

[-] Someplaceunknown@leminal.space 2 points 3 weeks ago

Newton invented gay :O

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

The Hooke/Newton beef needs an epic rap battle.

[-] dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 weeks ago

Is this meme referencing the Plague of Marseille?

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