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'Civilization' is a point of view, it would seem (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

True, but “tossing your excrement out the window” has always been a no-no.

Sometimes frowned upon, but extremely common practice anyway. Without robust and accessible sewer systems, it's just what happens in urban environments.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/12/did-people-in-the-middle-ages-throw-excrement-out-windows.html

Most certainly not in the 1800s.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/12/did-people-in-the-middle-ages-throw-excrement-out-windows.html

Woodcut from 1489.

Most certainly not in the 1800s.

There are regions without sewerage who still do that shit (ha) today. As late as the 1940s it was noted that some lower-class Londoners were in the habit of defecating in the corners of rooms.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I don't think a single woodcut depicting it can really be generalized for a wider or comnon practises.